Sacred Glo Celebrates Mom

Mothers are special! For nine months she nurtured you in her womb; then gave birth to you, so that you can enjoy life on earth. She guided you through infancy; supporting you every step of the way. She has been in your corner with pride as you grew from a helpless child into the person you are today.

She has always had a word of wisdom to offer, even if you did not feel you needed it. Some of her most popular sayings may have been…

• Make sure to change your underwear; you’ll never know what can happen.
• Don’t make that face or it’ll be frozen permanently in that position.
• If everyone jumped off the bridge, would you do it, too?
• Close that door! Were you born in a barn?
• If you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say anything at all.
• Don’t put that thing in your mouth; you don’t know where it’s been!

These famous quotes, along with the love, care, and so much more are why you need to celebrate mom on Mother’s Day!

You need to make the day extra special for the woman who has been there from day one!

Sacred Glo products can help you celebrate your mom and show her how proud you are to be her child. We have products for every budget with scents that are perfect for the elegant mom to the laid back mom who loves to ride a Harley! Whoever your mom is and whatever her personality is, there is a Sacred Glo product just for her.

We suggest that you get her one of our popular Spa Bags. With the Sacred Glo Spa Bag you get more bang for your buck. Each bag comes with one of our popular lotion/massage oil candles, a body scrub, and a pair of white exfoliating gloves. The larger bag also comes with the Sacred Glo body wash and a scrub shower sponge. Both bags come beautifully packaged in an elegant reusable clear vinyl and shimmering organza fabric bag

If you order one of the Spa Bags you will receive a 20% discount on either bag with the following codes:

Large Bag code = mother’s day
Small Bag code = mother’s day 2

This offer ends May 3, 2010!

No matter which of the Sacred Glo products you choose, you can’t go wrong with a luxurious feel good item from our line of products.

Mother’s Day is the day to remember the woman in your life who has helped you get to where you are today! Sacred Glo can give you the opportunity to show all your heartfelt love.

With the products Sacred Glo offers, you can prove that all her efforts in helping your get to there have been worthwhile.

Using Sounds of Nature to Complete Your Spa Environment

We are all aware of the physical, emotional and mental ramifications of stress in our lives, especially in today’s economic environment.

It has never been more important than right now to find a bit of peace and serenity, to make a place in our minds and hearts where we can wash away daily stressors and become one with our soul again.

Creating a spa environment at home is quite a personal experience. Everyone’s living spaces are as different as they are, but there are a few common grounds we can explore to get there.

Of course, the first step is to make yourself a private area in your home where you can lock out the world for at least 30 minutes at a time. It should be uncluttered, quiet and unfettered.

Using aromatherapy is essential here to creating the perfect spa environment. Scented candles, bath salts with essential oils, even essential oil placed on sachets around the room are enough to layer your favorite soothing scent around you.

Background sound is also critical to completing your at-home spa space. While music from your favorite artist might be pleasing, it’s not really going to contribute to your relaxing environment. Calming sounds of nature, such as gentle rain or ocean waves, is like nature’s lullaby, especially when paired with soft acoustic melodies from a guitar, harp, flute or piano. This is a cleansing sound that washes over you, and induces feelings of coziness and security.

Jungle sounds from the rain forest, with wildlife noises and trees rustling have a slower tempo and can help you ease into a meditative state of calm. The rhythm controls breathing and heart rate, stabilizing blood pressure and reducing your stress level.

Add in sounds of thunder crashing and wind through the trees in a storm and you will find yourself in a happier, more secure state. Often viewed as white noise by listeners, sounds of the storm can mesmerize you and lull you into serenity.

Nature sounds CDs are relatively inexpensive, usually under $10, and can be found in many places, even the corner drugstore. It’s a worthwhile investment in the soul’s health and well being.

Gardening For Serenity

With the busy traffic of our lives, it is often difficult to clear the clutter of racing thoughts from our mind, and a find a bit of daily serenity. One way to quickly restore the five senses and provide a great stimulus to both mind and body is gardening.

Gardening for relaxation can provide a road to inner peace. The sights and smells of a garden in full bloom provide the soul with a sense of accomplishment; it’s hard to ignore the wonder of life when you have created it with your own hands all around you.

No matter how small your space – even if it is simply a windowsill – developing a green thumb is a relaxing and healthy pursuit. It keeps you in touch with nature, and gets you out of the house for a bit of physical activity. Cultivating your own little space of natural beauty provides the soothing, healing color of green to calm your stress and holistically help to reduce blood pressure. You body will also release endorphins, elevating mood.

And in your serene little garden, clean oxygen is being produced every minute by the plants you have grown. Imagine how relaxing filling your lungs with fresh air is, knowing you helped create it! Being outside even for short stints allows you to reap the mood-enhancing benefits of the sun’s Vitamin D.

