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Therapy with Ashwagandha, also known as winter cherry, has been advocated for centuries by most of India’s ancient systems of medicine, against illnesses like arthritic inflammation, insomnia, respiratory disorders, asthma, coughs and nervous disorders. Now, Ayurveda’s wonder herb Ashwagandha has been found to prevent heart attack… Read More

Find TULSI TEA this tea season at WILD OATS MARKETS! 

Wild Oats Markets will be adding TULSI TEA to their tea line up this fall!

TULSI TEA is available in 5 yummy flavors, Original, Ginger, Green, Gotu Kola, & Chai Masala-  All of which you will now be able to purchase at your local WILD OATS MARKET!!!

See you at Wild Oats!

Tulsi, the common feature on small built-up platforms in front of houses in Kerala, has been truly a wonder plant, prescribed and used elaborately for almost all types of diseases. Latest findings show that daily doses of Tulsi extracts for four weeks protected rats from a chemical injurious to the heart.
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Yesterday we were at the CU Boulder Health and Wellness Expo promoting Tulsi Tea with the CU Boulder students.  We were joined by Bouder area chiropractors, yoga and pilates studios, and other wellness products.  Tulsi Gotu Kola Tea is a great options for students!  Tulsi helping balance the negative effects of stress and gotu kola supporting memory function, our tea makes a healthy study aid! 

Peace,

Heather

I watched as crop dusters sprayed the conventional cotton fields with chemicals to defoliate the leaves from the cotton plant, to make the cotton fiber easier to pick. In contrast, organically grown cotton uses a natural process occurring during a seasonal freeze. The contrast was sharp and clearly visible. The conventional cotton was brown and lifeless, the organic cotton vibrant with leaves that were glossy and green. It was very clear: organic cotton was good for business and good for the environment.  Read More from GreenBiz

Tulsi T-shirt, 100% organic cotton

The fall is at our doorstep. Auspiciously, this year we celebrate the Autumn Equinox, the Jewish New Year and the Indian Navaratri at the same weekend. In a world that is often so terribly out of balance, it can be both healing and heartening to celebrate this special time. No matter who we are or where our people came from, our ancestors had many magical ways of honoring the autumn equinox, when the day and night are of equal length and the world finds balance for a breath of time. After this equinox the nights grow longer than the days, so it is traditionally a time to look inward, take stock, give thanks for the harvest, and prepare for the time of dreaming. Taking time to honor your own inner harvests–all the things you have achieved and felt and learned from, over the past months, is a lovely way to connect with this time of year. Have a great weekend!

  For ideas of Equinox celebrations click here  

Here we are at the Healthy Harvest Fest in Santa Clara CA. It was a good show for us and I got to meet a lot of stores from the Bay area that have been our fans for a long time and are helping us move forward with Tulsi Tea.  Thanks to all of our CA stores for attending and supporting the Natural Products Association.  For more information about the NFFA / NPA  check out:  http://www.naturalproductsassoc.org/site/PageServer

Peace,

Heather

General Electric, Wal-Mart, and Unilever are lining up to show off their green credentials in an effort to woo customers. These companies are driven not just by the desire to cash in on increasing environmental awareness among customers. There is a practical incentive for companies to act, independently of what consumers think. Read More…

In Da Strauss Levi Strauss will debut organic-cotton jeans Good old-fashioned Levi’s jeans will become new-fashioned in November, when the company debuts Eco jeans. The denim dungarees will be organic cotton, naturally dyed, and U.S.-made — and, like all too many eco-products, woefully expensive, with a hefty $250 price tag (printed on recycled paper with soy ink). Read More

A mala is a string of 108 beads with one bead as the summit bead called a ’sumeru’. It is a tool used to keep your mind on the meditation practice. Meditation can be quite a tricky practice because the mind is like a naughty child. By its very nature, the mind tends to wander off during the meditation practice. At such times, the mala provides the much needed anchor. The mala beads are moved in rhythm with the breath and the mantra, so that both-sleep as well as excessive mental distraction-are prevented by this action upon the beads. For wearing: A personal mala is a wonderful accessory to meditation, which when used regularly with a personal mantra, absorbs the vibrations of the practice. It becomes like a close friend or a comfortable piece of clothing!

Pink and blue are passe. The hot thing in the children’s market these days is green.
Parents are increasingly turned on by the idea of organic products, clothing, creams and food made without chemicals that they feel are too harsh to be used on their pristine and delicate children…Read more

Good chefs know that freshly-picked herbs and vegetables taste better. But when you work in a kitchen on the 14th floor of a hotel in the middle of a big city this can be a challenge….Read more

A three-year long study in the UK found that organic milk has 69% higher levels of Omega 3 fatty acids than non-organic milk. While many on both sides of the organic food movement work towards research that would quantify the nutritional differences between conventional and organic foods - this study, conducted by 14 scientists is one of the first to show such a dramatic difference in nutrient levels…Read more

While you’re probably familiar with grains like barley and quinoa, there’s a world of unusual varieties of grains out there that, chances are, you’ve never even heard of, let alone know what to do with in the kitchen…Read more

EU says food importers should do more to keep out genetically modified products.The EU’s executive office also said it would ask China for more information about its rice exports after two environmental groups said that some contained illegal genetically modified elements. Read more from the Herald Tribune