Raindrop Soaps

Hello, and welcome to Raindrop Soaps. We don't often get customers this time of night, but we're very happy to see you. Take a moment to enjoy the scents of rosemary, thyme, and vetiver, which greet you as you enter. A large lavender display is today's main attraction, placed prominently at the entrance. The main and featured item is an exfoliating hand soap in a large wicker basket. It is carefully placed in the center of the display. A warm pool of light falls onto a large oak shelf in the back of the store that houses all the essential oils. The light reveals the age of the wood and how its grain swims from left to right. The most popular oils, like sandalwood, eucalyptus, jasmine, and pine are always in stock. But some mixtures, like anise, caraway seeds, and orange were singular experiments waiting to be chosen by an adventurous customer. Before we begin this journey for the senses, let's deepen that sense of relaxation with a short wind down exercise. Tonight's wind down is a visualization. So, when you're ready, let's begin. So, no matter what's been going on today, whether it's been a busy day or a calm one, this is an opportunity to put everything down, to let go of any inner chatter and find a place of rest in both the body and the mind. So, first get yourself comfortable in bed, just taking a moment to pause and be still. And when you're ready, taking a big, deep breath. Breathing in through the nose and out through the mouth. And as you breathe out, allowing the body to sink down into your bed. Feeling the weight of the body, allowing thoughts to come and go. Now imagining a steady flow of warm sunlight flowing down through the body, dissolving any tension, any discomfort, as it begins to fill the body, starting with the toes, moving up through the feet, and the legs, being filled with sunlight. The qualities of warmth, space, and ease, as it continues to travel up through the body. Up past the waist, through the back, and the stomach. It's as though it washes away any discomfort. It continues up through the chest and the upper back, into the shoulders and down the arms. All the way down to the hands and fingers. A sense of relief in the body, and stillness in the mind as it continues to travel up through the neck and the throat, into the head and face, all the way to the very top of the body until there's nothing other than that sense of stillness remaining. And now, just gently bringing the attention back to the body....