Raindrop Soaps

Good evening and welcome to Raindrop Soaps, the perfect place to escape the rain and dry off. In the center of the store, below the rain spattered skylights, a brightly dressed, focused shopkeeper quietly moves between the three tables as she arranges display dedicated to different shaped soaps. The aroma of fetova, lavender and eucalyptus are the first fragrances to stand out. As the first few display tables are dedicated to each one of the scents, each with its own ornate display. The sounds of the rain on the roof intensifies, as a soap maker in the back boils water to brew a fresh batch of mint tea. He gathers ingredients from the shop's sent creating station to showcase how fresh all of their products are. The water begins to boil over a small, wood-burning fireplace as he drops the mint leaves into the pot with a slice of fresh lemon and a spoonful of honey. The tea's aroma fills the store. Before we begin this journey for the senses, let's begin the evening with a short, wind down exercise. Tonight's wind down is a visualization. When you're ready, let's begin. So, just take a moment to get comfortable, letting go of the day, enjoying that feeling of having stopped, of having nothing left to do. We're going to focus the attention of the mind on the different parts of the body. Watching as the muscles in the body switch off for the night, leaving the body feeling rested and leaving the mind more at ease. So, starting down at the toes and feeling a sense of the muscles switching off, the feet, the arches, all those muscles switching off. Same in the lower half of the legs. Notice any tension being let go of as the muscles switch off, shut down. In the upper half of the legs, any tension melting away, being let go of, into the area of the hips, the pelvis. Again, any muscles shutting down for the night. Completely at rest, everything from the waist downward is heavy, at ease, the muscles in the lower back and the stomach are now switching off. Middle of the back, around the diaphragm, the upper back and the chest. So any muscles not needed shutting down, switching off for the night, the shoulders switching off, the upper half of the arms and the lower half of the arms switching off. The hands, fingers, just switching off. Any muscles around the throat and the neck switching off, the head, the face, the jaw, the eyes, any last areas of tension melting away as the muscles shut down, switch off. At rest for the night, and allowing thoughts to come and go, allowing the mind and body the space they need to rest....