Personalized Soaps and Scents at Gaia

Gaia natural Products makes a number of personalized Soaps and Products from their range of Shampoos 

and Body Lotions. Most of them are for small Boutique Hotels like 

Hotel l’Avenida    http://www.avenida-hotel.com/  in Soller http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16Wd8yIcVEA   or the chic Agro Tourismo Es Cap Blau near Deia http://www.uniquehomestays.com/unique/testimonials.asp?id=802 .

Most of the time our clients ask us to make them a scent that is reminiscent of the Hotel itself, its history and its place in the Mallorcian countryside.  It is always a pleasure to work with all those gorgeous fragrant smells that make up Mallorca. The scent of Es Cap Blau plays with all those perfumes that reach up from the still sun warm, pine needle covered ground at the end of a hot summers day, when you take a walk in the cool evening air. Pockets of scents to be discovered; wild thyme, lavender, pine, rosemary and basil and the metallic scent of the sea represented by essential oil of grapefruit.

One of my favourite soaps is actually one that I have made for my husbands Sea School  SOLARIS http://www.solarisatsea.com/.

 It is called Salty Seadog and is a Salt & Seaweed Soap which he gives as a present to the students on arrival on the boat. It is green, has chunks of seaweed and powdered seaweed in it & lashings of sea salt to cleanse, exfoliate and heal small wounds and abrasions…. It smells of eucalyptus and it’s a lovely memory to take home to remember your sailing week in Mallorca.

The Joy of Oranges. A do it yourself Handscrub and an Orange Marmalade recipe

"An orange on the table, your dress on the rug, and you in my bed, sweet present of the present, cool of night, warmth of my life." 

Jaques Prevert (1900-1977)

Infuse your winter days with the brightness of the orange in all its forms - peel it and enjoy each of its tangy segments fresh, rejoice in the shade of  its tree and let the fragrant essence of its blossoms fill your bedroom as the sun goes down.

There´s simply no other scent so uplifting as the essential oils of the citruses.

As I have been admiring the Mallorcan orange trees laden with fruits, we thought of sharing one of our special Gaia recipies with you which you can easily make at home.


For your Gaia Orange Blossom Hand Scrub you will need:

90 ml of vegetable glycerine
45 g of Corn flour
20 g of oats
20 g of ground rice
15 ml of chamomile water / chamomile infusion
5 g of grated organic orange skin
3 ml of orange essential oil
1 ml of grapefruit seed extract as a preservative (optional)

Blend together the glycerin with the oats, rice and corn flour. Slowly add your chamomile water and blend well. finally add in your orange skin with the essential oil and the grapefruit seed extract. You may need to re blend before each use as the cornflour will settle after a few days. This delicious hand scrub will cleanse your hands beautifully, leave them super soft and smelling heavenly!If you just want to buy a jar or even just try it pass by our shop Gaia Bathtime in Calle Corderia 28 and ask Rosa to show it to you!
Read more about it on
http://gaiabathtime.blogspot.com.es/2012/03/orange-blossom-hand-scrub-membrillo.html

If you are lucky enough to own your own Orange Grove and are very rich inOrnages why not try my friend Agnes s Marmalade recipe!

Agnes´s Orange Marmalade for Happy Mornings

Bring the  joy of orange into your kitchen. Start with a trip to Soller, stroll through its hills and valleys filled with the fragrance of orange blossom. Fill your woven blasket with hand-picked oranges.

Decorate your kitchen with the bright colour of the orange.

On a happy morning as the sun enters through the window, start cooking!

3 kg organic oranges

1 lemon

1 small piece of ginger

1 cinnamon stick

few cloves 

Peel the fruit, make sure you take off the white pulp and half the segments.

Add the pulp of the lemon.

Clean the outside of  1 orange with soda bicarbonate, and cut it into small pieces. 

Grate the ginger. 

Cook all the ingredients together on slow fire until thicker.

Agnes adds no sugar to make up for the decandent Christmas holidays. If you really insist on a sweeter version, do use a healthy alternative like a stevia or cane sugar to taste.

And she also says you will not be needing any conservants. The marmelade is so good that there´s simply no opportunity for it to go off. 

Bon profit or

 Jóétvágyat

as Agnes would wish you in Hungarian.

Apart from being an apt cook, Agnes Somogyi is an expert tailor and fashion designer. You can find some of her lovely underwear in our shop or on her website.
http://couturquoise.blogspot.com/

JANUARY IN GAIA with MINITREATMENTS!!

