The Foundation also funds university and medical school research to assess the effects of the program on academic performance, ADHD and other learning disorders, anxiety, depression, substance abuse, cardiovascular disease, post-traumatic stress disorder, and diabetes.

The effectiveness of the Foundation’s programs have been researched at leading medical schools, including Harvard Medical School, Stanford Medical School, and Yale Medical School, and have received the endorsement of and support from private foundations and government agencies, including the National Institutes of Health, General Motors Foundation, the Chrysler Foundation, the Kellogg Foundation, the American Indian Education Association, Indian Health Services, many school districts, and state departments of corrections.

Our generous boutique and spa partners around the globe have joined forces with us to support The David Lynch Foundation. ZENTS will donate 5% of proceeds on all ZENTS Body Lotion & Body Oil during May and June 2013.

Visit a ZENTS reseller in your area, or make a purchase on www.zents.com to support this exceptional organization.

Every year in April, we at ZENTS are awestruck by the stunning beauty that exists all around us. Outside in the spring sunshine, looking out at the regal mountains, captivated by the gentle sounds of the brook… it’s easy to get swept away by this amazing place we call home.  Earth Day means a lot to us! Not just today, but every day.

Here are just a few of the ways we show our love to our amazing planet and the inspiring people in it…

CLEAN INGREDIENTS
We use hand harvested organic shea butter, chamomile, green tea, balancing neem, and a host of healing botanicals.

OUR ORGANIC FARM
Our family farm is growing organic, biodynamic herbs for our formulations.

GREEN LIVING
We power our facilities with 100% wind energy, print our recyclable boxes with soy inks, and work with local vendors to minimize our carbon footprint.    

GIVING BACK 
We join forces with your favorite spas & boutiques to charities in your community, and we donate $1 for every purchase made on www.zents.com as part of our Seva charitable giving. 

HEALING RITUALS
We were born out of Cord’s healing journey, and we believe healing rituals transform lives.

MINDFUL
We mindfully buy from the little guys, from a women’s co-op in Africa, to the family who supported Cord during his healing time in India.

YOU
Everything we create has always been and will always be about you. It is our deep honor to be part of your life, your moments, and your memories.

In honor of Earth Day ZENTS will donate $5 of every Concreta sale on zents.com, on April 22nd, 2013,  to iDE… bringing water to people in need so they can have better lives. Together we are changing the world!

PETAL
Light and feminine lily of the valley… dew drops glistening on the first spring blossoms

FRESH
Crisp cucumber and delicate heliotrope… delicate, clean, with graceful innocence

OOLONG   
Energizing lime blossom and renewing green tea… a Japanese tea ceremony in the garden

SUN
Sensual vanilla and heady sandalwood… golden rays filled with warmth, comfort, and love

Feeling inspired? Let spring be your muse as you create your own signature spring scent. Wear one scent as your Lotion, and another as your perfume. Or use one in your shower, and another on your skin. Combine ANY product and ANY scent, for a completely clash-proof, perfectly personalized scent!

Try one of our most beloved spring blends, or create your own…

iDE brings clean water to people in need… to farmers, schools, children, and families in poor rural areas around the globe. The organization transforms communities, one drop at a time, helping farmers produce more food for their families and also generate more income. Their amazing work creates opportunities for children to attend school, for people to afford health care, and for communities to have better lives.

Our generous boutique and spa partners around the globe have joined forces with us to support iDE. ZENTS will donate 1% of all Concretas purchased by our wholesale partners and on www.zents.com during the months of March and April, 2013.

Please join us in supporting this exceptional organization.  

Learn more by watching the video below about iDE’s incredible work. 

SCRUB LIKE THE PROS DO!

Try one of the ZENTS staffers’ most beloved techniques to achieve healthy, glowing skin… a scrub that is as gentle (just-shaved legs) or powerful (heels) as you need.  We’re lucky to be surrounded by the most talented spa healers in the business who never use a one-size-fits-all approach to exfoliation. They know how to target each unique part of the body so you’re blissfully cared for and sublimely smoothed.

How do they do it? They mix our Detoxifying Bath Salts with our Moistuizing Body Wash for an Exfoliating Body Scrub that leaves your skin soft, hydrated and as smooth as silk.

