Hydrosols (Botanical Waters): What They Are & Why I Create Them
My love for hydrosols first began many years back when I was introduced to rose water and orange blossom water. Hydrosols are not perfumes, but they really are the ancestors of what are perfumes today. Hydrosols are botanical waters, often called floral waters, and they are created from steam distilling different flowers and/or herbs. The hydrosol is the […]
Botanical Infusions
Making herbal or floral infused oils is a fun and rewarding process. This time of year is the best time to get picking your flowers and herbs for drying. So once you pick them (one of my favorite flowers to pick and dry is chamomile and calendula) then lay them out on a clean surface covered with […]
The Power of Meditation
Meditation is such a hot topic nowadays and there are so many definitions of what meditation means. For one person, it might mean sitting quietly in nature, for another it might mean praying, for another it might mean just relaxing their mind in whichever way they find most comforting. I happen to like the thought […]