 MINITREATMENTS IN GAIA 

www.gaia-natural-mallorca.com

Calle Corderia 28, Palma (cerca de Plaza Quartera)

appointments: 671 373 975

25€ or free with every holistic massage

back to work, short of time and money after the festive seasons...in Gaia we have thought of a perfect wellness recipe for busy January! Come and try our MINITREATMENTS! Free with every holistic massage for all our GAIA clients or 25€ on its own.

In the month of January we will be offering a sampler version of our signature treatments. During these 30min appointments we will give you the opportunity to experience the very best of our different treatments and massage techniques in convenient schedule and at a very favourable price. 

You can be looking forward to the following MINITREATMENTS:

-AROMATHERAPY antistress - relaxation massage for shoulders, neck and back with healing blend of essential oils

-DEEP TISSUE & TRIGGER POINTS muscle relief - strong massage for those who prefer deeper pressure

-TRADITIONAL CHINESE CUPPING - in combination with the deep tissue technique this treatment works wonders for persistent muscle knots

-ROSE RITUAL FACIAL -try out the richness of three rose GAIA Goddess oil and rose petal skin polishers in this gentlest facial exfoliation and massage

-FEET or HAND REFLEXOLOGY - grounds and restores your mind by stimulating the pressure points on your hands or feet

THAI MASSAGE - unforgettable stretch with this traditional Asian massage, a mix between Chinese acupressure and passive yoga

And if exercising more has been among your New Year´s resolutions, choose one of our YOGA classes - the strong Warrior yoga on Mon 19.30, or the gentler Yoga for the heart on Tue 10am, Thu 14pm and 20.15 (12€  each class or 80€ - 8 classes and free massage)!

 Looking after your mind and body at Gaia is a piece of cake!

MINITRATAMIENTOS EN GAIA

¿Volviendo al trabajo, con poco tiempo y dinero para mimarse? No te preocupes ... en Gaia hemos preparado una receta perfecta para enero -

!Venid a probar nuestros MINITRATAMIENTOS! - que os saldrán gratis con cada masaje holistico si ya eres nuestro cliente, o solo por 25€ para nuevos clientes.

En este enero podreis disfrutar de nuestros tratamientos más demandados. 

Durante estas citas de 30min presentamos diferentes técnicas de masaje y tratamientos corporales asequibles tanto en precio como en tiempo.

MINITRATAMIENTOS: 

-AROMATERAPIA antiestres - un masaje relajante para hombros, espalda y cervicales

-MASAJE DEPORTIVO de capas profundas & PUNTOS GATILLOS - masaje profundo para tensión muscular

-VENTOSAS CHINAS TRADICIONALES - alivio muscular para contracturas persistentes

-RITUAL DE ROSA PARA LA CARA - exfoliación suave y masaje de la cara con el famoso Gaia Goddess oil

-REFLEXOLOGIA -un masaje curativo y relajante para pies o manos

-MASAJE THAILANDES - un estiramiento memorable, una combinación de la acupresura china y el yoga pasivo

¿Y si uno de los propositos para el 2011, es hacer más ejercicio? Ofrecemos clases de yoga para todos los gustos -

el lunes 19.30, martes 10am o jueves 14 y 20.15 - 12€ o 80€ - bono de 8 clases con un masaje gratis.

!Nunca ha sido tan sencillo cuidarse!

Heavenly Herbs

 In search of inspiration for a new treatment for Gaia therapies, I have set out to the pristine Tramuntana coast. My idea was to capture the wholesomeness of Mallorca´s nature into a treatment that would brighten up the dull winter days and bring relief to the muscles stiffened by cold. While strolling from Llucalcari to Deia, I got again reminded what a chest of treasures Mallorca is. http://www.deyamallorca.com/walks.htm

As the day rolled by, I have touched and smelled every single plant to see what exactly is the essence of the island that makes you take a deep breath and feel fabulous....
To banish your winter blues the most fragrant Mallorcan herbs will be carefully hand-picked and processed into a warm healing herbal compress, which will be available with every holistic massage in the month of January at our therapy room in Gaia bathtime.  Apart from the uplifting wild thyme, rosemary and lavander and I will be adding few astringent ingredients such as myrtel that will leave your body wonderfully rested and toned at the same time!
I will write more about the benefits of the herb compress in my next post.
 http://www.gaia-natural-mallorca.com/yoga-massage.html

To sample the goodness of the Mallorcan herbs at home,
try this wonderful winter tea.
WILD THYME AND LAVANDER INFUSION

Ingredients for 2...as all the good things in life should be shared:


1 hand full of fresh lavander and thyme blossoms - pour over with boiling water
sweeten with honey if desired

This fragrant tea will freshen up worn out mind and soothe winter sore throats. Thanks to its medical properties lavander and thyme act as strong antiseptic and anti-depressant. Thyme is also known to ease cramps and aid digestion...helpful after the festive celebrations!