Flower Girls Meet

Daytreat: Trap Yoga & Herbs Talk Recap

Our Daytreat was a hit! Thank you Asia Nichole Jones, creator and originator of Trap Yoga, for helping us move our bodies with the sound of dope music and Ashley Flores, founder of Four Flowers Wellness for teaching us so much about herbal medicine and allowing us to smell, touch, taste, and bring some herbs home! Shout out to Mia and Rachel for sharing your remarkable stories with humor and grace! Special love and hugs to everyone who came out! We hope our Daytreat filled your cup; here’s what we learned:

  1. Yoga is about self-awareness and experimentation with your body. It’s healing!
  2. Trap Yoga is about doing the work of yoga while listening to your favorite playlist. It’s also about accessibility to all. Thanks for breaking it down for us, Asia! Asia’s playlist was fire, so we’re sharing it on Spotify and Apple music. Enjoy!
  3. Some comments I heard after yoga: “Some of my bones are cracking…in a good way,” “That was really relaxing,” “I loved the incense on my hands at the end,” “There was so much laughter during that sesh!” “I thought we were going to have to twerk, haha” (heard from a few lol). You can practice with Asia at Growing Boundlessly! 
  4. Next, we talked to Ashley about her journey with PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) and how it impacted her well-being and fertility. She saw many doctors who weren’t helpful, so she decided to empower and educate herself on natural remedies which led her to acupuncture and herbal medicine. She later founded her own company, Four Flowers Wellness, where she offers acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, fertility and prenatal care, and treatments for complex pain or hormonal conditions, and other issues like insomnia, anxiety, and depression.
  5. Herbs that are helpful for your hormonal health include raspberry leaf (an ideal base herb for menstrual irregularities and hormonal balance), Nettle leaf (balances blood sugar and promotes metabolic health, reduces inflammation in the urinary tract and reduces swelling), chamomile blossom (powerfully reduces both physical and emotional symptoms of PMS and reduces heavy bleeding). You can download the free guide here. For the tea, hormone balancing recipes and more, you can buy it here. Use code: Daytreat for 20% off!
  6. Other gems shared from Mia and Rachel, who have dealt with their own hormonal challenges, included the observation that it takes a long time to find the right doctor who understands your issues, but don’t lose hope!
  7. Get an annual exam to stay on top of your health
  8. Find a doctor who sees you. If you don’t like your doctor, find someone else.
  9. Do your research and advocate for yourself!
  10. Take care of yourself physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually! 

Flower Girls Celebrates 9 Years!

March is a special month for Flower Girls because it commemorates when it all began. It’s been exactly 9 years! We couldn’t be happier with how much we’ve grown over the years. We are not only doing community events, but making our mark in the corporate world and the school system too! In celebration, we’re sharing 9 things we’ve learned in 9 years of cultivating space for authentic conversations about work, our mental health, womanhood, and overall well-being.

1. Your mental health and well-being are more important than other people’s opinion of you.
2. You are not your job, trauma or struggles. You are a human being who deserves to be seen and heard.
3. Talking to people about what you’re going through is healing.
4. Therapists are a godsend and deserve all of the flowers.
5. Finding the right doctor, therapist or any healthcare professional takes time, research and patience.
6. Your voice matters, your opinion counts, and you will find people who see you if you share your story.
7. Like-minded people love coming together to share a laugh and learn new things.
8. Community and connection are the answer to a lot of our problems.
9. We don’t have to know the answers to everything we’re going through. We just need to be willing to do the work and try new things that will improve our well-being.

We can’t wait to see what’s next! Thank you for being here.

Recap of Sew Somethin’ Good with Miss Purl

We were gifted sunny, beautiful weather today for our delightful Galentine’s day event with Miss Purl! Hand embroidery is not as easy as it looks, haha, but once you get the hang of it, it’s so calming and activates the flow state of your brain. Thank you all for joining the fun today! We hope you learned a new hobby that you can incorporate into your daily routines. Check out some embroidery stitches we created of roses, stems, and other styles! Special love to Kamaca Champion aka Miss Purl for teaching us with love, patience, and humor! If you missed today’s workshop and want to learn more about hand embroidery or knitting, head over to Miss Purl’s website for details! 💕🧵🪡

