Excerpts from India Hicks' Book Island Beauty

BATHING

Bathing can be done at any time of day and is wonderfully inexpensive.

Once or twice a week, you might try to make a habit of taking an evening bath to ease away the stresses of the day. For mental and emotional renewal, make your bathroom truly enticing. To ensure this simple but essential cleansing ritual can also be an unhurried luxury, you must first remove the kids, take the phone off the hook, and clean away clutter (physical and mental).

Then, empty your mind and fill the bath. Relax your body and cleanse the soul (well, try at least). Breathe deeply into the diaphragm; release the tensions of your day and lose track of time. It is hard to feel the real benefits of your bath if you have to make a quick exit. Add a few drops of jasmine oil to the water and inhale the vapours. Most essential oils can be used in the bath and their nourishing vitamins are easily absorbed by the skin: try sweet almond oil, lavender or chamomile.

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