Only the best essential oils come from plants and flowers through a careful distillation process. Often, these oils come with the fragrance of the plant they’re extracted from. The aroma from these oils have beneficial healing properties to soothe physical ailments, decrease mental distress, and awaken spirituality. Essential oils are full of natural compounds. The oil can penetrate…
Health & Wellness
Merkaela’s 50 Top Health, Happiness & Wellness Blogs
There’s no better time than the present to adopt a healthier lifestyle. There are lots of great blogs out there to help you do so, but we have sifted through them to bring you only the best health and wellness blogs of 2018. Read on for the best of the best techniques, tips and advice…
30 Unique Self-Care Tips to Improve Your Well-being Today
In all walks of life, everyone could use some more self-care. Self-care is simply taking time to enjoy activities that better your personal wellness. Why is self-care important? It relaxes and calms you while reminding you how wonderful you are, deeply impacting your health. Focusing on your physical and mental health can be an easy,…
25 Easy D.I.Y. Facials for Radiant Skin
There are many reasons to love beauty products but there are more reasons to stay away from harmful ingredients in commercial skincare products that have been linked to hormone imbalance, infertility, and cancer. Take care of the body’s largest organ by introducing skin-loving natural ingredients to your beauty routine. We are going to share with…
Why You Should Use Personal Care Products Made with Hemp Oil
From personal skin care products to emerging clinical trials, it seems like hemp oil has been gaining a lot of attention in recent years. This shouldn’t be surprising, as the incredibly useful substance and the plant it’s derived from have an astoundingly wide range of applications. In fact, there are direct mentions of the medicinal plant…
Merkaela’s 85 Top Yoga Blogs To Inspire You
If you’re looking for the best practical, insightful and educational yoga blogs, you’ve come to the right place. As you know, there is no shortage of quality yoga blogs found all over the internet. So, we decided to track down only the best of the best 2018 yoga blogs for you. Whether you are an established yoga expert or…
3 Compelling Reasons to Exercise Starting Today (Besides Loosing Weight)
Regardless of all of the excellent reasons to exercise, sometimes we simply don’t know how to get ourselves to commit to it. After all, it seems terribly counterintuitive to exhaust ourselves on a regular basis for the sake of building endurance and getting stronger. But, no matter whether we like it or not, we do…
The Spiritual Side of the Winter Solstice
We’re all familiar with the winter solstice, which is, put simply, an astronomical phenomenon that marks the shortest day and longest night of the year. But, how many of us realize that it’s a biannual event, occurring on December 21st in the northern hemisphere and on June 20th in the southern hemisphere? Or that it…
Why Sleeping is so Important and Why You Need More Sleep
In an earlier post, we explained to our community the importance of sleep for mental and physical health and how sleep deprivation can lead to maddening symptoms, irrational thoughts, and mood swings (among other things). More importantly, we shared with you a few tips on how to sleep better, which we hope you are applying and are…
Preventive Care 101: How to Engage in Long-Term Preventative Care
Preventive Care 101 When it comes to your health, the best thing you can do is engage in long-term preventative care. Now, the term “preventative care” seems to have a lot of different meanings, which is why for our purposes we’re going to define it as taking measures that help you prevent sickness, rather than…
