Category: Blog
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Friendly Fungi – “Pacific Golden Chanterelles”
As a general description – Cantharellus formosus have a somewhat golden color to the outside of their flesh, similar to the color of apricots or the peel of pink grapefruit, but on the inside their flesh tends to be white or pale-apricot in color. The mushroom cap can be anywhere between 3cm – 10cm in…
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Friendly Fungi – “Western Jack-O-Lantern”
O. olivascens is a saprotrophic organism, meaning it feeds on dead and decaying organisms, and it is particularly fond of hardwoods – like the invasive eucalyptus trees growing in California.
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Pro-tips: Thriving Through Seasonal Chaos
I don’t know about all of you out there, but my life tends to shift and change with each season, and for whatever reason the shift from Summer into Fall always seems to hit me the hardest. The minute the sun starts rising later and setting earlier, my whole being wants to go into hibernation…
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Medicinal Plant Profiles: Arnica montana
Arnica montana is a flowering and herbaceous perennial plant that grows between 1 – 2ft tall. Its flowers are yellow-orange in color, and have a similar appearance to daisies. The stems of the plant are round and hairy, and end in one to three flowers that are spaced roughly between 2 – 3in apart.
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Mindfulness Expanded
Oxford Languages (one of the world’s leading dictionary publishers) defines mindfulness as; “a mental state achieved by focusing one’s awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one’s feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, used as a therapeutic technique.”
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Spa-@-Home Recipes: Matcha Mud Masque
A day at the spa is truly an amazing experience, one all of us should be able to enjoy on a regular experience, but you don’t have to bust your budget to make it happen. You can turn your home into a haven from the chaos, you can create that landing pad that you’ve been…
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Medicinal Plant Profile: Wintergreen
If you’re like me you might be surprised to find that, despite its delicious minty smell, wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens) isn’t a member of the mint family and looks nothing like a mint plant at all! In fact, wintergreen is a low lying perennial evergreen shrub, consisting of small erect branches that sport leathery oval shaped…
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Friendly Fungi – “Turkey Tail”
Trametes versicolor typically grows on the fallen logs and stumps of hardwood trees in florette shapes, or in stacks that look similar to roof shingles. Although it can be found in various locations throughout the world, it is most abundant in the hardwood forests of North America, Asia, and Europe.
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Medicinal Plant Profiles: Tea Plant
Tea is the most consumed beverage in the world (second only to water), not coffee or beer, but tea. In fact tea, on average, is consumed around the world at a rate of three cups of tea for every single cup of coffee! Say what?!
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Celebrating Local Pride
By Britt Brown LMT In honor of World Pride Month, Well-Go tiny spa would like to shine the spotlight on and celebrate some of the amazing LGBTQIA+ resource providers and community leaders here in Lane County. The groups of super-humans organizing and managing these groups, resources, and services are nothing short of amazing. The way…