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Here is an easy facial steam to give yourself a home herbal spa for a fraction of the price!

Ingredients:

• 4 cups of water

• 1/4 cup dried Herbs*

• cooking pot/Bowl

1. Bring water to boil in pot

2. Add herbs, cover and turn off heat

3. After 2 minutes, uncover, give the herbs a stir, and remove from stove

To Use:

1. Place pot on counter or where you will be comfortable with your face about 6” above it. Drape a large towel over your head and allow it to hang down around the pot so that it catches the vapors and steam.

2. Keeping a comfortable distance, try and stay under the towel as long as you comfortably can.

3. Your skin will be baby soft!

Tips:

1. Dry Skin: Rose petals , lavender flowers, chamomile

2. Normal Skin: Mints, lemon balm

3. Oily: Sage, rosemary

4. You can use 3 – 5 drops of *essential oils in replace of herbs.

This is the same treatment that a salon would do for triple the price. You may feel itchy and a tingling sensation, this is normal. It is your skin reacting to increased circulation caused by the steam.

Continue this weekly, itchiness will decrease and the increase circulation will leave your face aglow.

Keep the herb solution and put it in a spray bottle: spray to refreshen your room, spray on your face as a toner, and spray on counters after they are wiped down.

Joanne

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It may surprise you to know that when you go to sleep or just sit down and rest, it helps balance what you do all day. Sleep and rest also feed your nervous system. We simply can not do anything very well without them.

For many hundred of years, human activities were told what to do and when to do it, by the rising of sun, and the as the sun went down at night. Also, whether it was summer, fall, winder or spring made a big difference in what people did.

Only lately, has technology given us the freedom to not depend on having daylight or the season of the year.

Much of our freedom happened when electricity was invented and used by the average person. With the invention of the light bulb we no longer needed to go to bed and wake up with the sun.

Here are some tips to help you sleep without pills:

Need For Sleep

Resolving nagging thoughts not only improves sleep quality, but also increases self-awareness, which is important for maintaining emotional well-being.

For the overactive mind, sleeping can be especially difficult. Resorting to sleeping pills is an extremely unhealthy habit because it removes the body’s coping mechanism and offers a crutch that can make sleeping naturally even more difficult in the future.

Yet, the need for the body and mind to replenish themselves during sleep has not changed with this technological revolution. The muscles and the mind need rest as well as exercise to maintain health.

Can Exercise and Hydrotherapy Help?

Both physical exercise and hydrotherapy can help sleeplessness by improving circulation. Deep-breathing techniques can be used to relieve tension, encouraging sleep.

Pick Opposite Activities

Remember what relaxes you. People who spend their time sitting indoors and thinking, might want to play a sport or pick up a hobby like gardening, tennis or hiking.

People who engage in hard physical labor may prefer to relax through reading a magazine or book, sitting out in the garden or starting a stamp or art collection.

Right Balance

Without really sitting down and resting, physical and mental work suffer. But, without sufficient exercise or physical activities, it is going to be hard to relax as well.

Finding and keeping a balance between doing work uses your mind and work that uses your body will naturally make you feel good and more healthy. Plus, it will help you sleep deeply with sweet dreams.

To Your Good Health,

Joanne

Source: Alive Encyclopedia