WELLNESS
Wellness
Check out the wellness articles below for self-care techniques. Please let me know if you have a specific question or interest. Thanks and enjoy! - Carole
Finding Balance
"Too much on your plate? Millions of Americans know how you feel. Small amounts of stress can be a good thing, keeping us alert and on-task." When a busy lifestyle creates too much stress, click below to find simple steps you can take to recover a sense of balance.
For 10 tips to enrich your life and enhance well being, click below.
The Nose Knows
"Aromatherapy in its simplest form -- enjoying the fresh smell of a just-peeled orange, picking rosemary from the garden, steeping mint leaves for tea. Aromatics have been used for more than 10,000 years, while the use of aromatherapy and essential oils dates back at least five centuries. Today, a renaissance is occurring in homes, spas and treatment rooms, as health advocates breathe new life into this tried and true practice." To learn more about essential oils and their uses, click below.
Cultivating Wellness
"The reward, avid gardeners say, of cultivating the earth is nothing short of sublime. So what exactly is going on in the backyard plot that has captivated more than 85 million Americans? Well, in a word, healing." Click below to learn more about the many benefits of gardening.
Sound Sleep
"For the most part, we are a sleep-deprived nation. We rush through weekdays, operating on too little sleep and crash on weekends in an attempt to recover. And even for those of us clocking the requisite hours, sleep may be interrupted for a variety of reasons. According to Ralph Pascualy, M.D., medical director of the Swedish Sleep Medicine Institute (SSMI) in Seattle, Wash., both the quantity and quality of our sleep directly affect our health."
To find out more about sleep and how it affects your health, click below.
Carole Lilly, LMBT
Therapeutic Massage
NC #7803
