Mystic of East

1. Get better. There are always new and different ways we can improve our way of living. Life is just one long progression, right? The key is to keep progressing positively. Do some digging and research fresh ways to enhance your life. Bookmark or RSS all of your favorite sites, and make time each week to read the latest on living well. A quick and easy change you can make right now is to focus on living moderately. Practice planning ahead in all areas of your day-to-day life. Pack a full water bottle before going out for three hours. Get better at pre-planning for future expenses. When we avoid unnecessary extremes and learn to anticipate what the situation or our bodies will call for, that’s a huge part of balanced living. 2. Explore   what makes you passionate. If you’re reading this, chances are you have a passion, maybe many. It’s easy to forget that lots and lots of people walk around without any sense of purpose or direction in their lives. And they ...

What is the hype over essential oils? How come everyone is talking about them and do they even work? Essential oils are a concentrated extract version of the natural oils that already exists within plants.  These oils are extracted from plants via distillation. Distillation is most commonly done by steam or water, where many parts of the plants are being used, including the plant roots, leaves, stems, flowers, or bark. The therapeutic quality of essential oils has recently been discovered in the Western world and commodified to be marketable as people have just now discovered the positive outcome of essential oil use. Essential oils have been used throughout history in many cultures for their medicinal and therapeutic benefits. While the oils are still in the plant, they  provide the plants with protection against predators and disease, and also play a role in plant pollination . As these properties carry forward into the essential oils, folk medicine since ancient time...