Environment is what lies outside of us, either immediately or in our world at large.

Yet it all, to some degree, effects what’s inside of us because what’s outside coming inside through our skin, mouths, and minds. All our senses – sight, smell, sound, touch and taste – can influence our mood and health. Recent research demonstrates not only the importance of our larger environment (air and water quality) but also our immediate environment (light, sound, aroma and touch) to our overall health. We encourage you to create the best possible environment for yourself and those around you.

Here is some "home work."  For starters, make your home an oasis, a “fertile” or “green” spot in contrast to the harshness of the world at large. Create a place that you, your family and guests will be blessed – a place that nurtures and restores everyone who enters.  

Your home reflects you. Your home should make you feel good; it should recharge and revive all who enter. It should be a place of comfort, peace, and love.  

Our environment encompasses all that is around us. It impacts us through our sight, hearing, smell, touch and taste. Work and home environments probably impact our health the most because we spend most of our time in them. So paying attention to and striving to create a healthy environment in both places gives rich rewards.  

“Everyone can identify with a fragrant garden, with the beauty of sunset, with the quiet of nature, with a warm and cozy cottage.”  ~ Thomas Kinkade