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Its Time for Spring Cleaning

It seems as though the worst of winter is now behind us.

Now is a great time to sweep away winter! What can you do?

Open the windows! Get that stagnant winter air out of your house. If its cold out try opening just one or two windows at a time for 5 minutes or so. (This a great time to dust and get winter out of your house)

Deep clean your house! I love using Thieves House Hold cleaner for cleaning the house. Its great on just about every surface and it smells lovely without any toxic chemicals.  Dust the base boards, ceiling fans, behind the refrigerator and other furniture and all those other places you often ignore or forget.

Home Diffuser

I also like to use my diffuser to purify the air especially with all the sickness that has gone around this winter. For my spring cleaning I use Purification. Purification is an essential oil blend that contains citronella, lemongrass, rosemary, melaleuca, lavendin (hybrid lavender), and myrtle. It’s a great blend to purify the air and can also be used to relieve bug bites or as a natural bug repellant. It helps combat fungus and mold too. If you don’t have a diffuser you can put a couple of drops of Purification in a spray bottle of water and mist into the air.

We’ve also had an ant problem this winter. Put 10 drops of purification in 4 oz of water and spray the ants directly as well as their entry points to keep them away.

I also love sprinkling a few drops of purification on the carpet with baking soda before vacuuming to freshen the floor space as well.

 

Clean out your closets! Start to put winter clothes away or to the back of your closet making room for spring clothes. Throw away anything you haven’t worn in awhile or that no longer fits.

Take inventory of your clutter! Donate or recycle things you aren’t using or are broken.

Nurture your house plants. Clear away any dried leaves, replenish the soil, compost any plants that may have died.

You know what they say, “A clean house, a clean mind!” Happy Spring Cleaning!

How to Sprout Lentils

In yogapuncture for Spring we talked about how eating sprouted foods in the spring is a great idea because it mimics exactly what our environment is doing. (want more info? you can purchase March yogapuncture for $15, message me how). Sprouts are packed with nutrition and energy, just what we need in the spring time. Plus they are super easy to do yourself. You can buy a sprout-ing kit but probably have everything you need at home, you don’t need to spend much money to get started.

What you need:

A mason jar or other class container (sprouts will double in size so make sure your container is big enough)

2 cups of water

2/3 cup of lentils or other legume, seed etc

cheese cloth or paper towel (cheese cloth is preferable) I didn’t have any cheese cloth to start so I just used paper towel to cover but the cheese cloth makes it much easier to drain the water without disturbing your lentils.

What you do:

Put your lentils in your mason jar and soak in water over night. Cover with cheese cloth or paper towel don’t put in an air tight container.

After you soak the lentils over night drain the water completely first and then rinse with fresh water and drain again.

sproutlings on day 2

Do this until your lentils sprout to your desired size.

Take your lentils out of the jar and lay out on a towel to pat dry, place in a dry jar with a lid and keep refrigerated.

Eat and enjoy!