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Happy "Oily Days"

Ok ok, bad puns and all... The holidays are upon us!

And with the holidays come sniffles, sneezes, and generally vulnerable immune systems...

I’m going to give you a couple of quick tips to keep your home and workplaces feeling festive, and at the same time to safeguard your health during the busy, sometimes stressful days ahead.

Ready?

Number One: Bring Thieves Wherever You Go!

I always get a chuckle out of telling people this, but seriously- the combination of oils is a power-packed protector against a wide range of bacteria, molds, and viruses. Plus, the superantioxidant Clove has a smell that many folks associate with winter holidays anyway, so you get an “air-freshener” that is not only non-toxic, it is actually Good For You! I diffuse it, spritz it, and take it internally if I’m starting to feel depleted (a few drops in a capsule with v-6 oil, or the pre-made Inner Defense softgels).

When traveling I always rub Thieves oil on the bottoms of my feet, carry the hand sanitizer and lozenges with me, and spray my hotel room with the spritzer. I usually offer a bottle of the foaming handsoap as a gift to my hosts- they really love it, and it’s a great introduction to more natural things than most folks have in their guest bathrooms (and I have something I trust to use while I’m there).

Number Two: Diffuse, diffuse, diffuse!

Whether you are using the elegant Aria or the Efficient TheraPro, getting Young Living Oils in the air will benefit everyone. Unlike toxic air “fresheners”, our oils carry physical and emotional benefits along with fresh and lively scents. Balsam fir is reminiscent of cut trees, without the mess and with all the health benefits- for respiratory soothing and general uplifting of spirits, it’s a great winter companion. Frankincense is also a nice choice, as are any of the citrus oils. Experiment and discover your own holiday signature.

Number Three: Get it on you!

Consider Valor or Stress Away as your cologne of choice, or offer everyone a little dab of Joy... get creative and keep your favorites close at hand. One member in my group started offering bedtime foot rubs to the kids in her family. She made sure to apply Peace and Calming each time- not only did the kids quiet down and rest peacefully, they began looking forward to bedtime!

Number Four: Get it in you!

Keep a bottle of NingXia Red right alongside the other imbibements. An anti-oxidant boost with added essential oils will go a long way to making sure any indulgence is tempered with great self-care. Consider recipes that include Young Living oils. Maple-glazed nuts with cinnamon oil added at the end, a drop of tangerine while the cranberries cool, a drop of nutmeg in the eggnog... remember start small and add only add to heated foods once the cooling has begun.

Number Five: Give it Away!

For frugal gift giving, here’s one sure bet: you, a box of ziplock baggies, a few pounds of epsom salts and a bottle of your favorite oil. Combine salt and oil, shake well, give it a clever name and label it. Done!

Another trick~ Young Living’s unscented shower gel, empty bottles, your favorite oil. Combine, Shake, and Give. Don’t forget the clever name. My favorite? “A Wash With Gratitude”.

I also love to give mini bottles full of my favorite oils, and bunches of little things like lip balms, hand sanitizers, and for that one joker in my family with the huge stocking- NingXia Red!

You can always take the easy road and let Young Living ship it for you- their Holiday Gift Catalog even features a number of item already packaged up in holiday finery.

A great compliment to a gift of Young Living oils is a bit of support in using them, and understanding how vastly different they are from what many people think of when they hear “aromatherapy”. Consider inviting your gift recipients to a little get-together to explore the oils more in-depth, once the holiday bustle is over. They will welcome the chance to reconnect with you, and develop a deeper understanding of what a profound gift they have received. What better way to welcome the New Year than helping people discover natural ways to wellness?

Most important,

HAVE FUN! Love your people, be good to yourself, and stay in touch with your Young Living Family. We love you.

Trudy Shows us the New Essential Oils Desk Reference

Our friend Trudy was the first person we know to get the new “Legacy Edition” Essential Oils Desk Reference. She pre-ordered it when it was still in production, and when it finally arrived on her doorstep she was beside herself with excitement.

She came into the Co-Op where I work in the Wellness department and her enthusiasm was obvious. Her eyes were twinkling when she took hold of my arm and looked me straight in the eye. Then she told me, in no uncertain terms (if you know Trudy, you know there are no uncertain terms! - wink-) that she simply had to show it to me. So, we made an appointment.

