I recently discovered the brilliant + beautiful writings of Alison Nappi. This is a woman after my own heart. She is a voice of truth + a force of nature. I have read the following excerpt more times than I can even count + find it to be an endless source of inspiration. I hope this resonates with your soul as it has with mine.
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- The Wandering Aesthetic
A mystic is a wild creature.
She is made. She is deliberately forged by something mysterious. She is created for a purpose. She spends all her life seeking, for there is nothing else worth doing. She peers and gazes until she falls from the edge of the world, and into the next. Over and over.
Each time she returns, she is a little different. What she sees must change her. She dies every day. She is reborn in every moment. Can you even begin to fathom the terror and the faith commanded from such a being? Can you even begin to understand what such a life can do?
Don’t date a mystic, if you want the life you have. If you are comfortable and cozy, stay away. Whatever you have built around yourself to create comfort: it cannot stand in the blazing fire of a mystical woman. She is no trophy. She is no bodily pleasure-maker. She is the seer of souls.
She is the womb that births the divine into the flesh and bone of matter.
She doesn’t mean to burn your village to the ground, but she has seen what you are meant to become. You are not a peasant sheering sheep, as you have thought. You are a king dressed in rags who has amnesia.
It is her assumption that you have come to be reborn. If you haven’t, turn back now, while the world you know still exists.
If she touches you, and all the voices on the wind go silent, if you feel you are in a snow globe when you embrace her, she is your destroyer. She will destroy the false idol you see in the mirror. She will smash it open because it is your prison. If you wish to stay there, she will shatter you another way. She will leave.
A mystic may not for long engage with that which is too small for her, unless she is nurturing a seedling into its destiny. But the seed must be capable of fulfilling its own potential.
Everybody wants the magic, but nobody wants the mystery.
If your dreams are not filled with the mystery, you are better off with a normal girl, because a mystic will see things that are invisible to you. She will feel things that you cannot feel beneath the layers of numbness you have wrapped yourself in.
She will call upon your true self, your real soul, and she will sing it down into you, into herself, and life will never be the same.
- Alison Nappi
This vegan super soup has changed my life! I recently discovered The Farmer's Kitchen, an urban farm and catering service located in Los Angeles. I order healthy and delicious soups for delivery once per week and am able to indulge in a 'home cooked' meal any time I want. Follow The Farmer's Kitchen on Instagram + Twitter for inspired, healthy ideas to keep you beautiful from the inside out!
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- The Wandering Aesthetic
p.s. The Farmer's Kitchen shared an easy at home version of this recipe with us!
BRIGHT EYES CARROT SOUP1/2 cup olive oil
1 tbsp sesame oil
2 large onions roughly chopped
3/4 head of garlic
2 bunches of celery
approx 2lbs of carrots
salt and pepper to taste
1/4 cup chopped ginger
1/4 cup thyme leaves
15oz of white beans
2 bay leaves (remove before blending)
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp paprika
6 cups of water
After 20 minutes of boiling add 4 more cups of water.
Blend well.
Add garnish: green onions chopped or cilantro.
I am so inspired by Leslie Crow and her art! Her style embodies a mix of bad ass Wild West America and mystical cosmic consciousness. Leslie is the owner of Heyoka Leather.
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- The Wandering Aesthetic
Started unofficially and quite by accident in Venice Beach CA in 2007 by Leslie Crow when she began making dream catchers for friends. As the demand grew, she branched out into hand beaded medicine bags and purses, using traditional skills learned from her grandmother. A year later she moved to the Rastafarian barrio of Mid-City Los Angeles, and brought in her longtime friends and partners in crime (cousins) Rachel Avraham and Angela Bruyere (of Mogg Jeans).
The three girls quickly decided to join forces and create a brand that would go down in rock and roll history. The premise was simple. custom handcrafted leather goods. Using carefully sourced wild elk hides and deer skins, with only the finest quality natural antler bone, brass and silver adornments, they created a precedent for modern day American heirlooms. Paying homage to and combining their various roots in traditional Native American ceremonies, decadent Hollywood nightlife mystique, and redneck outlaw biker culture, they subconsciously created a signature brand that is eccentric, free spirited and shockingly high-end.
