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I have taken on a challenge of changing up my daily routine, in any way I can, for seven days.  Basically it’s a way to shake up my way of thinking and allow for new inspirations.  One of the many adaptations...

Call it what you will, Arnica Montana, Leopard’s Bane or Wolf’s Bane, this small perennial herb offers a number of benefits for health as well as for skin and hair. A member of the Daisy family...

Talk about versatility and you’re talking about Tea Tree Essential Oil. It can be used from home cleaning agents to personal care products. Tea Tree Oil comes from a shrub-like tea tree called Melaleuca alternifolia

One of the ways to separate you from the pack is to include an area in your full body wellness massage, that many others are leaving untouched – the abdominals (their core).   There are many reasons therapists

If you like Earl Grey tea, you’re already a fan of Bergamot Oil. The rind from the nearly ripe fruit of the bergamot tree, which is thought to be a hybrid of sour orange and lemon, is used to extract Bergamot Essential Oil used for flavoring the popular tea.

It’s not only lettuce that gets even better – and healthier – with olive oil, so does our skin. Olive oil has been widely used over the ages as a beauty aid. Cleopatra was known for taking baths with olive oil to make her skin smooth and shiny.

Hope your 2017 is starting out with a flourish.  I am definitely having more fun in my treatment room so far.   One of my goals was to go back through 25 years of my books...

When it comes to the oil from the Kukui nut or seed, you could say that the “cat is out of the bag.”  Up until recently, the benefits of Kukui Nut Oill were an ancient Hawaiian secret.

Did you know that each of your feet have more than 7000 nerve endings? The sensory feedback these nerve endings transmit to the central nervous system provide information about the surface being walked upon.

Valentine’s Day is not far off and you want to be sure that your spa or massage practice is a destination for new clients and prospects who want to pamper a loved one or even just want to spoil themselves.

At any age, who could resist a cuddle? But at the intensive care nurseries at Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, Calif., personal touch provided by volunteers is providing comfort to newborn babies in their earliest critical stage of life.

In preparation for the New Year I have a tradition of identifying some important influences that I think I should focus on for the upcoming 12 months, professionally and personally. I admit that sometimes I am dead on and sometimes I experience big surprises.