At first Aprils box was going to be "Love Your LIver", but as life became busier and busier for me I realized I needed to change our April box to the Slow Down Box. The two subjects are very connected and I watch people all the time going at high speeds through life and I am always telling people to slow down and take a moment.
Aprils box was inspired by the chaos that has hit my life. I personally do a very good job adding "Slow Down" Moments in my life, but I was hit with a lot of changes this month and they were all coming on very fast and they hit so fast that I was having trouble grounding myself. I still made sure I had my tea time moments, but they were to fast and I was not getting my daily hiking time up the mountain. For me this was not good. My mountain time is what keeps me together and my mountain surroundings were changing.
Long story short. Right before 2015 ended, I was working on letting go of the old in my life. This change was hitting big and hard and deep down I new more change was coming. I just did not know it until I was in the middle of the storm. I have lived on a farm in the coastal mountains for 13 years. Moving to this land is what healed my from some serious health problems that I was having The mountains and the beautiful valley with a combination of a beautiful horse named Bella is what healed me. Fresh air, spring water, living out in nature and eating organic food is what healed me. In March we were notified that the owner of our property need to sell his other place and move on to this one. We new this day was coming and at first my heart was broken and I was worried about where I could live to keep me healthy. Fresh air and pure water are the vital elements to keeping me alive.
First let me explain why I feel Love Your Liver is connect to Slow Down.
Nourishing yourself with healthy food full of vitamins and minerals and a cuppa nourishing tea and you feel yourself relax into life. Feeding yourself healthy nutrient dense food will nourish your nervous system therefore nourish your nerves which will give you the ability to relax and enjoy life's beautiful moments.
Allow yourself to dream
To slow down
To have slow food in your life
When you are pooping instead of looking at your phone and keeping your body in a "Fight or Flight mode, put it away and letting it all go. If you need to look at something bring a paperback book into the bathroom
To have a cuppa tea while sitting in a bath, sit outside and watch the sky, listen to the birds, with a loved with a loved one or just stop and have a quiet moment for yourself.
We are presenting your with the slow down box, to push you, to help you slow down in life. We are here to remind you to stop, reflect, dream, be still, digest your meal slowly, to cook, yes I said cook. I here some of you say cooking is not slow or relaxing. But really it is and it is time we stop putting the belief out there. It really is our fast pace life that has taken the enjoyment out of cooking and has set up so many generations to not know how to cook.
Slow Food
Spice up your life
No time for tea?
Linden Flower Infusion: This is a night time ritual.
You will start it at night, strain in the morning and drink throughout the day. Place 1 oz of Linden Leaf and Flower in a quart jar.
Happy Day Seasoning
Add Happy Day Seasoning to salad dressings, marinades and sautes. You can also infuse it in honey, vinegar or oil.
To make salad dressing or marinade:
Take 2 tablespoons of Happy Day Seasoning and mix with 1/4 cup organic olive oil and 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar or white balsamic vinegar.
Shake and let sit over night.
5 Tbl. lavender buds powder
5 Tbl. rose petal powder
2 Tbl. orange peel powder
2 1/2 tsp. cinnamon powder
2 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1 1/4 tsp clove powder
1 1/4 tsp ginger powder
Handfuls of Love
Serenity Syrup
Fresh organic lemon balm, lavender buds, linden leaf and flower, motherwort, lemon grass, lemon verbena, a pinch of mugwort, organic lavender tincture, local honey, brandy, mountain mama hawthorn flower essence and Love
Sleepy Time Honey
Infuse packet of herbs with 1 cup of honey
1 cup honey
2 Tbl. powdered lavender
2 Tbl. powdered chamomile
1 tsp. Powdered lemon balm
1/2 teaspoon powdered nutmeg
1 tsp linden leaf and flower
One Ounce of dried Linden Leaf and Flower for Tea or Infusion
Linden Flower Infusion: This is a night time ritual.
You will start it at night, strain in the morning and drink throughout the day. Place 1 oz of Linden Leaf and Flower in a quart jar.
You can either make several batches of relaxing tea or make an infusion.
To make tea
Coffee Bath Salts
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