Fig Leaf Yoga & Fitness

25/11/2025

GHK-Cu — The Regenerating Peptide (and How to Boost It Naturally in Your Own Body)

Let’s talk about one of the most beautiful peptides in the longevity and skincare world: GHK-Cu, also known as the Copper Peptide.

GHK-Cu is your body’s natural regeneration signal.
When levels are high, your tissues repair faster, your skin looks healthier, and inflammation reduces. When levels decline (which happens with age), your body simply has less “repair chemistry” to work with.

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✨ What GHK-Cu Is Said to Support
• Skin rejuvenation & repair
• Collagen + elastin production
• Anti-aging benefits
• Faster wound healing
• Reduced inflammation
• Hair growth stimulation

It’s basically the peptide of restoration, rebuilding, and radiance.

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🌿 But here’s the deeper truth:

Your body already makes GHK naturally — especially when you’re young.
And you CAN support your body in increasing its own natural production.

Here’s how.

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🌱 How to Increase Your Body’s Natural GHK Levels

These are science-backed, lifestyle-based ways to strengthen the same pathways GHK activates:

1️⃣ Boost your copper levels (naturally + safely)

Copper is essential for GHK-Cu formation.
Foods that support healthy copper levels:
• Dark chocolate
• Shellfish
• Seeds (pumpkin, sesame)
• Leafy greens
• Organ meats

(No need for high-dose supplements — food sources are ideal.)

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2️⃣ Encourage collagen production

When your body increases collagen repair, GHK naturally rises.

Ways to do this:
• Vitamin C
• Hyaluronic acid
• Bone broth
• Massage therapy
• Gentle heat therapy

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3️⃣ Use controlled “micro-injury” techniques

Micro-injury = signal to your body to release GHK.

Examples:
• Microneedling
• Dermarolling
• Red light therapy
• Infrared sauna

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4️⃣ Reduce inflammation

Inflammation suppresses copper peptide repair.

Anti-inflammatory practices:
• Omega-3s
• Turmeric
• Gut healing
• Yoga therapy
• Nervous system regulation
• Sleep optimization

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✨ The big picture:

GHK-Cu isn’t magic — you are.
Your body has the blueprint for regeneration, healing, and radiance… you just have to activate the pathways designed to support it.

Your lifestyle is your peptide protocol.

24/11/2025

A quick fix method doesn’t work for chronic illness.

24/11/2025

✨ Epitalon: The Longevity Peptide (and How to Activate It Naturally in Your Body)

Let’s talk about a peptide that has been getting a LOT of attention in the longevity world: Epitalon.

Epitalon is known as the “telomere peptide” — meaning it supports the tiny protective caps on your DNA that determine how you age, how you heal, and how well your body repairs itself.
When telomeres stay long, you stay younger, healthier, and more resilient.

💡 What Epitalon Is Said to Support

• Improved sleep cycles and circadian rhythm
• Increased cellular repair
• Better immune function
• Support for healthy aging
• Deeper rest-and-repair states
• More balanced energy
• Potential for telomerase activation (a key anti-aging enzyme)

Think of Epitalon as a cellular reset button — gently reminding your body that it is capable of restoration and youthfulness.

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**🌙 But here’s the part I LOVE…

You can stimulate your body to produce its own Epitalon-like compounds naturally.**

Your pineal gland already creates a peptide called epithalamin, which is the natural substance Epitalon is modeled after.

And you can increase this naturally through lifestyle, rituals, and healing practices that regulate your circadian rhythm and increase melatonin — the hormone of deep rest, repair, and cellular rejuvenation.

🌿 How to Activate Your Body’s Natural Epitalon Pathway

➡️ Prioritize deep, dark sleep
Full darkness increases melatonin, which stimulates the pineal gland and natural telomere protection.

➡️ Morning sunlight
10 minutes of early sunlight = a full circadian reset.

➡️ Breathwork + meditation
Both increase melatonin and telomerase activity.
(Harvard studies showed up to a 30–40% boost!)

➡️ Ayurveda’s seasonal balance
Syncing with the day/night cycles strengthens the internal clock that powers your longevity systems.

➡️ Reduce inflammation
Inflammation accelerates aging.
Movement, yoga therapy, minerals, and anti-inflammatory foods protect your telomeres.

➡️ Nutrient essentials
Magnesium, omega-3s, zinc, and Vitamin D support the pineal–melatonin–telomere axis.

➡️ Rituals that calm the nervous system
Because your healing chemistry is activated in stillness, not stress.

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✨ The deeper truth:

Your body is a pharmacy.
Your DNA is listening.
And your habits are either accelerating aging — or reversing it.

Epitalon is fascinating.
But learning to activate your OWN healing peptides is truly powerful.

20/11/2025

💜🌿 This Week’s BOGO: Lavender + Peppermint (and ritual) ⬇️

A simple daily ritual to calm your mind, energize your body, and reset your spirit.

What I love most about this duo isn’t just the benefits…

It’s how easily they weave into your day —
quiet moments, busy moments, mom-life moments, entrepreneur moments —
all becoming a little more grounded, supported, and intentional.

Here’s how to make these two oils part of your everyday ritual:

☀️ MORNING RESET — Peppermint

Before you reach for your coffee… breathe in Peppermint.
Place a drop in your palms, inhale deeply, and let the cool clarity wake up your mind and open your breath.
• Boosts energy
• Clears morning fog
• Sets the tone for a focused, centered day

Add one drop to the shower floor for an instant “spa steam” moment.
This is your “start fresh” ritual.

