I bought a book, some years back. The book is entitled,"Family Rituals", and I got it at a discount store for $3. In it, were more than a few "lists" - like startlingly detailed instructions having to do with Feng Shui, and artsy suggestions for the sorts of activities about which no normal family would care. This book was more along the lines of "Leave It to Beaver for the New Age Pantheist Commune."
June Cleaver in embroidered hip huggers and wearing a daisy chain in her hair, making certain her foyer was Feng Shui-ed properly.
The Beav smoking a doobie, listening to...ah...the Doobie Brothers.
Then, there was that Aromatherapy List of Scents, and what each scent supposedly "evokes" in a person's emotions. Reminds me of my blog post, "A New Kind of Legalism". Apparently, there are some serious RULES that apply, if one is to do anything "the natural way".
According to the aromatherapy list, if we are all angry with one another (and just a few nights ago, we were....oh, we were!) someone simply squirts a certain Essential Oil into the air, and everyone feels happy again. Not in my house. When we're arguing, if anyone dared try to splash scented oil on us, or into the air we are breathing, we'd take 'em out at the knees.
We were alternately giggling and rolling our eyes as my youngest, Isaac, read aloud from this list. Then he got to "ginger" - and the chart said "promotes sexual desire".
??!
Josiah yelled in his best hillbilly accent, "Maw, git that book away from hee-yum," (him) "h'it's a-junkin' up his HEAD!!" Then, one of the girls piped up, in mock stricken-sadness, and said "No more ginger snap cookies for daddy..."
I'm surrounded by budding comics. And all the so called "back to nature people" are giving them lots of material.
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LOL That was very cute!!
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Stress-Free Mornings By Waking Up to Relaxing Aromatherapy
How do you feel when you wake to smell bacon frying?
Bread baking? Do you like the sounds of birdsong or
ocean waves? How about the scent of lavender, to calm
or energize your morning and provide the day's first
pick-me-up? Natural, soothing sounds can wake you gently
instead of an alarm blasting you out of bed. Aromatherapy
scents with flowers and herbs, set up the expectation
that maybe the world can be a beautiful place—even
before your morning coffee.
The way you start your morning tends to color your
experiences of the day. There's no law that says
your moment of waking should be stressful: don't
you get enough stress in the daytime? Try a
gradual awakening; soft sounds and a glowing light
that grows gradually and a sweet, natural scent.
Imagine that: starting your day with an experience
that wakes you up-- without freaking you out.
See how you can wake-up stress free and gradually
to soothing light, soft sounds and relaxing aromatherapy.
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