30 Days Mind and Body Challenge >>>

 Im very excited to share this today.  My dear friend Betsy contacted me a few days ago about being a part of a 30 day yoga challenge with her and a few of our online friends.  We would love to extend this to anyone who is up for the challenge of doing a little bit of self love practicing over the next 30 days.  We will be keeping each other encouraged online on twitter and facebook.  See below to find out where and how.  

I currently practice yoga once a week, and have always wanted to make it a daily practice.  But it is very easy to come up with every excuse in the world why I cant.  I love the idea of having a group of girls with the same loving intentions to help keep me motivated.  Sometimes that is all we need.  And even though this is a self love challenge, I know Ill be helping my friends along the way too.  So many of us lead such busy lives, with little ones running around or very active businesses to run, its so easy to neglect our own bodies.  I myself, am one of those.  Just having Betsy send me that email has already motivated me!  

If you are someone who would love to participate in this but do not care for yoga, we are also welcoming other healthy activities as well, such as hooping or pilates.  Something that you feel personally resonates with you and your personal mind and body health.  I will be doing a split yoga/hooping challenge myself.  I will spend the first part warming up with some yummy yoga and then reving it up with some hooping. 

 Lets help each other!  Encourage each other.  This is not a competition, and is for anyone, any level of health or fitness, any level of knowledge of yoga.  You have to start somewhere.  Thank you so much Betsy for lighting this beautiful fire. 

 

Join us on twitter by using the hashtag #30daysmindandbody

Join our facebook group here

visit betsy's blog for a printable calendar to keep track and to read her story (and let her know what an awesome idea this is)

click on the 'add link' to link up with us below:

Feel free to add this button to your blog, just make sure it links back to one of our original posts about this.

PEACE,

Laura

Self Love Smoothie >>>

Today is Valentine's Day. All the people James works with think he is a crazy liar when he tells them his wife does not want anything for valentines day. Im honestly just really not a fan. I definitely think its a major over commercialized holiday, and we personally choose not to put too much recognition into it, and would much rather show that kind of love everyday, throughout the year. Im definitely not anti love!  So, for this Valentine's Day I decided to practice some self love, since it is Self Love Awareness Month.  I keep my fridge stocked with all of the yumminess to make awesome smoothies all the time... but, I let myself get lazy in actually making them most of the time.  So today, Im changing that.  I made one of the best smoothies Ive ever made too!  I love how smoothies are soooo versatile with whatever you happen to have on hand.  Its fun making them different everytime. 

Today I used coconut milk, raw organic coconut, orange juice, flaxseed, mineral water, grapes, dandelion, sunflower sprouts, spinach, frozen strawberries, banana and mango.  Yum!!!

Later today Ill be sharing with you a 30-day yoga challenge a dear friend of mine has set up.  There will be 4 or 5 bloggers who will be reaching out to anyone who want to joins us for a month long run of practicing yoga daily.  (you can insert anything you want besides yoga.  ill be doing a split yoga/hooping practice).  Ill share more details with you later on how to join us in this fun self love quest!

PEACE,

Laura

Threads - Comfort Days >>>

Some days are just meant for jeans and a tee.  All day Ive felt like my sickies are trying to come back.  So after I got done with my massive packaging affair, I took a shower and decided to get dressed for the day to maybe feel a bit better.  Im not lay-on-the-couch sick... just that feeling of my body desperately trying all week to get sick.  You know, the pre-sickies.  So, days like these, I go for my favorite broke in jeans and a comfy loose tee.  Since its still a bit chilly out from our cold front, Im wearing this adorable cable knit newsboy hat from Three Bird Nest.  You can find one just like it here.  Her shop is full of other cuties worth checking out too!

Time for another emergen-c and some hot tea.  And since the sun has shown its beautiful face today, maybe some time sitting beneath her.

PEACE,

Laura

Sponsorship Changes >>>

The times are a changin'...  Popping in to let you know there will be some changes to the sponsorship info starting next month.  I have been completely blessed with the amount of sponsors that pour in each month.  It is one of my favorite parts of my blog, to be able to show off other artists that I love and admire.  It has however become a bit more than I can handle each month.  Im having to learn where I need to cut back in my life in order to focus on the more important parts and not get burned out.  But, I do not want to lose this part of my blog that I love so dearly.  So Im changing it up a bit...  I will still have all of my sponsor spots available, and have only one large feature post per month.  This spot will have the opportunity to have a solo post/giveaway.  All other spots will have exposure from their buttons.  You are more than welcome to include a discount code right on your button for your shop.  And I will not limit the amount of any of the sizes except the XL solo spot.  So this opens it up to those of you I have had to turn down b/c of size limits.  

I will still give the opportunity to include items in my outfit posts.  If you are a sponsoring shop and would like to send me something to incorporate into a post please email me with your inquiries.  I will limit these to a few per month, and it must be something I would normally wear.

I understand this may cut back my sponsors drastically by not having the big group shout out & giveaway posts, but I feel this is something I must do for my own sanity.  I love so much to be able to provide all of the extra goodness, but I must also learn to balance and take care of myself.  Its a learning process, just like everything else.  I hope everyone understands. 

For more information on sizes and stats, visit my sponsor info page here.

PEACE,

Laura