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Winter challenges me to stay grounded. I feel more spacey and easily agitated by the cold. As the days get shorter I find myself feeling bluer. So I wanted to share some ways of regulating the systems of the body most affected by the cold, windy, wet, days of winter.

A short tribute to my grandmother and reflections on her life and mine.

Tips for upcycling, mending, recycling, and shopping more sustainably in the first place!

Being "zero" waste feels like a daunting task. Are you feeling stuck with where to begin? Check out some of these inspiring ideas to get you pumped about mending your waste habits!

This talk came on right before the terrorist attach on the capital building this week. Racism and the systems that uphold racism must be unpacked before we can mend them and mend the earth.

The winter Flowy Eco Challenge is all about mending. Mending through reducing waste, reusing when we can, and recycling as much as possible. But I wanted to kick off this section with a little post about mending from within first. As within so without. Caring for our hearts so that we can care for the world.

In 2021, I want for Flowy to be a better leader and educator in environmental living and sustainability. I want to live in closer harmony with the rhythms of the seasons. I have come up with five intentions, each will be in alignment with a particular season.

Let us not forget that the sun, moon, stars and planets are all of our ancient relatives. No joke, we are made of star dust and our home is amidst these great celestial bodies.

Flow is a mental state in which a person performing an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment. Finding this energy in times of great unrest has been a big challenge and I wanted to share a few ideas that have been helping me lately.

This not an article about finding the love of my life during Covid 19. It is about learning to love solitude and how that has helped me develop deeper love for myself.

The conclusion I have reached is that my business doesn’t matter if Black Lives don’t matter. And this post details my plans and commitments to make sure that they matter here at Flowy!

Meet artist and designer, Mary Evelyn Pritchard! She has recently started her own business called Home As Affirmation. So much more than interior design, her consultations are an opportunity to "collaborate with your home to support your wellbeing."

I wanted to take a few moments to break down and demystify affirmations. Simply put, affirmations are positive phrases meant to send a message to an aspect of the subconscious which is in need of attention. 

We made it to 2020!!! According to the latest UN report by climate scientists, we officially have one decade left to stop irreversible damage caused by climate change. We all need to help in order to turn this ship around. The following are steps to take to reduce our footprint.

Polyester, Nylon, and Viscose microfibers are washing off in the washing machine and getting discharged into the environment. The answer seems pretty clear to me, we need to begin choosing to wear natural fibers over synthetic whenever possible. 

yoga and natural dying retreat for balance and reconnection with the self and the soil - September 20-22

Spring comes as a breath of fresh air, and then things bloom and it's beautiful and hap...haapp...ACHOO! Sneezy. And then the red eyes and scratch throat follow not far behind for many of us.

I was with a friend who has studied plant medicines; she was sweetly introducing me to each of her homemade flower essences and tinctures for spring when she also introduced me to Shatavari.