[SoFlaVeg] The Key to Healing Your Home

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Misty L. Trepke

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The Key to Healing Your Home

Inspired by and adapted from Home Enlightenment: Practical,

Earth-friendly Advice for Creating a Nurturing, Healthy, and

Toxin-Free Home and Lifestyle

by Annie B. Bond (Rodale, 2005)

 

http://www.care2.com/channels/solutions/home/2457

 

I think that as a society we are starved for the true, pure elements

earth, water, fire, and air. The real elements bring us healing,

abundance, and vibrant energy. Awareness of the positive impact of

the real elements is increasing, and now decorators and retailers are

selling candles, aromatherapy essential oils, rose quartz and feng

shui. But many of the attempts at connecting to the elements are

falling short of providing what is wanted because synthetic

substitutes are used for the real thing, such as petroleum-based

fragrance for aromatherapy with no therapeutic benefit instead of a

healing, pure essential oil, for example.

 

I have learned to avoid having the synthetic elements in my life

because they make me sick. I believe they drag almost everyone down,

not just those who are very sensitive like me. When the elements are

true, it is most likely that the environment is in harmony and

balance.

 

Here are few examples of everyday household products made of the pure

elements that are healing, compared to their synthetic and depleting

counterpart:

 

Natural Fibers Compared with Synthetic

The pure elements in natural fiber clothing make us feel better and

more comfortable. Synthetic clothing becomes a hindrance and a

burden. For example natural fibers wick moisture from our bodies,

allow our bodies to breathe through our clothing, and keep us dry

while most synthetic encase you in the equivalent of a plastic bag.

Natural fiber moderates our body temperature, and synthetics are not

versatile in swings of temperature.

 

Natural Beeswax Candles Compared with Petroleum-Based

Natural beeswax candles are the only natural air cleaner as they

exude negative ions, that healthy and uplifting energy you feel at

the ocean shore or on top of a mountain. They also don't give off

toxic, petroleum-based indoor air pollution such as happens with

candles made of paraffin, a non-renewable petroleum-based material.

 

Natural Fiber Shower Curtain Instead of Plastic

Natural fibers such as linen and cotton absorb moisture and have

natural anti-bacterial properties. Natural fiber can be suststainably

grown and harvested. PVC-based shower curtains contain plasticizers

that can negatively affect reproductive health and contribute to

cancers such as breast and prostate cancer.

 

Look at all the products in your home and gradually return to nature

and the pure elements. Every time you do this you will return to a

home of greater balance and harmony.

 

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