
Healing the heart chakra
This week, I've been working on healing the heart chakra. How fricken COOL is it that the full moon last night is the second full moon this month, a blue moon?! The full moon is a very powerful, magical & healing time that connects us to our hearts & our emotions, so I'm super excited that the moon is full during the week of my heart chakra healing! Extra opening, extra empowering, extra special According to Elephant Journal, "a blue moon only occurs approximately every 2.7 y

Healing the solar plexus chakra
The solar plexus is the third of the seven chakras, so it's also the third week of my healing. Almost our entire digestive system sits in this chakra, as well as our liver, lungs, adrenals & pancreas. This chakra's element is fire, which makes sense since it houses our digestive system (our body's digestive fire) and determines the strength of our inner fire, our confidence. If you are just tuning into this series, check out the previous chakra posts:
1st chakra 2nd chakra A

Healing the sacral chakra
The sacral chakra is the second of the seven chakras....which marks the second week of my seven-week healing adventure! See last week's post to learn about & heal the first chakra right here I'm writing this post at the end of the third week (which is the solar plexus chakra), but I can tell you that right off the bat, I noticed that the sacral chakra is an area that needs a lot of healing for me. All of the lower chakras have needed a lot of love & healing to be honest! Funn

When life gives you (ripe) bananas
Is it weird to be overwhelmed with pure joy when I have a 40lb box of bananas in my possession?? NOT IN THE LEAST BIT! Fruit is nature's candy my friends! And you know how happy kids get about candy? That's me, about bananas (and dates of course) All I see when I pick up a box of bananas is endless bowls of banana nice cream, lip smackingly yummy banana smoothies, banana milk & GASP! the possibility of banana bread or muffins...OR BOTH! Until that moment when the bananas are

Healing the root chakra
Two weeks ago, I decided to take 7 weeks to heal each chakra by focusing on affirmations, meditations and foods. It's been surprisingly fun to research each chakra & I've really enjoyed the creativity boost its given me in the kitchen! If you don't know anything about the chakras, I will do my best to explain what I have learned about each one over the next several weeks. Week 1: The Root Chakra Sanskrit name, Muladhara Location: base of the spine Color: red Affirmation: I am