Your CBD Store: Let Yourself Relax By Erin Cody You’ve surely heard the virtues of CBD, but may not be familiar with the product and don’t know where to start. Your CBD Store St. Petersburg is ready to help you find the perfect product to fit your needs. Cannabidiol, or CBD, is a chemical compound found in cannabis. People swear by CBD to treat everything from pain, anxiety, depression, acne, and even high blood pressure — but not all CBD is created equal.
Michelle Tolan, owner of Your CBD Store St. Petersburg, with fur-pal and store ambassador, Dipper. Photos by Kristina Holman
Achieve balance “More and more people are preferring a natural holistic approach to their health and are tired of being prescribed pills for everything,” says Michelle Tolan, owner and operator of Your CBD Store St. Petersburg. “CBD helps to balance our ECS (Endocannabinoid System). The main function of the ECS is to help us in the face of injury, disease or condition, medical and physical. Having a balanced ECS puts us into a cellular balance, or homeostasis, and that affects our overall well-being. We have receptors in many places in our bodies such as on the skin, in our major organs like the brain and the stomach, and even in our blood. That’s why so many different people use CBD for so many different things.” “With CBD everywhere it can get confusing,” she says. “And finding a retailer that you can trust is key. You need to make sure that the retailer is licensed by the Department of Agriculture and has the certificate to prove it. Third-party lab testing showing that the product actually contains CBD and other important cannabinoids is also important. Each of our products has a QR code that can be scanned to bring you right to the lab report.”
Empathy and kindness “What really sets us apart is our environment,” Tolan says of Your CBD Store St. Petersburg, which will celebrate its third anniversary later this year. “We aim to make everyone comfortable and relaxed, and are a safe space for people to come in and talk to us about what’s going on with them. We have a spa-like, holistic environment promoting a feeling of ease and openness. We are CBD specialists
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GREENBENCHMONTHLY.COM / JULY 2021