Trudy is going through an exciting phase. She’s learning to combine her passion for toxin-free living with her special talent of teaching people how to live frugally. And one of her tools in that marriage of ideals is Young Living Essential Oils. She laughs as she tells me how some people say, “You show people how to live frugally, with some of the most expensive essential oils?”, to which her favorite response is, “Well, yeah. They’re the ones that work!”. Trudy has worked with the oils for years now, and she has a special knack for using them sparingly yet effectively for all kinds of household applications. She likes to show people what a tiny bit of Young Living oil can do!

So- when the doorbell rang on the appointed day, I was at least as excited as Trudy had been. She brought her daughter, as they were going to a reflexology class together after our little show-and-tell session. We all bustled in to the table where we hold our intro gatherings, and Trudy set the book down.

The first thing to strike you about this new EDR is that it’s in a 3-ring binder format. This strikes me as a stroke of genius. Young Living is always releasing new oils, especially since we’ve gone into Ecuador and Gary’s begun identifying and distilling new species. The binder format makes it possible to simply add new information as it becomes available.

I turned open the cover and saw the dedication: “To all those who seek yesterday’s wisdom and today’s discovery. After all, it is their hearts and minds that turn to the knowledge within these pages”.

I suddenly had the experience of having come on a very long journey: I had a flash, back to the days that some would call “the early days”.

I’ve been using Young Living since around 1997, when information about the oils came by fax from whomever in your group was fortunate enough to go to a session where Gary was speaking. I remember once going to hear him speak in New Jersey, and afterwards getting invited to a “Q&A for leaders”. Someone had rented a room, and about 60 of us crammed in there, sitting thigh-to-thigh on the floor and furniture, gathered around Gary as he spoke with us about how essential oils affect the amygdala (an almond-shaped area of the brain, just behind the middle of the eyebrows), which is associated with the limbic (or emotional) center of our mental system, by way of explaining how authentic oils influence our emotional wellness. People shared notes afterward, and I remember getting a sheet from someone that said something like, “Gary says there’s an almond in your brain and it makes you feel the smell”.
Right at this moment, Trudy turned to the page in the EDR where the Limbic System is discussed: what do you know? Pictures, diagrams, language that’s detailed while remaining accessible. I suddenly became very, very happy.

Trudy was insistent that I flip through the book on my own, patiently resisting the urge to show me all of her favorite parts. The pictures, for starters, are absolutely stunning. You get to see Gary’s first distiller, ancient frankincense burners, livers in a variety of conditions, breathtaking shots from each of the farms, and my favorite- seasonal harvests and distillations. The pictures put you right there in the scene; you can almost smell the balsam and feel the chill (and the very hard work) of the winter harvest! It gave me a sense of gratitude for all the dedication and effort that goes into these oils.

The binder is organized by sections, which are denoted by colored tabs with easy color reference on the edge of the pages. It still includes the extensive descriptions of each of the single oils and blends, a gorgeous chapter on NingXia wolfberries (and recipes from the NingXia Bar at Convention!), plus a beautifully illustrated section on application techniques, which included hand reflexology charts the size of real hands (in fact, we were able to remove these from the binder and put them in plastic protector sheets for Trudy to take to her reflexology class, so she could use them without risking damage to her book- clever, clever binder design!).

Also still included is the Personal Usage Guide, which now includes a “Quick Reference” section. This is always the part of my EDR that gets the most use, when I’m wondering what oils I may want to try in a particular situation. I find that when I bring out the EDR in an Introductory gathering, people like to look up their own list of concerns and see what products are suggested there.

I also tried the old, “flip through and see what catches your eye” approach. This is how I found very concise discussions of topics such as our “Seed to Seal” trademark, and easy-to-decipher graphics that discuss things like the chakra system, and different “grades” of essential oils (this discussion uses a new “pyramid of purity” graphic which I like a lot), along with a section called “Letting Go With Essential Oils”, which gives simple steps toward releasing emotional baggage that holds us back.

I have to admit it: I’ve seen dozens (maybe hundreds) of books on essential oils and their use. I thought it would be hard to impress me. But the truth is, I’m smitten. Trudy is my new hero for bringing the Legacy Edition’s fabulousness to my attention with her special brand of insistence and enthusiasm.

And you’d better believe it, mine is on the way. I got the bundle pack, which includes a special online edition, which is apparently even accessible by iPhone. I’ll keep you posted as I unlock that particular wonder!

