THE SACRED BLEND

Today in my Yoga class I offered students Viveka, the sacred blend as they got settled into savasana.

This essential oil blend is very special to me because of the combination of 3 sacred oils: Frankincense, Palo Santo and Sandalwood. Long used to purify, deepen meditation and open the subconscious mind, these 3 tree resins are also considered sattvic (promoting compassion, loving kindness, peace, balance and connection to spirit). Take a look: http://bit.ly/2bWn11S

Sattva is one of the three gunas (qualities, attributes), a philosophical and psychological concept developed by the Samkhya school of Hindu philosophy. The other two qualities are rajas (passion and activity) and tamas (inertia, destruction, chaos). 
I combine these 3 oils with Ylang Ylang to raise the spirit, open the heart and a few drops of Jatamansi to calm the nervous system. Every time I sit down to meditate I anoint myself with this oil, and thus begins the journey inward into the deepest layers of my own being.

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Layers, Sheaths and Koshas

Kosha means "sheath" in Sanskrit. In yoga, the term is used to describe metaphorical layers within the human body. This meaning comes from the ancient Hindu texts called the Upanishads. The koshas are often likened to Russian nesting dolls or the layers of an onion.

Empathy

I have been thinking about empathy lately, and how at times it seems hard to find, especially when triggered, and how at other times it comes naturally, freely and effortlessly.

Here is what I found after some soul-searching (and some researching):

Empathy is a term we use for the ability to understand other people's feelings as if we were having them ourselves.

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