When we speak of 'wholistic', reminding of the spirit of things, supporting the things you love, We are speaking of sustainability, ethics, the environment and practices that support these things.

In Spring, while the sap is rising, the resin is harvested from the side of the tree that faces the setting sun. During the Autumn season, when the life forces draw back into the roots, the resin is taken from the sunrise side of the trees. This ancient biodynamic practice simply follows the cycle of Nature and allows the trees to rest and recover between harvesting seasons.

Each morning when the Sun-Woman wakes in the east she lights a fire to prepare the torch that she will carry across the sky each day

Of the 1305 odd Wattle species (also called Acacias), 1000 are native to Australia.

While we re-calibrate to restricted living and working from home, we can easily put some core nutritional building blocks in place to support the foundation of our immune system. It’s time to be gentle with ourselves while we attempt to digest the enormity of what’s currently happening in our world.

In Australia, the certified Demeter biodynamic Olives for the oil we are using for our sun-infused extracts are harvested between April and June, cold-pressed right there on the Yalla-Y-Poora estate down in the Euro-esque South of Australia.

When I think of the Sandalwood tree, tall, majestic and towering comes to mind. In reality, however, the world’s most hunted tree is small, modest, shrub-like…