Try it in the comfort of your home spa:

1. As you draw a bath, stand in your tub and massage skin with a generous layer of Body Wash, allowing the anti-aging fruit extracts to gently lift away skin cells.
2. Mix Bath Salts and an additional pump of Body Wash in the hands, tailoring the amount of Salt to each skin zone. (Use more Salt on rough, dry heels, and skip the salt entirely on delicate skin.) Exfoliate one zone at a time. Apply product in a circular motion, moving your hands toward the heart.
3. Immerse yourself in the water, allowing the product to dissolve on its own. Sit back and relax fully as you enjoy a luxurious Epsom and shea butter soak. Add an extra dose of detoxifying Bath Salts to support weary muscles, particularly after exercise or a long day.
4. Immediately after your bath, massage Concreta into towel-dried skin, focusing on cuticles and heels with intensive, targeted hydration.

Want more? Visit one of our world-class spa partners to enjoy an ultra-hydrating ZENTS treatment. Find A Spa 

Fortunately, at ZENTS we not only have incredible hydrating products at the ready, but also the expertise of some of the world’s most amazing and talented massage healers! When we asked our massage therapy experts how to stay ahead of the cold, across the board they recommend a simple technique that they use daily on their clients… combining Oil and Lotion.  

ZENTS Founder and massage therapist Cord Coen suggests, “Mixing the Lotion and Oil is easy. Especially in dry weather, or in dry climates when skin needs a little something extra, the organic shea butter with a double dose of Vitamin E really does the trick.”

Here’s how therapists mix the products during a massage:

• Place the needed amount of Lotion into your palm
• Use one finger to smooth the Lotion, creating a flat surface
• Pump Oil directly onto the Lotion
• Mix in your palms, and apply

Make this the last step in your bathing ritual. Apply the Oil & Lotion to damp skin to seal in hydration and protect skin from the elements.
 

I did some research on different Valentine’s Day traditions around the world, and discovered that everyone has a unqiue way of celebrating this love-inspired day.  

Japan – Girls Just Want to Have Fun!
On Valentine’s Day, it’s common for Japanese women to give chocolates and other gifts to the men in their lives. Chocolates are given to male co-workers, bosses, friends, and family members. Men aren’t completely off the hook, though! On March 14th men are expected to return the favor with gifts that are double or triple the cost of the gifts they received on a day called White Day.

Philippines – The More the Merrier
Mass Valentine’s Day marriages where hundreds of couples say “I do” at the same time have become all the rage in recent years, easily making February 14 the most popular wedding anniversary in the Philippines. While it might sound decidedly un-romantic to share your day, it is the ultimate gift of love for couples who might not otherwise be able to afford to marry.

Italy – Romeo and Juliet
No one knows romance like the City of Love! Each year Verona celebrates Valentine’s with its festival, Verona in Love. The city basks in the spirit of amore, with candlelit dinners, art exhibitions, poetry readings, concerts and Romeo and Juliet themed events. Guided tours trace the footsteps of the star-crossed lovers, as the “Secretaries of Juliet” reply to thousands of letters sent from all over the world. Each year on Valentine’s Day a single writer is awarded the Dear Juliet award for the most compelling love letter.  

Germany – Gingerbread is Not Just for Christmas
Germans are experts at declaring their love. During Valentine’s Day the markets are lined with oversized gingerbread hearts painted with frosting flowers and love messages (some nice, some a little naughty!). This well-known Valentine’s staple and tourist attraction comes adorned with a ribbon so men can drape the sweet treat around the shoulders of their sweethearts.
Want to make your own? http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art174472.asp

I hope you make it a Valentine’s Day tradition to do something wonderful for the most amazing person in your life… you. Enjoy your day!

Looking for a romantic getaway? Why not visit Ponte Vedra Inn & Club for Valentine’s Day for the finest in world-class service at this premier Florida resort. Enjoy blissful pampering by the talented healers at Ponte Vedra Spa and find out why In Style magazine calls it ” . . an exceptional spa with a sophisticated atmosphere.”

Delight someone you love with the rapturously relaxing, fully invigorating Romantic Rendezvous couple’s ritual. With two blissful hours of side-by-side spa services given in SUN for women and ORE for men, you’ll find yourself under love’s spell. These two ZENTS scents have aphrodisiac properties to add a little sizzle to your romantic day.

The ritual begins with a deeply conditioning ZENTS scrub of nourishing shea butter, salt and sugar, to gently bring your skin back to its softest velvety-smooth state.

