AromaTherapy Emma

I'm just about to launch my massage business! I will be offering back and neck massages at your home in SW London. More info to follow!

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Exciting Live with our Founding Brand Partner Emma Nash next week ✨

We will be talking about Tiddley Pom, the natural baby wellness brand designed to help new parents bond with their baby.

Discover Tiddley Pom's range of natural baby products on The Wellness Card by clicking the link in the bio.

Join us Live at 12pm on Tuesday 22nd February to listen to the conversation.

GOD, THIS IS BEAUTIFUL! TAKE THE TIME TO READ IT ❤️❤️

my brain and
heart divorced

a decade ago

over who was
to blame about
how big of a mess
I have become

eventually,
they couldn't be
in the same room
with each other

now my head and heart
share custody of me

I stay with my brain
during the week

and my heart
gets me on weekends

they never speak to one another

- instead, they give me
the same note to pass
to each other every week

and their notes they
send to one another always
says the same thing:

"This is all your fault"

on Sundays
my heart complains
about how my
head has let me down
in the past

and on Wednesday
my head lists all
of the times my
heart has screwed
things up for me
in the future

they blame each
other for the
state of my life

there's been a lot
of yelling - and crying

so,

lately, I've been
spending a lot of
time with my gut

who serves as my
unofficial therapist

most nights, I sneak out of the
window in my ribcage

and slide down my spine
and collapse on my
gut's plush leather chair
that's always open for me

~ and I just sit sit sit sit
until the sun comes up

last evening,
my gut asked me
if I was having a hard
time being caught
between my heart
and my head

I nodded

I said I didn't know
if I could live with
either of them anymore

"my heart is always sad about
something that happened yesterday
while my head is always worried
about something that may happen tomorrow,"
I lamented

my gut squeezed my hand

"I just can't live with
my mistakes of the past
or my anxiety about the future,"
I sighed

my gut smiled and said:

"in that case,
you should
go stay with your
lungs for a while,"

I was confused
- the look on my face gave it away

"if you are exhausted about
your heart's obsession with
the fixed past and your mind's focus
on the uncertain future

your lungs are the perfect place for you

there is no yesterday in your lungs
there is no tomorrow there either

there is only now
there is only inhale
there is only exhale
there is only this moment

there is only breath

and in that breath
you can rest while your
heart and head work
their relationship out."

this morning,
while my brain
was busy reading
tea leaves

and while my
heart was staring
at old photographs

I packed a little
bag and walked
to the door of
my lungs

before I could even knock
she opened the door
with a smile and as
a gust of air embraced me
she said

"what took you so long?"

~ John Roedel (johnroedel.com)

Poetry | John Roedel - Writer, Poet, and Storyteller. Poetry, Writer, John Roedel, Hey God Hey John, Author, Speaker, Comedian

Rare Moonflower cactus blooms in the UK for the first time The rare Moonflower reached full bloom at around 5pm yesterday at the Cambridge University Botanic Garden. It is believed to be the first flowering of its kind in the UK.

As if this was in any doubt 😊

Neurologul Rebecca Saxe a prezentat cea mai frumoasă ”fotografie” a anului. De fapt, imaginea unei rezonanțe magnetice surprinsă în momentul în care o mamă își sărută fiul de numai două luni. Buzele puse pe căpșorul omulețului declanșează, imediat, în creierul acestuia, o reacție. Se eliberează dopamină, cea care ne dă senzația de bine, dar și oxitocină, botezată ”hormonul iubirii”, pentru că este resposabilă cu afecțiunea și cu atașamentul.
Sărutul provoacă o reacție chimică în creierul celui mic. Se declanșează o ”explozie” a oxitocinei, denumită ”hormonul iubirii”. Acesta reduce temerea și crește încrederea, stârnește sentimente de afecțiune și de atașament, semn că bebelușul a priceput că este protejat. De asemenea, se eliberează dopamină, cea care face să ne simțim bine și vasopresină, ”liantul” ce leagă mamele de bebeluși în primele luni de viață ale acestora. S-a semnalat și prezența serotoninei, cea care reglează starea noastră de spirit.
Olivia Butnariu.

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/health-fitness/news/a38007/ways-to-be-instantly-happier/

16 Science-Backed Ways to Be Instantly Happier Good mood? Coming right up!

So very very true x

Lost touch: how a year without hugs affects our mental health Humans are designed to touch and be touched – which is why so many who live on their own have suffered during the pandemic. Will we ever fully recover?

Something I think we all know deep down x

Lost touch: how a year without hugs affects our mental health Humans are designed to touch and be touched – which is why so many who live on their own have suffered during the pandemic. Will we ever fully recover?

I am a qualified aromatherapist and botanical perfumer. I have spent 25 years sourcing essential oils for some of the world's leading beauty brands. This means I have a strong technical and regulatory knowledge of essential oils and beauty product development.

In the past few years I have created bespoke therapeutic blends for boutique and natural brands in the UK and internationally. Using the power of natural oils and my perfumers knowledge, I have created beautiful blends for my clients.

I have my own two natural brands; AromaTherapy Shed and Tiddley Pom Baby Spa which harnesses my blending experience and knowledge.

My special interest is in new and exotic oils which I source from all over the world. This page will show you some of the oils I use and how I use them to create unusual and unique therapeutic fragrance.