It's called Ambien, Xanax and Valium.

I was doing Iyengar Yoga- it'z brilliant but I haven't had a chance to do it since i started working fulltime hours! I will get back into it, cause i can go in with the most horrid headache and come out feeling all

So when it comez to relaxing- before i got to bed i have a little ritual of my own! I make a spritz for bedlinen once a week to be sprayed every night- this week it has Roman Chamomile, Lavender and a touch of Jasmine. I spray that over my pillows, sheets, in the air...THEN I concoct a blend in accordance to my mood...tonight i will do a blend probably of Orange, Geranium and Ylang Ylang in my electric vapouriser, and then i concoct a blend in my base oil (Sweet Almond), usually similar to the oils i'm burning, and use that as a body rub before i go to sleep! I have such a lovely night's rest that when i wake up early i don't feel so crap and tired!! It puts me in a very relaxed, cosy, but happy to wake up frame of mind

lilmissmissy said:

talk about elaborate!
that sounds like fun! i'll have to invest in essential oils and the likes verrry soon (but i still love NAG CHAMPA the best!)

SammiJ said:

Yeah Sammi, LOL once i get into something i go crazy on it but it'z awesome and very beneficial!! Nag Champa that sounds like a very Hindi word- the oil must be used specifically for meditational purposes- maybe it's a blend of essential oils...is it?

SammiJ said:

I love your emoticon...

I used to meditate at the beach with a group of friends on a beach. I have since moved and have not meditated like that in a long time.
We used to use oils - and I have used meditative cd's in the past.
I still do some of my yoga but I do miss my meditation.
I have lots of chatter in my head that need to be quieted down..

shanti0608 said:

i can relate!
when im just settling in2 bed all i hear is
it's annoying!

I don't meditate ...but to relax nothing beats a bubble bath (with jets on) and a glass of wine with a good book or music!!!

Ocean said:

Co-Sign!!

Ocean said:

Co-Sign!!

shanti0608 said:

Just think of how relaxing it would be if you were both in the SAME bath...

pardonme4livin said:

Oh my... had to go there- didn't you??

Sorry but like I said in another post.. I do not compare to her beauty... I can say this cuz I am a girl... she is HOT!!

shanti0608 said:

....come on now I've seen ur arse

Ocean said:

See Valory....Kylie is "open" to it....

Ocean said:

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shanti0608 said:

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Oh my... had to go there- didn't you??

Sorry but like I said in another post.. I do not compare to her beauty... I can say this cuz I am a girl... she is HOT!![/quote:f184b0094f]
....come on now I've seen ur arse [/quote:f184b0094f]

pardonme4livin said:

shanti0608 said:

What the...what happened to your post??...lol

Byron said:

I do not know....freaky....

lilmissmissy said:

well i started out using the incense sticks...
originally i was (still am) obsessed with the sister brand, SuperHit...but when i started my yoga classes my instructor would burn the original NagChampa incense, which was a nice smell too
so i started buying both because im always burning incense...
THEN, last week i went out and i found the perfume oil for NagChampa!
it is used as a perfume, but i use it to help meditate too, i rub it on my temples before i go 2 bed

its a very sweet smelling perfume, its a beautiful scent, and yes, it's from india
www.nagchampa.com

for those of you that do
what are your little rituals that help you better relax and meditate?
what do you usually meditate about? or is it just to clear your mind?
i burn incense (nag champa or superhit) and rub oils on my pressure spots like my temples and wrists (nag champa oil is so yummy)
i have a cd of mantras chanted in hindu as well

im in a mood today, hopefully i can start doing my yoga more often again too


so what do you do when you meditate?

shanti0608 said:

Your posts are haunted...


Or not.

SammiJ said:

I meditate about quiet waterfalls...and a certain orger's smokin

SammiJ said:

OH that soundz awesome Sammi! So it's based on the incense scent used in meditation! Gotta check it out!! I have borrowed a book from work (i'm now working for an Aromatherapy company atm!) and it was written by one of the founders of InEssence, Judith White. Her book is called Aromatherapy for Meditation and it'z pretty damn awesome, i reccomend it to you! There are different blendz for different kindz of meditation, and also different blendz to different body typez which are reffered to in the book, which is interesting. It also has a blurb on each of the 40 oils we stock which she chose as the most reccomended, as there are just so many kinds of essential oilz! There's a foreword by Deepak Chopra in there too.

lots of different things ...for different meditations

i use ritual sage and smudge ...sometimes ritual bath and oils

sometimes music and sometimes a trance posture with drumming

sometimes the silence of late night naked outside under the moonlight

Mach said:

i'm intrigued, tell me more please

SammiJ said:

yes Mach, tell her more--but do it in an orgnote, becuase this thread really has outstayed it's welcome!