February 12, 2014

Rosemary: A Warm Herbal Embrace to Melt Feelings of Cold and Depression

Rosemary {Rosmarinus officinalis} 

What a delightfully warming culinary herb suitable for cooking meals both sweet and savory!

Surprisingly, Rosemary also offers a yummy addition to teas....and tastes divine with starchy herbs, such as Marshmallow...

The aromatic leaves of Rosemary help to warm our blood and stimulate our circulation. And, Rosemary, (who I will continue to refer to her as she),  is one of my very favorite essential oils to incorporate into my self-care during the cooler months, from the beginning of Fall through the harshest times of Winter.

These warming and stimulating properties of Rosemary 
can also help bring light and life to cold hands/feet or dulled, foggy, sluggish mind.

I kind of like to think that Rosemary has the power to gently kick up in the butt when we need it most. 


Like many of you may experience, I too can get the Winter time blues...you know, the kind where you can't wrap your mind around pushing through your goals {such as leaving the house on your own accord, haha}, or when the snow and cold begins to feel wearing, slow, and even bleak...

Letting the Sunshine In


Okay, just in-case you are feeling a bit more bleak than before, lift your chin up. My message to you is one of hope and help :)

If sun isn't shining and you are ready for a move, sometimes you just have to bring it to you {in other clever little ways}. And, what better ways than through our senses?

I mean, we seem to rely on our minds so very much. However, in reality, our minds are one little piece of the community that makes the sum of all our parts.

If you can't get out of your mind through intellectual means, why no try relying on some of our other biologically genius parts of self?