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December 10, 2004
Restful: madrona berries, mushrooms, and schtuff
Yay Des comes soon. I'll be heading down the dark and dangerous mountain road at 4am to pick him up from the bus station. Intense trip for him, overnighting it on a bus. How foolish. But we knew that; he's in love with me.
Anyway, we had a class today... to finish Hydrotherapy up this week instead of next. It started at 9; I made it in the middle of chanting.
First was the test, which was actually fun. Then class evals. Then an hour of practical. We got to choose what we wanted to do, and most people went down to the sauna. I didn't feel up to being out in the cold, so I did a nice footbath... read Natural Home... listened to Meryn Cadell.
Afterward, I went to the Wellness Clinic to talk with Dave. I decided not to order anything special yet. I'm not feeling called to make a decision just yet. It's definitely something I can sit with for a while longer.
We talked about some astragalus formulations... I think I'm interested in just full body tonification. But Eight Flavor Tea Pills should be in tomorrow, so I'll probably just get those.
Went for a walk with Green and Melissa. We hunted madrona berries and looked at mushrooms. Lots of different ones coming up. White, yellow, pink, brown.
My current projects include: deciding which flower essences to order; shopping for a lathe; and researching how to make my own massage lubricants.
I'm definitely getting a set of the 38 Bach essences, but I'm also thinking about getting a set of Five Element essences for Shiatsu, Chakra essences for reiki and other energy work, and a miscellany of essences for yoga practice to offer custom blends for yoga students.
As for massage lubricants, I haven't found anything on the market that's really good enough for me to rub on people's bodies.
Given that soon people will pay me to do this, with the intention of helping themselves, I don't really want to be putting anything harmful (for me, them, or the planet) on their skin. That includes refined oils, synthetic fragrances, petro-based anything, etc.
It'd be easy if I just wanted to use oils, but creams and lotions are very useful. So, I'm workin' on it. I'd also like to have oils for each ayurvedic body type... that are non-comedogenic, and again with the unrefined. I can't say it too many times.
Also working on what to do about oils on sheets. Not sure about the washing yet, but as for drying I've found these non-toxic dryer sheets, chemical free and landfill-friendly.
So they last for 500 loads each... I figured it out: for me, that would last about 9 years, maybe more. I wish you could pay the $20 as you go ;-)
Dinner was awesome Mexican food... whole wheat tortillas, black beans, red (brown) rice, fresh salsa and guacamole.
Nice day... the next two will be much quicker paced, but hopefully just as peaceful.
Posted by Josh A. at December 10, 2004 10:00 PM