Moon Bath: Bathing Rituals and Recipes for Relaxation and Vitality by Dakota Hills & Sierra Brashear

Author:Dakota Hills & Sierra Brashear
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Body, Mind & Spirit, Healing, Mysticism, General
ISBN: 9781452184777
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: 2020-09-15T00:00:00+00:00

Fall Waxing

Moon

GATHER

Cozy setup: robe, towel, herbal (licorice) tea, etc.

Journal and writing implement

Bath ingredients

BATH RECIPE

½ cup chrysanthemum flower

½ cup marshmallow root

1 cup sea salt

6 drops vetiver essential oil

Fresh whole chrysanthemums (optional) Steep the botanicals in 34 oz of hot water in a French press or in a small pot on the stovetop for 15 to 20 minutes. If bathing in early fall, draw a cool bath, making your baths warmer as the season transitions to winter. Strain your botanical bath tea into the bathtub, then add the salt and essential oil. If you have access to fresh chrysanthemums, you might add them whole to your tub, so that they impart their beauty and vibrational essence to the water.

Self-Care Practice

part of the breath, draw air into

the lowest part of your abdomen,

D I R G A P R A N AYA M A

allowing your belly to expand

While your bathtub is filling with

outward with the incoming air.

water, sit in a comfortable position Continue inhaling to fill your chest, with a pillow or folded blanket sup-allowing your rib cage to expand

porting your hips, with your spine

and your heart to lift upward.

extended upright toward the sky.

Finally, complete your inhale by

Relax your shoulders and forehead

filling your lower throat with breath as you arrive in this posture. To do to complete the three parts. At

the Three-Part Breath, you will fill the top of the breath, consider

each of three chambers separately

any thoughts or feelings that feel

with air, starting from the bottom

like doubt, and release them as

up, and then release the air from

you exhale. Begin by releasing the

each chamber separately again.

air from your lower throat, then

First, exhale fully. Then, as you

your chest and rib cage, and finally inhale, focus on all that you are

exhale the air from your low belly,

grateful for in your life. For the first allowing your navel to draw back

ENHANCE YOUR EXPERIENCE

Make yourself a mug of soothing herbal tea, and sip the brew as you journal or soak. A licorice spice tea would be an excellent choice for this particular ritual, but you can brew any herbal tea available to you in your home. Feel the warmth of each sip, allowing the warming sensation to support you in fully taking in the gratitude you’re cultivating throughout this ritual. Inhale the soothing, nourishing scent of the botanicals and allow yourself to be completely immersed in your appreciation for this wonderful life.

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