Careful the products you use...your body will listen.

I have written a few drafts on a topic I've been wanting to write about for a long time: how what we put on our skin affects our overall health and well-being. It's a subject we all hear so much about, but how much of it really makes sense, sinks in, and stays with us in a way that helps us really make good choices when deciding what products we choose (or choose to make)?

What I've found in writing these drafts is that I have a basic understanding of products and interactions from an experiential background, and from my time in massage school (both as a student and a teacher). While I feel I could adequately share that basic understanding, I cannot communicate the scientific and chemical side nearly as well as my friend, Dr. Sarah Villafranco at Osmia Organics in her recent post.

So, with full credit to Sarah and her team, the following is the best explanation on this topic I have ever read, so please enjoy and make sure to check out their INCREDIBLE products, from soaps to body oils to face masks and scrubs! They are the real deal and I have not been paid to promote them or their products in any way. I just believe in them 100%.
Be Well.
Dani Grace, LMT

The Osmia Tox-Screen: The What and Why of Ingredients We Don't Use in Our Products

by Dr. Sarah Villafranco, MD

Osmia Organics Website

New year, new approach, new inspirations.

In this new year, it feels like time to show more appreciation of the positive inspirations in my life. I find that as positive and optimistic a person I am, that doesn't shine through when what I blog about are the complaints about things that annoy me or frustrate me, even though those things sometimes are the squeakiest wheels. 

I have so many more thoughts about what I love in life, in my friends, in my family, in my career and in myself than thoughts about what troubles me, so why give those few negatives more power? I believe it to be a toxic practice, and who wants to encourage toxicity?

No more.

What I do in my work is to essentially help other people release their troubles and to let go of pain and stress by focusing on the present, focusing on what feels good, and focusing on feeling whole and healthy. In order to do this, I also need to stay focused on these things--not only just when I am with a client, but in my day-to-day life as well.

I will be blogging about the spa industry from a very personal and positive perspective. There will be advice for clients, advice for therapists, and quite a lot of information that I have to share about the "whats," "whys," and especially "hows" in the world of massage therapy as it applies to the body, mind, and spirit.

If you have any questions that you would like to get answers to, please share them! If I am already planning an entry on the topic, I would be happy to address specific concerns and issues that you would like to know about!

Cheers,

Dani