Oshun teaches us to "go with the flow" of our instincts in order to find inner tranquility. Just as water ebbs and flows, so should we allow ourselves to live, being generous with our time for ourselves during an "ebb", and for others during a "flow".
MANTRA GEMSTONES - Carnelian, coral, agate, brown jaspar (orange stones)
ESSENTIAL OILS AFFIRMATIONS - I welcome the flow!
- I allow myself to "be"
- My creativity is energised
- I enjoy being in the "moment"
- I am open to life's opportunities
- I do what is easy, loving, fun and true
- I surrender to the ebbs and flows of life
- The more I move, the more energy I have
Her Story Patroness of rivers and the bloodstream, the Nigerian goddess (also brought to Brazil and Cuba) was honoured as the goddess of love and sensuality. She wears seven bracelets, a mirror at her belt, river water in her pot, and is accompanied by her peacock and cricket. She is depicted as on old wise woman sad at the loss of her beauty, or, alternatively is shown as a tall, coffee-skinned woman absolutely comfortable with her sexuality.
Her Modern Energy If you find yourself living anywhere but the "present" it is time to stop and reassess your direction. It is time to stop bobbing along with the bubbling brook without direction or intent, but instead to find a place where you can simply "be".
Do This Take an orange blanket with you to a peaceful place by water. Whether it is a river, a beach, or in front of a collection of stones under your garden tap, it doesn't matter as long as you can be with yourself in peace. Bring an orange scarf if you don't have an orange blanket, as orange is a colour related to the sacral chakra, and will bring you fluidity and grace, depth of feeling, sexual fulfilment, and the ability to accept change.
Using one of the affirmations or mantra as an anchor, release your mind to wander the depths of your consciousness. Acknowledge shopping lists or "to-do" jobs as they float into your head, but then release them so that you can focus on the "now".
Watch the water and let yourself wonder at its ever-changing face yet ever-constant properties. Likewise, understand that you can also ebb and flow while keeping your essential integrity. Give yourself permission to occasionally ebb away from your chores, knowing that you will flow back to them again with renewed energy.
Herbal Bath Bags
1/2 cup dried or 3 cups packed fresh herbs 1 8-inch square of muslin or cheesecloth
Centre the herbs in the fabric, bring the edges together, and secure tightly with string. To soften the water, you can add dried milk powder or a few teaspoons of oatmeal. Add a few drops of your favourite Goddess-ence 100% pure essential oil blend to complete the experience. Allow the bag to float in the water as the bath fills, or leave the string on and tie it to the tap so that the water runs through it as the bath fills.
Make Your Own Bathsalts
The basic ingredients are table salt, baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) & Epsom salts (magnesium sulfate). Some herbalists also use borax. Add the salts to a large bowl in these proportions:
3 parts Epsom salts
2 parts baking soda
1 part table salt (or borax)
Essential Oils
Mix thoroughly using your hands to stir the ingredients. Some people will tell you to use a spoon or other utensil, although others find the salts work better if you use your hands. This is now the base from which you can create a wide variety of bath salts. You can add colours to bath salts. Use plain food colouring for this purpose, letting it fall drop by drop onto the salt base. If two or more colours are required to mix an exotic hue (such as purple), mix these in a spoon first and then add to the salts to avoid creating a two-toned product, unless of course, you plan on a two or three tone salt. Add many drops for a darker coloured salt; fewer for a lightly hued salt. Mix the colour into the salts until it is evenly distributed; again use your hands or you may use a utensil.
Now add the essential oils drop by drop, one ingredient at a time, until the scent seems right. using your hands and fingertips, mix it until all salt particles are moistened. This may take up to fifteen minutes or longer. As to proportions, rely on your nose to determine the exact quantities. The more potent the finished products' scent, the less will have to be used for each bath. They should be strongly scented.
To use, add from 2 tablespoons to one-half cup of the bath salts to a full tub. Mix with your hands into the water. Enjoy your homemade bath salts!
Love and delight
Anita Revel
Creatrix :: Goddess.com.au
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