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Healthy Holiday Gift Guide: Align your Shopping List with your Holistic Values

Healthy Holiday Gift Guide: Align your Shopping List with your Holistic Values

As we step into the holiday season, a time synonymous with gifting and indulgence, it is an exceptional time to take a brief moment to align your shopping choices with the "Wellness Onion" principles. In doing so, you may notice a significant up-tick in your holiday spirit as you contribute directly, and meaningfully, towards healthier living and a greener planet.
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Tagged: Conscious Shopping Guides Partnerships Plastic-free Sustainability
See Through Greenwashing | An Interview with Agreenably

See Through Deceptive Greenwashing Marketing Tactics

The wellness community is increasingly seeking sustainable and ethical products to align their buying practices with their values. In this pursuit, many face the challenge of distinguishing genuine sustainability from deceptive greenwashing tactics. Join us as we delve into the world of sustainability, the origins of greenwashing, and how tech is empowering conscious consumers to shop responsibly.
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Tagged: Conscious Shopping Design Partnerships Sustainability
Exposing the Hidden Toxins in Luxury Interiors

Exposing the Hidden Toxins in Luxury Interiors

In recent years, a spotlight on sustainable living has illuminated the hidden corners of the luxury interiors market, revealing a landscape that, while seemingly opulent, often harbors a toxic secret. In this article, we take a closer look at five materials, commonly found in luxury interiors, uncovering their hidden toxins, and offering sustainable alternatives for a home that is both luxurious and non-toxic.
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Tagged: Design Guides Plastic-free Sustainability
5 Healthwashing Scams the Wellness Industry Doesn't Want You to Know

5 Healthwashing Scams the Wellness Industry Doesn't Want You to Know

So, what exactly is "Healthwashing"? Healthwashing is a deceptive marketing practice wherein products are dressed up as health-conscious or eco-friendly, while in reality, they may be harmful to both our well-being and the environment. In this article, we'll delve deeper into the top five healthwashing scams to avoid in your self-care spaces and healthy lifestyle, and we'll shed light on the implications of falling for these misleading claims.

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Tagged: Design Guides Plastic-free Sustainability
OM-g: The Environmental Impact of the Yoga Industry

OM-g: The Environmental Impact of the Yoga Industry

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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Tagged: Design Guides Self Care Sustainability
What is a V.O.C.? Identify Off-gassing Plastics in Your Home+ Know Why They are Harmful to your Health

What are VOCs? Understand Off-gassing Plastics + Why They are Harmful to your Health

VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds) are harmful airborne chemicals that released into the air through a process called off-gassing. In this article, we explore what exactly VOCs are, we call out the most common off-gassing plastics found in our daily lives, and we explore why these sneaky and prevalent chemicals pose a threat to our health.
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Tagged: Design Guides Plastic-free Sustainability
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Nama-stay Away from Plastics: Know the Top 5 Plastics Polluting your Yoga Practice

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...
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Tagged: Guides Plastic-free Self Care Sustainability
Discover + Balance the Fire Element in your Home

Discover + Balance the Fire Element in your Home

In Traditional Chinese Medicine and the ancient Indian science for architecture and design, Vastu Shastra, the principles of balancing the elements extend beyond our bodies to the spaces we inhabit....
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Tagged: Design Guides Well at Home
Embrace the Fiery Energy of Summer: Balance the Fire Element

Embrace the Fiery Energy of Summer: Balance the Fire Element

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...
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Tagged: Guides Self Care
Reduce the Plastic Footprint of your Yoga and Fitness Practice

Reduce the Plastic Footprint of your Yoga + Fitness Practice

As yogis and fitness enthusiasts, we all want to lead a healthy and sustainable lifestyle. We pay attention to what we eat, how we move our bodies, and what products...
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Tagged: Plastic-free Sustainability
Interview with Yoga Exchange: The Ultimate Resource for Yoga Teachers

Interview with Yoga Exchange: The Ultimate Resource for Yoga Teachers

We are thrilled to bring you an exclusive Q&A with Yoga Exchange, the ultimate resource for yoga teachers who are looking to elevate their teaching game. Yoga Exchange was founded...
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Tagged: Guides Partnerships
Spring Cleaning Toxins: 5 Ways to Make a Clean and Sustainable Home with Mache

Beware of Cleaning Toxins: 5 Ways to Keep a Clean + Chemical-free Home

Spring is finally here! It's time to open up the windows, let in some fresh air, and give our homes a deep clean. But did you know that many conventional...
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Tagged: Design Guides Sustainability Well at Home