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Amazing Relaxation - BY CANDY

Instead of having it dark as you do your spa, open up the windows and let the sunshine come through it will leave you, refreshed. Pour 2 cups of whole milk and 1 drop of cream into your bath with 3 drops of your favorite essential oil. Cover your face in a mask and soak in the bath, the milk will soften your skin. When your get out of your bath squeeze out the water from a washcloth, and pour some oil onto it, dry your body this way. At the end of this bath you will feel relaxed, and rejuvenated, you'll also have a beautiful soft skin and glow about you. P.s. Remember to take off your mask!!!

Winter Cheer Up - BY CAROLE S.

In these dreary days of winter, I cheered myself up by buying a wall plaque (a sun with rays) and painted it a bright yellow. I also bought some sunflower decals and put them all on a wall above my p.c. What could be more cheery than a sun and sunflowers?

Re-lax Routine - BY LORAN A,

What you were thinking and how you were reacting stressed you, your body reacted and became tense, didn't it? So... undo the physical signs of stress and the mind will follow suit... Yes, it works. Giving the message to your body that you want to calm can quickly bring down your stress levels. When we feel stressed we lift our shoulders as if we were about to run away. We start to breathe faster to supply our body with oxygen for our muscles to go into action to help escape. Eventually we will get a sore neck and shoulders, a headache and if it becomes chronic, maybe high blood pressure and other nasties. Try this.. Take deeper slower breaths and keep that going at a comfortable rate. Now, on every out-breath let your shoulders drop a little more (making more distance between them and your ears) and mentally tell yourself the magic word slowly.. 'Re-lax'. Do this when you're on overload and before it gets that far. Do this at traffic lights, and in shopping queues, or before going into a stressful situation. Make it a daily habit to do your Re-lax routine... it could become second nature - then you could work on the environment, attitude and thinking patterns that cause you to become stressed.