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Halloween History

Halloween has roots in age-old European traditions. It originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts. 
In the eighth century, Pope Gregory III designated November 1 as a time to honor all saints; soon, All Saints Day incorporated some of the traditions of Samhain.

The evening before was known as All Hallows Eve, and later Halloween. Over time, Halloween evolved into a day of activities like trick-or-treating and carving jack-o-lanterns. 

Around the world, as days grow shorter and nights get colder, people continue to usher in the season with gatherings, costumes and sweet treats. 

Happy Halloween Eve,

k 🙂

Halloween Treats and Dessert Ideas

Halloween is a great time for sweet treats. Try these spooky Halloween- inspired cake pops for a dessert that is creative, fun, and unique.

Add a festive and delicious touch to your Halloween party with this Frankenstein cake pop!

These Frankenstein Cake Pops are a fun Halloween party treat idea for kids!

Put a fun twist on your Halloween desserts and make these Googly Eyed Cake Pops!

These creepy creations Halloween Bat magic cupcakes are easy to make for your Halloween Party!

Pretzel Chocolate Spiderwebs are festive, sweet & salty treats that are fun to make with the kids or serve at a Halloween party!

Halloween pretzels are fun and spooky chocolate covered pretzels, topped with sprinkles, candy corn, candy eyes and more to make them a perfect treat for Halloween time!

Chocolate covered pretzels are one of our favorite treats. Actually anything covered in chocolate really.

To Halloween treats,

Kelly Krishna

Mummy Cake Recipe: Halloween Sweetness

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Halloween Vibes!

love, k 🙂

Pumpkin Soup Delight Recipe

Pumpkin soup delight 🎃 Here is a delightful pumpkin soup recipe with some additional healing drops included Black pepper supports the respiratory, nervous, circulatory and digestive systems, thyme supports the endocrine and respiratory systems and may be helpful for those who have the dry skin problem, and clove keeps you well and supports the digestive and respiratory systems. Now that is a power packed soup!

Thanks for visiting our site! To read more about the recipe here it is –

Ingredients:

1 Large Pumpkin

4TB of Unrefined Coconut

1-2 drops of Young Living Black Pepper Vitality Essential Oil

1-2 drops of Young Living Thyme Vitality Essential Oil

1-2 drops of Young Living Clove Vitality Essential Oil

1cup of Coconut milk

1/2 tsp. Cayenne Pepper

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400F.

Lightly coat the outside of the pumpkin with coconut oil and bake (whole) on the bottom rack for an hour.

Let it stand for 15-20 minutes.

Once cooled enough cut in half be careful of the steam! Scoop outside the seeds and set them aside.

Scoop out of the rest of the pumpkin and place in a food processor blend until smooth.

In a large pot heat up some coconut oil and add diced shallots.

Sauté them over medium heat until they are golden brown.

Add the pumpkin purée into the pot and put rest of coconut milk, cayenne pepper, and sweetener.

Simmer for 15-20 minutes

Just before moving soup from heat add in a few pinches of mineral salts and essential oils, then add in a few pumpkin seeds as garnish with each bowl served.

Enjoy!!

love, k 🙂

Halloween Tea Party|Chai Tea Recipe

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Autumn Series: Carve out some good times!

To inspire your own celebrating this season, sit for a spell and have some brew.

It is beginning to feel alot like Autumn! Holidays are right around the corner, ten days from today we will be witching you a Happy Halloween!

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Caution! Skeleton Crossing

love, k 🙂

Crown Chakra Meditation 

Crown Chakra Tune-Up Practice. Śīrṣāsana (आसन, Āsana) = pose, posture, seat. #shirshasana शीर्षासन, Śīrṣāsana = #headstand .. Integration of your entire being from head to toe experience plus a vast connection between your innermost self an all of life. ✨ 

Enlightened moments can spring forth at any time, as yoga practice is good to open you to the possibility and prime you to witness those moments of grace sprinkled throughout your day. 


Working toward enlightenment may seem unrealistic, or completely beyond the scope of your radar. But regardless of whether you practice yoga to stay fit and healthy or to work toward complete liberation, do not miss the opportunity to practice of insight and positive action. 
It is this integration to experience a vast connection between your innermost self and all life. 

love,  k 

Where Are You Going? A Guide to What’s Next

There is no other step on the journey that happens as instantaneously as Surrender; but, it may take a very long time until we are ready to fully do so. When we do, our prior step of soul searching moves towards its end. Nearly simultaneously, the next step after Surrender – Healing – begins.

As we move deeper into the soul level of the journey, it becomes increasingly difficult to separate out the steps, for they overlap in a very non-linear way. Once we surrender, the opportunity is there for us to discover a higher power that is always available to assist us, we exercise our free will and allow it into our lives.

Surrender is about partnering with the Divine. It is about realizing that we are not alone and that we don't have to solve every dilemma by ourselves.

Indeed, as Einstein famously said, we can't solve problems at the same level of consciousness that created them. Surrender allows us to access a higher consciousness in order to transcend the problem and move to a new level entirely. Some call this grace. We call it empowerment.

love, #krishna

National Ice Cream Day 2017

National Ice Cream Day, one of the few food holidays actually worth getting excited about, is today, July 16!  That means ice cream vendors across America are celebrating by handing out all sorts of cups, cones, and other frozen treats for free. 
While some of the sweet deals such as sweet ice cream toppings — are better than others, you can safely expect to have ice cream, hot fudge sauce, and sprinkles dripping down your hand before the day is finished.

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Here are all the places around country with special deals for National Ice Cream Day.

16 Handles: Download coupon online or on mobile app at 16 Handles and bring it to this NYC’s self-serve frozen yogurt chain’s free four-ounce order from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. on today, this Sunday.

Baskin-Robbins: Free samples of the new Mint Chocolate Chip will be given out to all customers at Baskin-Robbins on National Ice Cream Day. If you download the Baskin-Robbins mobile app, though, you’ll get special offers for National Ice Cream Day and other days. (By the way,  today is also when Starbucks is giving away free iced teas, and Krispy Kreme is offering a dozen donuts for 80 cents when you buy a dozen at regular price.)

Carvel: Buy any size cup or cone on Sunday, and you’ll get a second one for free.

Dippin’ Dots: Free mini cups of ice cream will be given out in a two-hour window on Sunday. Check with your local Dippin’ Dots store to find out when.

Friendly’s: For every $2.99 Friend-z ice cream order on Sunday, Friendly’s will donate $2 to the Boys & Girls Club of America. Customers who purchase a Friend-z on Sunday will also get a coupon good for a free ice cream in the future.

McDonald’s: Customers who download the McDonald’s app get a coupon for a free vanilla ice cream cone on Sunday, no purchase required.

Whole Foods: If you want to celebrate at home, the organic grocer’s got a 2-for-$6 deal on Ben & Jerry’s ice cream pints. Some stores will also hold “Sundae Fundae” sampling events throughout the day.

Cold Stone Creamery: Members of the chain’s My Cold Stone Club can take advantage of a a buy-one-get-one (BOGO) ice cream offer for the occasion.

Wendy’s: While the promotion is unrelated to National Ice Cream Day, the fast food chain has you covered with 50-cent Frostys.


Denny’s: Get a free banana split with the purchase of two entrees. Offer good only today July 16


Dairy Queen: July’s Blizzards of the Month are Frosted Fudge Brownie and Salter Caramel Blondie, discounts on blizzards.
There are plenty of ways to celebrate National Ice Cream Day. Whether your favorite flavor is chocolate, vanilla or something more exotic, there are plenty of freebies, giveaways and discounts to celebrate.

Enjoy!

love, #krishna