Visiting Saratoga, with its beautiful shops, fun concerts, engaging events, and its historical state park, provides a respite from the stressors of daily life. Yet, we can lose the richness of the present moment when the background chatter of our mind starts listing our to-do lists and frets over the turmoil of global events....
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Using Essential Oils to Calm Your Brain So You Can Fully Embrace Your Stay in Saratoga
Saratoga offers a break from daily stress with its shops, events, and historic park. However, distractions like to-do lists and global concerns can make it hard to embrace the moment. Essential oils can help you reduce this overwhelm of everyday life so you can fully immerse yourself in the activities of Saratoga. With a...
Integrative Lyme Disease Treatment and Prevention: Summertime Has Hit Saratoga… Let’s Keep Away Those Terrifying Ticks!
The glorious days of summer in Saratoga are a wonder for both tourists and natives. Whether gathering with your friends at the track, walking down Broadway to purchase your prizes, exploring the Healing Springs, or jamming at SPAC, it’s always a fun time. Many know that with warmer weather, horses can get antsy. However,...
Ylang Ylang Oil: An Alluring and Harmonizing Mind-Body-Heart Remedy to Heighten Your Saratoga Experience
As you head to the track and shop in Saratoga’s premier shops, wouldn’t it be lovely to upgrade your experience with an amazing, enticing scent from a beloved essential oil that is also balancing to your mind and body? Ylang ylang essential oil distilled from the Cananga odorata flower is cherished for its sweet...
Eating for Your Brain Part 2: Key Foods to Nourish Your Brain for Better Cognition and Mood During Your Time in Saratoga
When you are out and about enjoying the sites of Saratoga, you are probably not thinking too much about how your food choices impact your brain and body. However, what we eat can not only affect our health and mood in the long-term, but can also give us with more energy and vitality to...
Eating for Your Brain Part 1: Sorting Through Conflicting Health Information on How Food Can Feed Your Brain
Is Food Medicine for the Brain? We are living in a world where access to health information is abundant. Through AI, social media, the internet, and podcasts, people can easily find copious sources of education and a diversity of opinions on wellness topics. This vast amount of available knowledge is highlighting to the masses...
Phototoxicity: Avoiding the “Burn” By Sun-Unfriendly Essential Oils
Essential Oils in the Sunshine Essential oils can be a wonderful way to support mind-body balance in the summertime. Yet, it is important to be aware certain essential oils have been known to cause unwanted skin reactions when exposed to the sun’s rays. Although this does not negate their benefits, these oils should be...
More on Supporting Thyroid Health with Essential Oils
The thyroid gland is vital for various key physiological processes. It plays a role in regulating metabolism, emotions, brain function, heart rate, muscle contraction, cholesterol levels, liver function, and more. Due to its system-wide impacts, untreated thyroid disease can lead to a variety of disorders. These include cardiovascular issues, osteoporosis, pregnancy complications, infertility, and...
Essential Oils and Mind-Body-Spirit Medicine: Kathryn Faso Interviews Dr. Sarah on Naturopathic and Functional Medicine for Brain, Digestive, and Hormone Health, Spirituality, “Healthy Eating,” Body Acceptance, Detox, and Mindset
Just recently, I was honored to have Kathryn Faso interview me. We talked about my journey into naturopathic and functional medicine and my love for essential oils. It was a pleasure to reunite with Kathryn. She is a humble and self-taught holistic health expert that I met years ago. Kathryn and I first connected at...
The Benefits of Diffusing Essential Oils: An Easy Way to Incorporate the Aromatic Benefits of Essential Oils into Your Life
Breathing in Good Health Inhalation is the oldest, easiest, and safest way to use essential oils. Breathing in these aromatic molecules creates an instant shift in our mood as their constituents quickly reach our brain and travel throughout our respiratory system and into our whole body. Even if you are not an oils’ connoisseur,...