See more resources below:
How to embroider for beginners – If you want to learn how to embroider, but have no idea where to start, then you’re in the right place.
12 ways embroidery can boost your mental and physical well-being – Research conducted by University College London in 2020 confirmed that artistic activities can ‘lower inflammation and stress hormones such as cortisol’ while also helping reduce the risk of dementia. Other studies have been more specific, pointing to a direct link between textile crafts and improvements in mental well-being.
Needlepoint is a great way to cope with uncertainty – With needlepoint, the path forward is clear and certain. It gives us a sense of perceived control.
Why DIY gifts have mental health benefits – One study found that people who engaged in arts and crafts, such as music, painting, drawing, textile crafts, and creative writing experienced lower levels of mental distress. They also experienced higher levels of mental functioning and life satisfaction.
How cross-stitching helped me manage my anxiety and depression – “Helpful treatments for anxiety include distraction, mindfulness, and grounding techniques that bring you back to the current moment. Crafts can be a great grounding and soothing distraction and healthy part of a treatment plan to tackle anxiety,” explains Dr. Melissa Welby, a Connecticut-based psychiatrist. Having a crafting project, she adds, “makes it easier to let go of anxiety when it comes up or to pick up that unfinished project and get distracted by creating.”

Event Recap: Slow Living with Intentions

We wrapped up our final virtual event of the month last Sunday! Slow Living with Intentions was so much fun, and allowed us to dream freely about what we want our 2024 to look like. Kristin Vierra, a Remote Career/ Lifestyle Coach, Digital Slomad (slow traveler), and advocate for slow living, guided us through what it means to live more intentionally and how to create a vision board. Kristin’s career transitions and solo travel experiences inspired her journey to become a remote career and lifestyle coach. She has a passion for exploring foreign countries, broadening her mindset, and gaining wisdom through immersing in other cultures. We began the gathering by discussing the importance of living intentionally which is key to manifesting the life we want. Intentional living is a philosophy or approach to life where individuals make conscious and deliberate choices to align their actions and decisions with their core values, beliefs, and goals. It involves being mindful and purposeful in how one lives, focusing on what truly matters to us. This means:

  • Living authentically
  • Connecting and aligning with core values
  • Prioritizing meaningful experiences
  • Pursuing a more fulfilling and purpose-driven life

So, how does this play into manifestation and vision boarding, you might ask? Kristin shared that when we put intention into things, it comes to life! By connecting to our intuition and allowing it to be our compass, we can achieve whatever personal and professionals goals we set out to accomplish. She emphasized the importance of first getting clear on our personal intentions. By defining our vision, we pave the way for meaningful action to bring it to life. To create our vision boards, we used Kristin’s template from Canva (see above); there are a ton of other options here. We also had the option of creating a Pinterest board where you can pin inspirations. With meditative music we went to work on creating our vision boards. The Flower Girls really enjoyed this activity, and shared the following sentiments:

  1. Part of creating a vision is speaking your vision.
  2. The universe always delivers!
  3. Cultivating friendships is so important and many of us are yearning for better connections!
  4. Vision boards are a way to romanticize our lives.
  5. We want to eat better and live a healthier life.
  6. We’re aiming for a less chaotic life.
  7. We want to live more intentionally!
  8. Be authentic to the journey.
  9. We must ask ourselves – are we living in alignment with our goals and values?
  10. Celebrate the smalls wins and play more!

More gems:
– My social battery has decreased and has forced me to prioritize who I share my time and energy with.
– Thank you for this space, Vanessa! I’m excited to keep working on my board. & the inspiration Kristin!
– Thank you @Kristin Vierra for this amazing activity!! Thank you @Vanessa Flowers for the Self-Care Sunday Series!!
– Love that cultivating friendships is important to you all!
– I loved your board!! I’m inspired!

Event Recap: Tap for Anxiety Relief

Last Sunday we met for our third virtual event in our Self-Care Sunday Series – Tap for Anxiety Relief! Thanks to Beecher Leonard-Fritzmeier for introducing us to EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) which is also known as tapping, a holistic practice that combines elements of Traditional Chinese Medicine with modern psychology. This gentle technique involves tapping on specific meridian points on the body while focusing on thoughts, emotions, body sensations, or memories. The goal is to release emotional blockages and restore balance to the body’s energy system. The benefits include anxiety relief, emotional healing, immune system regulation, stress management, and overcoming negative habits and addictive behaviors. Beecher shared her journey to tapping which involved burning out at work and her son experiencing anxiety due to an autoimmune condition. She explored different modalities and stumbled upon EFT which really worked to not only help her feel better, but her son too, so it was a win-win! Beecher has made it her life mission to introduce others to EFT and emphasizes the importance of dismantling limiting beliefs and emotions that persist from the past while tapping. Our favorite places to tap were next to the eye which helps with overthinking and the collarbone when wanting to calm down.

Here’s a tapping exercise to get you started. How the Flower Girls felt after the exercise:

Thoughts have definitely slowed down!
Sense of calm😌
I’m feeling more calm and relaxed
Definitely feeling chill 🙂
You’re always told that meditation is a way to reconnect to your body, so I appreciate the physical reconnection! Thank you for making this so approachable!

To learn more about Beecher and her EFT offerings, go here!