L A V E N D E R

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With the world being a little crazy right now, with a lot of uncertainty, it is important to take time to take care of yourself. To take time and relax, pause, and breathe.

I recently moved to New Orleans which means I have a lot more space than I had in Brooklyn. So we took advantage of our new space and added fresh herbs and lavender plants to our house plant collection.

Moving to a different place allows opportunity. EMERGE will now include a little more wellness in addition to nutrition—because your mind is just as important of a part of being healthy as your body and soul.

For my first entry, I’m sharing a salt bath recipe I got from Better Homes and Gardens. Because I work out a lot, I like to take epsom salt baths for recovery. I recently went to the store and didn’t find my favorite scent, lavender, so I had this great idea that I would just make my own lavender epsom salts with the lavender plant we bought.

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Ingredients:

  • 1 cup Epsom salt

  • 1 cup pink Himalayan salt or sea salt, fine grain

  • 3 tablespoons sweet almond oil or olive oil

  • 20 drops lavender essential oil

  • 1/4 cup dried lavender buds

Instructions:

Add salts to a 1-quart bowl; mix. Add the almond oil and essential oil; mix thoroughly. Stir in lavender buds. Store in a tightly sealed jar.

We are all experiencing Covid in different ways and dealing with it in different ways. Remember to take a step back, breathe and remember there are only certain things you can control — take care of yourself.