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Summer 2021 Updates & New Product News - Desert Roots Apothecary Fragrance Spray, Natural Lifestyle Optimization Preorder & Gift Cards!

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Summer 2021 Updates & New Product News - Desert Roots Apothecary Fragrance Spray, Natural Lifestyle Optimization Preorder & Gift Cards!

Happy Summer 2021 from the original desert apothecary for mind body & Spirit: Desert Mountain Apothecary!  Have you tried Desert Roots Apothecary Fragrance Spray yet?  My upcoming e-book: Natural Lifestyle Optimization is now available for preorder, so be the first to read my new practical guide to wellness, mindfulness, and spiritual transformation made easy and accessible.  If you would like to indulge the natural skincare & fragrance lover in your life, gift cards are now available at DesertMountainApothecary.com

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Let’s Travel to New York City And Eastern Long Island! New YouTube Video! Pandemic Family Reunion

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Let’s Travel to New York City And Eastern Long Island!  New YouTube Video! Pandemic Family Reunion

New York City & Eastern Long Island Travelogue Tour - Pandemic Family Reunion - Explore My Latino Roots.  Join me as I return to my hometown of New York and reunite with my family for the first time since the Pandemic began. 

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Desert Roots Apothecary Fragrance Spray - New Product Just Launched!

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Desert Roots Apothecary Fragrance Spray - New Product Just Launched!

Desert Roots – Apothecary Fragrance Spray - Notes of: Neroli Blossom, Silk Road Spices, Desert wildflowers, Amber & Desert Wood.  Desert Roots is my newest 100% natural botanically derived apothecary fragrance; it’s a portrait in scent of my life in the California desert. Inspired by a classic 1920s-30s era oriental perfume, a glorious return to the heyday of perfumery before artificial fragrances were introduced and it’s my most complex and emotionally compelling fragrance yet.

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Visit Julian & Santa Ysabel, California With Me! Epic San Diego Backcountry Mountains & Deserts Road Trip!

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Visit Julian & Santa Ysabel, California With Me!  Epic San Diego Backcountry Mountains & Deserts Road Trip!

Join me and we’ll tour the San Diego Backcountry mountain communities of Julian and Santa Ysabel. We’ll see the rugged Anza Borrego Desert State Park, grassy meadows, lush green valleys, cold snowy pine forests, indulge in some Julian apple goodies, visit a remote 200 year old Spanish Mission, and then drive back down to the desert.

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Borrego Springs Palm Canyon Oasis Hike

Borrego Springs Palm Canyon Oasis Hike

The desert apothecary for Mind Body & Spirit was founded on improving your experience of living in multiple ways; natural skincare, meditation, wellness, spiritual healing, and fitness. Few activities have such a benefit to our wellbeing as hiking. My newest video takes us to a beautiful natural palm oasis tucked away in a beautiful desert mountain canyon, view the tortured beauty of the Anza Borrego bad-lands, and savor an incredible colorful desert sunset with me. Join me for a visit to Borrego Springs California, a sleepy little village in the Anza Borrego Desert in San Diego County.

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