Until we are set up to sell them to you, we suggest buying right from the publisher at www.lifesciencepublishers.com

Gary's "Great Day Every Day" Protocol

On the last post I promised we would come back and talk about two things: Gary Young’s “Never Have a Bad Day Again” protocol, and using the Feelings Kit in conjunction with yoga. Once I started writing I realized that each of these topics is so rich that it wouldn’t do either of them justice to share a post. So we’ll do the protocol now, and the Feelings kit in a couple of weeks (in between, we’ll feature our friend Trudy with the new Essential Oils Desk Reference).

When I went back through my notes to gather the specifics of the protocol as Gary taught it, I discovered it’s actually called, “Have a Great Day Every Day”, which sounds so much better since it doesn’t have “bad day” as part of the title.

One of the things I appreciate about the Young Living community is how people share. Not just their products, but their stories. When someone discovers a combination of oils that helps them in some specific way and they tell someone, and that someone sends an email to someone, who forwards it to someone, we expand the circle of people who can be helped like ripples in a pond.

What follows is one of the oldest protocols in Young Living lore. It was introduced in a class taught by Gary Young (founder and president) all the way back in 1994. Some people who were there have said that he challenged those present to do this protocol every day and watch their lives change for the better.

Mood Elevating Protocol:

Valor – on the bottoms of the feet, or a single drop on one wrist and hold the other wrist to it for a few moments to balance the entire system.

Harmony – a single drop, over the solar plexus area (above the belly button).

Joy – a single drop over the heart.

White Angelica – a single drop in one hand, rub hands together, and brush over the head, face, chest, shoulders, down the body, right over the clothes, as though applying an angelic shield.

That’s it! It takes about two minutes if you’re in a hurry. If you have time to luxuriate, you can take up to 15 minutes or so, just connecting to the different parts of your body and really taking in the scent of the oils.

I have to admit, I have done this protocol regularly in the past, and somehow got myself distracted and started forgetting. This morning I reintroduced it with a 5-minute version, and I’d like to share what I accomplished for myself in that brief time:

As soon as the Valor was on my wrists my ribcage spontaneously expanded and I had one of those great, deep breaths that go all the way down. I felt my whole body settle int a calm, steady, “we can do this” stance. I felt my spine align without effort on my part.

As I applied the Harmony (I’m not sure if it’s just me or if I remember hearing it at some point, but I like to apply in clock-wise circles, usually three of them), I became aware of a soft smile emerging on my face and a softening in the eyes. My brain flickered across the word “cooperation”, and my heart felt glad- when I see people working together, I think it is the most beautiful thing about humankind. I then felt a sense of happy anticipation in the heart region. My body’s had this application a lot, and I think it knows that comes next...

Joy! Right over the heart, in my customary little circles. I felt the expansion in the heart region that I usually associate with some of the most delicious of meditation experiences, when all the beautiful feelings in a human heart surge forth and flood your awareness. Yum! At this point I’m ready to commit to doing it every day again.

With the White Angelica applied in whispery strokes all around me, I feel like there’s a sort of container for all the scrumptious feelings brought forth from the previous oils. Sometimes when we’re especially happy or elated, we are more vulnerable to other people’s contrary energies. The White Angelica feels like a kind of buffer that helps me hold my wonderful feelings close to me without leaking things out when things go ‘bump’ in the world around me.

I feel ready to take on the world- with steadiness, compassion, and humor. At 8 am with a full, full day ahead, I feel like my own hero. Five minutes well spent, I’d say!

Some people use this protocol as their “good luck blanket” when they head out to face the world in their workday. Others tell me they use it as a valuable addition to their meditation, yoga, or prayer practice. I’ve even heard of people doing this with kids before a project (one babysitter uses it when the kids are getting rowdy and rambunctious. The protocol gives them something fun to do that engages their senses, and the shift it creates in them means she gets to present the parents with content, cooperative, and gentle children at the end of the day).

And, it is a brilliant way to start a class of pretty much any kind (think what it’s like to teach people who feel like I just described)!

I’ve been in seminars where we used it to bring everyone into alignment with their purpose for being there. It was amazing to watch as the oils were passed around- you could watch the changes in people like a wave crossing the room. It took less than 10 minutes for 100+ people to get oiled up, and even the hotel staff noticed the difference (they were coming to see why the air conditioning wasn’t working, and were pretty surprised to find us all unflustered, even jovial- and smelling great)!

