Essential Balance Holistic Wellness LLC

11/14/2025

We don't need chemicals to make our houses smell nice for the holidays or any other day.

As we prepare our homes for seasonal gatherings, many of us are putting a lot of thought into creating a space with warm, cozy vibes and good smells. There is a lot to consider when it comes to home fragrances, so we compiled a list of some of our favorite tips and recipes for a fresh-smelling home. From natural homemade candles and wax melts to diffuser blends and simmer pots, you'll want to save this handy guide for years to come!
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You can find the home fragrance guide here: https://blog.mountainroseherbs.com/tips-and-recipes-for-a-fresh-smelling-home

11/14/2025

11/10/2025

As we are in a season of remembrance and renewal, many traditions around the world use plant smoke to honor ancestors, mark transitions, and clear space for the quieter months ahead 🕯️

In the Northern Hemisphere, this is the time between harvest and winter. It aligns with Samhain, Dia de los Mu***os, and All Soul's Day, celebrated just a few days ago, when many people choose to light candles or burn aromatic plants to honor the ancestors that came before them.

🌀 Across the world, plants assist ritual expressions of prayer, gratitude, and connection. Understanding the lands, peoples, and histories of these sacred smoke practices helps us learn with a lens of respect, especially since some of these plants carry sustainability concerns due to overharvest outside of traditional contexts.

Have you ever explored your own ancestral lineage and the plants native to your region? Learning about the traditional use of plants can build a bridge between generations as we connect to our roots.

As you explore, consider: which plants belong to my heritage? Who has traditionally used them, and is it being harvested in a way that supports the community and environment? And, most personally, how can plants help us to not just honor and remember but to care for ourselves as we experience loss and grief? 🍃🤲

This same spirit of reverence and understanding infuses tomorrow's Masterclass in The Herbarium, where curandera and Lead Herbalist Educator Felicia Cocotzin Ruiz will share her ancestral ways to work with plants for emotional and spiritual support through grief, including the burning of copal and pine resins. ✨🕯️

WHAT? Grief Support: Herbs for the Heart, followed by a live Q&A!
WHEN? Tomorrow, Nov. 6 at 1 pm EST (replay will be available).
WHERE? In The Herbarium!

You’ll learn how herbs and herbal practices can support you through different kinds of grief, how to connect to family traditions as well as folk herbalism, and focus on caring for emotions, staying grounded, and finding renewal through connection to your ancestral roots. 🌿💨🔥

https://herbarium.theherbalacademy.com/masterclass/grief-support-herbs-for-the-heart/

11/10/2025

Some days we carry too much.
Old stories, old stumbles, old weight.

But today is still here ~ bright, waiting, yours.
You’re allowed to begin again. 🌼

11/04/2025

11/04/2025

11/04/2025

Progress isn’t about speed — it’s about steadiness.
Even the smallest step forward changes everything.

06/24/2025

I'm hosting group meditation every Monday morning at 8:00 at WELL Wisdom Learning LLC .

The focus of this morning 's Meditation Monday meditation is "Try to avoid harmful influences".
Most days we are challenged by harmful influences, if its the urge to doom scroll, watching the news longer than a few minutes, or hanging around a toxic person at work or in our family. Sometimes it comes as something less sinister, like the person who wants to go to lunch at fast food instead of grabbing a salad or a steak. Or maybe the harmful influences are your own outdated thinking. Are you holding on to ideas that no longer serve your highest good? Every day we make choices that determine our reality. Choose wisely this week. See how much you can shift your reality to be more positive. ✨

05/15/2025

Looking for a local yoga class?

My current class schedule! Thinking about adding a 7:30am class on Mondays at Arcadia Valley Coffee Company ✨ Who would be up for some early bird yoga with me?