A decadent soak follows, allowing you to fully relax as soothing Epsom and sea salts provide the ultimate in detoxification and restoration. Healing Epsom salts draw out toxins and soothe fatigued, sore muscles, leaving your skin soft and revived. Luxurious scent envelops your senses, calms your mind, and enlivens your body.

Finish the ritual with an ultra-moisturizing shea butter massage tailored to your exact needs. Gifted therapists banish any hint of tension, stimluate the body’s energy systems and quench the skin with a hydrating organic shea butter body infusion. 

Call 904.273.7700 to book this amazing ZENTS experience today!

ENGLAND – The British place their fortunes for the coming year in the hands of their first guest. They believe the first visitor of each year should be male and bearing gifts. Traditional gifts are coal for the fire, a loaf for the table and a drink for the master. For good luck, the guest should enter through the front door and leave through the back. Guests who are empty-handed or unwanted are not allowed to enter first.

WALES – At the first toll of midnight, the back door is opened and then shut to release the old year and lock out all of its bad luck. Then at the twelfth stroke of the clock, the front door is opened and the New Year is welcomed with all of its luck.

HAITI – In Haiti, New Year’s Day is a sign of the year to come. Haitians wear new clothing and exchange gifts in the hope that it will bode well for the new year.

SICILY – An old Sicilian tradition says good luck will come to those who eat lasagna on New Year’s Day, but woe if you dine on macaroni, for any other noodle will bring bad luck.

SPAIN – In Spain, when the clock strikes midnight, the Spanish eat 12 grapes, one with every toll, to bring good luck for the 12 months ahead.

PERU – The Peruvian New Year’s custom is a spin on the Spanish tradition of eating 12 grapes at the turn of the year. But in Peru, a 13th grape must be eaten to assure good luck.

GREECE – A special New Year’s bread is baked with a coin buried in the dough. The first slice is for the Christ child, the second for the father of the household and the third slice is for the house. If the third slice holds the coin, spring will come early that year.

JAPAN – The Japanese decorate their homes in tribute to lucky gods. One tradition, kadomatsu, consists of a pine branch symbolizing longevity, a bamboo stalk symbolizing prosperity, and a plum blossom showing nobility.

CHINA – For the Chinese New Year, every front door is adorned with a fresh coat of red paint, red being a symbol of good luck and happiness. Although the whole family prepares a feast for the New Year, all knives are put away for 24 hours to keep anyone from cutting themselves, which is thought to cut the family’s good luck for the next year.

UNITED STATES – The kiss shared at the stroke of midnight in the United States is derived from masked balls that have been common throughout history. As tradition has it, the masks symbolize evil spirits from the old year and the kiss is the purification into the new year. In the southern United States, black-eyed peas are thought to bring prosperity, especially when served with collard greens

NORWAY – Norwegians make rice pudding at New Year’s and hide one whole almond within. Guaranteed wealth goes to the person whose serving holds the lucky almond.

What New Year’s traditions do you practice?

Bring your own bottle when traveling.  You are not allowed to bring a full water bottle through security checkpoints, but you can bring an empty one and fill it before your flight departs. 

Include travel sizes of Lotion, Body Wash, and an Attar in your carry-on. Lotion helps combat the dry airplane air by keeping your skin hydrated. ZENTS Attars are wonderful for a quick pick-me-up after a long day of traveling, and the Wash is handy just in case restrooms are out of soap.

For a moment of quiet and calm before your flight, visit the airport’s Meditation Room – available at many major airports. Take a minute, go into the quiet space and breathe deeply. Download a guided meditation onto your MP3 player and listen to it when you need it. Guided meditations help you relax when it is time to go to sleep, which is key to avoiding jet lag.

Remember to stretch! Sitting for hours can create neck and back pain. San Francisco International Airport’s new Terminal 2 has a complimentary “Zen room” for ticketed passengers.  The room is dimly lit and is a noise and mobile phone-free zone, complete with yoga mats.  Try to stand up and stretch every hour, especially during long flights.

Schedule much needed spa services when you arrive. Swedish or deep tissue Massage, as well as hydrating Body Wraps are a great way to help your body recover from the trip. Of course, we also love a spa Mani-Pedi to refresh tired hands and feet. Your body will thank you for it!