Make your own massage oils

Making a massage oil.
Cinnamoon Essential and carrier oils are of the finest quality and at a price that makes it so easy to make your own massage oils. Or we have ready blended bottles of massage oils for you to enjoy.

Make your own homemade relaxing massage oil and customize the scent by using one essential oil or a blend of several oils. You can also choose a carrier oil of your preference.

Step 1
Pour 1/2 cup of your chosen carrier oil into a nonreactive glass or ceramic bowl. You may use any carrier oil and we have a nice selection at Cinnamoon. Almond oil may be used but is not recommended for use on sensitive skin. In her book, "Natural Beauty at Home," Janice Cox suggests that you may also use any light oil, such as apricot kernel or avocado oil, when making a homemade massage oil. Additionally, some practitioners choose to use sesame oil, but this scent may react with your essential oils.

Step 2
Mix 2 or 3 drops of your chosen essential oil into the carrier oil. The Wellness Directory lists scents that are known to induce relaxation, including lavender, rose, jasmine or orange blossom. When you see how little essential oil you use, you can see that Cinnamoon essential oils are great value starting at £1.99 for a 10ml bottle with built in dropper. You may use one essential oil, or you may wish to experiment with a blend of some of these oils to find a scent that you find pleasing.

Step 3
Pour the oil blend into a glass jar or other nonreactive container for storage, but be sure to allow the mixture to sit for at least an hour so that the carrier oil can fully absorb the properties of the essential oil. You can store this oil in this container in a cool, dark place for several months. If the mixture develops a funny smell or sour odor, do not use and discard the unused portion.


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Basic Dowsing with Pendulums

Pendulum dowsing is an ancient art of accessing information not available to us through the use of our senses.

Basic dowsing pendulum consists of a weight suspended on a flexible string, chain, etc. Any such combination will give radiesthetic (dowsing) reaction in the hand of a "sensitive" person. (In my opinion, only a very small percentage of people don't get any reaction, even after basic training.)

Why there are so many different pendulums? I think it's a matter of a personal preference, one dowsing pendulum is more suitable for one task, another one is more sensitive then others, some have special qualities that make dowsing tasks easier.

Pendulum dowsing basics

First we need to learn how to hold the pendulum. We use the thumb, the index and the middle finger of your dominant hand to hold the string or the chaing of a pendulum. (Some dowsers use only the thumb and the index finger).

We bend our wrist so that the fingers with the string or chain are close to vertical.

Now - we need to program the "yes" and "no" movement for our pendulum. Actually it is our subconscious mind that we program, not the pendulum.

We start by asking "what is the movement for the "yes" answer and the pendulum will start moving. Let it establish a clear pattern. It could be clockwise rotation, back and forth, or something else - it's individual. Now we do the same for the "no" answer. You can program other ansers after you have a chance to "play" with it for a while.

If your pendulum doesn't move at all - please try to take a few deep breaths and try not to control your muscles. There will be a movement in your arm, otherwise the pendulum couldn't move, but it's involuntary, so don't worry about it.

Pendulum dowsing is much more than asking yes and no questions, but this is the basic dowsing that you need to learn first.