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I am often asked what my meditation practice is. How do I do it and how long do I spend meditating?Well, I have been meditating for about 30 years and although like most people I started off being a bit erratic and certainly quite resentful about meditating when it felt like I could be doing something ‘more useful,’ These days I love my practice and can’t wait to start. In fact my day doesn’t feel right if I don't do it.It wasn’t always that way, I started learning meditation with a Buddhist monk in Windsor, a lovely calm lady who was very still and composed. At the time I was deeply anxious with a spinning mind and under a lot of stress and anxiety and having panic attacks. I remember pacing outside the venue wondering if I should go in or not, remember, 30 years ago meditating was still considered a bit ‘out there.’ I had all sorts of ego thoughts such as - “will I lose control of my mind” and “can something possess me?.At the time I was barely in control of my anxiety levels and the thought of quieting my mind felt terrifying and dangerous, after all I was doing everything I could to not listen to my crazy mind. I did walk through those doors thank goodness and I fought the fight or flight panic of wanting to run out the door for the first few months. Gradually over time my anxiety started to soften, I could feel my tummy relax and I looked forward to these quiet times of resting my crazy mind. Learning to shift our brain from the Western bonkers busy brain to the Eastern calm collected brain was not easy, but worth all the hours I spent learning this life saving technique. Meditating has saved my sanity and helped me to find that still calm space in the riotous life we lead in the West.Over the years I fought with mediation, doing it faithfully for years and then stopping because I felt better and decided I didn’t need it any more. What a mistake that was as I slipped slowly back in to the chaos of my thinking. I am dedicated to my practice these days and do it daily. As I sink into the quiet of my inner world all noise clatter stops and I connect with my inner being who inspires me to live a better life. In todays world there are books and courses everywhere and so no excuse not to learn and apply this critical practice.It doesn’t matter what practice you choose but just start and do it one day at a time. Watch for the ego telling you to stop, to do something else and just turn up and do it anyway.The Zephorium Clarity & Vision for the Brow Chakra aura spray or body oil is ideal to use for meditation. Either spray around your chakra prior to starting or anoint your 3rd eye with a little oil, breath deeply to inhale the lapis lazuli infused crystal oil and repeat the affirmation;“I see the truth. My future is calm. My past is healed and released."
I wish for you a quiet time of daily practice.With love Sarah xx
We have been making our vibrational products for 10 years now, since 2012, and along with greater recognition and expansion, come the copy cats of course! We are seeing quite a number of people and companies trying to imitate our products and concepts but without the understanding of what, or how, we do what we do!
With love,
Sarah
Founder of Zephorium Soul Tonic
One of the things I have found so hard over the years is to just live and let live! I seem to have been born with a sword in hand and a determination to fight for justice. But what is justice? It’s just a viewpoint, an opinion about something that somewhere, someone is going to have the totally opposite opinion to me. Does that make me right and them wrong? It has taken me decades to let go and trust. Years ago, I remember one of my teachers on a therapy course saying to me “who needs God when we have you sorting it all out.” At the time I was quite offended of course (in those days I chose to take offence about a lot of things I thought were ‘wrong’) but now I realise how right she was.
My work has been to stop justifying and judging and blaming and just letting it all go! Much easier said than done of course. We must take responsibility not only for our actions but also for our behaviour and choices which can be really, really hard to face. Whilst we are busy justifying and blaming, we are nowhere near peace and happiness. These last two years have shown me that it is perfectly possible to live with contrasting opinions to many others and it still all be ok. The more I let it go, the less fighting in my mind there was and the less I stressed. It sounds such a simple thing but allowing others to live out their lives under their own terms is essential to world peace. I can just let people ‘be’ and love them anyway. What a relief to know I don’t need to muscle into a debate or argument and try to prove myself ‘right’. I am much better at trusting outcomes for the greater good and that if I take my focus off the problem, it tends to fade away anyway.
The top four chakras are key to letting it go from your Heart all the way up to your Crown. Our Balance & Protection (Heart Chakra), Truth & Integrity (Throat Chakra), Clarity & Vision (Brow Chakra) and Calm & Wisdom (Crown Chakra) collections will aid you in your process to let it all go without judgement and fear.
