What’s Out Addis info on Health and Wellness
Wellness is largely influenced by our diet (80%) and exercise (20%). We are what we eat, but our mood also impacts our level of mindfulness and our food choices. Emotional eaters may overeat or eat too little when stressed. We are what we eat, but we store more in our bodies than just the nutrients
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For miracles to happen, we must be open and willing to believe the possibility that magic still exists. My personal life is filled with miracles. Yours is too. It all depends on perspective. What is the color of the lens we look through? Pink or blue? Teaching Yoga in Ethiopia is a dream-come true. I
Abyssinian Beauty Products is a company based in Addis Ababa, which produces bio cosmetics or ecologically friendly skincare manufactured using all-natural, non-toxic ingredients. All of the skin and hair care products produced by Abyssinian Beauty Products use naturally occurring mineral, herbs and oils as the main ingredients for our skin and hair care products, safer for
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With a deep desire to transform sustainability in business, Tchakka origins embarked on the journey of creating a vertically integrated plant-based lifestyle company, using an agroforestry model to source and craft plant extracts and natural ingredients from Ethiopia for use in personal care and wellness. By merging biodiversity of indigenous plant species with the intricacies
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Wrinkles, fine lines, and pigmentation usually start to appear after the age of 30-35. One of the biggest factors when it comes to aging skin is when it becomes dry and dehydrated. Skin that is not properly moisturized doesn’t bounce back as quickly and develops lines and wrinkles over time. Shea butter is an anti-aging
Like the poet Rumi once said: ~ ’The wound is where light enters’ ~ As an Ethiopian repatriated adoptee, I faced many issues like other diaspora do, with uprooting, reintegration and the need to belong. However, because of my culture and language barriers, I am still often viewed as a foreigner at ‘home’. Hence, I
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The warmth of the morning sun on your skin, a soft breeze leaves you gently shivering…Birds roaming the sky, you look up, while the clouds build to release raindrops… How breathtakingly beautiful is the silence before a storm, if only we can breathe and remain aware of our form… Spring is a metaphor for transitions.
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Traditional Chinese medicine is seeing a rise in popularly in Ethiopia. Patients are receiving treatment at the Chinese backed Tirunesh Beijing Hospital/Ethio Chinese Friendship Hospital in Addis Ababa. “The Chinese doctors use acupuncture, cupping, moxibustion and other techniques to treat neck, shoulder, waist and leg pains, nerve dysfunction and some mental and psychological disorders,” said
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Part Two: Exercise and Emotion If we are exercising but consuming improper food and drinks just the exercise is not going to keep us healthy. Down the road we will have issues with our organs or even with the mental state of being. For leading a healthy life we need to start to take care
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“Kohl” ( kuhl, kahal, or kohol) is a black substance used by the women of Ethiopia as an eyeliner and as eyeshadow.Apart from making the eyes look brighter and larger, kohl was once believed to have value as a protection against eye disease.It’s blackness also controls the sun’s glare , and thus it is used
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