Two "yummy" bath recipes

I did subtitle this blog "One Yoga Mama's Journey Through Ayurveda, Waldorf Based Cooking, and Other 'Weird' Kitchen Experiments" for a reason.  Many of the things I whip up in the kitchen are inedible...and not for the reasons you're thinking.  I often make art projects and supplies for my son, and I also make "yummy" bath products.  This week I made two different recipes that I wanted to share.

1) The Bliss Bath - Adapted from Spa Bliss: Heavenly Ideas for Chilling Out.

1 tablespoon sweet almond oil
3 drops rose essential oil
3 drops orange or mandarin essential oil
2 drop geranium oil

Blend the ingredients together and add to your bath water.  Soak for 20 minutes to bliss out fully!

 Sweet almond oil is prized for its high fatty acid content that appears to be close to the skin's own sebum, and is a lovely oil to use for massage. 

2) Goat's milk bath - Adapted from The Green Beauty Guide

1 cup condensed goat's milk
2 tablespoons honey
2 drops vanilla extract
4 drops lavender essential oil.

Blend the ingredients well and use immediately to create a soothing, deeply moisturizing bath.  You can use whole cow's milk or condensed cow's milk.  Use organic, if available.

These baths are both wonderful for this time of year when vata is high, so skin is drier than usual.  My skin gets very dry in the winter, but I still crave hot baths to warm up my body.  These baths help to negate some of the effects of the hot bath on dry skin.  Baths also lower the stress hormone, cortisol, in the body, and are wonderful to help induce sleep.  So, slip into one of these baths after a stressful day this winter, and then slip into a deep, winter's slumber.