Happy holidays, baby!

During this holiday season, we want to thank all of you -- readers, customers and friends -- for your support this year.

We wish you a warm and wonderful holiday and Happy New Year! Happy Sipping in 2010!

-Chai, Baby!

Himalayan Baby

Wow -- lots of customer questions about Himalayan Bath Salts. Well, sit back, baby, and I'll tell you the tale . . .

Imagine a time long before humanity, when the ancient seas surrounded the mighty Himalayas. Imagine a pristine and perfect world.

From this time and place comes the purest salt in the world: Himalayan sea salt. These salts contain 84 essential trace minerals and elements, including potassium, calcium, bromide and magnesium, that can be absorbed into the skin. The pink salts contain the highest mineral content.

Now fast forward to the first human cultures, who discovered and mined this salt, and began to use it for therapeutic baths. Over time, it was learned that a Himalayan sea salt bath could restore healthy mineral balance to the body, improve blood flow, soften and moisturize the skin, and much more.

And now fast forward to the end of your own busy day. Imagine yourself placing into a bath tea ball some beautiful pink Himalayan sea salt and anti-inflammatory green tea, naturally fragrant with lavender and rose buds. Imagine steeping your own bath tea and then stepping into some well-deserved luxury while your body rehydrates and rejuvenates.

You deserve it, baby!

Try Chai, Baby! Himalayan Bath Salts in three luxurious combinations: Lavender & Rose, Springtime in Paris and Water Baby. On sale through 12/31/09.

Multi-purpose your tea!

Every day, we hear more about the healing properties of green tea. Usually, we think of those benefits in connection with drinking this wonderful beverage. However, there is also a tremendous benefit to be gained from applying steeped green tea to the skin.

Green tea naturally possesses anti-inflammatory, firming and repairing properties for skin. Tonight, step into a luxurious green tea bath – you know you deserve it!

Chai, Baby! baths salts combine pink Himalayan sea salts with sencha green tea for a double dose of wholesome skin moisturizing. Click here to learn more.

You're getting warm, baby!

Baby, it's cold outside! I'm looking out my window at the brilliant fall sunshine, the wild scatter of leaves and the blue, blue sky. And I'm holding -- you guessed it -- a mug of hot tea. The naturally sweet spices are rolling around on my tongue, and in this perfect moment, I am absolutely, blissfully filled with warmth, hope and happiness.

What does your tea do for you, baby?

Be fair, baby! October is Fair Trade Month.

What does the Fair Trade Certified&trade label mean? Well, this label ensures that the entire tea supply chain, from garden to market, has undergone inspection and certification for certain standards of social responsibility. It guarantees that tea workers receive decent working conditions, a fair wage and additional revenue for their communities.

So, when you purchase Fair Trade Certified&trade tea, you're helping farmers and their communities. You're contributing to a better world, baby! For more information, go to www.FairTradeCertified.org.

Chai, Baby! is proud to offer a selection of Fair Trade Certified&trade teas.

What's in your cup, baby?

What's in that teacup of yours, baby? A lovely, wholesome, delicious beverage, of course! But is that all there is to it?

Are you watching your tea leaves swell and unfurl? Good. Now, close your eyes. Breathe in the natural aromas of your ingredients. That's it . . . breathe in, breathe out. Now, slowly take a small sip from your cup. Hey, don't rush! Are you tasting with your entire palate? Really? Try again. What flavors do you taste -- and do you taste them simultaneously? Or do they reveal themselves slowly, gradually, layer after layer?

Tea is so much more than a beverage. It's an opportunity to experience the world around us with senses engaged and with an open heart and mind. It's an opportunity to live in the moment!

Engage, baby!

We just read an interesting article by Dr. Eva Selhub about the way our bodies naturally and accurately communicate with us. Whether our symptoms are physical or emotional, the discomfort we feel is extremely important information. If we continue to ignore this information, then bodily stress accumulates.

Dr. Selhub proposed 8 methods to prevent this accumulation of stress. Most of these methods we’ve all read about often: exercise, good nutrition, meditation, sleep, laughter, etc. Her last method, however, really caught our eye because it’s rarely discussed. The word she used is “engage.”

By “engage,” she meant participating in an activity you love so that the mind experiences what she referred to as “enjoyment and flow.” Well, this is precisely why we love to drink tea regularly throughout our day. A visually beautiful, aromatic, delicious tea provides a drinking experience that automatically engages all of the senses as well as the mind.

If we can bring 100% of our awareness to the act of drinking tea, we feel that we will learn to live every part of our lives in the same way: alert, mindful, engaged!

Go to article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eva-m-selhub-md/when-the-body-screams-hel_b_251218.html