Water Magic: Healing Bath Recipes for the Body, Spirit, and Soul - Softcover

Muryn, Mary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0684801426 ISBN 13: 9780684801421

Verlag: Simon & Schuster, 1995

Inhaltsangabe

Sink into a bathtub full of healing
One of life's most delicious pleasures is luxuriating in a bath filled with healing herbs and soothing scents. But a long soak in the tub can do much more than cleanse your body. It can have a healing effect on your mind, heart, and soul.
The recipes in Water Magic are designed to take away everything from an aching heart to aching muscles. The combination of herbs and water can relieve the common cold and ease uncommon amounts of stress. Drawing on the unique properties of aromatherapy, herbology, and homeopathic cures. Mary Muryn explains how a careful blend of ingredients can turn a simple bath into a magical healing experience.
The recipes, each accompanied by a meditative affirmation, include:
* Sleep Like a Baby Bath
* Executive Stress Bath
* Horrible Hangover Bath
* Youthful Glow Bath
* Mystical Sex Bath
and many more tantalizing, relaxing, and refreshing possibilities.
Let the healing powers of water bring vitality and balance to your mind and spirit.

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Mary Muryn grew up in a Ukrainian family in which metaphysical practices such as psychic prediction and herbal healing were a part of her everyday life. She has studied all aspects of holistic healing with some of the most prominent names in the field. Mary lives in Westport, Connecticut.

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Part I:

Emotional Soothing Baths

Bathing Your Emotions

Everything in your environment has a power, or an unseen energy, that surrounds and enlivens it. When our energy field comes into contact with another's energy, we are affected whether we want to be or not. Knowing this, you must develop the fine art of discrimination to protect and guard your precious life force. Discrimination is an artful balancing act. Intelligent, artful discrimination means choosing energies that are compatible with your own -- energies that enhance rather than detract from your life.

When you feel out of balance because your energy has been "attacked" by an incompatible force, the bath is a wonderful means of soothing and rebalancing yourself. One of the most comforting sounds in the world is that of gently falling rain against a windowpane. When you hear the gentle pitter-patter of raindrops, suddenly life slows down of its own volition -- just as standing under a waterfall can calm and almost magically wash away your cares and tensions. Rain and waterfalls are natural bathers of the auric (your personal energy) field. Fortunately for us, bathing in a bathtub can provide the very same refreshment. The healing properties of water can soothe away your anxieties and gently transport you into a state of deep relaxation.

I offer you my collection of recipes for baths that will do wonders for your sense of well-being. Many of these formulas include herbs and flowers, as they have been proven over the centuries to relax the mind and heal the spirit.

Emotional Bath Meditation

This Meditation Can Be Used for All the Emotional Soothing Baths

Once immersed in your bath, gently close your eyes, and let your attention focus sweetly on your breathing. Take ten deep breaths, then allow your mind to relax. Now take some moments to remember a time long ago when you were a child and felt particularly free. A time of no cares, and no awareness of the problems of the larger world. Perhaps you were at the seashore, or riding a bicycle, or giggling with your best friend. Concentrate on that moment, try to remember exactly how you felt. Your body was loose and unrestrained, your mind was carefree. Laughter flowed spontaneously from some fountain within. You were totally absorbed in your glee.

Let your whole being drift back, back to this moment, as if you are suspended there, and nothing else exists. Feel your joy, the spontaneous, trusting love in your heart, and let yourself imagine life always being like that. Relax into it. Let these images rejuvenate your spirit, until you see yourself free and happy. Imagine all obstacles disappearing like mist before the sun. They cannot cling to you, for you are a free spirit, and nothing can stop you from soaring joyously to the heavens.

Drift off to your favorite quiet place in nature. Imagine your guardian angel or spirit guides there with you. Feel their protection and love. Allow yourself to be nurtured and taken care of, as you let all your emotional pain be soothed away by their loving presence.

