A good night’s sleep is one thing we all look forward to and strive to achieve almost everyday. But with the harried lifestyle we lead now, it is the one thing that eludes us. It goes without saying that when we sleep well, we get up to a refreshing morning.
The surest way to relax ourselves into a deep and peaceful sleep is by controlling the incessant chatter of our mind and achieve a silence of our mind - In Zen, this is the state of no-mind. At this stage, you do not have anything nagging your brain, just something that is soothing it and leading you you to fall asleep.
There is many a way to get here, but one way I have found that works and is indulging enough is to sit down, introspect and meditate as the room slowly is bathed with a relaxing aroma of lavender. I use a fragrance vaporizer that diffuses a soothing lavender aroma into my room and into my brain, while I relax and curl myself to sleep. Our sense of smell is one of the most acute of our senses and it is deeply connected to our brain’s emotional part, which is why there is an instant response from our body and mind to any sort of aroma. The heightened sense of smell can make all the difference in your night.
Waking up the next morning is a breeze as you have slept well. Now, Is there something you can make to start your day felling fresher than ever? Use your fragrance vaporizer again - let it set the mood for your day. Choose from a selection of grapefruit, lemon, orange, peppermint, pine or wintergreen essential oils. As your coffee is getting ready, get the fragrance vaporizer up and enjoy a truly refreshing cup of coffee.
This doubles up as a ritual with which you both end a day, as well as start one. The fragrance vaporizer is one thing I have found extremely useful in my case, but simple incense sticks, serve the purpose just as well. This is from where I got both my fragrance vaporizer as well as few of my essential oils. An all time favourite in incense sticks is Nagchampa, which you can find here.
So flow in from relaxed to refreshed!
Vidya wrote,
This sounds like a very good idea … have never tried this out. I can only see one problem here, if you put me in a room with fragnance and incense, there is no need to meditate … i will sleep off as it is
Thanks for the link on Fragnanc Vaporizer. It is not letting me to register though :-(.
Link | April 1st, 2008 at 11:50 pm
Bg wrote,
You can check out the vaporizers from Bath & Body Works. Sometimes just smelling those vaporizers can even make you hungry :-).
Applying a lavender / vanilla fragrance body lotion before sleep works wonders. I sleep to the extent of missing classes
Link | April 2nd, 2008 at 7:11 am
Karthik wrote,
You have nice place going, i never thought zen and mocha will make such a beautiful combination, looks like an attractive and more intersting way to zen
Link | April 3rd, 2008 at 10:37 pm
tsims wrote,
Thanks for the tips. I might check out the Reed Diffuser. I’ve never heard of that method, but it might beat the cold air diffuser I have right now. I like the flameless versions because you don’t have to worry about the oil catching on fire.
Link | April 15th, 2008 at 8:27 pm