With love,
Sarah x
My tendency in the past was always to rush in, say yes to everything and then get overwhelmed and start to wonder how on earth I could commit to all the things I said I would do! Christmas was the worst time for that, as I would spend most of December trying to work out exit strategies for all the things I wish I had said no to. Not a great way to enjoy the festive season, I would land on the sofa the first day of the holiday, exhausted, fried on every level and usually with a cold to boot! These days my priority is focusing on what I want to do and not to overwhelm myself with too many events or places to be.
Meditation is a wonderful tool for slowing the mind and creating space in order to make healthier choices in life. I always use the indigo aura spray or place a drop of the indigo blend on my third eye to help me access that deep and powerful place of stillness that only meditating and quieting the mind can bring. Close your eyes and breathe deeply the Frankincense aromatherapy oil as you gently focus on the air coming in and out of your nose.
Frankincense oil has been used by mystics for centuries along with the Catholic church to evoke a transcendental experience. It lifts the mind to the third eye and if you repeat the affirmation on the bottle
“I see the truth. My future is calm. My past is healed and released”.
You will be giving your body and mind permission to relax and enter that place of deep reflection and solace that your body is desperate for in the quiet of winter. We are the only animals on the planet that go into overdrive at this time of year…..All the creatures with more knowledge are tucked up in cosy nests dreaming of warmer times.
Shop our Lapis Lazuli (Clarity & Vision) Collection here.
With Love,
Sarah Cox
The older I get the more I focus on my skin care routine especially in winter time when the rapid change from cold to heat to cold can leave me feeling dry and pasty. With all that we know these days about how to care for the skin, a little sunshine to generate our internal vitamin D factory to produce this vital protector of our skin and health is great, but not too much to create skin damage. In the winter we tend to let our skin go a little, but we need to be just as vigilant for different reasons. That pale winter snowy glow on my cheeks, doesn’t always make me feel uplifted, hence why I created the facial products with carnelian crystal orange and wild carrot oil. Fabulous orange oil is not called the ‘smiley oil’ for nothing! It is uplifting and joyous with that citrus zing that is unique and overflowing with the warmth of summer days. Carnelian crystal helps us nurture our sacral chakra and keep us focused on our passions, just waiting for spring to burst out and launch us into creating once again. The star of the show though is carrot oil, that wonderful humble carrot is loaded with vitamins and minerals the most abundant being Vitamin A to repair and replenish our skin. Nature always knows best and offers us everything we need to flourish if we allow it to. I love this world, I love nature and I love the fact that there is solution to everything if you let nature speak to you, go on……go and have a chat with your carrots!
Shop our Vitamin A Facial Collection blended with Carrot Oil.
With Love,
Sarah Cox
Do you know how powerful they are?
We are huge fans of Carrot oil, which is why we chose it as one of the main ingredients in our holistic facial range.
These beautiful, high quality, natural, organic and cruelty free products are wonderful for all skin types, packing a high dose of natural Vitamin A from pure beta-carotene for healthy glowing skin.
How do we turn the carrots into an oil?
It is obtained by macerating dried and grated carrots in organic vegetable oil. It is left to steep until it turns the oil into a golden oil with the colour of the carrots. It is rich in vitamins B, C, D and E and contains over 600 carotenoids (powerful antioxidants), the most important being beta-carotene, which our body converts into active vitamin A. All this goodness is in the oil. Carrot oil is THE oil for skin regeneration, its lovely colour also imparts a light natural summery glow to the skin as it is absorbed into the top layers of the skin and works its magic.
Vitamin A has long been known to rejuvenate the skin, and many of the big players in the face products world use a chemical version of Vitamin A in their products because it is cheaper and also because it has a longer shelf life. But we believe that nature always knows best and the natural vitamins and minerals can never be properly replicated by a chemical. The chain reaction in the skin is just not the same.