Typically what happens when you share an oil protocol in a class setting is that you have volunteers to move through the rows of people dispensing a drop or two of each oil to each person, as the teacher explains what to do with your oil once you’ve got it (rub it on your belly, inhale it from your palms, etc). The teacher usually provides the oils if they’ll be used in class (which makes them tax-deductible in most cases). If students want to use oils on their own, it is good if the teacher knows how to help them set up their account.

It’s important to remember that, while there are many existing protocols that are part of the Young Living community, there are many still yet to be discovered. Use your oils in the spirit of playful discovery, and share what you find!

Yoga and Essential Oils~ Integration

I was talking to a couple of people in my Young Living group the other day about sharing essential oils, and one of them said that she brings her oils to her yoga class.

Without fail, it seems, the other students dab, slather, and anoint themselves with great enthusiasm and, apparently, gratitude.

This bespeaks the natural affinity between spiritual practices and pure essences. There is an intimate relationship between the part of our nervous system that senses smell and the part that processes emotion, and there are some oils that even impart physiological responses that facilitate certain yogic practices, like turning within, and working with the breath.

Frankincense is a calming and somewhat warming oil that has been traditionally associated with yoga and meditation for thousands of years (and every culture that’s had access to it has mentioned it in their ancient texts as a holy anointing oil).

Sandalwood has similar associations with meditation, and has certain cooling properties. Interestingly, sandalwood is high in a compound called “sesquiterpenes”, which have the rare ability to cross the blood-brain barrier. It makes me wonder if this is why it has such calming effects on the nervous system (it’s also amazing for the skin!).

Many meditators are familiar with a scent called “khus”, which is a cooling oil with a deep, earthy scent. In the Young Living lineup this oil is known by its latin name, Vetiver. Knowing its history in helping pitta states cool off, is it any surprise to learn that modern researchers are using it to bring natural relief to children labeled ADD/ADHD?

Hmmm....

At any rate, these ladies went on to ask whether there are resources about using oils in conjunction with a yoga practice. I told them about the oils/yoga integration I experienced at Convention a couple of years ago (that blogpost is here) but I didn’t really know where to send them for “how to” information. I’ve since discovered that Young Living’s website has a section on yoga which is pretty nice, (that's here) and here’s my official shout out (do people still say that?) to the yoga teachers and students in my group to write to me with your ideas.
Let’s see what we can learn from eachother!

In the meantime, I imagined myself running a yoga class to see what my intuitive impulse would be. While I am nowhere near qualified to teach yoga (surprisingly, I am much more limber in my imagination!), I’ve done aromatherapy classes with massage clients and the premise is pretty much the same.

I really like to work with a theme, or an intention for each session. It might spring from choosing a random passage from a meaningful book, drawing an “inspiration card”, or it might evolve naturally through the type of work being done (for instance, if it’s a class on releasing stored negativities, Release blend would be a natural choice.).

I open the class by asking participants to take a moment to listen to the reading, the card, or to let themselves contemplate their relationship with the theme, and I pass around the corresponding oil. Sometimes I suggest putting the oil on a certain spot for a certain effect, or so that everyone has the same experience (for instance I might say, “We’re passing around Joy oil. When you receive your Joy, place it in your heart region. Take a deep breath in, and notice what you feel”).

I'd then proceed through the session, perhaps offering additional oils to enhance the experience of the poses (I have a strong affinity for Valor in Warrior posture, for instance). I think I might consistently use the same oil for the concluding every session with savasana, but I don't know for sure. It might seem right to mix it up from time to time.

If I have anything I know for sure, it's this: there is no one “correct” way to associate oils with themes when you are doing yoga, bodywork, emotional work, or any of the other healing arts. I've actually had someone who could really benefit from the oils miss out on them all together because I could not hand them an oil based on their zodiac sign. Don’t cheat yourself looking for a list that’s already been made by someone else! Just look at the oils you have on hand, and see what suits you best in the moment. Certain associations will evolve over time, and they will be right for you.

Here’s how I start:
I hold my theme in mind while approaching my oils, and scan the bottles to see if any names jump out. (Inspiration, Harmony, Surrender, Gratitude, SARA, Humility, Hope, Joy, and Valor all make frequent appearances). Sometimes one stands out as the obvious choice, and the only oil I need for a session. Other times, several present themselves... so, I gather them together and pick three or four at “random”. I’ll start with one and be open to offering the others throughout the session, if I get the sense that it’s the thing to do.

