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Pg 55 - TUNE OUT
Balance Your Chakras
Aveda has just introduced a new 60-minute chakra-centering spa treatment. The Chakra Balancing Massage uses a combination of modalities in conjunction with specially formulated aromatherauptic Chakra Balancing Blends. The treatment combines deep tissue massage, chakra reflexology, and chakra visualization techniques-with a focus on harmonizing each of the seven energy chakra centers of the body. Guests are also guided through a gentle stress-reducing meditation, which helps decrease muscular tension, as well as increase the energy and healing potential of the treatment.
Take This Advice
If you've always wanted to learn how to meditate, but for one reason or another, just simply could not, take this advice from Billy Yamaguchi, a renowned stylist and author of Feng Shui Beauty. "Get an egg timer. Why? Because we live in a high-tech world, we're all competitive, and we look at our watches. I want people to be in the zone. I suggest setting the timer for eight minutes. Begin by focusing on your breath. When you start thinking of things like work and deadlines, focus on your breath again. Just give yourself eight minutes a day, at least. That's not that long. I can promise you will learn how to become more conscious than you were the day before." Yamaguchi, who started spreading his holistic take on beauty in 1992, owns six namesake salons located in topnotch spas across the country. The most recent one opened in California at the Four Seasons Hotel Westlake Village.
Listen to Nature
Sounds of the Mother is a new label dedicated to recording the best sounds that Mother Nature has to offer. Its first two CD releases are "Hunter's Beach" and "Hunter's Brook." Hunter's Beach is tucked away in a secluded cove on Mount Desert Island in Maine's Acadia National Park. The stone-covered beach creates the most amazing sounds every time the surf recedes and gently rolls the rounded rocks over one another. Those who have visited know there's no place else like it. Now everyone can experience the sound of stones dancing on the sand with a copy of the Hunter's Beach CD. The "Hunter's Brook" CD features a recording of nearby Hunter's Brook leisurely flowing around moss-covered stones as it makes its way to the sea. Both CDs are perfect for meditation, insomnia, bodywork, or just reconnecting with nature through sound. www.goddessworlds.com - Belinda Recio
Buckle Up
WInghua Ting makes home and fashion accessories out of seat belts that, for whatever reason, did not end up in cars. Belts, bags, cushions, cubes, and our summertime favorite-this incredibly comfortable hammock. The hammock is hand woven in London entirely of those unwanted seat belts, and comes in white, chocolate, black, green (originally made for British ambulances) and orange (originally made for tractors). www. branchhome.com - Rima Suqi