Whole Beauty: Meditation & Mindfulness: Rituals and Exercises for Everyday Self-Care

by Shiva Rose

Overview

Slow down and create mindful moments using this self-care handbook that includes everything from guided meditations to Ayurvedic practices like tongue scraping and self-massage.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781579659035
Publisher:	Workman Publishing Company
Publication date:	03/05/2019
Series:	Whole Beauty
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	5.75(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

After overcoming life-threatening autoimmune conditions, and through a desire to celebrate authentic, healthy living without sacrificing beauty and glamour, Shiva Rose created the holistic lifestyle website the Local Rose. She developed her own nontoxic, all-natural skin-care line that nourishes the body, skin to soul, leaving the skin with a luminous glow. She is the author of Whole Beauty. Rose lives with her daughters, honeybees, chickens, and cat in the Santa Monica Mountains, where they try to live in harmony with Mama Earth.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Making Space & Time for Daily Rituals 6

Ritual 9

Creating a Sacred Space 11

Making Your Own Altar 13

Space Clearing 16

Colling in the Four Directions 27

A Simple Ritual Opening 33

Honoring Nature with Ritual 34

Spring 34

Summer 36

Autumn 36

Winter 39

Phases of the Moon 40

Ayurvedic Practices 43

Tongue Scraping 47

Oil Pulling 48

Dry Brushing 49

Self-Massage 51

Facial Steaming 54

Honoring Our Connection to the Natural World 58

Earthing 58

Kundalini & Mindfulness Practices 61

Guided Meditations 65

Guiding Star Meditation 65

Empowering White Light Meditation 68

Breathing 72

Breath of Fire 72

Alternate Nostril Breathing 74

Mantras 76

Tuning In 79

Cat-Cow Pose 80

Yoni Eggs 83

Tea Ceremony 86

Further Reading 94

Resources 95