In a moment of compulsive sheer inspiration this weekend (this happens sometimes), I decided to start blogging. I used to thoroughly enjoy randomly rambling into cyber space in hopes that I was entertaining someone somewhere out there. I thought to myself on Saturday morning, Maybe I can rekindle the old flame I used to have with Xanga!! So here I am.
With motivations to actually contribute something worth reading to the land of blogs, I’ve decided to somewhat focus my rambling blogging. Thus, my WELLNESS blog. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t consider myself an authority on this topic and I might not stick with it completely, but it is something that I’m interested and invested in. More specifically I’m into nature and the way it can bring about total wellness: mind, body, soul. I believe in natural health & beauty. Although this has always been something that has intrigued me, I think that over the last few years I’ve been losing (and I suspect others have too) the connection with nature and the whole wide world around me. I haven’t been challenging myself to to stay well as much as I would like to. 2011 is MY year to start. I love goals.
While I was daydreaming about the ways I could encourage and inspire people via blogging, Matt started becoming curious as to why I wasn’t paying more attention to him on a Saturday morning and thus, he decided that he wanted to join with me in my efforts. I’m positively sure he will dazzle us with tales of jiu jitsu and tips on fitness. I’m glad that he’s here to talk about working out because I’d be a fraud if I gave anyone fitness advice. I do love yoga and riding my bike, which I’m sure you will hear about in posts to come, but other than that, exercise is not my strong point. So… I’m pumped for Matt to help. I hope that we can inspire, enlighten, encourage or at least entertain you (and ourselves) with our experiments.
So to get us started, let me show you this book:
1001 Ways to Stay Naturally Young. As I enter into my late 20’s, staying young is definitely on my mind and definitely something I want to focus my efforts on. This book promotes making small, 100% natural, lifestyle changes to improve the quality of life, health and beauty. I plan on testing out the tips and sharing them here. Join me?
Here is my first wellness tip: (!!!)
A cup of teas solves a lot! Tea is uplifting, calming, warming and wonderful. I have to thank my mom for getting me into it from an early age.
- Tea fights against the aging effects of stress and mental overload.
- It can strengthen your immune system, and is a wonderful antioxidant.
- Black tea helps your blood circulation.
- Green tea cuts your risk of heart disease and reduces inflammation.
- Herbal teas revive you.
- Peppermint tea is advised for brain recovery and to relieve a boo tummy.
- Nettle tea helps with your bones.
- Ginger tea helps with your joints, circulation and moving about.
I seriously believe that a cup of tea enhances my mood too.
Here’s how I do my tea…
Loose leaf is the way to go. It’s so beautiful, colorful, fragrant and it’s fun to pick out. I recommend going to Teavana in Penn Square Mall. I used to go to Inspirations in Edmond. Lovely place. Lovely tea.
Spice of Life. Look at those ingredients! Citrus peel, almond bits, white tea, pistachio kernels, coriander, pepper. mmm
Make sure you pay attention to the steeping times. Different tea calls for different steeps.
Look at that! It drains right into your cup, filtering out the leaves! 
So that’s it. Starting small with a cup of tea. Try it out when you’re stressed. Then talk to me about how much you love it. Because I do too. :)
Please note Matt’s painting in the background of this picture. Quite the artist!
Also, I just want to make a shout-out to my fellow bloggers who have inspired me by posting up. I love reading what everyone has to say and I want to encourage you all to keep it up. There are so many brilliant, golden people out there. We should all be sharing with each other. Three cheers for my sweet, dear, exciting crafty friend, this really cool dude, my beautiful fashion advisor, the lovely ladies who help me cook and all of the other bloggers out there. Thanks for sharing. And thanks for reading!
