Let’s reclaim the spirit of the season with these gifts that help us live healthier, are good for our planet, and support our communities. They are also great lower priced items for friends, acquaintances, co-workers, even those relatives we don’t see too often. Just a little something to let them know you remembered them.
1. Soy candles. Soy candles add a touch of elegance to a room. Soy is a healthier alternative to paraffin wax candles. These candles are also made with hydrosols, natural scents distilled from Hawaiian flowers and fruit such as plumeria, pineapple, gardenia, and piyake.
2. Bath and body gift packs. Bath oil, bubble bath, talcum powder, all make great gifts and will brighten the day for someone special. (more…)
It’s difficult to enjoy the holidays when you’re worried about money, so use the money-saving tips to put more ho-ho-ho in your holiday season and relieve holiday shopping stress .
You don’t have to go into debt to have a happy and memorable holiday season. You may place pretty heavy demands on yourself between the holiday parties, the baking, the holiday cards finding the perfect gifts for everyone, so make it a point to enjoy the holidays more by simplifying some of the work. (more…)
Driving up to Cameron Highlands is quite stressful if you take the Tapah town exit (the old, much windier). Commercial trucks dressed up with or without chrome accessories tend to travel at unsafe speeds taking corners at the absolute limit of adhesion to the road.
After the stressful drive, why not relieve your stress by getting a spa treatment. At the very least, take one of the tea baths. Spa treatments feature healing therapies based on produce from the surrounding jungle, and ancient tea rituals.
In Asia, bathing rituals are an important part of physical as well as spiritual cleansing. What’s great is that before each treatment, every guest has a tea bath. These are supposed to relieve stress, refresh the skin and slow down the aging process.
It cannot be discounted that many who have tried herbal supplements experienced an improvement in their health—whether this is due to the herbals themselves or due to a placebo effect, as long as they do not worsen the condition of an individual, then using them is worth the risk.
But of course, certain things must be considered before taking those herbal supplements: (more…)
Life isn’t the sweetest candy.
Sometimes, when I feel like the world is just too heavy, I look around and find people who continued to live fascinating and wonderful lives. And then thoughts come popping into my mind like bubbles from nowhere – “How did their life become so adorably sweet? How come they still can manage to laugh and play around despite a busy stressful life?” Then I pause and observed for awhile… I figured out that maybe, they start to work on a place called ‘self’.
So, how does one become genuinely happy? (more…)