ChakraVibe encourages you to come be a part of a World Record, as organizers attempt to enter Vancouver into the Guinness Book of Worlds Records for having the most people doing yoga in one place at the same time. 
It’s Sunday, August 23, 2009 in case you are in town! For more information check out the website.
I’ve always been very confused about face creams. Do I spend the money and get something really expensive (isn’t my face worth it?) or do I get a basic inexpensive cream? After all, many researches have shown that the less expensive brands are just as affective. Completely out of face cream and digging into my daughter’s baby cream, I decided to check out the creams at our local organic food store. As I stood confused in front of shelves of organic skin care products, a helpful sales person (with flawless skin) recommended Kosmear’s Organic Rose Hip Oil. She uses it! I was skeptical, but I decided to try it. I’m so glad I did! Who would have thought that applying oil to your skin would feel so good. After a week of using the oil, I’m certain my skin is smoother and my pores appear smaller. I highly recommend:
Kosmea Certified Organic Rose Hip Oil: Nature’s first aid kit for the skin and a fantastic anti-ageing beauty oil! Also perfect for mother and baby! Rich in essential fatty acids, vitamins and antioxidants, this easily-absorbed oil 
is a real treat for the skin. It may help smooth wrinkles, even out skin tone, reduce appearance of scars, moisturize and soothe dry skin, nourish and hydrate ageing skin, balance oily skin and 
reduce the appearance of blemishes. Great for giving that glow to dull, tired skin!
Voluntouring: volunteering while on vacation, is an increasing travel trend. According to a 2006 Travelocity annual forecast poll, 11 percent of respondents said they planned to volunteer while on vacation 
in 2007 (up from 6 percent in 2006), doing anything from building houses to caring for children in an orphanage.
Introducing World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms, or WWOOF, also sometimes called Willing Workers on Organic Farms. Founded in the UK in 1971, WWOO helps people around the world, from North America to Australia, share more sustainable ways of living. Volunteers learn more about organic lifestyles at host farms, while host farms get much needed help.
For more information read Dana Bidnall’s complete article or visit wwoof.org
YOGUE blog; sustainable, yoga, life, style. A long time yoga practioner, yoga-instructor and aspiring poet, Insiya Rasiwala passionate about sustainability, health and a balanced lifestyle – one that exists 
in harmony with our external environment. Insiya is always seeking out information, products and services that reflect these values. Go to yogue, where Insiya shares all her findings with you. If you have suggestions for products / services to include, Insiya would love to hear from you: yoguestyle@gmail.com
While shopping for greeting cards today, I encountered the coolest cards. Papaya! – alluring colors, exotic patterns, with inspirational text printed on recycled paper. I couldn’t wait to get home and look at their website. Papayaart.com also has fabulous designer magnets, journals and art prints.
Foods, especially foods that share colors with the chakras, carry vibrations that can activate or balance your chakras. 
Root Chakra Healing Foods: Protein (especially animal protein), root vegetables, edible and medicinal mushrooms, red-colored foods (apples, pomegranates, etc)
Sacral Chakra Healing Foods: Fats and oils, fish (especially wild-caught salmon), tropical fruits, seeds, nuts, orange-colored foods (oranges, tangerines, carrots, etc.)
Solar Plexus Chakra Healing Foods: Carbohydrates (complex), fiber, whole grains, legumes, yellow-colored foods (yellow sweet peppers, yellow lentils, corn, etc.)
Heart Chakra Healing Foods: Vegetables (especially cruciferous vegetables like broccoli, kale, cabbage, and leafy greens), sprouts, raw foods, foods rich in chlorophyll, plant compounds like phytoestrogens and phytosterols, any green-colored foods.
Throat Chakra Healing Foods: Sea-plants, fruits, juices, soups, sauces, (which bring together different elements like water and earth), and foods from different ethnic groups (The throat chakra encourages variety of foods.)
Third Eye Chakra Healing Foods: Caffeine, tea, chocolate, spices, wine, purple-red foods (purple potatoes, red onions, blackberries, blueberries, purple grapes, etc.)
Crown Chakra Healing Foods: Since the crown chakra is more “spirit” than “matter,” it is not nourished with physical foods in the same way that they feed other chakras, but the crown chakra thrives on the sustenance that comes from sunlight, air, and love.
Read more on Healing Chakra Foods and “How the colors on your plate can light the way to health” By Deanna Minich, PhD, CN to find out which health conditions are associated with which chakra, and learn how to choose foods to bring your chakras into balance.
Learn more about Deanna Minich, PhD, CN and her book on Chakra Foods for Optimum Health: A Guide to the Foods that Improve Your Energy, Inspire Creative Changes, Open Your Heart, and Heal Body, Mind, and Spirit
Connie H., is the My Yoga Story Contest Winner. She receives a $75 jewelry gift package from ChakraVibe Jewelry. Click here to read Connie H Yoga Story. Thanks to My Yoga Online for organizing the
contest.
This stunning setting is the background for Eoin’s new Everyday Yoga & Meditation, a 6 DVD yoga + meditation set which launches this fall. We are thrilled to accent Eoin Finn along with his wife Insiya Rasiwala
and fellow yogini Paula Blanchet as they perform yoga and meditations.
Eoin is wearing the Warrior Choker.
Chakravibe’s warrior necklace combines semi precious tiger eye, wood agate, red, brown jasper and brass beads. Tiger eye synthesizes the energies of the sun and the earth associated with the solar plexus, enhancing stability, optimism, good fortune, and physic abilities. Jasper was considered a Warriors Stone providing inner strength and loyalty. Both jasper and agate are very grounding, solid and stable, excellent protective and healing energy associated with the root chakra.
Wearing Chakravibe grounding warrior necklace fosters the qualities one requires to find their way in today’s urban jungle. Inspiring vision, optimism, courage and tenacity to follow your dreams.
If daily stress is getting to you, ChakraVibe recommends reading Top Yoga Poses for Headaches, at My Yoga Online article by Kreg Weiss. Kreg explores 10 classical yoga exercises that will help alleviate the 
cause and symptoms of tension headaches.
Yoga can be a beneficial therapeutic tool for relieving headaches brought on by muscle tension and stress. The majority of headaches originate from muscle stiffness and imbalances emanating from the neck and upper back. When headaches set in, using a series of restorative yoga exercises can greatly relieve both the cause and symptoms.
Take advantage of restorative yoga exercises to treat your headache. Before jumping for a chemical medication that usually just masks the symptoms, see how these key yoga poses can first work to naturally eliminate the cause of the headache and free you from the discomfort arising from imbalances and stress.
Apple computers are the computers of choice here at our ChakraVibe offices. So we are thrilled to hear that Macintosh computers has decided to listen to their customers to create a more 
environment friendly product. After months of grassroots consumer lobbying, aided by shrewd toxic campaigns by Greenpeace, the MacBook family has been redesigned to be more in tune with the new environmental ethic movement.
These new Mac shave fewer toxic components. The body is formed from a single, solid piece of aluminum, which makes it easier to recycle. Significantly more energy efficient, including automatic display dimming, that can last eight hours on a single charge and have five year lifespan. Amazing! Mac also brags that its new notebooks are shipped with less packaging. It’s about time!
Congratulations to all the Apple fans who have contributed their thoughts and blogs and creativity to this campaign! You’ve proven you can make a real difference by convincing one of the world’s most cutting edge companies to cut the toxic ingredients out of the products they sell. To join the movement or for more information, go to greenmyapple.org
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