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Amazing Animals!

Axolotl

The axolotl or “Mexican salamander” (who looks like a Pokémon , if you ask me) is often spotted in lakes in various places around Mexico. These little salamanders are amphibious although often spend their adult lives strictly in the water. However, the population of these cute creatures is dwindling due to non-native predators and the continued urbanization of Mexico. The axolotl eats small worms, insects, and fish in order to survive.

Healing Hand Cream~DIY

Healing Hand Cream with Jojoba Oil

Recipe by:

Jennafer Ashley

Heal dry, cracked hands with this homemade hand cream made with just three natural ingredients.

Tools

  • Double boiler
  • 6 oz jar

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup shea butter
  • 2 t jojoba oil
  • 5 drops lavender essential oil

Instructions

  • To Make: Melt the shea butter in a double boiler over medium heat until it liquifies, about 7 minutes. Let it cool in the refrigerator for 15 minutes, then remove. The mixture should be opaque in color.
  • Whisk the shea butter vigorously for 5 minutes, until thick and fluffy. When ready, add in the jojoba oil and essential oil to thoroughly combine.
  • Transfer the mixture to a 6-ounce jar and store in a cool, dry spot.
  • To Use: Scoop out ½ teaspoon of lotion and massage into hands or heels of your feet. Apply at night, right before bed, for best results.
Naturally moisturize your hands with this 3-ingredient night cream that leaves your skin feeling smooth and youthful. Keep it handy for those harsh winter months!

https://blog.paleohacks.com/jojoba-oil-hand-cream/

DIY~ Muscle Relief Bath Bomb

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Muscle Relief Bath Bomb Recipe

Tools

  • Spray bottle filled with water
  • Medium glass bowl
  • 2 Metal bath bomb molds

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup baking soda
  • 1/3 cup Epsom salts
  • 2 T cream of tartar
  • 2 T coconut oil, melted
  • 1 t peppermint oil
  • 1/2 t fresh rosemary, chopped (optional)

Instructions

  • Start by combining dry ingredients and chopped rosemary in a medium glass bowl. Whisk to blend. Whisk in coconut oil and peppermint oil.
  • Using a spray bottle, spritz water to moisten mixture as you stir. The mixture should be crumbly, but hold when squeezed.
  • Use a spoon to scoop mixture into bomb molds or ice cube trays. Press firmly. If using a bomb mold, overfill each side slightly before putting together. Allow to set at least 4 hours in a cool, dry area.
  • Loosen bombs from molds and place in warm bath water to dissolve.

https://blog.paleohacks.com/muscle-relief-bath-bomb-recipe/

Feel Fabulous Friday

6 Restorative Yoga Poses for Adrenal Fatigue

Our yoga sequence for adrenal fatigue will help you to unwind, de-stress, and reset your adrenal glands. You will need a blanket, a long pillow, and two yoga blocks.

Viparita Karani | Hold 5 minutes

Yoga for Adrenal Fatigue

This relaxing pose reverses blood flow out of the legs and brings blood and lymph fluid back towards the abdomen up to the brain, helping to energize and awaken the circulatory system.

  1. Begin with a block off to one side and sit next to the wall with your legs parallel to the wall. Roll back and slide your legs up the wall.
  2. Bend your knees and press your feet into the wall to lift your hips. Slide the block underneath your sacrum.
  3. Extend your legs straight up the wall. Spread your arms out wide by your sides with your palms facing up. Close your eyes and find a natural breath. Allow the muscles of your face to relax, and hold for 5 minutes.

Supported Child’s Pose | Hold 5 minutes

Yoga for Adrenal Fatigue

This pose helps to foster feelings of safety and security to help you into a deep relaxation.

  1. Begin with a long pillow off to one side. Kneel down with your knees out wide to the edges of your mat. Bring your big toes to touch and sit your hips back onto your heels.
  2. Place the long pillow vertically up and down the mat with one end between your thighs.
  3. Place your hands down to frame the pillow. Walk your hands forward to lower your chest onto the pillow. Place one cheek down and close your eyes. Hold for 5 minutes, switching to the other cheek halfway through.

