Send a wave of unconditional Love out tonight at 11:11pm whatever your time zone

It’s a new dawn…It’s a new day…

Peace and Love Be With Us All

Happy Halloween Everyone!

Greetings!

Thanks for stopping by - a symbolic wave out to all of you - Going to the Chicago area for a few days - hopefully will post some great foliage shots on my return - enjoy Paris til then!

Warm Wishes,

Donna

Okay you playful people - this is good - we are adding to our play list! Let’s see if we can make it past 100. I know there are representatives of over 30 different countries out there that come to visit on a regular basis - we are coming at this list so far from an American perspective, with now a little Israeli and Dutch influence as well - I know there have to be games and type of play that we have never even imagined - come play with us - show us the way - It would make things even more exciting!
We eagerly anticipate your responses!

Greetings and Happy 4th!

Hope you are all enjoying your day doing whatever you love to do!

Just wanted to bring your attention to our new subscription widget available on our sidebar. This tool enables you to receive Sole Garden by email or in a reader. I particularly like the reader feature, because when you click on Subscribe in a reader, it takes you to a screen with all of our new posts, but also in the upper right hand corner, you can just click on your favorite web-based news reader, such as My Yahoo, and add Sole Garden to your front page. It is a fun option I think (and completely new concept to me, being somewhat technically challenged! - Thank you Louis!)

Continue making this an amazing day of love, joy and celebration, and let us all not forget GRATITUDE!

Thank you for coming!

Donna

Greetings!

In honor of all our amazing Mother’s we welcome you to come check out the May Treatment Recipes!

Here you will find a wonderful recipe for our
Renewal Facial Oil for Dry Skin; instructions for a luxurious full body micro polish with our Jasmine Rice Body Paste with Star Anise, and notes on some fantastic resources for self facial massage, Aromatherapy massage, and non-surgical facelift self-massage techniques and exercises. Indulge and take some necessary time out just for you!

Just click here to begin.

A message from Silvia…

Dear All,

I will be holding 3 Wire Wrapping Sessions and display my newest collection of wire wrapped jewelry for you to enjoy at the Hands on Art Fundraiser “Chalk It Up”.

on Saturday, April 26, 2008
10:00am to 4:00pm at

Parras Middle School
200 North Lucia
Redondo Beach, CA 90278

10:30am to Noon (full)
12:30pm to 2pm (1 space left)
2:30pm to 4pm (open)

The cost of a workshop is $15.00 per person.
All money from the work shop will be donated to Hands on Art.

This is a wonderful opportunity to make something out of the stones, ocean glass, beads or jewels you’ve tucked away and always planned on doing something with. And if you don’t have a special stone, they will be available to purchase for $1. (that’s right, $1!)

For more information please go to

www.southbayhandsonart.org/pages/events.html

See you there!

Silvia

A message from Claudia…

Hey Great Ones!!!

I will sell all my created healing products, such as Therapeutic Herbal Neck Wraps and Eye Pillows, Back/Abdomen Wraps to velcro around your waist. Balancing Energy Sprays, Crystal Heart Pet Charms for our furry ones, and some jewelry for our purse or keychain.

Come stop by and check out our Hands On Art Gallery created by our children and local artists.

Hope to see you there!

Live well, Laugh often and Love Always
Claudia

Greetings!

I’d like to introduce you to my friend Carol. This is Carol’s business card. She is exceptionally proficient at doing exactly what she states on this card. Carol does not do fluff massage. She has a finely skilled gift that intuits the location of pain and dysfunction, hones in on the source, and begins to successfully remedy the situation. She certainly has gotten me through some pretty painful times in my life and my career, and for that I am most grateful!

She offers her transformative massage sesssions and spa treatments in the most comfortable of atmospheres where she pays close attention to every conceivable detail. Her massage table is the most luxurious I have ever experienced - warm, soft, supportive and cozy. Her studio is beautifully decorated with serene restful colors, ambient lighting, stunning crystals (remember the post back in February called “An Illustrious Gathering of Rocks”?), and rich wooden furnishings. It is very inviting indeed.

Along with the above fabulous offerings, Carol has been organizing these fantastic spa parties at the location of your choice for the past several years. I recently had the opportunity to participate in one of these soirees, and although i was supplying Reflexology services so it was a work day for me, I had an absolute blast. It was fun, the people were lovely (hey, it’s a party, everyone must be in a great mood), and I was able to do the work I love. Everyone at the end of the party decided they needed to do this once a month, and I certainly look forward to the next time! The whole time Carol didn’t miss a beat, everything flowed beautifully, both from the client’s perspective and from a practitioner’s view point, and everyone involved just couldn’t be happier!

Carol has access to a variety of practitioners offering an enticing array of therapeutic modalities, in addition to the more typical spa party fare of nail care, facials and chair massage. Some of her most recent extravaganzas featured, hair and scalp treatments, body polishes, Thai Massage, Yoga classes, guided meditations, psychic readings, and the list goes on. You name it, she can pretty much make it happen (as long as it’s therapeutic, spa related, spiritual or enlightening.) She has organized parties for such occasions as reunions, birthdays, anniversaries, Mother’s Day, girls night out, and that list goes on as well.

So give her a call or shoot her an email, and she will gladly explore the options with you! You and your guests will be guaranteed an amazing and memorable time for all!

carolmoreno@bigplanet.com

Reminder to self - be careful what you draw your attention to!

(YIKES! By the very virtue of this post I am doing it again - HUGHHH!!)
Anyway - about a month ago, I remember telling someone (and now in hindsight it may have been a bit cockily) “Oh, I never get sick, MAYBE one short cold a year, but it never lasts for very long….” HMMM…got to love how the universe works. So as I am sure you can surmise, I have been stuck with the pesky cold that is going around, on and off ever since.

The good news is my friend Seon Hee told me about this Citron Tea last time I was visiting her (and she happened to be sick), and told me she drinks it all day long when she gets a cold, and it fixes her up right quickly. (Although she didn’t really say it like that….)

So I finally had enough energy to go out and get some today, and as of the 3rd cup, I am starting to feel a bit better. Mind over matter? The placebo effect? Just the power of citrus and sugar? Hey, whatever the reason, I am up for whatever works, so I thought I should share it with you.

If you are in the South Bay, go to Market World, a fabulous Korean grocery on the southwest corner of Sepulveda and Maple in the fine city of Torrance. Or try to find it in a Korean grocery near you.

(Ps. Print quality represents my present state, my apologies. If you can’t see the label as clearly as I thought you would be able to, it says Citron Preserve on the box and Citron Tea on the Jar and it is manufactured in Korea from a company named Doowon Nonghyup)

Update: Okay, so it is a few hours after I started drinking this delicious “tea” - initially after the 3 cup I was feeling pretty good - throat/cold wise anyway, however, now I am feeling a bit nauseated, headachey, and woozey, like one usually feels after eating too much sugar, especially since I forgot to eat lunch. So just a word of caution - still love the product, but yet another lesson - Moderation is key with most things in life - and not too much sugar on an empty stomach!

Greetings!

Just enjoyed a whirlwind of activity over the weekend at the
Natural Products Expo, and a tasty and engaging time seemed
to be had by all!

The plan now is to share with you some of the companies we found that can help you create that comfortable haven or feeling of peace and retreat,
both on the inside and out.

If you have any previous experiences with these companies that you would like to share, we welcome you to leave a comment!

Thanks and stay tuned!