On the GREEN tip...

Good morning! Praise God the rain is subsiding, I wish the best for all of you dealing with the drawbacks of all this rain... There are myriad Green Guides nowadays but one of my faves is National Geographics guide, it's easy to navigate and thorough which works for me. Click here to access the site...Wishing you all a blessed day!

Urban Mama...Contaminated Fish oil?

OMG, this is the type of thing that really scares me...So, it turns out that some of the major health supplement brands-GNC, CVS, NOW FOODS, Solgar, to name a few- have been selling us fish oil that have, " illegally undisclosed and unnecessarily high levels of contamination with polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) compounds, according to a lawsuit filed today in California court." This information comes from the FishOilSafety website and it contains very important information regarding some seriously alarming deficiencies in the fish oil supplement industry. please click here to access the site and article...It's sooo important to to do our research as consumers and to support the brands that we know are responsible, transparent, and sustainable.

Leave me your thoughts comments...God bless.

The Essence of Beauty...

The essence of beauty lies in the cultivation of true health-healthy eating, exercise, natural skin care, healthy stress management, and nurturing the spirit. When all these elements come together and find harmony and balance within our life's, our true and inner beauty will inevitably radiate forth, for the world to admire. Now, don't get it twisted, I know this is no easy task, I fall off track here and there, at times more here than there. Life's twist and turns can sure diverge our focus but we MUST re-gain it and move forward. Life is not a bout getting it right all the time, how boring and predictable would that be, but it's about what we learn from every bump and how we apply it to our tomorrow. Health is beauty, Happiness is beauty, Kindness is beauty!
Yoga Journal (a great site) has a fantastic article on True Beauty, I found it very insightful and helpful, I took notes on this one. Click here to check out the article, I encourage you to do so and please leave me your thoughts/tips...God bless.

Mommy moment...

My baby boy absolutely fills my soul with the most amazing emotions ever felt! He's 17 months now and driving me bananas or "to drink" as my friend pep, likes to say. However, I would not have it any other way, this mommy thing is waaaay harder than I ever imagined but I would not give up a minute of it. J, my son, is rapidly discovering this amazing world around him and his role in it, so fascinating to watch! He's just starting to enunciate certain words like "thank you" and "you're welcome"; oh and he will not say "daddy" for the life of him, which is crazy because he absolutely adores his daddy, funny. But this morning he uttered "thank you" as I handed him his Kleen Kanteen, the clearest i've heard him speak thus far. And you can imagine how sweetly those words resonated in my ears, I almost cried. It's incredible how a seemingly simple act can impact your soul so deeply, and my baby totally uplifts the innermost part of my being... Please, be loving and kind to your kids, to everyone around you for that matter, but the fabric of who we go on to be in life is greatly impacted by our early childhood socialization, LOVE and KINDNESS can never be overstated.

Please, share your favorite mommy/daddy/parent moments with me, I look forward to being uplifted...Have a blessed day!

Get your fitness oooon...

This 45 minute yoga fitness workout really challenged me today! I've done it before (no in a while though), but today I seriously felt my inner strength radiating through. Try it, it strengthens and tones all the muscles in your body. Click on the post title to access the video...Work that body girls, summer's right around the corner!

Honey love...

I want to dive into that amber sea
and be wrapped up in the sweetness that there is
where it's just we, no more you, no more me
that honey love is enthralling, it's where I wish to be
but reality comes calling, I must resurface, eventually...

Way Up High...

I want to grow wings and fly

I want to see eye to eye as birds soar by

and you ask why?

I want to breathe the pure air way up in the sky

I want to swim through seas of white splendor

and imagine myself with wings of an angel

no more fear of heights

no insecurities lurking by

just revel in the freedom way up high

laughing without care as the wind plays with my hair

my destination? nowhere and everywhere!

finally living life without a care

I want to grow wings and fly fly, way up high, way up high!