Quelques Fleurs Meditation

"Life is commensurate with the number of beautiful impressions that can be squeezed into it. Let us have as many as we can." 
English Architect Ernest Grimson in letter to a client, 1907
The scent of all flowers and leaves is due to essential oil. In flowers that is known as attar. Put fragrant plants close to your house, so that when you walk outside you will easily catch their scent, Plant narrow beds to allow you walk close to the scented leaves and squeeze them, make low hedges of lavender, and raised beds to enjoy thickly planted cutting flowers.
Turn your shower into a scented garden. Sprinkle a generous amount of rose and jasmine essential oils on the floor of the shower. Dry skin brush, then in the shower lather up with Lemongrass Body Wash and mix it with Power Repair Salt Scrub, not missing an inch of your body with your loofah. Then spray all over with the light- as- fairy -wings Cocoa Butter Misting Skin Oil. 
Then sit comfortably, and  using your pinky finger, close your right nostril and breathe in through your left nostril. Do this five times then switch, and repeat the cycle several times or until you are ready to face the day. This balanced breath balances the energy in your body, and brings soothes the brain.
When you are done with the breath cycle, press the palms of your hands together  as in prayer. Joining the nerve endings joins the two sides of the brain, which is why hands in prayer is the same universally. Spray yourself Quelques Fleurs by Houbigant, created in 1912, and lightly spray your hair.
The day has been so elegant so far, keep it going by serving setting a table outdoors. A live string trio is always a nice touch, or maybe a classical guitar player.
Serve Prosecco and radishes with butter, and this sexy and simple recipe: Boil and drain angel hair pasta, top with a dollop of creme fraiche and a dollop of caviar, serve in low bowls.
Voila, as desirable as you are calm!

Geranium and le mois d'aout

Geranium is one thing that blooms through the end of summer fading garden tatters as the fingers of autumn creep over the lawn. Oh cheer up, fall clothes are the best! 

Geranium oil has very positive effects on the skin - it boosts circulation and also invigorates the skin, and also balances the production of sebum, and helps to improve skin elasticity. This wonderful scented fleur boosts  the lymphatic system as well.
Geranium not only helps to reduce sebum production and return it to normal levels, it also helps to clear congestion from the skin.
It is helpful in relieving water retention , making it an excellent ingredient to use to prevent cellulite. Geranium essential oil also calms irritated skin.
When boosting the lymphatic system excess water  that may have been retained in the tissue is also released, which again translates into firmer skin.
Keep a bottle of essential oil in the shower a use it with your body wash.
This wonderful smelling powerhouse is found in many Power Repair products and Body Nurish skin care products, and Super Salve's Baby Products.

Cool Start to a Hot Day

Upon rising, drink 2 liters lemon water, and enjoy your coffee outside. If you have mint growing in your garden, boil fresh mint with rosemary for an antioxident and uplifting tea. Have a Brahms violin concerto playing in the background as you apply the Body Nurish Soothing Jelly Mask. This mask cools as you spread it on, and it translucent. Fill up the space between thoughts with breath.
Using the pads of your fingers, rub in Body Nurish Organic Herbal Hair and Scalp treatment - rub along the skull, exploring the bone structure, stimulating circulation keeps your hair beautiful, like the recent photos from Canada of Princess Shiny Hair. Even better, the oils and herbs contain the uplifting and clairfying scent of sage.
In the shower, scrub with Coconut Sugar Scrub, your skin will be new and smooth, who doesn't want to smell of coconuts all day?

On your now smiling face, as the act of showering releases endorphonins, apply Body Nurish Facial Toner, then VitaNutrient, a vitamin C serum, and for cooling finish with Body Nurish Comfrey Leaf lotion, and SPF 15 Sunshine Filter, a sunscreen that nourishes your skin with soothing herbs and oils. Spritz your legs with CocoButter Spray Oil - more on this amazing product later.
This drill is a great value, as are al the products found at supersalve.com, every product works, and the at home treatments are as good as any spa treatment. 

Now, go out for your walk or work in the garden, eat lunch on the lawn, you look wonderful, and will stay cooler.