☀️ MIDDAY BALANCE — Peppermint + Lavender

When the day starts piling up… use them together.

A drop of each on the back of your neck = a calming, cooling reset.
• Lavender brings steadiness
• Peppermint brings clarity
Together they help you come back into your body, breathe, and keep moving with intention.

This blend turns those stressful moments into conscious, empowered ones.

🌙 EVENING WIND-DOWN — Lavender

Before bed, use Lavender like a soft exhale for your nervous system.
Diffuse it.
Roll it on your feet.
Add it to your bath.

Let it help you shift out of “doing” and into “receiving rest.”
• Supports deeper sleep
• Calms the mind
• Softens the edges of the day

This is your “let it go” ritual.

✨ This week only — LAVENDER + PEPPERMINT BOGO!

Buy one, get one FREE.
Two oils - Endless rituals.
A whole new rhythm for your day.

Comment BOGO or message me to claim yours.

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15/11/2025

If you want one simple switch this season to support your immune system, your home, and your stress levels… this is it. ❤️🔥

Let me introduce you to one of my absolute favorites:

🛡️ doTERRA On Guard® — The Protective Blend

This little bottle is powerful.
It’s a warm, spicy blend of Wild Orange, Clove, Cinnamon, Eucalyptus, and Rosemary — all chosen for their cleansing, antioxidant, and immune-supportive properties.

Here’s why people are obsessed with it (including me):

✨ Supports immune function when used daily
✨ Cleans the air naturally when diffused
✨ Smells like warm holiday comfort (seriously… cinnamon + orange = heaven)
✨ Can be used on countertops, diffusers, or even on the bottoms of your feet
✨ Perfect for winter wellness AND the coziest holiday vibes

If you’re busy, stressed, or have kiddos bringing home every germ imaginable… On Guard becomes your best friend real fast.

And with everything going on this season — the stress, the running around, the pressure — this is an easy win that helps your body AND your home feel protected.

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🎄 Holiday Gifts Are HERE!

I have amazing holiday kits and gift bundles ready — essential oils, diffusers, wellness sets, On Guard collections… perfect for teachers, friends, coworkers, and stocking stuffers.

You get incredible gifts.
You support your health.
AND 30% of every sale helps my family during a really important season. 🙏💛

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💛 Ready to order On Guard or browse holiday gifts?

Comment ON GUARD, message me directly, or just say GIFT, and I’ll send you the link + help you pick the perfect set.

Let’s make your home healthy, cozy, and protected this holiday season.
You deserve that kind of peace. 🌿✨

15/11/2025

Yoga isn’t about “fixing” anyone.
It’s about creating safety for people to finally experience themselves fully. 🌱

When the nervous system feels safe, the body opens.
When the body opens, the mind softens.
And when the mind softens… healing becomes possible.

Yoga isn’t performance.
It isn’t perfection.
It isn’t bending your body into shapes.

It’s a relationship — between breath, body, awareness, and the subtle parts of you that rarely get heard in a loud, busy world.

Every time you step on the mat, you’re giving your nervous system something it rarely receives:

✨ Permission to slow down
✨ A place where it doesn’t have to protect or perform
✨ Space to feel, release, regulate, and reconnect
✨ Time to come back home to yourself

You don’t need to be fixed.
You need to feel safe.
And yoga — real yoga — creates the conditions for that safety to unfold from within.

If you’re craving grounding, connection, or a reset from the inside out… you are welcome here. 🌿

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13/11/2025

🔥 LAST CHANCE AT $444 🔥
If you’ve been feeling the pull to do a deeper reset… now is the time.

My Hypnotherapy Deep Reset Package is still available for $444, but the price increases to $500 in January 2026.

This package is for you if you’re ready to:
✨ Rewire old patterns
✨ Reduce stress + overwhelm
✨ Strengthen emotional resilience
✨ Break cycles that keep you stuck
✨ Step into your next-level energy and confidence

Inside your session, we use my Root2Rise Hypnotherapy Method™ to get to the root of what’s holding you back — so you can rise into a more grounded, powerful, aligned version of yourself.

You’ll receive:
🌀 90-minute hypnotherapy session
🎧 A personalized reprogramming audio
💛 60 min Quantum Leap Hypnosis Session
💨 Breathwork integration for your body
💧 Recommendations for emotional support

If you’ve been waiting for a sign… this is it.
Book now to lock in the $444 rate before pricing increases in January.

Comment HYPNO or message me for the link. ✨

11/11/2025

Your fascia and lymph are the hidden rivers of your body — and they’re directly linked to your mind. 🌿

Modern anatomy calls fascia the body’s largest sensory organ and the lymphatic system its cleansing stream.
Ancient traditions knew this long before science caught up.

For over 5,000 years, Kundalini Yoga has worked with these subtle pathways — using rhythmic movement, breathwork, and vibration to release tension, stimulate lymph flow, and awaken energy through the spine.

Every twist, every pulse, every breath in a kriya sequence moves not just muscles — but emotion, energy, and chemistry.
When the fascia softens and lymph begins to flow, the nervous system receives a new message: You are safe. You can open. You can align.

This is how the body persuades the mind — through movement, rhythm, and release.
And how the mind persuades the body — through awareness, presence, and intention.

✨ Explore the full article on how fascia, lymph, and alignment work together in the healing process at figleafholistic.com



https://www.figleafholistic.com/post/reclaiming-balance-the-science-and-spirit-of-alignment-in-the-body-and-mind

05/11/2025

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05/11/2025

All classes and appointments canceled today.

JCPS is out due to 🔥.