Wellness

The CBD skincare industry is booming, with new brands and products entering the market at an unprecedented rate. Fueling this growth are the many natural benefits CBD has on our skin, the most significant being CBD’s ability to combat acne, dryness, and aging. With these incredible benefits, new CBD products are popping up left and right- from drug store brands to designer skin care lines. 

However, if you are interested in reaping these benefits without investing in a whole new collection of skincare products, you’re in luck. You can easily add CBD oil to your favorite sunscreen, face mask, or lotion and harness the same effects. Simply premix your CBD into the entire bottle or jar, or mix it daily in your hands.  For smaller areas like your face, a drop or two is all you need. Read on to learn more about how CBD can level up your skin health.

Canna River recently launched a bright new look for their packaging and overall brand. These changes come with exciting new products, including a line of Delta-8 items and updated tincture flavors. In honor of this, we decided to take a closer look at the effects and benefits of change. 

If the past 17 months has taught us anything, it’s taught us to adapt to frequent changes and uncertainty. From large-scale changes brought on by a global pandemic, to small shifts in our daily routine, change can be unfamiliar and stressful. Despite this discomfort, change also produces incredible benefits of wellness. Below, we will outline the benefits of change and how it is essential to growth.

There is no doubt that bath culture is on the rise. What used to be associated with rubber duckies and childhood bathing has now become a symbol of self-care and wellness. Baths can be relaxing, indulgent, and full of added health benefits.  Below we outline a few of these benefits, and a few additional products to make your bath the bomb (pun intended).

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common condition that affects nearly 10% of children and 3% of adults worldwide. ADHD symptoms include low focus, poor concentration, and short attention spans, and often results in high levels of anxiety and depression for many patients.

Treatment for ADHD often includes strong medication and therapy. However, natural options like CBD have been growing in popularity in recent years. CBD can help mental clarity by interacting with ECS receptors throughout the brain and nervous system to regulate many body processes, including stabilising energy levels, reducing hyperactivity, and improving focus. In particular, CBD oil can ease anxiety and stress, a major symptom of ADHD as noted above.

The restrictions of the pandemic have been felt by everyone, but particularly for teenagers. For teens, COVID restrictions have meant months of virtual learning, more time isolated from friends, and the canceling of important social activities

Grief is something that we don’t like to talk about much, nor to take time for until we are affected by it. Despite the discomfort, it is important to learn about grief and identify how to deal with these emotions.  Grief is the

March 14th marked yet another Daylight Saving Time, where we spring forward into warmth and renewal. However, this spring reset also comes with losing an hour of sleep. An hour of lost sleep doesn’t seem like much, but this change in daily pattern throws off our circadian rhythm, or internal clock, and can have severe health impacts. 

This internal clock is what our body runs off of, telling us when to carry out essential functions and processes with each tick. This includes when to sleep, wake up, release hormones, eat, regulate body temperature, digest, and other essential actions that help us feel our best. Daylight Savings Time yanks these internal timers out of sync- particularly in the springtime because most people find it harder to get up earlier than to stay up later. The side effects this lack of sleep bring can be severe and, as noted by Paula Spencer Scott,  include:

If the colder weather and darker days are getting you down, you’re not alone.The “winter blues” is defined as a short period of time when a person may feel down or not like themselves due to weather changes, like in the fall and winter when daylight hours are shorter, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The winter blues are more common than you probably think. Even in more mild climates, like in California, getting less mood-boosting sunlight can have dramatic effects on our moo and outlook. 

So what can you do to beat the blues when the short, dark days are getting you down? Here are a few ideas to combat the winter blues this season:

Wellness has been difficult to maintain in 2020, to say the least. With the rise of COVID-19, raging wildfires, the election, and regional lockdowns, our focus seemed to shift from wellness to mere survival. We redirected our focus from skincare to sanitation, working out to working from home, and from zen to Zoom. In the midst of all of this, our mental and physical wellness was left in disarray. 

2021 is an opportunity to reclaim our physical, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing as we identify new ways to take care of ourselves and those around us. Here are a few of our favorite wellness trends for the new year:

Now that the days are getting shorter and a pandemic and election still in our midst, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and worn out during the day. However, we have learned to never underestimate the power of stretching our bodies to relieve anxiety and stress. When energy is waning and stress is rising, it’s pretty incredible how a little deep breathing and muscle movement can completely reinvent your mood, energy, and outlook. 

Below are a few stretches that can be done when you need a quick pick me up.  They don’t require any special clothing, equipment, or training – just a willingness to take a break and recharge.