You have the power to transform your life into the images of your most cherished dreams -- your imagination has no limitations. So start imagining your perfect life, and let yourself drift off to see where your higher spirit leads you!

Overview of Emotional Soothing Baths

Sleep-Like-a-Baby Bathr

* Perfect for when you are overstimulated after a hectic day.

Executive-Stress Bath

* This is for stress, insomnia, and high blood pressure. It restores balance and harmony.

Restorative Sea Bath

* To revitalize and refresh you, restoring energy.

Opening-Your-Heart Bath

* This helps you to heal emotionally and to rekindle feelings of love.

Emotional-Balancing Bath

* This bath greatly soothes and heals the heart.

Sleep-Like-a-Baby Bath

For a Restful Sleep

Purpose

When you are overtired or overstimulated, here's a simple way to relax and send yourself off to restful sleep. The preparation for this bath may seem like too much work when you're exhausted, but the ritual of preparation is actually a part of the relaxation process.

1 handful of chamomile flowers

2 chamomile tea bags

Sandalwood incense (optional)

Candles (optional)

1 quart of water

Optional

8-10 pellets of homeopathic chamomile 30X in the bathwater

How to

Start by steeping chamomile flowers in a quart of water for twenty minutes. During this twenty-minute period cover your head with a towel and position your head over the stove and inhale the healing aroma of the chamomile steam. Strain and pour the liquid into your bath. Next, using the two tea bags, make yourself a cup of chamomile tea to sip in the bathtub. Steep it lightly and save the tea bags.

Once immersed in the tub, put on some relaxing music. Light the candles and your favorite incense. Close your eyes and place a warm tea bag over each eye. Now imagine yourself drifting off to the seashore, where you are stretched out on the comforting sand. The sun is gently warming your body. Imagine the rolling sounds of the waves as you let yourself drift...drift...

It is also helpful whenever you are stressed and fatigued to breathe deliberately. A simple thing you can do in the tub is put your awareness into your inhalation and exhalation, and at the same time concentrate on your big toes. The big toe is a reflex point in your body for your head. According to the Yogis, energy enters through the head and exits through the feet. This is a good way of exiting all your mental stresses and calming your mind. (You can do this exercise in bed, too.)

Executive-Stress Bath

Melting Away Stress and Tension

Purpose

This bath is for stress, high blood pressure, and insomnia. It soothes the mind and rejuvenates the heart. It also uses a wonderfully masculine scent, and is very healing for tired, stiff, or overworked muscles.

Lavender was used by the Greeks and Romans to calm wild animals. It acts to calm the aggressive instincts in humans and relaxes the body and mind to induce sleep. Lavender helps bring about a state of peace and can bring over-emotional people under control by connecting their conscious mind with their actions and hearts. Marjoram is superb for treating heart conditions. It has been thought since Roman times that the scent of marjoram promotes longevity. Don't take this bath if you're planning to make love afterward -- it's far too relaxing!

5 drops of marjoram (do not overuse, as marjoram is a sedative and can cause drowsiness. Marjoram should not be used by pregnant women.)

10 drops of lavender

How to

Pour the ingredients into a hot tub. Soak in the bath for about twenty minutes. Remember to unplug the phone and put your favorite "unwinding" music on the stereo.

Try to quiet your mind by concentrating on your breath. Be aware of each inhalation and exhalation. As you begin to relax, become aware of your heartbeat and how its strong, sturdy rhythm replenishes your body's energy. Mentally relax the rest of your body and banish all thoughts of business and stress.

This is a great way to come down from an especially trying day. By giving yourself the gift of tranquillity, you will be strengthened for the fray -- when you choose to return to it.

Another exercise you can try:

For an upcoming meeting the next day: imagine yourself at the location of the meeting. (If you've never been there, just imagine the location.) Then visualize the ideal outcome for this meeting, and not just what you'll settle for! Feel how you want your...

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Simon & Schuster
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1995
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0684801426
• ISBN 13: 9780684801421
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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