Self-Care Share: April/May/June Edition
A CSA for Self-Care!
Local farms often offer CSA (community supported agriculture) shares where you pay a subscription, and you receive a weekly / monthly share of yummy in-season farm produce. Currently, we as a global community are living in some stressful times where self-care is important, but time and resources are often strained and stretched. With this in mind, we (Sarah Gibbs, herbalist at Blue Sky Botanicals, and Jennifer Speiden, yoga therapist at Inner Awareness are offering a monthly “Self-Care Share” to help individuals have some additional tools in their toolkit to help support their well-being and build their resilience during these challenging times.
Here is what you will find in a Self-Care Share …
An herbal portion crafted and curated by Sarah. This may include a custom tea blend, a syrup or tincture, a food, drink or culinary blend, and another herbal surprise blend, spray or bath delight.
Mindfulness practices provided by Jennifer. This will include 2 recordings (mp3 and/or video). One offering will have more movement and the other will be more stillness based. Each will be 5 – 15 minutes in duration for a total of 20 minutes of recorded material that can be streamed and / or downloaded. These brief but potent practices can be easily integrated into your busy day for much needed refuge and TLC to help settle and soothe our bodies, hearts, and minds.
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Here is what some people are saying about their experiences with the shares …
“The Self Care Shares are absolutely wonderful! I so look forward to them each month. The herbal treats are always beautiful, fun and interesting (and often delicious). The meditations and mindful movement practices are so helpful - they are short and especially targeted toward today's stressful times. I find myself using the practices often as I move through my days. Everything is presented just beautifully. I love the Self Care Shares so much that I gave them to my family members at Christmas and they loved them too! My sister is now a dedicated subscriber. In addition to just enjoying the benefits each month, I love supporting Jennifer and Sarah - two amazing women who share their gifts of health and healing with our whole community. I really can't recommend them highly enough and I hope they keep the Self Care Shares coming, even after Covid times!”
~ Cyndi
“The self-care share is one of the nicest and most important gifts I have ever given myself! Each month I can’t wait to see what arrives in the beautiful and lovingly prepared package. I have used and enjoyed every single item I have received - how many gifts received can one say that about? The range of items offered each season is amazing - skin cream, bath salts, teas, immune systems boosters, and shrubs and electuaries (I didn’t even know what these were), to name a few! The meditation and yoga and self - massage offerings from Jennifer are also wonderful. They are short, easy to follow and to complete, timely and when paired with a cup of lovely herbal tea provide the complete self-care experience. I cannot offer enough words of praise and joy for these self-care shares- perfect gifts for yourself and/or someone you love in these sometimes challenging times.”
~ Kate
“The day of share pick-up, we clear our afternoon. We spend the afternoon focuses on the products. Researching and getting to know each one & being mindful of its advantages. It’s a quiet and calming time for us to regroup. We have really appreciated, enjoyed & learning from our shares.”
~ Heather & Sy
Full Package: $150 for a three-month package (Will receive one share / month)
(Please know that if you cannot pay for this in one payment, let us know, and we will be happy to work out a payment plan with you.)
In summary, each month you will receive …
· a custom tea blend
· a syrup or tincture
· a food, drink or culinary blend
· herbal surprise blend, spray or bath delight
· 2 mindfulness practices
These 3-month packages can be paid for via cash, check, and Venmo.
The monthly herbal component can be picked up at Sarah’s home near the South Main St., Blacksburg Kroger, or for an add on $10 fee (for the full 3-months), it can be dropped off if you live in Blacksburg, Christiansburg, or Radford. If you wish to send your gift out of town, for an extra $15 ($5 per box), we are happy to box it up ready for sending when you pick it up
. If you are wanting to have this share shipped to someone in the U.S., for an additional $45 ($15 per box), Sarah can prepare, box, and send the share to the recipient.
Shares will be available for pick-up and delivery the 3rd Thursdays of the month (April 15, May 20 and June 17).
If you would like to sign-up for a spring share for April, May, and June 2021, please fill out this sign-up form by April 1st, and you will receive details regarding how to pay and pick-up / receive your shares. Here is the sign-up form link. https://forms.gle/pmBtmWBgVQvNWAGq7
If you signed up for a share this past winter, and your information is the same, no need to fill out a new form. Just send Jennifer an email at joyifer@gmail.com and let her know that the info is the same.
Looking forward to continuing this collective self-care circle. Thank you for taking care of you.
In kindness and care,
Sarah and Jennifer