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Understanding "Sick Building Syndrome": Causes + Prevention Tips for Healthy Indoor Air

Understanding "Sick Building Syndrome": Causes + Prevention Tips for Healthy Indoor Air

Team Mache
Sick Building Syndrome serves as a stark reminder that our human well-being is intricately linked to the indoor environments we design and build. By implementing these tips and fostering awareness about indoor air quality, we can ensure our homes and workplaces promote health and vitality, not discomfort and disease.
Hone your Holiday Coping Skills: Adopt the "Five Ds" to Stay Sane + Healthy this Holiday

Hone your Holiday Coping Skills: Adopt the "Five Ds" to Stay Sane + Healthy this Holiday

Team Mache
As the holiday season rolls in, it can be easy to get swept up in the whirlwind of festivities, often at the expense of our well-being. That's why we've developed the must-read Five D's—a comprehensive list of savvy coping tools designed to help you navigate the holiday season while maintaining your health and sanity.
Embracing Winter's Harmony: Integrating the Water Element into Sustainable Living

Winter's Healing Power: Integrate the Water Element into your Self-care Routine

Team Mache
Winter is a season that, in the wisdom of Traditional Chinese Medicine, is deeply intertwined with the water element. At Mache, we believe in harmonizing our lives with the natural rhythms of our natural world. This article delves into how the principles of winter and the water element to inspire sustainable living.
Self-Care at Work: Ways to Support Your Mental Health While on the Job

Self-Care at Work: Ways to Support Your Mental Health While on the Job

Team Mache
High-stress jobs can lead to addiction and other mental health issues. However, mitigating the strain we take on at work can prevent that stress from running away with us. With self-care practices, we create awareness within our bodies so that when we feel overwhelmed at work or anywhere else, we can actively combat stress by mindfully caring for our well-being.
Design your Workspace for Wellbeing with these 3 Transformative Tips

Design your Workspace for Wellbeing with 3 Transformative Tips

Team Mache
Many professionals, including myself, strive to offset the negative effects of sedentary work life with an active and regular workout routine. While moving our bodies is an undeniably helpful counterbalancing habit to adopt, it turns out there’s also a lot more we can do to maximize our sense of physical and mental well-being with the help of Workplace Wellness Design. 
OM-g: The Environmental Impact of the Yoga Industry

OM-g: The Environmental Impact of the Yoga Industry

Team Mache
As the popularity of yoga continues to soar, it's important for us to look closely at the environmental impact of the yoga industry. While yoga promotes harmony, mindfulness, and connection with nature, the production and consumption of yoga-related products can have significant consequences on the environment. In this blog, we explore the environmental challenges posed by the yoga industry and discuss ways to make the practice more sustainable.
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Nama-stay Away from Plastics: Know the Top 5 Plastics Polluting your Yoga Practice

Team Mache
In the pursuit of yoga, we strive to create a harmonious union between mind, body, and the environment around us. In order to curate a supportive environment for self-care, we...
Embrace the Fiery Energy of Summer: Balance the Fire Element

Embrace the Fiery Energy of Summer: Balance the Fire Element

Team Mache
As we step into the vibrant season of summer, we are greeted by the radiant energy of the fire element. In Chinese medicine and the Science of Ayurveda, the fire...
The Wellness Onion: Becoming a Conscious Consumer

The Wellness Onion: Becoming a Conscious Consumer

Brienne Derosier
The health and wellness movement has been underway for quite some time, and its impact in the home has been undeniable, especially since the pandemic forced shelter-in-place lockdowns. Concurrently, home...
Balancing the Wood Element: Tips for a Healthy Spring

Balancing the Wood Element: Tips for a Healthy Spring

Team Mache
Spring is the season of new growth and renewal, and in traditional Chinese medicine, it's associated with the wood element. In Chinese Medicine theory, the wood element's related meridian system...
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5 Mindful Remote Work Hacks to Increase Productivity

Team Mache
The most important thing to understand is that achieving optimal success while working from home is all about balance. You don’t need to beat yourself up every time you take time for yourself and your mental health, just make sure you set yourself up to continue work afterwards. Read these five tips for weaving wellness into the remote work day.
Five ways to care for your heart health

5 Ways to Practice Self Love + Build a Healthy Heart

Team Mache
Love is at the heart of the world, just as it is at the heart of your life. ― Sebastian Pole, Discovering the True You with Ayurveda: How to Nourish,...
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