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Leo Season Beauty Self Care

We are in the season of the Lion, the hight of summer, and the heat is on us! The Leo season reminds us to be creative and a little self indulgent. Leo's love to be loved, adoration brings out the best in them. We all have a little lion in us. How do you indulge yourself, find time for creative outlets, and do you practice self love? 

Finding Balance: A Practice of Self-Love

  How many of you are in the perfect place in your life? Finances are flowing in, heath is perfect, job satisfaction is high, friendships are gratifying and balanced, family life is joyful and supportive, community involvement is stimulating, and your connection with your Source is ever present and deeply felt?...

Summer Skincare; A Sun Lovers Dilemma

Is Your Sunscreen Harming You (and the environment)? Oh, to be sun kissed just enough to bring out the freckles faded from winter's darkness! Our biggest skincare routine question of the summer? How much sun is too much sun? Most in the beauty industry would tell you to slather yourself with...

Getting The Best Cleanse: Facial Cleansing Protocol

The goal with our skincare cleansing regimen is to increase circulation through massage. This encourages lymphatic drainage and helps the product to tonify and penetrate deeper into the skin. Because EAA skincare is balancing, you should see changes, healing and balancing in your skin with continued use.

Spring Cleaning

Spring cleaning for me is as necessary as the daily practice of brushing my teeth. I do believe that clearing out almost every part of my home and my life is one of the most powerful and healing things I can do for myself.  A good spring cleaning is something I...

Embracing Transformation | Part 2

Our physical worlds are merely a reflection of our inner realities. Yet how many of us take the time to do the inner work that is needed to really change what is reflected in the outer? We spend most of our time tending to the outer, expecting that this will...

Embracing Transformation | Part I

The February new moon will be in the sign of Aquarius. New moons ask us to release the old and begin to embrace the new! This new powerful movement of Pluto coupled with the moon in Aquarius makes this a very potent time to release mindsets that have held us captive and...

Dry Brushing For Lymphatic Stimulation

The lymphatic system is an organ system on the surface of the body just under the skin. It is part of our immune system and our circulatory system. Humans have been practicing lymphatic skin brushing with a dry brush or sponge for over 5,000 years. Evidence of bathing with sponges made...

Yoga For Release & Restoration

The winter season asks us to slow down, take deep breaths and turn inwards. As the world takes on a quiet demeanor, so too should our spirits find solace in the gentle cadence of release and restoration. In this sacred space of practice, we invite you to explore our favorite daily...

The Self Care Of Grief: Clearing Emotional Clutter

Autumn is here and we are having unusually wet weather. Almost to the day of the solstice, I felt a heaviness in my lungs. From a Chinese medicine point of view, autumn is the element of metal and it rules the meridians of the lungs and large intestines. It might...

The Traveler: Secrets To Summer Beauty

Are you traveling near or far, in the height of summer, the season of sun and fun? I am here to remind you of some healthy must do's for your body, mind, and spirit.

The Power of Skin Nutrition: Spotlight on Nectar Serum

We call our offerings ‘farm to face skin food,’ and we think about all of our ingredients as skin nourishment. Just like our bodies need nutrition, so does our skin. The Power Healer in the EAA lineup is the NECTAR skin serum, each of its nine simple ingredients chosen to bring...

Meet The Maker

Hello friends!  My name is Marci, and I’ve been working with Kate at Essential Apothecary Alchemist for a little over a year now. Nature has given us an amazing bounty, and we live here in one of the most fertile and beautiful places on Earth.  It’s so fun to discover new...

Working With The Shadow Self

We all have a shadow aspect. We all have unclaimed aspects of ourselves. There is no shame in that, it is part of being human. Working with shadow aspects takes a brave heart, a loving heart, and a forgiving heart. Owning and working with the shadow gives us all a...

Making Your Own Cone Incense

I was recently invited to create a class for the generous and talented Jeanne Oliver. In The Alchemist we explore how to scent your home naturally with everything from handmade cleaning products to distilling your own hydrosols (distilled plant waters).

The Botanist's Garden at Hunter Moon Homestead

I have dreamed of the day where I could gather up old friends and new ones, to celebrate each other and nurture our creative spirits, for a very long time. We will gather in the beautiful Palouse prairie on Hunter Moon Homestead to celebrate the abundance and beauty that surrounds us....