Click here for her interview with Style Like U
Follow Leslie Crow + Heyoka Leather on Instagram:
@CoyoteSpiritChild || @HeyokaLeather || @TheHeyokaHideout
I am obtaining amazing results for myself and my patients by using cytokines. Below is some information from the creator of cytokines. I feel that this method is the best way to ultra support the health of your skin!
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- The Wandering Aesthetic
-The term “skinflammaging” emphasizes the connection between the presence of chronic inflammation and the aging of skin.
Sun exposure, environmental toxins, and repetative microtrauma – the major reasons skin ages – all cause pro-aging inflammatory reactions within the skin.
While an initial inflammatory phase is a normal component of tissue repair, it is a two-edged sword. In acute situations, or at low levels, it deals with the abnormality and promotes healing, but when chronically sustained, it slowly and progressively damages tissue. The paradigm confirmation of this fact is fetal skin, which regenerates perfectly without scarring. How is this possible? It has to do with the very brief, nearly non-existent inflammatory phase of fetal wound healing, something that results from the presence of abundant anti-inflammatory cytokines (cellular produced bio-signals) in the fetus.
One major focus with their work with stem cells and the cytokines they produce has to do with developing ways to provide the skin with topically applied supplemental anti-inflammatory signals. To, in effect, mimic Mother Nature’s strategy of fetal healing by providing anti-inflammatory patterns of bio-signals to help combat “skinflammaging.” The type of stem cell cultured was selected because of abundant published research describing its pivotal role in tissue healing. The cytokine pattern produced during culture of these cells is strongly anti-inflammatory.
Click here for more information about AnteAGE and Cytokines
For the last few months I have been wandering up North to Ojai to explore the area. Ojai is a charming and vibrant inland town located in Ventura County which has long been known to be a gathering place for artists, musicians and holistic health enthusiasts.
During many of my trips to Ojai I have had the pleasure of meeting with my friend and fellow healer, Narayan. She is the owner of Narayan Beauty and the creator of sacred healing serums. Narayan focuses on Faceology which is a holistic facial rejuvenation and organic acne treatment. Narayan’s treatment is a whole body healing via the face. Simply stated, a treatment from Narayan will reveal your inner beauty.
As Narayan says… "Where the heart goes, beauty follows."
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- The Wandering Aesthetic
Click here for more information on Narayan Beauty
Iris Oil November 25 2014
Iris Oil is extracted by steam distillation of the roots. Pure Iris Oil is extremely rare. It's fragrance is sweet, warm, and comforting. Iris Oil helps balance the mind, dissolve mental and emotional blocks as well as inner hurts. It helps stimulate creativity, intuition, and love!
In perfumes, it is used as a fixative. It is a luxurious and powerful way to pamper your skin too!
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- The Wandering Aesthetic
One of your healthiest options for topical sun protection is Non-Nano Zinc Oxide.
Being in the sun is still an important and enjoyable part of many people’s lives. You don’t have to give up the outdoor activities that you love, just stay protected and educated. I recommend Zinc Oxide as a healthy and effective option.
Zinc Oxide is a healing mineral with anti-inflammatory properties that is used for sun protection. It helps to reflect both UVA (aging) and UVB (burning) rays, making it a broad- spectrum sunscreen ingredient. Upon application, zinc oxide particles sit on the outermost layer of your skin, where they scatter and absorb ultraviolet radiation, protecting your skin below.
In non-nano particle form, it is considered to be safe for all ages and skin conditions. It’s important to make sure the zinc oxide in your sun protector is NON –nano zinc oxide. A nano particle will enter the blood stream but a non-nano will not.
Chemical sunscreens, containing nano particles, will enter the bloodstream and that is why DNA altering ingredients like oxybenzone has gotten such a bad rap.
Using non-nano particle zinc oxide is a safe and truly effective alternative to chemical sunscreens.
Enjoy the rays...
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- The Wandering Aesthetic
Transform your bathing ritual into a beauty ritual!
Sprinkle in some rose petals, goat's milk, ghee or my favorite bath salts - Ormaus Bath:
Ormus Bath Salts are a blend of rare, ancient, highly mineralized pink salts – Pink Himalayan, Bolivian Rose,Peruvian Pink – & Dead Sea Salts. This bath salt mixture is naturally high in super-conducting ormuz elements and infused with frankincense & rose oils.
Make this an elevating ritual for your body, mind & spirit!
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- The Wandering Aesthetic
