GAIA bathtime: Ayurveda in Gaia

Ayurveda (Sanskrit Āyurveda आयुर्वेद, "life-knowledge"; English pronunciation /ˌaɪ.ərˈveɪdə/^[1])

'Grounding', 'Calming' and' Invigorating'

Oils, Soaps and Mood Mists made to the Ayurvedic Principles

to support 'Vata', 'Pitta' and 'Kapha' types

Blanca, our resident Gaia Therapist has just come back from an extended sabatical to India. During her 7 month travel of 8 Indian states in an effort to find a perfect location for her next project she found the time to study some Ayurvedic Basics. Back now in Mallorca and staying at the Gaia Finca, Blanca and I have been working on a basic Ayurvedic range. Our idea is to develop an Ayurvedic inspired range with herbs and spices from India but also from our more imediate enviroment, our Island of Mallorca.

Lots of early evening consultations and discussions under the
Jasmine Stars and the New Moon.

We are looking to make 3 Body Massage Oils to be
1. Grounding
2.Invigorating
3. Calming
Complimented with three soaps to match and finaly a Mood Mist to finish the Ritual.

This Ayurvedic Range would be recommended for use twice a year to detox, boost the immune system and give the body a thorough pampering and loving!

The chosen massage oil should be applied in self, all over massage and then, in the shower the soap will be used to removed the small unabsorbed oil residues.To finish the ritual immerse yourself into a cloud of mood mist.

Ayurvedic Massage Oil Blends
'Vata','Pitta' and 'Kapha'

The finished Oils

Blanca has been decocting her selection of herbs, spices and plants ready for mixing and reducing into oils. As base oils we have chosen to cook in Sesame Seed Oil and then blend each of the 3 oils down with a virgin oil mixed with enhancing essential oils to make a deeply detoxing, healing and skin toning and soothing Ayurvedic Oil Blend.

For the soaps we are mixing the same selection of herbs and spices into the soap blend as active, exfoliating ingredients. The result has given us 3 beautifully coloured and quite distinctly different soaps.
Our final stage but also the crowning part of this range is the mood mist which carries all the Vata, Pitta Kapha related herbs and spices as essential oils which enter through the skin and give an all over feeling of wellness and balance to carry you through the day.

Blending the Essential Oils
for the Mood Mists

Scent Samples for the three types
'Vata','Pitta' and' Kapha'

Making the first batch of
Ayurvedic Soaps

'Calming', 'Grounding' and 'Invigorating'
Soaps made to the Ayurvedic Principles
to support 'Vata', 'Pitta' and 'Kapha' types

Adding final touches and we
are pleased

Removing the first batch from the molds on day 2

'Calming' Ayurvedic Soap marked with
a Neem leaf

All photographs by Crystal Chandler our wonderful New Zealand Whoofer who has been staying on the Gaia Finca for the last 4 weeks and is leaving us on Tuesday on route to the Uk were she is sitting her medical exams to be a GP