Carrot Oil is also said to help with:
Natural beauty tips:
1. For scalp aid, rub a few drops of our facial serum directly onto your scalp, leave it for a few minutes and then wash hair as normal.
2. To help calm flyaway hair, rub a drop between your palms and smooth lightly over the ends of your hair for a natural glow.
We also recommend making fresh carrot juice and drinking it regularly to help your skin from the inside out. It helps to give the skin a healthy glow and juiced with apple, celery and cucumber, not only do you have a refreshing drink, but you hit your internal system with a big punch of goodness. We always believe that beauty and health start from within, so be kind to your inner body too!
Did you know that Carrot juice is also a fantastic sunscreen, used a few days before sunbathing it helps to protect the skin from sun damage and sunburn. I didn’t believe it until I tried it. I fell asleep in the sun for a few hours on a hot sunny day and should have woken up sunburnt! I didn’t my skin just had a light tan, it didn’t feel burnt at all….try it for yourself it really works.
Here at Zephorium, we believe a positive mind creates positive beauty. We also believe in natural products without harsh chemicals and only use pure aromatherapy. Our signature 8 chakra colour range of products, have positive affirmations on each bottle to reaffirm our innate goodness and create positive change in our lives.
These beautiful, high quality, natural, organic and cruelty free products are wonderful for all skin types, packing a high dose of natural Vitamin A from pure beta-carotene for healthy glowing skin. Tuned into the sacral chakra, these zinging orange bottles have homeopathic carnelian crystal in 3 frequencies and high quality organic aromatherapy oils. Carnelian Crystal, is said to bring joy, motivation and creativity into our lives.
The deep cleanser removes daily grime, whist the 100% organic alcohol free orange flower toner gently tightens pores and refreshes skin. Our facial mask doubles as a scrub with fine orange peel to gently remove dead skin and encourage new collagen growth. Use the serum to rejuvenate and load skin with vitamins before applying the face cream and eye/lip cream to seal and hydrate. Use morning and night. All packaged in our signature glass sacral chakra bottles with aluminium tops.
No plastic, no cruelty, no waste. 100% recyclable.
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Everything we experience as fear can be viewed in 2 ways:
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I grew up in a family where the dynamics were confusing and shifting and for children this can be very frightening. Our whole survival is based on our parents looking after us in a stable environment, and when that is threatened, challenged or removed, we can be thrown into a lifelong journey of feeling frightened that our world is not safe.
Many of us then go on to encounter ongoing experiences that trigger the fear over and over, until our rose-coloured spectacles fall away, and we exchange them for lenses that see the world through a ‘lens darkly’.
Learning to trust is then our mission and over the last year I have watched this opportunity, through fear on a global level, divide people into two groups.
The first group have fallen into full on fear and terror, maybe old wounds have been surfacing in thoughts and feelings around personal survival or losing loved ones and experiencing all the suffering that can bring.
The second group have been seeking the opportunity for freedom and growth, despite the pain, stress or fear they may be feeling or witnessing. I have been watching these people turning this community experience into profound change in several ways.
Why am I here? What’s it all about?
Once we ask these 2 big questions, we no longer need to seek others to tell us what to do and how to live. We question authority and other people’s opinion about how we should be living and what we should be thinking or feeling. This is when our freedom starts to evolve. When we shift out of the collective consciousness of fear and start to make choices based on freedom and love. As we connect to these big two questions, we start to expand into the Universal Family of knowledge which has its roots planted in eternity. We come to know that eternity sits within each one of us and that we are all in this experience together forever! As we transcend the terror of losing the physical body, we find the fear of our own or others death and destruction, replaced by a deep understanding of faith in a Universe that adores us, we side step all the stories of panic being thrown around us, and focus on the only thing that evokes profound change – our connection to eternal love and learning to be steady in that beam of light that is focused on us 24/7 if we choose to find it.
If you would like to use any of our aromatherapy products to help with fear you are experiencing, I highly recommend our Strength & Grounding collection, this works our Base Chakra and is the root of where we feel unsafe. This collection is infused with Ruby crystal energy and is a very protective stone.
