Loving your body with some TLC - helping you to live the life you want (and always secretly thought you would).

Do you remember the "Friends" episode where Chandler falls in love with bathing, with the relaxing decor provided by candlelight, the beautiful aromas...

Sometimes we just need a little TLC   - to relax and unwind, and sometimes to to show how much we love and respect  ourselves, body, mind & soul!

Create your own spa getaway with these easy-to-make DIY shower bombs, and show yourself how much you care for you!

Toss a shower bomb in the bottom of your shower  (or bath) and enjoy the wonderful scent or create a collection of these homemade shower bombs as a gift for someone you love.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups baking soda
• 1 cup citric acid (available at health food stores or online)
• 2 Tbsp. water
• 30+ drops of your favorite aromatic essential oil (see our suggestions below)

Directions:

Mix together the baking soda and citric acid in a medium-size bowl. In a separate small bowl or bottle, mix together water and essential oil. Slowly add the oil-water mixture a few drops at a time into your dry ingredients, stirring well after each addition (a stand mixer works well for this). When ingredients are thoroughly mixed, tightly pack into 2-inch balls using your hands, a stainless steel cake pop mold, or a cookie scoop. Set on a plate to dry. If necessary, pack the balls again more tightly. Allow to dry for 12+ hours before using.

To use, simply place a bomb near your feet under warm running water and enjoy the aromatic experience!

Suggested essential oil additions: 

• Morning Fresh Shower Bombs: Add 30 drops of Awaken to a batch for an in vigorating and fresh aromatic experience.
• Orchard Stroll Shower Bombs: For a sweet, refreshing aromatic journey, add 30 drops of Citrus Fresh to a batch.
• Day’s End Shower Bombs: Add 30 drops of Lavender to a batch to enjoy a relaxing aromatic addition to your shower time.

Because you are worth it!

S

xx

A moment in time...with Sylvia Lane

A Moment in Time with Sylvia

Every month we feature a coach who is a part of our community.  Showcasing them in a slightly different light, you get a tiny insight into their lives.

This month, the focus is on Sylvia from Melbourne.  Enjoy getting to know our coaches :)

What is the one thing you do everyday to keep your life on track?

Meditation and setting my intention.  I love doing visualisations, but to me visualisations are about helping to set goals, its about giving you direction, clarity and the means of achieving something.  Meditation is simply about silence.  It is about surrendering and this can be both harder but also more rewarding.

How long do you spend in meditation each day?

It really depends on my day, sometimes I will only allocate 3-10 minutes in the morning.  This is normally when I set up my intention for the day - sometimes I will choose my intention, but sometimes I surrender myself to greater infinite wisdom.  When I do this, I normally find my intention suits the day and I am far better off for it.

Other times I will meditate for an hour.  It really depends on my schedule.

What made you want to be a coach?

I had been working as a beauty therapist for many years, doing traditional beauty treatments as well as various healing modalities.  I began to notice how often the pain in the body was a direct result of the emotional state being held by the person.  Life coaching has the amazing ability of helping people to create awareness within themselves of what their emotional state is (you would be surprised by how many people do not recognise or pay attention to their emotions, thoughts and words).

Once I started working with people to understand their emotions,  and how words can affect their life, I noticed healing occurring at much deeper levels, pain in the body began to be resolved quicker and more permanently.  

I also love life coaching because it looks at creating a better future, rather than rehashing the past which is over and done with!

What is the best advice you can give to people wanting to grow themselves?

I would say 3 things:

• practise the art of gratitude every day - always strive to find things to be thankful for
• learn how to surrender - when you give in and surrender you life moves in directions that are not only perfect for you, but amazing beyond what you can imagine!
• pay attention to your thoughts and start to create your thoughts in a more conscious and loving way - it can be a challenge in the beginning but like anything else, it can be mastered.

Sylvia from A Touch of Balance specialises in helping you reconnect with yourself, enhancing your self esteem and helping you build a happier life for yourself.  She also teaches a very traditional style of Reiki using sound vibration to create shifts and changes and to help release energetic blockages. Coaching and healings can be done in person or over the phone, prices start from $49 (AUS)

www.atouchofbalance.com.au

5 Tips to help Balance your Day

Rejuvenate your mind - 5 tips to help Balance Your Day

Anger is an emotion that causes a chemical reaction in the body and dissipates pretty much as quickly as it was formed, and yet if you feel angry for longer than about 30 seconds, it is generally because you have made the choice to hang onto that anger.  

Here are some simple tips to creating a more balanced and happy outlook in your life.

• Smile - even if you don’t feel like it, fake it.  Smiling will not only strengthen and tone facial muscles, but it helps shift your mood to a positive vibration.

• Breathe - especially when combined with Stress Away Roll On Essential Oil.  Breathing will help relax those muscles you didn’t even realise you were holding in.

• Meditate  - allow your mind to relax and stretch itself within the silence.  Let go of burdens and thoughts that are weighing you down and just exist.

• Get a life coach - sometimes we don’t even realise we are in a rut.  Engaging a professional life coach can help re-energise and rejuvenate your life.  Bring back passion, goals, commitment and motivation and feel alive again!

• Think “thank you” - by focusing on what you are grateful for can help focus the mind on things that make you happy.  Instead of venting on a situation, find the good in it, even if you don’t feel grateful immediately, at least acknowledge the good of it.  

Turing your life from crazy, hectic business is not always easy, but keep strong, keep repeating the above steps and watch the change unfold in your life!

xx

S

www.aliveandhappy.com.au