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…
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Therapeutic Benefits of Mineral Baths Backed by Science
The therapeutic benefits of mineral baths have been known for millennia. You’ve probably even heard people remark how a nice long soak in the tub, comprised of exactly the right ingredients, can fix just about anything. There’s good reason as to why so many leaders of civilizations across the globe built public and private bath…
How to Tell Which Skin Care Products are Safe
The current amount of contradicting information about which skin care products are safe can leave you feeling overwhelmed. So, we’ve decided to provide some clarity. As you know, skin is the body’s largest and least protected organ, which is why it’s incredibly important that we learn how to take care of it early on….
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…
How to Use Your Sense of Smell to Improve Your Life
How much do you really know about the way your sense of smell impacts your life? It’s actually really amazing to think about how certain smells can calm us, while others can gross us out. Or how one whiff of something familiar, regardless of whether it is good or bad can flood our minds with…
Our AWAKEN Playlist Will Energize You and Ground You
As we enter the month of September and the sweltering heat starts to subside you feel a renewed energy in New York. After all F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote: “Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” I have to say I agree. Everything feels anew in the fall. My good…
The Importance of Sustainable Business Practices
Sustainable Business Practices Matter In recent years, sustainable business practices have become the foundation of successful enterprises worldwide, and Merkaela is no exception. Fact is the longevity of a business is very much tied to the wellness and longevity of the community it serves. That is because the long-term effects of manufacturing, production, and consumerism…
Do You Know the Secret to Fighting Signs of Aging?
If you want to maintain a youthful appearance longer, you must exfoliate and moisturize. And this is why: Skin is our heaviest and largest organ making up roughly one-seventh of our overall body weight. This of course ultimately depends on an individual’s height and body mass. But, generally speaking, it can weigh anywhere between 7…