If you’re still building your oils collection and want to know which ones to add next, try this: Get out your Essential Oils Desk Reference (If you don’t have your EDR yet, put it on your wishlist right away... there's more info at the end of the post) and look at the descriptions of the single oils and blends. I love to use the blends in yoga because they have such great inspirational names, and they were crafted by experts to help us achieve the states evoked by their names (of course Thieves won’t make us thieves, so it’s the one exception to that rule- but every yoga studio should have it anyway, for housekeeping and sanitizing surfaces).

Look up and become familiar with the oils whose names appeal to you or pique your interest. The EDR will show you what oils are in each blend, and what benefits they impart, so you can prioritize your next order. This was one of my favorite parts of the month when I first went on the Essential Rewards program (plus the free products helped me build my collection faster)!

If you don’t have your EDR yet, your Product Guide will suffice (Don't have one on hand? Here's the 2011 online version). Let yourself graze through the pictures and descriptions for things that ring a bell for you, and have fun with it!

Next Post:

Gary Young’s “Never Have a Bad Day Again” oils protocol (which is a sublime way to open a class of any kind!), and the "Feelings Kit" from a yogic perspective.

To see what the Essential Oils Desk Reference is all about,
go to our website learnaboutessentialoils.com. Once you're there, click on the yoga link (see the big pink arrow? That's the spot!)

Learn to Discern (know your oils, part one)

Many people today have experienced essential oils in bodycare products, candles and sachets, even as perfumes. As aromatherapy becomes increasingly popular, the choices expand and it’s easy to get confused about what oils are ok to put on your skin, what you can take internally, whether it matters what brand you use (it does), and what kinds of things you can safely use them for.

We’ll answer these questions in a kind of a backward direction. First, essential oils are used for about a jillion things. Here are a few of our favorites:

Body to ease pain, to help wounds heal faster, to fight infection and protect from illness
Mind to achieve clarity and focus, to release old trauma, to ease depression or anxiety
Spirit to align with your spiritual self, to go deeper in spiritual practices
Environment (home, office, play space) to replace toxic cleaning and bodycare products, to eliminate mold, to create an environment with whatever “mood” you want to convey

We acknowledge the union of body/mind/spirit (and think the environment should be included too, in a way). There are ways in which these systems overlap and we like to use essential oils for all of them.

When you choose the right essential oil for a given situation, you are rewarded with desired results. The lynchpin around this decision starts with the big-picture question, “Who is making your oils?”. The answer to this question can, in some cases, be the deciding factor in whether you get the results you want.

We use and teach exclusively about Young Living Therapeutic Grade Essential Oils, and we have sound reasons for our loyalty to them (starting with the fact that they work, encompassing matters of experience and purity, and not excluding the fact that teaching about them is part of our livelihood!).

The questions of what oils can be used for which applications, which ones can be taken internally, and so forth, can be answered only after the manufacturer is known. Here’s why:

When essential oils were first used as medicine, it was a simpler time. To get lavender essential oil, for example, you first had to grow the lavender. There were no pesticides, so what was grown would equate to organic today. The lavender would be harvested when it was at its height of potency, distilled over a low heat for as long as it took to release the precious oil, and then separated from the water that carried it out of the plant in the form of steam. This is the manner in which our founder was taught to extract oils. When we use Young Living oils, we know that it is the result if the same process at work today; the company is involved in the production process from the planting of the seed through the final seal on the bottle.

Since the Industrial Revolution, it is no longer necessary to grow lavender to produce an essential oil. A manufacturer can purchase a hybrid that smells the same but produces more oil, then get rid of unwanted constituents with extreme heat or a chemical process. This destroys desirable constituents which can then be replaced by adding them back in chemically.

Or, a manufacturer could buy a synthetic lavender smell-alike from an essential oil supply-house, whose industrial-grade oils are typically stretched further with even more chemicals (some of which are banned in the health food store where I work).

