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Spiritual Nourishment

Remember that permaculture ethic of People Care? Yoga can be a powerful tool for strengthening personal connections, building confidence, holding space for one another, and healing on many levels. Overall, developing a more balanced and empowered you!

If you are interested in deepening your yoga practice, look no further than these girls. My dearest friends, Sarah Starnes and Pavla Haluskova are offering a comprehensive 200hr Yoga Teacher Training at Shine Yoga Studio in Batavia, IL from March to July, 2015.

They and also have ongoing classes you can attend for all levels.  Their classes have been life-changing for me!

Keep tabs on their class schedules and other updates:

http://sarahloveslife.com/ and http://www.pavlayoga.com/en/

 

Plant Snowflakes

Native woodland plant with snowflake-shaped flowers adds color and diversity to your garden design.

Motivation to Recycle Those Food Cartons

We are what we consume. “…Next time you look up at the ceiling tiles in your workplace, the tissues you blow your nose with during cold season, and the paper sitting in your printer, consider that someone else’s forward thinking to recycle just may have helped create the products you’re using today.”

http://www.earth911.com/editors-picks/recycled-cartons-become/

A Magical Place

From an early age I fell in love with nature from watching my mother garden. My fascination with natural patterns began early. Growing up, it was not unusual for people to find me capturing unsuspecting insects and creating terrariums for them and carving notes in with sharp twigs into birch bark. I soon graduated to tending to my veggie patches and herb gardens, biological drawing, wild edibles and exploring the local prairie with my Golden Retriever. I embraced the natural kernels that existed in and around Naperville as my spaces of solace and deep ecological learning.

GK4

Presently, I advocate for the integration of ecologically-sound landscape designs from rural to urban settings using the systems thinking process. My focus is on Midwest plant identification, restoration agriculture, food forestry, and suburban permaculture-inspired projects at residences around the Chicago area. I attempt to practice what I preach by adhering to these three permaculture ethics: Care for the Earth, Care for People, and Share the Surplus. With every breath I take, I aim to support a local, resilient lifestyle that benefits all of us on a deeper level by supporting the development and upkeep of resilient landscapes. I wish for my life practice to act as an illustration that genuine, resilient living is and not and endorsement of consumerist activities that distract us from our biophilic roots. In short, I love nature and endorsing the kinds of activities that stay in-line with an ecological ethic.