The Super Natural Home and Personal Care Ingredients to Avoid

We recently attended the Green Spa Network annual congress and attended a presentation by Beth Greer, author of The Super Natural Home. I highly recommend this book! Beth shared her story about being diagnosed with a huge tumor over 10 years ago. She was puzzled by this development as she felt she had been taking really good care of herself. She did make some adjustments with diet, eating only organic foods. She then began taking a closer look at products she was putting on her body on a daily basis. Through research she found Read the rest of this entry »

Tips for Greening Your Practice, Part 3 Non-toxic Products

• Use environmentally friendly products to clean your treatment space. Oxygen bleaches and citrus based cleaners are effective and nontoxic.
• Avoid soaps and hand sanitizers containing triclosan. Studies have Read the rest of this entry »

Tips for Greening Your Practice, Part 2 Energy

• Energy Star reports that compact fluorescent bulbs use about 90 percent less energy than incandescent bulbs. Every 90-watt bulb replaced by a CFL saves Read the rest of this entry »

Tips for Greening Your Practice, Part 1 Laundry

• According to the American Massage Therapy Association’s 2010 survey of consumers, roughly, 37.7 million people had a total of 162 million massages in 2010. That means that 324 million sheets were washed by massage therapists. Doing laundry can have a significant impact on the environment because many conventional detergents contain toxic chemicals. The laundry process also Read the rest of this entry »

Atlanta School of Massage attends LOHAS Forum 2011

Leticia Allen, president of Atlanta School of Massage, and I attended the 15th annual LOHAS Forum in Boulder, Colorado. LOHAS – Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability, focuses on educating and building community around the central theme of healthy and sustainable lifestyles for individuals and societies. LOHAS market sectors include Sustainable Economy, Healthy Living, Alternative Medicine, Personal Development and Ecological Living.  As a leader and pioneer in wellness education, Leticia Allen, incorporates these values into her personal and professional life at Atlanta School of Massage.

Speakers, panelists and attendees included CEO’s, organic farmers, award winning authors, green spa founders, social media strategists, goddesses, futurists, a medicine man, trend specialists and a 21st century slam poet. The event was a non-stop dynamic immersion in inspiration, Read the rest of this entry »