As the year begins, here’s an Aesop’s fable to remind us that quality always beats quantity: A fox belittled a lioness because she never bore more than one cub. “Yes, only one”, she replied, “but a lion.” Biological fact: lionesses usually have between one and six cubs at a time. Most often they give birth …
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Fairy symbols
Have you ever heard of these? They are also known as attraction symbols as they are meant to attract the prosperity which they are named after. There is over 200 of them, each symbolising a good prospect of life, each with a different name and shape. Attraction symbols are somewhat keys to energy, values, abilities, skills, …
Dear human, good planets are hard to find
This is not about the second quote we hear too often (which, unfortunately, we must): “There is no planet B.” It’s just thinking about the little things we can do make this life so much better. By life I mean everything in existence. It takes as little as: Be respectful, mindful, aware, friendly, kind, open-minded, …
We can never have too many smoothie options
There are so many smoothie recipes, but we can never have too many. 🙂 This is a meal that provides some of the nutrients we need every day. It’s a nutrition bomb: Blueberies: contain Fe and other essential minerals. I picked these myself in the local forest. They grow on rich soil on forest floor …
Growing citrus trees from seeds
First a disclaimer: I am not at all an expert in growing indoor plants, or outdoor for that matter. I just use my biological knowledge regarding the state of the plants and their environmental and nutrient requirements. I do my research and got some experience through the years, but there’s a lot of room for …
What if I told you we need to learn how to breathe properly?
This post was inspired by the book Breath by James Nestor. Correct breathing influences the body’s biochemistry, body mass and overall health. Conscious deep breathing allows us to reach our nervous system, thus to control immune response and restore health. How we breathe effects the size and function of our lungs. Improving our breathing directly …
How many times do you do a reality check of your life?
Or in other words – be careful what you wish for. Because your deepest wishes come true. Let’s go through this together: remember what you wished for throughout your life, your strongest wishes from different phases and areas of your life. Browse your memory, even photos and journals if you kept them. If there are …
Blue light from the screens and its phototoxicity
We avoid the sun light in the peak of the days, we make sure we use natural skin care, parabens, mineral oils and titanium dioxide free. Yet we most often do not realise the negative consequences of the light from screens we tend to (or must) spent so much time in front of. Most of …
Environmental organisations to follow and support
There are many environmental organisations out there (I would say thankfully, but just the fact that the earth needs them makes it clear that we’re not in a good situation) and all of them deserve our attention. Here’s a list of the few I follow and have researched so far. These teams do incredible work …
It’s a frog’s life – a quick knowledge refresher of frogs’ life cycle
We all know the life cycle of frogs, so we won’t get into details here. Just a quick refreshment: the life cycle of a frog consists of three stages: egg, larva and adult. As the frog grows, it moves through these stages in the process of metamorphosis. The larvae of tailless amphibians (Anura), tadpoles, have …