SHIMA' of Navajoland — Shima

SHIMA Awarded Green Business Certification!

December 16, 2017 • Green • Green certification • Shima

We are proud to be certified as a green business, a really really green business! It was work, and we had to make a few changes to our products and process to comply. We do miss the fleece blankets, but they weren't green enough, so you can still find them at the flea markets! You know now that everything you buy from SHIMA' is held to the highest scrutiny and excellence - from our choice of raw materials to our use of natural resources. Please visit their website at www.greenbusinessnetwork.org.

Denver Show welcomes SHIMA' Of Navajoland and our new line "Blue Corn Spa"

February 27, 2017 • aromatherapy • Denver • ECW • Episcopal mission • Essential oils • handmade • integrity • Navajo blue corn • Navajo herbs • noDAPL • plant medicine • Protect the precious • Purity • Shima • Soap making • Soaps • Spa • Water is life

We've had almost a week in Denver; meeting new customers and making new friends. Thanks to the Rocky Mountain Gift Show, you will be seeing SHIMA' in many more stores and venues. We launched our Spa line of blue corn products this week and everyone loved them.

Navajo native plants : cliff rose

February 17, 2017 • aromatherapy • ECW • Episcopal mission • Essential oils • Navajo blue corn • Navajo herbs • plant medicine • sage oil • Shima • Soap making

In our series of learning about our native plants we had a special guest at our staff meeting last week. Grace Tracy is so knowledgeable and enthusiastic about traditional medicine. She gathered cliff rose near the entrance of Blue Canyon. It bark and flowers have a beautiful fresh scent and the bark was used in cradle boards in place of diapers. She even brought s cradle board to show us. Next week: Nsvajo Tea

Blue Corn Taking in the last of the Sun

September 18, 2016 • aromatherapy • blue corn • corn • essential oils • good shepherd mission • handmade soap • natural skin care • natural soap • Navajo blue corn • sage oil • Shima' • skin care • soap

The blue corn is as high as an elephant's eye this week at Good Shepherd Mission at 7200 feet above sea level. Good thing, since the night time temperatures in mid-September are dropping into the 30's. The ears are filling out, the silk is drying - but good signs that the corn is close to maturity. We plan to harvest in a couple of weeks - so now, it is a race against time. Which will win? Will it stay warm enough for the corn to finish out to maturity? Or will the night time freezes force us to harvest...

Santa Fe Indian Market 2016

August 27, 2016 • Navajo art • Santa Fe • Santa Fe Indian Market • Shima • Soap

Sedona is totally pumped to start this market! And more friends stopped by to see what Shima' is up to.