Skin Wellness Tidbits

For those of you lucky souls headed to warmer lands this winter, soak up all those Vitamin D producing rays you can, and bring some back for me! You might suspect that I'm about to list my favorite sunscreen brands to bring on your sunny vacay. Nope, my friend, I am not! Here are some fun facts about sun and skin that might make you reconsider slathering on the sun blocking creams from head to toe. Oxybenzone, a common sunscreen ingredient is non-carcinogenic- UNTIL it is

It is mid February and my body has completely settled into the stillness of winter. Today, as I took in the blue sky, I heard birds chirping...a very welcome sound! A sign that spring will come again, a gentle shift in the direction of reawakening. We aren't there yet, but I loved hearing the sound of possibility.... In the winter, the energy of our skin is very inward- blood and lymph flow slow, and nestle deeper into our fat reserves, cellular regeneration slows. The im

I'm really tucking into couch time with a warm beverage this winter. It's on my top three favorite things to do list for the winter. Fine, I'll just admit that its my number one favorite thing to do! Winter is the time to replenish our bodies via warming and building foods. Its a time to do less to restore depleted energy. So couch time and a warm beverage is actually quite balancing and just what nature has in store for us! No guilt needed. As mentioned in my Winter Skin

This Thanksgiving, I went for a nice little jog with a friend through Fort Williams. I feel so lucky to live in a place, where an opportunity to take a jog through such a beautiful public space it right at my fingertips. Before we met up, this friend asked if I wanted to take a quick dip into the ocean afterwards. I simply avoided the question. No thanks. Did you notice its cold outside? And I imagine the ocean is even colder? Jogging is one form or torcher I can mostl

Just as the roots of plants recede deeper into the earth to protect themselves from winter's cold, our bodies' blood and lymphatic system recede deeper into the skin. The flow of each will slow and stagnate, reducing our natural glow. As a protection mechanism, the skin's immune response is heightened, and dryness and irritation can occur if not properly tended. I find that the initial response for most clients is to want to 'scrub' away the dryness. Their skin is feeling t

The night before New Year's Eve, I lay awake in bed, my mind racing, with no such vision of falling back asleep anytime soon. The thought that kept cycling was that I need to delete social media (instagram specifically) from my life. I marched downstairs, made a final quick post stating I am reachable now only by email, and shoved that little app in the trash. I view this as a true aha moment! Literally an awakening. Now, this deleting of a time sucking app was not meant