Natural Living Monday #14 ~ A Gift Of Health

The perfect gift of knowledge and beauty for anyone interested in herbal knowledge and healthy living!

Have you heard of Rosemary Gladstar?  Read any of her books?  She is an absolutely amazing herbalist, simply inspiring in a nourishing love filled kinda way.  Her books are infused with a plethora of knowledge that is easy to understand and relate too.  Her beautiful book, Family Herbal, A Guide to Living Life With Energy, Health and Vitality is no exception.  Filled with lovely pictures, stories and herbal tips this book is a great introduction to the world of herbs while also being a valuable resource for those more experienced with plant medicine.  Broken down into chapters for every member of the family this book has wonderful ideas for addressing everyone's needs.  There are also sections brimming with ideas for healthy eating, help with stress, body care recipes and remedies for times when we need a bit of herbal help such as during a cold or flu.

Rosemary also includes a materia medica section complete with many favorite and useful plants as well as a section on making herbal medicines.  Through out the book you will find beloved wonderful recipes from Rosemary to try in your own home like:

• Rosemary's Perfect Cream
• Longevity Tonic and Chai
• Chamomile Tisane
• Energy Balls

Her recipes are easy to follow and produce wonderful medicines.  She often provides the reader with special little tips for medicine making success.

This is truly one of my favorite books.  Full of inspiration and wisdom, it is a delight to read and use.

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Welcome to Natural Living Monday here we share all our natural living tips, tricks, and fun ideas.

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Thank you for joining us on Natural Living Monday! I am excited to see the great things you have been doing to live a more natural, whole, holistic life.

Your Hosts:

Amanda from Natural Living Mamma

Katie from Mexican Wild Flower

Angela from Mama Rosemary.

Last weeks most popular posts were:

Congratulations on being featured! These amazing posts (and a few others) will be tweeted, shared on my Facebook page and pinned on my Pintrest boards! From this week forward the list is in random order! I am hoping this will get the late linkers more views! Here are the rules: Your blog article must fit these categories: sustainable living, homesteading, DIY, herbs, home-made body and skin care, real food (no processed ingredients, Weston A. Price Foundation guidelines are a good place to start to define “real food”), and all things “natural“. Link back to this week’s blog hop post so that everyone can see the other amazing posts. It is just basic common courtesy. Show some love! Go check out and see what others have posted. Share the hop and the posts you love! Not required but I would love it if you would grab the button and share share share!

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Natural Living Monday #13

Good Monday Morning! Are you looking for gifts for a special child in your life to give during the upcoming holiday season?  Something homemade that inspires the imagination?  Something that gives kids hands on experience with herbs?

Play dough, need I say more?  

Maybe it is just me and my obsession with the stuff.  I do seem to talk about it a lot and make it often.  But in my opinion, play dough is really one of the best homemade gifts for little kids.  By adding herbs and essential oils to play dough kids get to experience herbs in an up close and personal way.  I find that they absolutely love it!  I smile every year when I make up a big batch of Christmas play dough to send off in the mail to all the sweet young ones in my life and of course I always make extra for my own kids to play with, though this year they seem less interested.  So sad, I guess they are growing up!

Last night we made up a special batch to send off.  We used lots of fun things to make it smell and sparkle like the Holidays.

Things Like....

• ground cinnamon, copious amounts
• ground cloves
• beet root powder  for color
• pink rose petals
• orange essential oil
• lots of different colors of glitter (this part is not so environmental... ah well...)

Once it was all cooked up and had cooled off we portioned it into plastic bags to keep it fresh and then wrapped it with sparkly tissue paper.  This will make a fun addition to gifts we send off in the mail!  Check out my post on Herbal Play Dough for the recipe to make your own play dough.

More Please!

The following links have great variations on play dough...

Cinnamon Day

Rose At Preschool for Valentine's Day

A Happy First Day of Preschool With Calming Aromatherapy

Herbal Play Dough

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Welcome to Natural Living Monday here we share all our natural living tips, tricks, and fun ideas.

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Thank you for joining us on Natural Living Monday! I am excited to see the great things you have been doing to live a more natural, whole, holistic life.

Your Hosts:

Amanda from Natural Living Mamma

Katie from Mexican Wild Flower

Angela from Mama Rosemary.

Last weeks most popular posts were:

Ditch the disposables: How to stop using paper towels by Green Idea Reviews

Cuddle Babies Too Much by Slightly Steady

Herbal Medicine Chest #1 by The Woodwife's Journal

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From this week forward the list is in random order! I am hoping this will get the late linkers more views!

