NATURAL RELAXATION

Today I have to feel relaxed but since Ihave to shoot in a little while I have to feel ENERGITALLY relaxed. Now is that possible?!! So I looked into my cabinate of essential oils and picked out LAVENDER. I choose Lavender because it not only relaxes but also energises and balances., The aroma of Lavender rejuvenates and inspires a tired soul, and sooths and slows down someone who is stressed. I have known Lavender to add balance to my increasingly hectic life and re-establish my balance, harmony and natural state without the use of synthetic chemicals. IT IS AN ALL NATURAL REMEDY.

HERE ARE SOME QUICK LAVENDER HINTS TO CALM YOU AND RETURN YOU TO BLISS AND HAPPINESS:-

Add 5 to 8 drops of Lavender essential oil to your bath water. Water is the perfect transmitter of electric-magnetic vibrations. this will help you to be relaxed and reduce tension.

Inhaling the soothing aroma of lavender throughout the day can help alleviate stress and tension. Put a drop of oil on a tissue and carry it around with you.

Lavender has been proven to have a positive effect on irritability and bad moods. Rub a drop on your solar plexis or the middle of your pallms.

Can't sleep at night - put some lavender next to your bed . Studies have proved Lavender's effectiveness as a relaxation aid without any side effects.

ROSES FOR LOVE

Romance is a mood which everyone,whatever their age or gender would like more off!!! The feeling of ROMANCE is gentle,wistful and dream like. Romance is a very special and elusive mood and St. Valentine's Day captures the essence of romance with gifts of chocolates candle-lit dinners and ROSES.

This same Romance can be braught into your life daily by using a few drops of ROSE essential oil in your bath water. Use Rose scented Candles around you. Scent your linen with rose - place paper tissues scented with Rose essential in your linen
Cupboard between the linen to gently perfume your bed linen.

wear rose as a perfume and treat yourself to one perfect long stemmed ROSE for your desk.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY.

Narcissus Poeticus

Narcissus is another spring flower that is seen all over Delhi. They look similar to Daffodil, a smaller version. The essential oil is obtained by solvent extraction.

When I first smelt this beautiful flower and the oil. The heady herbaceous and green top notes hit me followed by lingering heavy sweet floral and mysterious undertones, that numbed and filled me with a deeply calming and grounding feeling, removing all my anxiety.

Legend has it that in China, for centuries, narcissus bulbs have been placed in bowls with rocks and water. They are forced into flowering by the Chinese New Year to get good fortune.

In Greece, there is the tale of a young man named Narcissus - the mortal son of the river god Cephisus and the Nymph Leiriope. He was a handsome and extra ordinarily vain young man winning the love of many nymphs and mortals and always rejecting their love. His last rejected lover prayed to the god's for vengence and his soul was captured by the Titans by means of a magic reflecting pool. One day when Narcissus was glancing at his reflection in a pool of water, he fell in love with his reflection and wasted away staring all day at his own handsome image until he died.

Legend has it that when the nymphs of the forest came to bury him. They found that his body disappeared and all that was left was a beautiful flower which they named Narcissus and which grows to this day near cool, clear, reflecting spring water.

I use 2 to 3 drops in my Bath Water or as a Perfume when I want to meditate for deep introspection.

ENERGETIC FIELD

When I do any healing or bodywork I use the essential oil of LAVENDER to open and clear my energy channels.

I put a drop of essential oil on each foot, at the uppermost point of the arch of the foot or in other words the underside of the metatarsal bone. this will help to clear my energetic field and have an effect on the whole spine and the chakras.

TUBE ROSE - Polyuanthes tuberosa

Delhi is full of Tuberoses and the aroma of this flower has heavy. sweet,floral and slightly spicy top notes and sensous, radiant honeyed undertones. Tuberose is known as the "Mistress of the Night" because it smells more at night. I love the perfume WHITE SHOULDERS and now I know why - it has the essential oil of Tuberose in it.

Inhaled this oil is an aphrodisiac. Use the Aroma of this oil with VISUALIZATION to invite love into your life or expand the love you are already enjoying.

I use a few drops in my bathwater and in a massage oil when I need to calm and centre my emotions. It also promotes strength and endurance.

It has a short flowering season, so lets enjoy this narcotic and hypnotic sweet scent while it lasts.

A FEW INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT SMELL

A person can differentiate between hundred of different smells
Sense of smell peaks at 20 to 40 years
Women have a better sense of smell than men
after hysterectomy sense of smell is poor
Smell disorders reduce sex drive
Babies smell milk not the mother
Fragrances affect our moods
Smell warns us and act as our defence mechanism
Feelings of well being are created by memories triggered by smell.

HAPPY NEW YEAR