The Earthen Apothecary

08/07/2024

CALLING ALL AYURVEDA LOVERS! 🌿🍵 🧘

My partner, Mark, is finally bringing his authentic Ayurvedic bodywork therapies to Charleston, SC!
His services (mobile-only) include:
🔸Abhyanga (Ayurvedic warm oil massage)
🔸Marma Therapy (Vital point activation/Ayurvedic “acupressure”
🔸Shirodhara (Ayurvedic head oiling for mental rejuvenation)
🔸Shiro-abhyanga (Seated head massage)
🔸Panchakarma (Ayurvedic cleansing program)

This is such an amazing opportunity to experience authentic Ayurvedic therapies here in the lowcountry- and in the comfort of your own home!! 🙌

If you are interested, please reach out to him directly at markenasralla@me.com or (512) 289-1515. And check out his website: www.marknasralla.com! 💜

12/21/2022

Winter Solstice Blessings to you and yours! 🌲✨

Traditionally, the Winter Solstice, December 21, was considered the birth day of the sun, that magnificent point in time when the sun begins its return to the Earth again. In the midst of the longest darkest night, deep in the earth, even the seeds begin to stir with hope.

In times past and present, people gathered around bonfires, lit candles, sang songs of holiness and joy, and danced together to welcome the return of the light and the promise of new life. Homes were decorated with evergreen boughs, the symbol of life everlasting, and great feasts were prepared. We can still do much of this!

Now, more than ever, when so many people are suffering, isolated and alone, and the Earth herself seems in crisis, it is important to honor and celebrate these great shiftings of Earthly cycles.

✨ We are the light, living stars on Earth reflecting our light back into the darkness. Our task is to remember to turn that light on in our hearts and souls. Let it reflect in who we are and what we do in the world and the possibilities are infinite.✨

This Solstice, join your energies with the thousands of others around the world who are lighting their fires and singing their songs into the darkness. Dance freely, set your intentions, let go, and release all that no longer serves you or humanity. Order your seeds, plan your gardens, dream your future, and never fear, the sun is returning again and a new dawn is on its way.

With love from Vermont,
Rosemary 🌿

12/07/2022

11/23/2022

“Astrology”, by Paramhansa Yogananda

How the stars affect us
The stars influence your life only in accordance with patterns that you yourself established in the past. A child is born on that day and at that hour when the celestial rays are in mathematical harmony with his individual karma (past actions). The astrological configurations serve only as symbols of karmic influences, which you have set into motion in the past. The stars and planets themselves can no more choose how they will affect you than you can select your own karmic destiny.

The message boldly blazoned across the heavens at the moment of birth was not meant to emphasize fate, the result of past good and evil, but to arouse your will to escape from this universal bo***ge. What you have done, you can undo. You can overcome whatever effects are now prevalent in your life because you created them by your own actions in the first place, and because you have inner spiritual resources which are not subject to planetary pressure.

The best way, therefore, to improve your lot is deliberately to act in such a way as to counteract the evil effects of past deeds. Especially if this course of action springs from inner attunement with God, or is adopted under the wise guidance of one who knows God, it will serve as an antidote to all baneful actions of the past.

09/09/2022

06/06/2022

Just one of those tree huggin’ kind of days….

05/07/2022

Priceless time with my sweet boy over Mother’s Day weekend! Love you to the moon! 🌝💗

04/07/2022

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Tiny plastic debris — some so small you can't see it — has previously been found in human blood, excrement and in the depths of the ocean.

04/06/2022

Such an important article! We live in the age of easy access to dopamine “hits”- aka avoidance behaviors that suppress pain. I’m learning what mine are (shopping, scrolling, sugar/caffeine, travel come readily to mind), and trying to break patterns that have only increased during the pandemic.

What are your thoughts? Does this resonate with you?

Dr. Anna Lembke, psychiatrist and author, explains when too much pleasure-triggering dopamine upsets the delicate balance of pleasure and pain our brains need to feel "normal," which can lead to long-term pain and addiction. In today's dopamine-filled world, here's how keep that balance in check.