Tending the summer needs

Summer here in Finland means light night and day, abundance of scents, feeling good and vigorous movement.

Sometimes there just is too much of even the good things. So to keep up your summer feeling I have picked for the subject of this blog some products that I have developed.

For the moment my favourites of course are the Lady Grace products. The deliciously soft and feminine scents caress our feelings even if we are not particularly aware of being in need of it. I did mention in some earlier blog that they are like precious perfumes – and you can use them as such. Give Positive Spirit lotion a try, it will drive off the summer blues if they happen to come on.

I picked another two Lady Grace products that, in addition to bringing on a good mood will also give you physical wellbeing.

When there is an abundance of light one really does not want ot go to bed. Sometimes the next day may demand activity and then you will need the Energy boost lotion. Roll it on your calves (they are the ones that move you along), lower back (when your lower back is tired you are tired and nothing feels like anything) and finally onto your chest and throat so you mind will also get wings.  

I love reading and doing sudokus when I have the time. The problem is that when one concentrates deeply the postures one settles in can be difficult to say the least and cause tension in the neck. So Tension Neck lotion is just what the doctor ordered, it eases the discomfort in the neck muscles and brings about a feeling of calm like summer sauna by the lake. 

In the summer time particularly with the children small mishaps are bound to happen;  grazed knees, splinters in fingers, stings or bites by bugs. For all of these Tea-tree Plus is the answer. It is plus because we have added to the essential oil of tea tree some lavender eo. to care and nurture the skin, olive leaf extract for it antiseptic qualities and diluted it in the right proportion for safe, easy  and effective use. You know essential oils are not to be used undiluted on the skin.!

For a keen mover, summer is the time to move more. Often we can get carried away in the beginning and do over our abilities with the result that no moving is possible for the next few days or even a week. Now I will tell you what happened to me last week end.

My daughter Maija Grace is the top  Zumba instructor in Finland ( though I may be biased in saying so) and last Friday there was a Zumba instructor course at her studio in Turku. Donna Giffen from England had come to do the training. I was one of those to be educated with Zumba! I must admit that after the first hour, the Master classm, on the Fiday morning, I ws not at all sure whether I was going to be able to keep up with the speed and tempo for two whole days … never the less the the last hour on Saturday went with the same gusto to the last jump. Today, Monday only my calves feel a little congested. I must admit that after the first hour I did utilise the Sport Power gel frequently during the two days on my calves,  thighs and back. Now I am an Official Zumba Instructor at the basic step level.

Once again even after all these years these nature’s magic drops have surprised me. I know Sport Power is powerful (I have developed it myself), but I never expected so great and positive experience from it.

Give it a try you, who like to put your body to test – and feel the boost

Every now and then we women want to do something fun and silly. Well I have always found the peat saunas much fun in the summer by the sea or the lake where you can wash the peat off the skin.
In our Aroma Vartaloturve  we  have added vegetable and essential oils to the peat, which is in its natural state only mechanically lifted from its original environment. It is refreshing to the mind and body, cleanses and cares for the skin and due to the vegetable oils it does not dry in the sauna and stick to the skin. Each 250g bag is enough for one whole body treatment.

And finally I want to mention Lavender water and the essential oil of lavender. They are the first aid for most everything. Lavender water cools and soothes the skin if one has enjoyed the sun too much. It is suitable for everyone from 7-years upwards. I do not recommend though that pregnant or lactating mothers, or little babies use essential oils on the skin. Moskitoes avoid lavender oil but it is not a 100%  repellent, but if one does happen to get you it is excellent to calm the irritation of the bite and itch. For the smallest in the family I suggest the use of the Tea-tree Plus, one drop carefully directly on the bite.

With these one should manage through the little worries of the summer. Sun, light and joy for us all.

The abundance of summer sensations

Here in Finland it means light day and night, it means an abundance of aromas and a feeling of joy. 

This week on Monday, the eve of summer, we started off towards Peurunka fitness and wellness centre in the braking light of the dawn at four am. Soon after five the sun was shining from the clear blue sky and awakened the spring green colour of the trees. Looking at it my thoughts brought back to mind other sensations of this spring. 

The last weeks overflowing rains soon after the leaves of the silver birch had swelled up into almost full size. After the rain I stood on the stars in awe of the clean colours of the garden and how the rain had coaxed the aromas of the silver birch out through the still fragile surfaces of the leaves.
The songs of the birds filled the air with the same abundance.

In Turku attached to the new library there is a Café that opens out to a bright courtyard where it is a pleasure to lunch underneath the light sunshades. At the next table sat a little boy enjoying a delicious looking and judging by the boy’s face just as tasty strawberry ice cream. I only needed to look at him and now writing about it my mouth starts to water.
  
Walking back along the riverside my nostrils were filled by the aroma of newly cut grass. But I did not hear or see the usual noisy mower. Some distance in front of me I saw a relaxed looking young man pushing what looked like an old fashioned ordinary mower. It made me feel good. No noise, no exhausts. Only the aroma of the freshly cut grass. 

Some small distance ahead was the Café that has the reputation of making the best and mos,  but I did smell the freshly brewed coffee. What is it that makes it smell so good…

Back to Linnankatu, less than 20 meters. What a change. There the aroma was exhausts and dust and the ambience the noises of the traffic and hurrying people.

At Jyväskylä, the mirror calm of the lake reflected the light of the sun that had risen high up the sky and brought my thoughts back to the moment and the approaching meeting with the clients.
A moment of thought and concentration on the coming meeting and freshen up the looks…