The Holy Ganges River: Morning Bath And Prayer Slideshow: Lucy’s trip from Longboat Key, Florida, United States to Varanasi India
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Welcome celebration, here at Rasa Ayurveda Traditional Healing Centre for Women was in the Onam Pookalam tradition. Onam Pookalam also known as flower arrangement or flower mandala.
Onam Pookalam is one of the major attractions during Onam festival in here Kerala. India. The People of Kerala create amazingly beautiful designs for their Pookalams and this one was a group effort here at Rasa Ayurveda Centre.
Enjoy!
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It’s late, I’m now three days into my journey to India and a sense of exhaustion has settled over me. As I stare out of the airplane window I am filled with excitement and anticipation.
The night sky is hauntingly beautiful – the sharp contrast of the dark Arabian Sea below and the bright light of a million blazing stars all around make the scene quite ethereal. [read more...]
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The delicate scent of the Jasmine flower is both elusive and ethereal. Gracing the fields with fragile white blossoms, it asks to be hand gathered with reverence, like a call to prayer in the soft light of dawn – when the air is rich in scent and the earth is still. Jasmine Soliflore perfume is a blend of sweet and spirited orange gives jasmin soliflore its sparkling top notes.
The heart of the perfume is gently layered with flowers – jasmine grandiflorum and jasmine sambac. Base nuances of ambrette seed and tonka bean absolute lie softly in the base in support of the pure jasmine perfume.
❀Available Spring 2012
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Aromatherapy class with Robert Tisserand was fun, challenging and ever so enlightening. Well sort of.
The days were packed with more chemistry and physiology then scent study. It was super fun and we learned tons. I loved fusing the heady principles of classical aromatherapy practice with the ephemeral beautify of natural essences.
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The other day I was reading a beauty blog that said toners were an unnecessary part of a daily skin care regime. From my perspective that is not entirely true.
In fact, toning is an important follow up to daily gentle cleansing, helping close pores and making skin more receptive to age management serums and moisturizers.
A skin neutralizer, toning is all about balancing the skin’s pH, the measure of acidity / alkalinity or the measure of hydrogen ion concentration. If that sounds like too much weird science, think of it this way… [read more...]
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Ambergis, Treasure or Trash?
It is said that truth is stranger than fiction and when it comes to the scent of Ambergris that it truly the case.
It is hard to imagine this high-priced, heady essence found in some of the world’s most precious perfumes comes from sperm whale vomit.
Now, before you swear off Ambergris for a lifetime, it would be a good idea to take in the mysterious aroma for yourself. At once sweet, earthy, musky and marine-like, the ancient Egyptians burned ambergris as incense while diverse cultures through the ages have used it as an aphrodisiac.
Interestingly, giant squid beaks have been found stuck in lumps of Ambergris, causing scientists to theorize whales use Ambergris to lubricate their intestines. And why lubricate? So the foreign objects eaten by the whales pass freely through their systems – easy in, easy out.
Grey/black lumps of Ambergris can be found floating on the sea and on the shores of the world’s oceans, but most of the substance is harvested in the Caribbean. To try this treasure, visit Ambergris.
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Welcome to my first blog entry – the beginning. I will feature fabulous skin care tips, aromatherapy education, natural perfume, and nourishing lifestyle enhancements that scientific studies claim to unlock the fountain of youth.
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The muse is natural and organic lifestyle choices. I will share bath rituals for your daily soak, essential oil blends that will lift your spirit, organic and things that I just love. My purest focus is the middle way, a way that embraces both science and the natural with respect to our planet.
So log-on on and tweet-in, as I demystify all the information on age-management, science and skin care, while featuring some really fabulous things, places and people.
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