There are two compelling reasons a manufacturer of essential oils would engage in these practices: First, it is cheaper than crafting oils with the ingtegrity, plant-appropriate technology, and first-hand experience that Young Living's approach requires. Companies can maximize profit and minimize production costs by turning out a product that smells nice but may lack reliable health benefits.
The second reason they would do this is simply that they can. Since essential oils are a non-regulated industry, there is nothing saying that a bottle labeled “essential oil” even needs to contain plant material. Even terms like “Pure”, “Natural”, and “Therapeutic Grade” mean little more than that the marketing team thought it would help them sell more.
A little side-note to illustrate this: The term “Therapeutic Grade” was actually coined by Young Living’s founder to help us distinguish our oils from others by describing the great lengths they go to in order to assure optimal, reliable therapeutic value in their oils. Since then, several other manufacturers have begun to use this term freely in their marketing or labeling (but you can’t take their peppermint internally... hmmmm.)

When a manufacturer does not have to tell you what they’ve done to produce a scented oil, they nonetheless have to protect themselves in case you use it in a way that is dangerous to your well-being. As a general rule, you will find warnings like “may cause skin irritation” (even on those oils traditionally used to soothe skin conditions), or “not for internal use” (even when the plant in its original form has been used for stomach upset over centuries). Our bottles of Young Living Lavender and Peppermint have supplement serving size label on the back, telling us we are welcome to swallow a drop or two.

The truth is, that with the growing interest in essential oils and natural health, there are many companies that rely on chemistry to produce oils. They sidestep the expense and decades of experience necessary to produce oils of the highest quality, because uneducated consumers don't know the difference.

Young Living chooses to make their oils the “seed to seal” way, overseeing the cultivation, growth and harvest of the plants. The picture at the top of this post is from our visit to the Young Living Lavender Farm in St Maries Idaho. The distillery is in the distance; Gary gave us the tour himself. They use a patented distillation technique and then utilise the benefits of technology (in-house and third party) to exhaustively test, validate, and verify the therapeutic value of their oils.

Lastly, Young Living oils come to the consumer directly from the company - usually on the recommendation of someone the consumer already knows and has a relationship with. That trusted relationship and the co-supportive community that's behind it, offer the education that no retail-bought oil can.

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Right Livelihood and Young Living

I’m going to come right out and say something radical from the start: Much of the good ol’ American work ethic is based on a false premise.

Not that we shouldn’t earn the things that come to us by our own efforts, not that we should not consistently be engaged in some endeavor that adds value to our lives, but rather that that value should also extend to the members of our family, the greater circle of our community, and in some important way keep us connected to the well-being of the planet on which we live.

It’s about working not to survive, but to thrive - in a way that allows us and all with whom we contact to maintain our dignity, our values, and our sanity. Right livelihood finds us in harmony with our true purpose in life - which, whatever outward form it takes, usually has something to do with a certain longing all of us share to be of service to the world around us - to do something meaningful and useful.

The premise I’m challenging here is the notion that meaningful work must be done without pay, and that the work that brings home the bucks has generally got to be onerous, isolating, unsavory, or compromising of one’s inner ethics - or at the very least that we must put work ahead of the other things that give our lives the value that enriches and enlivens us - our families, our passions, our time for rest, relaxation, and recuperation. Ultimately this work ethic compromises our well-being physically, mentally, and emotionally.

Even if we use our Young Living oils for no other reason than to cope with the strain of working in the work-a-day world, we are doing ourselves a tremendous favor.

If, however, we embrace the compensation option and share our oils (and face it, we’re going to share them because they work and we will want to show off), and we start seeing a little check here and there - well, sooner or later the realization hits that we’ve just been paid to make the world a better place.

What’s wild about Young Living is that the compensation part is an option - not an obligation - so that you can use the products at the cheapest price whether or not you ever uncap a bottle under another person’s whiffer. All you do is choose the distributor option when you sign up, choose whichever kit appeals to you (we like the Everyday Oils because there’s lots of printed and linkable material to teach you how to use them right off the bat), and when you are ready to link into the action we will show you how.

We’ve been at it for years now, and one of Young Living’s founding members (a Crown Diamond, nonetheless) has totally got our back. We can get you set up with all the materials you need to host successful gatherings in your home from the day you open your first box - (or simply friend to friend just like you would share a great movie you saw) and the coolest thing is, while we will show you how to make yourself duplicatable, we are not the scripty sort. We believe that authenticity accomplishes far more than hype. We’ll give you the tools you need to share in your own voice, while also giving you the benefit of countless mistakes that the fearless ones who’ve walked before you have already made (so that you, dear pilgrim, don’t have to).

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