Sending belated #WorldBeeDay wishes to my wee spirit animal queens 🐝👑✨
~Not only does my name Melissa literally mean honeybee, but I’ve also always resonated with honeybees and appreciated their magical nectar of the gods that is honey.
~It’s been estimated that 1 of every 3 bites of food we eat is a result of the super hard work from pollinators like honeybees. And did you know that honey, the amazing byproduct of their work, is the only food that never ever goes bad? Or that Cleopatra enjoyed bathing in a bath with honey for its soothing, antibacterial properties? Yep, next time you get a scrape or burn, try applying some sweet sticky nectar (ethically and locally sourced, of course).
~Bees have mood swings, memories, and can even recognize human faces. There are 3 types of bees: the queen, the workers, and the drones. The queen lays all the eggs (about 2000/day) and sustains the hive. The workers are also all female, they’re the ones you see buzzing around your flowers.
~Collectively they help and communicate with each other as they travel 5-6km everyday to pollinate, vibing on the highest level doing little dances to leave messages for their sisters. The drones/males are unable to sting, collect pollen, or contribute to the hive so they’re kept around for mating, unless food is low in which case they starve.
~And I like flowers. What’s your spirit animal? 🙊🍯
#savage #bees #beeday #honeybee #melissa #vibehigher #beekind #beelove #queenbees #beesknees #pollinators #workerbees #nectarofthegods #honeytoheal #veganexcept #honey #honeymoon #beesmakelife #savethebees #beesofinstagram #spiritanimal #beepower
Inhale deeply, exhale completely. Spring has arrived! 🌼🌾
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And for the first year ever, I can breathe. I can smell the new grass and budding trees and not explode into a sneezing fit. I can get all of nature’s raw, fresh oxygen into my lungs and for the first time - not wheeze on the breath out.
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My decision to go vegan last summer continues to impact my overall perspective on life and core values in many ways. Along with the realizations and guilt and heartbreak and remorse, comes healing. Healing from the inside out. Little gifts, given to me one by one. More energy✔️ stabilized thyroid✔️ better sleep✔️ better skin✔️ lower cholesterol✔️ lower body fat✔️ and now.. NO. MORE. ASTHMA!✔️
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Asthma has plagued me for my entire life. It was one of the reasons I tried yoga for the first time, because I heard it could give me more lung capacity.
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I was the kid on the soccer field with the inhaler. I was the kid who got sent home from a camping trip because she couldn’t breathe after hiding it for 2 days and almost passing out. I was the kid who did all the tests with all the doctors, allergists, and respirologists, who got weekly shots every summer, who was assured she’d grow out of it.
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Then I was the teenager who decided to start smoking, who skipped school to drive herself to the hospital a handful of times for asthma attacks. That girl got a grip and quit smoking and cut down on the attacks, but always took her daily meds (very expensive steroids) and carried her inhaler wherever she went. Until now.
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I’ve been completely medication free for nearly 10 months. And to think. Not one of those doctors ever said, “have you tried changing your diet?” 🤔
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#karma #vegan #govegan #asthmaawareness #plantsnotpills #compassion #crueltyfree #ahimsa #spring #breathe #life #oxygen #plantbased #healing #selfcare #selflove #yoga #yogapose #backbend #namaste #yogi #yogateacher #yogaeverydamnday #picoftheday #ootd #pranayama #grateful #love #peaceandlove #loveandlight