Here are the rules: Your blog article must fit these categories: sustainable living, homesteading, DIY, herbs, home-made body and skin care, real food (no processed ingredients, Weston A. Price Foundation guidelines are a good place to start to define “real food”), and all things “natural“.

Link back to this week’s blog hop post so that everyone can see the other amazing posts. It is just basic common courtesy.

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Natural Living Monday #10

Welcome to Natural Living Monday here we share all our natural living tips, tricks, and fun ideas.

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We are one week away form when Hurricaine Sandy ravaged the East Coast. Many are still without power, worse many have lost their homes. My love and thoughts are with you.

My friend Lauren from Tutus and Tea Parties is setting up an auction to benefit those affected by Sandy. I am swamped at the moment so I am helping her find lots of donors. If you have anything you can donate to raise money for hurricane sandy fill out THIS form for or contact Lauren.

The auction went live on Sunday so check it out HERE but you can still donate items for the auction until Wednesday.

Your Hosts:

Amanda from Natural Living Mamma

Katie from Mexican Wild Flower

Angela from Mama Rosemary.

Last weeks most popular posts were:

Save Your Jars by Back To The Basics

Are Your Homemade Beauty Products Safe by Thank Your Body

Sprouted Grains For Chickens by A Life Unprocessed

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Link back to this week’s blog hop post so that everyone can see the other amazing posts. It is just basic common courtesy.

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Natural Living Monday #9

Welcome to Natural Living Monday here we share all our natural living tips, tricks, and fun ideas.

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We are one week away form when Hurricaine Sandy ravaged the East Coast. Many are still without power, worse many have lost their homes. My love and thoughts are with you.

My friend Lauren from Tutus and Tea Parties is setting up an auction to benefit those affected by Sandy. I am swamped at the moment so I am helping her find lots of donors. If you have anything you can donate to raise money for hurricane sandy fill out THIS form for or contact Lauren.

Your Hosts:

Amanda from Natural Living Mamma

Katie from Mexican Wild Flower

Angela from Mama Rosemary.

Last weeks most popular posts were:

Unschooling Life by A Life Unprocessed

Real Food At Walmart by Granny's Vital Vittles

All Natural Body Spray Recipe by Thank Your Body

Congratulations on being featured! These amazing posts (and a few others) will be tweeted, shared on my Facebook page and pinned on my Pintrest boards!

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Here are the rules: Your blog article must fit these categories: sustainable living, homesteading, DIY, herbs, home-made body and skin care, real food (no processed ingredients, Weston A. Price Foundation guidelines are a good place to start to define “real food”), and all things “natural“.

Link back to this week’s blog hop post so that everyone can see the other amazing posts. It is just basic common courtesy.

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Natural Living Mondays Blog Hop #8

Welcome back to Natural Living Monday where we share all our natural living tips, tricks, and fun ideas. Come join us, learn something new, and share with friends!

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Amanda from Natural Living Mamma

Katie from Mexican Wild Flower

Angela from Mama Rosemary. Angela is a new host so I wanted to let you all get to know her.

I am so happy to be part of Natural Living Monday!

Let me tell you a little about myself, my name is Angela, I am a certified herbalist, mother and preschool teacher with a background in science, botany and nutrition. Plants, children and healthy, inspired living are my passion. My blog, Mama Rosemary, is a place for sharing all the great things I have learned along the way on the path of Motherhood and beyond. I am excited to share herbal ideas, tips and information for Mamas and their families, as well as fun herbal, craft and science ideas for working (playing) with children.

As we journey along together through this wonderful blog hop, I look forward to reading and learning about all the wonderful ideas you all have to share.

Last weeks most popular posts were:

Congratulations on being featured! These amazing posts (and a few others) will be tweeted, shared on my Facebook page and pinned on my Pintrest boards!

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Are you ready to link up?

Here are the rules: Your blog article must fit these categories: sustainable living, homesteading, DIY, herbs, home-made body and skin care, real food (no processed ingredients, Weston A. Price Foundation guidelines are a good place to start to define “real food”), and all things “natural“. Link back to this week’s blog hop post so that everyone can see the other amazing posts. It is just basic common courtesy. Show some love! Go check out and see what others have posted. Share the hop and the posts you love! Not required but I would love it if you would grab the button and share share share!

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