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🍏 🍏 🍏 April's Shine 2015:

3rd year in a row, 30 days 30 mails, detox with green smoothies.
So if you're in need of a detox now or later, hurry up :-) Sign up here.

Why DETOX? 
Today it is impossible to live in a perfect protected bubble. 
Our bodies are less and less clean as everything around us is polluted . Our food is less and less pure, there is plastic in everything, even in the organic honey. Our minds think more in sync with everybody else than on their own..

What can we do?
One of the answers is: detoxing.

Join me on April's Shine 2015 journey as I will offer you alternatives to these challenges.

Click here for more information and sign up.

if you want to listen to my words in place of reading them:
Dear Sister,

Just a few years ago I was juggling my son on one arm, the garbage bag in the other hand and my bag, my kid's jacket and shoes that he did not want to wear in that particular moment (Nee! No! Nein! Nu! ) plus the groceries-grandma-wheel-buggy between my teeth.. 

I could smell the change of the seasons in those three seconds a day that I could breathe by myself (hiding in the toilet, anyone?) but I was really far from receiving any of the goodness of spring.

I was extremely tired and grumpy, no shine to be detected in any of my cells.
Just like you might be feeling right now. 

Many of you that know about my story and maybe saw the Shining Mama appear magically out of a very depressed Ioana asked me how I did it.  

You asked me what was my secret, how did I seemingly out of the blue started to shine.

HERE’S THE TRUTH: I detoxed. 

I took 30 days and then later other 30 days and I added goodness and love and little moments of awareness to each day.

I added green smoothies and other living yum to my meals .
I took care of me. 

Not by eliminating and frustrating myself - but by ADDING goodness and goodies that helped my body restore itself.
I did not WILL my tired body into submission, I just gave it what it needed. 
With ❤.

AND THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU, this is what evolved into a 30 days yearly self care ritual, the April's Shine.

I'd learned the hard way that when I do not take the time to become aware of ways that I can add shine to my life, light and life just slipped between the cracks.
By just adding a few things that did not take ages to do or make - and minimally re-arranging some of the daily rituals, I started to feel better, soon.
By regularly detoxing, de-cluttering and de-stressing (as much that was possible with a breastfeeding super sensitive toddler at the time) I simply turned my whole life around. 

I want you to also have the chance to take care of you and start to shine, to give your body a chance to ease into a stronger, cleaner, lighter place. 
That is why I have set up the April's Shine 30 days DETOX series. 

For the past 3 years I tweaked and tweaked and danced with my routines and self care rituals. 
Now I invite you to follow my steps so you, too, can enjoy the vitality, empowerment and authentic happiness that comes from loving self care. 

This month I want to set the pace for you to help you create light habits and weave wellness into your everyday life. 
We need light in our lives, we need to receive it in all our bodies. From time to time our body needs loving cleanse and a bit of that extra special care. So that we feel beautiful.

30 days of Shine is a free celebration of the changing of seasons. 
Spring in the North, our bodies like flowers that come out of the ground, stretch and bloom into wonderful colors; Autumn in the South, our bodies preparing for harvest and for going more inside.

For 30 days I'll send you daily emails filled with suggestions, love and light. 
THEY WILL BE SHORT AND SWEET, no long stories and no complicated things to do. Nice and easy. Lovingly.

Some of the most significant rituals are also the simplest ones so we will take baby steps. The compounding effect of the 30 days will increase significantly once you often give yourself the chance to make habits out of my suggestions.. Baby steps will ensure also that second to none unwanted detox symptoms are expected.

The daily emails will include tips, suggestions and recipes for green smoothies, natural body care, de-cluttering, de-stressing, awareness and other little rituals that you can seamlessly include in your daily flow. 

No MUST. 
Yes MAY. 

You'll also receive an invitation to a private Facebook group where we can share our journey with each other. 
Because magic happens when we women support each other and form a circle of love.
I personally will answer your questions and will participate myself in what I propose. I invite you also to participate actively - as you are the one who must do the work. 

Who is April's Shine for?
April's Shine IS for you if: 
  • you feel tired, are tired, breathe tired;
  • you need a break;
  • you need a mapped journey to more light and you are willing for it to take 30 days;
April's Shine may NOT be for you if you: 
  • expect a magic pill that will solve everything in a few days;
  • you are not willing to go deep and look into your own eyes - with love;
  • you are perfectly fine;


I designed April's Shine Detox with breastfeeding moms in mind - because that is what I was when I started detoxing. 
When my son was two and I wanted to keep breastfeeding I was in a quite unhealthy situation and unhealthy myself.
I badly wanted and needed to detox..
I have experimented with a few safe detox methods - no pills or fad diets, no "Get Hungry Now" recipes (that I knew - from my experience before being pregnant -  would only make me weak and dizzy and maybe stop the milk) and nothing that would jeopardize the quality of my milk or the quality of my life or my baby's life.

With April's Shine I want to share with you my detox journey that brought me extremely more vitality, energy - and increased the quality of my milk and our lives.

If you are pregnant and tired, April's Shine Detox is also for you - as it is all about inclusion of really good things for our bodies - and not about starving yourself or frustrating your lovely baby producing body.
April's Shine is safe for you. 

important mention:
April's Shine Detox is not about weight loss. Weight gain is a complex issue that can have other causes that toxins in the physical body (for example medical or emotional causes or hormones out of whack or such).. April's Shine is not the time or the place to address those - and at all times, if you take medication or experience problems please inform your doctor of your participation in April's Shine.
Weight loss might happen, though, and if you know that this could be a problem for you, please adjust accordingly or tell me and I will advise accordingly. 

What's in it?
- 30 mails in 30 days with practical tips on how to detox your body and your mind;
- information and recipes about how to incorporate green smoothies into your every day;
- how to make the said smoothies yummy and how to troubleshoot (aka not throwing away) the yucky ones (made a few of those, I did);
- how to incorporate more love for yourself and awareness of your own beauty into your every day;
- tips on de-cluttering and de-stressing;
- an invitation to actively participate in the Facebook group with a daily touch-base;
- accountability if you crave some;
- last but absolutely not least: a safe dumping space for the less fortunate moments we all have sometimes - and tips on how to deal with them.

The price for this series is 97€

Sign up here to participate in the 30 Days April's Shine Detox program

love, Ioana

My intention is to support you to:
- find focus and feel supported in your search for your health and wellness;
​- find out more about pure CTPG essential oils;
- find recipes and courses for Raw Food, Green Smoothies and such;
- order shine raw yummy catering, raw chocolates and Shiny Boxes;
- Buy Shine Art; 
- find inspiration and get empowered to take care of your body, mind and soul - and SHINE!

..Please Note (disclaimer):
None of the products, claims or programs from this website have been evaluated by any government health body. The advice and suggestions given here are not intended to diagnose, cure or prevent any disease OR act as a substitute for a (face to face) consultation with a qualified medical doctor AND, as such, should not be construed as medical advice. 
Should you have any persistent symptoms or problems, please consult your doctor.

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    • .. as a green smoothie aficionado
    • .. as an artist
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