So in addition to my post on how to create a Moroccan-themed spa day at home…I found some enviable Moroccan inspired bathrooms….take a look…
Here’s a little blurb about Moroccan interior design by the writers at moroccanarchitecture.wordpress.com…
“The Moroccan home is a unique blend of African, Berber, and Islamic aesthetics…Interior decor is essential to Islamic architecture. Vaults, [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Spa-staycation in Morocco continued…some enviable Moroccan bathrooms
Posted in Africa, eco-friendly, spa-licious, style on June 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Have a Spa Stay-cation…make your own Moroccan spa….
Posted in eco-friendly, organic, spa-licious on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As promised I’m bringing you a few tips on how to create a Moroccan-inspired spa in your own home this week. Of course Hammam (or Moroccan plunge pool) not included…your bathtub will have to do!
But there are a few key things you can do to create the ambiance of a Moroccan spa, and to treat [...]
Yoga pose of the week: Get some perspective…upside down in Headstand sirsasana
Posted in Yoga pose of the week, yoga on June 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
After a great evening of wining and dining with friends at the Gaslight in the South End of Boston (fantastic food…and there’s free parking!) the other night, I came home to find that my beloved 2 1/2 year old weathered Macbook was not responding to me, or anything! Silent freak-out ensued and my whole technological [...]
Feudal Castle to Eco-Friendly Fantasy in Morocco…
Posted in Africa, Help out!, Travel, eco-friendly on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I watched ‘Casablanca’ the other night and my desire to travel to Northern Africa was reignited immediately. I also was in the midst of a girls’-night-in, consisting of homemade summertime facial masks. I thought to myself…hmmm…spa PLUS Morocco would be the ideal….and what do you know? One of the top Eco-Spa’s in the world is [...]
Think outside the Rectangle: Who says a yoga mat must be boring? From round mats…to yoga DVD-playing yoga mats…
Posted in Help out!, eco-friendly, go local!, organic, style, technology, yoga on June 25, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Although its more economical to use the mat from the local studio at class, or to buy a cheap mat from Marshall’s or T.J. Maxx, local studio mats can have up to 100,000 bacteria per square inch, and el-cheapo mats can sometimes be made from non eco-friendly materials, and be of el-cheapo quality.
Original yogis, and [...]
Wanderlust Wednesdays: It takes a Village…an Eco-friendly DREAM in Malawi
Posted in Africa, Help out!, Travel, Volun'tour'ism, Wanderlust Wednesday, eco-friendly on June 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Malawi….”the Warm Heart of Africa”…
Well, the weather still has not let up and its making me long to go back to the wonderful, and much drier, Africa. One country I have always wanted to visit in Africa is Malawi…in South Eastern Africa nestled in between Zambia, Mozambique and Tanzania. One may think that because it [...]
‘Wine’ not?
Posted in Ayurveda, go local!, organic, wine on June 23, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Okay so drinking wine may not lead us to spiritual enlightenment, and it may be frowned upon in efforts to cleanse oneself…but something I have learned in my life is “everything in moderation”.
Wine, red wine in particular, does have its health benefits in its restorative ‘reservatols’, as many of you know. Red wine (a glass [...]
Mind the Gap: Mindfulness in hard times
Posted in Buddhism, Exercise, go local! on June 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So again, this weather is still getting me down, and I was reminded today on the Orange Line in Boston of how that posh voice on the London Tube politely requests that everyone “MIND THE GAP” before stepping off to their destination.
I love when Buddhist philosophy comes from unlikely sources, and this little reminder definitely [...]
A Clock-perk Orange: wake up your senses!
Posted in Ayurveda, Orangic scents on June 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Rain, Rain, Go Away….I feel like I’m in Wuthering Heights…or a depressing British novel…All of us in the northeastern region of the U.S. need a mental/sensual pick-me-up STAT!
Ayurvedic solution: Orange!
A yoga teacher of mine informed me last week that the scent of an orange is an instant vitality booster and energy driver! So I immediately [...]
Yoga Pose of the Week: Urdhva Mukha Svanasana… upward-facing dog
Posted in Yoga pose of the week on June 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »
upward-facing dog
So every week I will post a “Yoga pose of the week”, one that has some relevance in my life, or those in the context around me.
I chose Urdha Mukha Svanasana this week, or as many know it as upward-facing dog because it is my favorite pose in the surya namaskar sequence (or [...]
