Women Health Care

Rosemary protects against mood swings and glandular disorders!

Good for relieving numerous female complaints associated with menstrual cycles, including menopause.

Traditionally Rosemary was used to remove the causes which hindered conception!

Wonderful antidote for cold hands and feet!

HOME SPA TREATMENT: Mix 1-3 drops of Rosemary essential oil in liquid Castile soap then blend this mixture in a basin of hot water and enjoy a relaxing 15 minute foot soak that will warm and renew your entire body, mind and spirit.

A great pick me up or wake up oil alone or in a blend. Excellent for physical recovery of one’s energy after an illness.

Its pronounced stimulating effect on the circulatory systems (lymph, nerve and blood) makes it especially helpful for lowering blood pressure, as well as for promoting cellular respiration and detoxification.

May help to lower high blood sugar!

Blend Rosemary with Fennel in a hot compress, or bath for stimulating and promoting flow of Chi (life force energy).

Rosemary’s beneficial effects on the circulation of blood, lymph and nerve supply make it an excellent choice in a massage blend.

Use Rosemary verbenone for relieving symptoms of chronic fatigue and multiple sclerosis, gout, rheumatism, as well as to relieve stiff joints and muscular aches and pain.

Rosemary is a favorite culinary herb for food flavoring and makes an excellent marinade! Add 1-3 drops at the end of the cooking process to maximize Rosemary’s benefits and flavors. Bon appetit! Continue Reading

Many women are interested in meditation. Maybe, like you, they have heard that meditation helps you to relax and let go of stress. As a working mum you constantly have to juggle the demands of caring for your family and keeping on top of your work.

Given the multiple demands on your time, it can be easy to neglect your most valuable asset – your health. To do what you do – the caring, the sharing, the loving and holding the family together, requires tremendous physical, emotional and spiritual strength.

To help you sustain your level of commitment to your work and dedication to your family it is essential you find a way to care and nourish your inner health.

From personal experience, the practice of yoga and meditation provides me with useful tools to look after myself. As a yoga teacher, yoga students often say how calmer and clearer they feel after a yoga/meditation class.

The following points are the seven essential benefits students often say to me about the effects of meditation on their health

1. Meditation helps to strengthen the mind:
Meditation involves concentrating the mind on a single point of focus. If you are going through an emotional challenging situation, you mind can feel weak and thoughts scattered. The more you practice meditation the easier it becomes for you to regain control of your thoughts and focus your energy on positive outcomes for yourself. Continue Reading

With all of the roles women are expected to play, health and fitness for women has become all the more important to consider. By realizing that being a mother, a partner, and a career woman are all exhausting tasks, you can see how a woman’s body might need more attention. But by also being more likely to care for everyone else but us, it’s not something that’s easily done. Here are ways that you can start to take charge of health and fitness for women – and more importantly, you.

Mommy Dearest

The role of being a mom is something that’s most concerning when it comes to health and fitness for women. Not only do women hold the fetus as it grows into a child, but also their bodies need to be prepared to give birth to this child. To help your body be in the best health, you need to recognize the choices you make will affect your body when it’s time to have a baby. Making good diet choices and staying active will help you keep your body strong. And these choices need to begin long before you are pregnant. The earlier you start taking care of your body, the better you will be in the long run.

Partner in Health

Next in the list of things for women to do is to be a supportive partner in their relationship. While this doesn’t seem to be a part of health and fitness for women, it most certainly is. By making good health choices and decisions, you will be influencing your partner and creating the foundation for a long and active life together. And this doesn’t even have to require nagging or pleading with your partner. By simply taking the time to exercise with each other and eating balanced meals, you will do more for your health and your relationships health than any nagging would. Continue Reading