In life we do reap what we sow, and making a time investment in growing a little garden is worthwhile, for it gives back exponentially. It also teaches us the fine art of patience and solitude; and opens up a space where we can escape the concrete jungle of our daily lives and find a brief respite.

Sense of self, sense of pride, and sense of life through the pursuit of gardening can lead also to a sense of serenity and peace. And achieving this will give us back the balance that stress takes away.

Simple Yoga

Finding new ways to relieve stress is important to our complete well-being. Releasing daily stress is a way to find calmness within the body and serenity within the soul.

Meditating, aromatherapy and writing in a journal can all soothe the mind directly;  yet are difficult for some people to adapt to. You will also discover that there are ways to work on the mind through the body.

Our bodies are our log books, storing and imprinting all of life’s information in the way we center ourselves, breathe and move. Listening to the body, experts say, is really listening to the mind and the soul.

When it comes to working on the body and mind connect, yoga is one of those great stress relieving methods. Despite popular belief, yoga does always involve turning yourself into a pretzel. There are simple moves you can use that are not body-strenuous; but still provide the calm, often referred to as active relaxation.

Here are a couple of simple moves to get you started. Before doing any of these positions, warm up your muscles with simple stretching.

Supported Bridge Pose
Place a couch pillow (or a folded blanket) in the center of your mat or floor and lie on them so they support the length of your spine. Slide off the end until your head and shoulders are touching the floor. Rest your arms to the floor, palms up. Fold your legs under cross-style. Hold this pose for 5 minutes and release.

Extended Triangle Pose
Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, arms by your sides. Inhale, and raise both arms parallel to your shoulders. Exhale, slowly turning your torso to the left. Bend at the waist, and bring your right hand down to the left ankle. Hold for several minutes. Repeat with the other side. The key here are S-L-O-W movements; remember to breathe deeply.

Seated Forward Bend
Sit on the floor, supporting your bottom with a couch pillow or folded blanket, and your legs stretched out in front of you. Press with your heels. Now lean slowly onto your left buttock ad hold for a few seconds Repeat with the other side. The press your thighs and palms to the floor and lift slightly, turning your head upwards.

These poses are designed to relieve tension, stress, alleviate mild depression and provide peace. Try them daily, to see if this might be your perfect way to achieve your own sacred serenity.

Turning Your Serenity Into A Business

Determination, motivation and know-how.

You use it to tackle everyday tasks and challenges, often to problem-solve in someone else’s workplace. How about applying your best qualities and creating your own workplace?

As the economy is starting to heal, the time is ripe once again for entrepreneurs with the dedication needed to run a small business. Many niches in several industries offer an opportunity for the small business owner to take part of the market.

Identify Your Business Opportunity

We all have a passion for something. Everyone has a skill or two that they perform better than most. Taking a little time to soul-search and decide where your interests lie is the key to choosing what type of business you would be successful at.

Are you savvy with computers? Start a website on a topic you know a lot about. Market the heck out of it through search engine optimization and let related companies place pay-per-click ads on your site.

Have that one skill or service that’s better than most? Get into consulting, and teach people how to do what it is you do, or be willing to do it for them. Network, network, network.

Good at graphics? Layout? Writing? Many companies outsource their projects to freelancers. A bang-up portfolio, word-of-mouth and a couple of pro-bono assignments to start out with are the key.

Are you personable and persuasive? Find that people love to be around you? Sales may just be your thing. There are many industries that offer franchise opportunities, like Avon and Mary Kay. It’s a chance to be your own boss.

Know The Market

Once you do decide what business to start, the next step is research. Lots of it. You need to know whether you are entering a dying industry or an emerging field. Take notes on how much your future industry made in the last five to ten years. Are there any trends in those numbers? What do financial experts and industry leaders say about that? The Wall Street Journal is a fantastic resource for this, both online and archived at your local library.

Know your competition. See what they do and why it works for them. See what they are NOT doing, and see if it will work for you. Find their gaps and weak points. Use them to identify your own.

Starting a small business is not the high road to getting rich quick. It does take fierce determination, pride in your work and the stamina to be your own bandleader for long haul ahead. Next time, we’ll discuss what start-up items, capital and licensure is needed before you go out on your own.

Sacred Glo Candles…Enjoy!

Sacred Glo

Sacred Glo lotion candles will provide an at home spa experience as well as moisturize your skin with all-natural ingredients that will help to improve dry skin.

Sensual Groove

Sensual and exotic, soft and luxurious. Embrace your mind and body with this delicious cocktail of vanilla and lavender.

Nevis Island Breeze

Tropical and indulgent, gentle and refreshing. Erase fatigue with this elixir of chamomile, orange blossom and petitgrain

Almond Glo

Sweet and sophisticated, warm and balancing. Golden honey, ginger and sweet almond drench your skin with the unmistakable touch of nature.

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