Deep Rest
Get so chill - your friends ask what you’re on (tell them it’s crazily deep-rooted grass called Vetiver)
the mindful essential oils edit
the aha moment
‘’I'm not sure if you know about the 'aha moment' that started yogandha.... It was 2004. I was doing Vipassana - (10.5 hours per day seated meditation, for 10 days) I was sleeping on a mattress on the floor of a classroom in central Bangalore, India - with 20 other people. 10 of them were local nuns. I had a picture of my husband, Sorley - they passed it around excitedly, as they thought he was a ringer for St. Francis of Assisi we were all getting up at 4.30am - no speaking or writing or eye contact was allowed and...
ravensara for grandparents
not many people know about the essential oil ravensara some confuse it with ravintsara - another oil with a strangely similar name (especially given they're from the same part of the world) it comes from the island of madagascar - where it is considered a 'cure all' in the same way as tea tree is in Australia ravensara has a host of properties that we particularly need at this time - traditionally it's considered a potent anti-viral - an immuno-stimulant - revitalizing for mental and physical fatigue - helps with bronchitis, rhinitis, sinusitis - helps reduce allergic reactions in the...
30 days of meditation?
so I've been studying and practicing meditation since way back before it was 'normal'. full disclosure: since the early 90s I've studied seventeen different forms of meditation (in truth of course, one is all you need but I found that each has its own nuanced perspective on big T truth as I call it) I'd really love to share with you some of what I've learned... in a way that's most accessible and easy for you to do I'd love your feedback! what would YOU like (and in what form)? I was thinking short audio meditations? and putting a timeframe on it that...
lovely ylang ylang
what grounds the whole salute blend? exquisite ylang ylang - one of the most special oils you'll ever experience. pronounced 'e-lang e-lang' - the word comes from Tagalog - an Austronesian language that forms the basis of what's now Filipino, said to mean 'flower to flowers' the scent is almost impossible to describe - floral, earthy, sweet, intoxicating. have also heard - custardy, hints of banana, orange, honey a sophisticated fragrance - which generally points to chemical complexity - which in turn points to lots of lovely benefits top line benefits are: reduces blood pressure and heart-rate calms and lifts the mood one...