Wellness blog: Blog

Heavy metals are dense metallic and semi-metallic compounds found in our environment.

Some are naturally occurring, whilst others are be man-made. Due to modern agriculture and industrialisation the amount of heavy metals present in our environment has grown exponentially and are often unavoidable.

In this blog we're talking about the 24 heavy metals found in our environment that can be harmful to our health and LeQure is here to explain why...

At Retreat Yourself we love to spread positivity and having our affirmation She Cards around the office is just one way we do this every day, but we're not the ones ones who believe in the power of affirmations!

The wonderful Mary Grace, who features in our brand new Summer Box, are big advocates for the power of positivity, so we're sharing their amazing amazing words to help leave you feeling more inspired and excited for each day... 

Look lets be honest, at the RY office we're pretty into snacks and it's probably no surprise to hear us say that! 

Whether it's to curb the cravings or for an energy boost to keep us going through the afternoon, we can probably all agree that healthy snacks are an important part of our day.

So when we first tried the Get Farmed Yippeas, it was love at first bite, which is exactly why we had to sit down with founder Lynne Skene to learn the story behind these delicious chickpea puffs... 

Lauren Minicozzi is on a mission to empower females to stop defining themselves by their bodies and start expressing self-love. 

Lauren has recently published a book "A Journey to Health- a body does not define you"  in order to inspire females to start loving themselves again and know that a body does not define who they are.

In this blog, which featured in our RY Spring Mag, Lauren shares her experiences and thoughts on purpose and delves into what is purpose and is it something we need to define.

We're always on the hunt to discover new and natural Australian products, so you can understand our excitement when we came across Exposed Naturals a few months back!

Not only does it smell amazing it's also made from 100% natural ingredients that are good for your body, it's aluminium free and housed in 100% plastic free packaging that's good for the planet. So you can understand why we had to sit down with Tania to learn all about her tins of amazingness..