Basic Relaxation Pose | Hold 5 minutes

Yoga for Adrenal Fatigue

This pose allows you to completely relax, helping to reduce stress and fatigue.

  1. Take a blanket and fold it into a rectangle. Roll up one end 3/4ths of the way. Place the blanket towards the top of your mat, with the rolled up part at the bottom.
  2. Place your two blocks halfway down your mat.
  3. Lie down so that the rolled up part of the blanket rests underneath your neck and the unrolled part is supporting your head. Adjust the blocks so that they support your knees. Extend your arms out wide to the sides with your palms facing up. Close your eyes and allow yourself to fully relax here for 5 minutes.

Supported Crossed-Legs Pose | Hold 2 minutes per side

Yoga for Adrenal Fatigue

This relaxing pose helps to relieve tension in the hips and increase a sense of ease in the body and mind.

  1. To begin, place a chair on your mat. Sit in front of the chair with your legs crossed, facing the seat.
  2. Bring your arms onto the seat and gently rest your forehead down.
  3. Close your eyes and hold for 2 minutes. Cross the other leg in front, rest your forehead back down, and relax for 2 more minutes.

Supported Bridge | Hold 5 minutes

Yoga for Adrenal Fatigue

This pose helps to slow the overactive sympathetic response and bring your body back into balance.

  1. Start with your long pillow or a block off to one side. Lie down on your mat with your knees bent and your feet on the floor.
  2. Lift your hips up towards the ceiling into a bridge. Slide the pillow or block underneath your sacrum. Lower your hips back down onto it.
  3. Extend your legs down the mat. Release your arms out by your sides with your palms facing up. Close your eyes and relax here for 5 minutes.

Supported Twist | Hold 2 minutes per side

Yoga for Adrenal Fatigue

This pose helps to stretch the muscles of the back, increase digestion, and relieve mental tension.

  1. To begin, place your long pillow vertically up and down your mat.
  2. Sit in front of the pillow facing sideways, with your right hip next the pillow. Bend your knees so that they are pointing to the right.
  3. Twist your torso to face the pillow and place your hands down to frame it. Walk your hands towards the top of the mat to bring your torso to rest on the pillow. Rest your right cheek down and close your eyes. Hold for 2 minutes and then switch sides.

Tips:

  • If it feels uncomfortable in your neck, place a blanket under your cheek.
  • If you want to feel a deeper twist, turn to the opposite cheek.

https://blog.paleohacks.com/yoga-for-adrenal-fatigue/

A Life Like That, by MwsR

There was a time when things were not more important than loving a person.

Love and life of this old world could be found with much anticipation and vigor.

Things like that were not only shown in the movies but in real life.

The seasons of a person’s life always came at the time they were supposed to and in the manner, they should

Money earned was spent on an enjoyable vacation filled with memories of your family or friends.

Money saved was hope in the future of comfortability and not a necessity.

People went and shook the hand of their neighbors and they called them by their first names.

There was no closed doors because anyone was welcome to stop by.

People were special, even if they were just a passer more by.

Things were easier to see and people did not walk around in a socialized made haze.

Because of the way they were reared they knew how to endear, as well as persevere.

The biggest battle or two, for the school-age group, was which clique to belong to or which club to be in.

I wish our world had those things gone before us.

Love like that and respect of one’s neighbor was engrained in them all.

Society was in general friendlier than the one we know today.

No one really stepped over others, just to get there own way.

I would very much liked it back, in the day.

A life like that came with its share of excitement, respect, loyalty, and love.

Too bad today, much of what we see is when people shove.

When people are mean, destructive, and rude.

Selfish is the new thinking, and it is clouded with a sky of resentment.

Sure not all is bad, as is the case, mostly, anyway.

Just thinking about a life like that!

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