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Who Are Selima and Tami, the Co-Founders of Iwilla Remedy?

Wives, mothers, and best friends. We have been together since 2008 and from Day 1, for Tami, it was love at first sight. For Selima, it was probably around Day 23. We are truly partners in all things, life and business. It has not always been easy, but we are committed to walking this path with one another. Our intention to our commitment keeps us accountable to one another and we could not imagine life any other way.

What Is Iwilla Remedy's Approach to Everyday Wellness?

We have explored the full spectrum. We have not given a damn about our health, did not exercise, and made eating and buying decisions based on convenience and price. That meant a resounding yes to processed foods and an of course to the cheapest commercial cleaners.

We have also been extremely strict with our exercise regimens and diets, practically demanding to know the name of the hen who laid the fried egg that graced our plates. Looking back, we have to laugh at our year of doing laundry with soap nuts (we were nuts for thinking those clothes were actually clean). Neither extreme worked for long and both paths led to illness and resentment.

Now we have returned to the center. Our philosophy on maintaining wellness is this: as natural as possible, as often as possible. We make what we can, eat most meals at home, buy good quality foods with minimal fake ingredients, organic when we can and humanely raised, use natural cleaners, and formulate our own herbal medicine for preventative and acute conditions. We play. We get outside. When we travel, we prepare and bring as much of our own goods as we can and is reasonable, following the same principles we use at home while enjoying the experience of being immersed in a new culture.

How Does Spirituality Shape the Way Iwilla Remedy Approaches Healing?

Everything is spiritual. Everything has a deeper meaning.

Physical pain and illness in the body is merely a reflection, symptomatic, of what is going on in the spirit. Every wound can be healed.

We are all connected. We are all Divine.

God's love is reflected in all of us. It is up to us to recognize it. God's love is not limited to the human experience, nor can it be adequately or comprehensively explained in a book.

We innately have the power and are capable of addressing every life challenge. Everyone on the planet has a role. Every soul has free will, to stay, go, destroy, heal, do whatever they want or nothing at all.

Christ Consciousness is choosing the path of unconditional love.

We draw from different traditions to develop our own spiritual practice. We pray, chant, affirm, meditate, breathe, sit, divine, ask, seek, believe, read, detach, forget, create, give thanks, smudge, write, expand, cleanse, heal, lay hands, dream, see, speak, channel, release, protect, enjoy, set intentions, love, co-create, cry, dissect, empathize, forgive, unfold, blossom, bow, try, try, try again.

We accept that the spiritual path is not a race. We will not get it all in this lifetime, or probably the next. We have been here before and we will return again, hopefully with more wisdom and less karma to balance.