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January is Blood Donor Month

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American Red Cross

With the calendar getting ready to flip to a new year, the American Red Cross is asking eligible blood donors to make a resolution to give blood regularly in 2015, beginning with National Blood Donor Month in January. Did you know that January is National Blood Donation Month!? Now that you do, we want all of you awesome bees who are thinking about donating to your nearest blood blank to have the cleanest blood possible…and we have a few tricks to remove all of those nasty bad toxins that may be building upon your blood.

It starts with beets, Burdock root, Himalayan salt, oregano, pineapple and tomato. These six little awesome ingredients are big supporters of your liver and bloodstream, and they give your blood a solid, oxygenized cleaning. So before you go off being a hero and saving lives, grab a Bee Energized…loaded with enough beets to make your blood sparkle.

Why we should give blood:  Blood contains many life-saving components that can help to treat different illnesses and injuries. For many people, blood donors are their lifeline. Blood donation gives a proud feeling of touching someone’s life in such a beautiful way. It’s an experience that no words can define. You have to donate blood yourself to find out. You also benefit in other ways by donating blood as it reduces the chances of ischemic heart diseases (beginning of heart problems) as frequent donations reduce the accumulated and unwanted iron load from the body. Your blood donation will also get you your blood insurance from us. By keeping the blood line flowing, you will greatly contribute towards a healthier, happier society. Do remember, any one may require blood any time including ourselves and our dear ones.

National Blood Donor Month recognizes the importance of giving blood and platelets while honoring those who roll up a sleeve to help patients in need. It has been observed during January since 1970, and that’s no coincidence. Winter is an especially difficult time to collect enough blood to meet patient needs. Unpredictable winter weather can result in blood drive cancelations, and seasonal illnesses, like the flu, may cause some donors to be unable to make or keep blood donation appointments.

Donors of all blood types are needed, especially those with O negative, A negative and B negative.

http://www.redcross.org/find-your-local-chapter

Info taken from http://www.americanredcrossblood.org/

Setting Goals for the New Year

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Dear Honey Bees,

With the New Year upon many are thinking about their resolutions for the New Year. It’s a time for letting go of the things that we may be holding onto that no longer serve us. At the same time, it’s also the perfect opportunity to bring in that which we do want and desire most.

Here are some great ways to set, achieve and maintain your goals for 2015:

Meditation. Meditation is a great prelude to setting your goals. Sit in a quiet spot and begin to breath deeply and fully. Just become aware of your breath. If other thoughts begin to arise, simply (without judgement) bring your awareness back to the breath. After a minute or so, ask yourself the 4 soul questions according to Deepak Chopra:

  • Who am I?
  • What is it that I truly want or desire?
  • What is my purpose in life (can also be stated as ‘how can I serve?’)
  • What am I grateful for? These questions are a great foundation and starting point for setting goals that are meaningful and worthwhile.

Write down your goals. After extensive research about what successful people do on a daily basis, there were a few similarities almost completely across the board – two of which were meditation and setting goals. Use a note-taking app like evernote and don’t hold back.

  • Try the train of thought exercise. Just write down what comes to your head without a filter. Don’t stop writing for about 5 minutes.
  • Go through your list and prioritize. Choose 1 or 2 main goals for the year and what you would like to accomplish for the day, week, month, quarter and year.
  • Be Specific. Instead of writing down things that are vague like “I want to start a business”, try something more concrete like, “ I want to own a yoga studio that holds ‘x’ amount of classes per day with ‘x’ amount of students per class.” State the size of the studio and how many rooms would be in it. What forms of yoga will you teach? How many employees will you have? Do you sell merchandise? Do you have a website where you sell merchandise online? Do you have guest speakers and if so how ofter? What will they teach? How much revenue will you make in one year?…You get the point.

State your Obstacles. Once you clearly know what your obstacles are, you can more easily devise a plan to conquer them. Be realistic and list everything that could be holding you back from your goals. They can be external influences, but more often than not, they are internal beliefs that with a simple acknowledgement, can be shifted – opening you up to new possibilities, new perspectives, new ideas, and a whole new life.

Ask “How will I accomplish my goals?” What are the steps you need to take to make your dreams a reality? Make a list of all the avenues and connections you can go through to make it happen.

Share your goals (but only to those that support you wholeheartedly). Get feedback on your ideas. Ask your good friends and family for their suggestions. Ask them to hold you accountable and check in for updates on your path towards completion.

Believe it into existence. If you can ‘see’ it, you can ‘be’ it. Know that ANYTHING is possible and don’t let negative thinking or anything else get in your way.

Top 10 Reasons to Give the Gift of Juice

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Top-Reasons-gift-juice-in-postWe are avid juicers and health advocates year round, but the holidays allow you to share the gift of cold pressed organic juices!

Here are our top 10 reasons why juice makes a wonderful gift:

  1. A novel gift in a beautiful package (you’ll love our old school milk bottles!)
  2. It tastes divine.
  3. It’s a great way to show your loved ones how much you care about their health (& their WHealth!)
  4. Our glass bottles are recyclable, reusable, and also returnable for $1 refund!
  5. All of our ingredients are organic.  Because we believe in juicing like you give a truck 😉
  6. Gifting juice is a great excuse to re-deux that complimentary juice tasting that got you addicted in the first place!
  7. Supporting local small businesses feels good.
  8. Also support the bees!  We wish to create awareness about the devastating decline in our food supply, which is dependent on the honeybee and bumblebee population.  Choose organic to protect those little bees please!
  9. We bee-lieve in the power of Vegucation!  Plants heal and we are here to serve you.  Gifting Juice Standard means helping your loved ones understand why and how they can better themselves through what they put in their bodies.
  10. And finally, because juice cleanse’s are simply more fun with a friend!  Juice with your friend, lover, husband, wife, girlfriend, boyfriend – Gift certificates are available upon request 🙂

Season’s Greetings!

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It’s that time of the year again when we find ourselves mindlessly snacking on gluten-filled sugar-pops, rich dips, casseroles and brown sugar-glazed, coco-cola ham! Our daily choices affect how we feel and how we look. Before we know it, the holidays are over and so are those comfy pants you’ve been sporting at home with the family. The Juice Standard made a promise to its bees earlier this year when we opened: we offer you the most convenient form of delicious, nutritious food, in convenient juice form. So come on in and grab a six-pack of organic cold-juice. It’s pounds of produce in every bottle. This is surely more veggies than you could ever chew and you’ll curb your appetite and boost your immune system.