Winding Down At Home With Scentered.
Doesn’t smell just transport you to somewhere magical?
Our olfactory senses are one of our most amazing triggers to take us off to a far-away land, a happy memory, a feeling of safety and security? Is there one smell that just whisks you away to a special place, or reminds you of such a vivid point in time?
Every gentle breath in that transports me away is one I savour SO much. But it’s not just aromas that take me to the past that float my boat, but ones that ground me into the present moment as well, and help me to come back to a sense of myself.
Sponsored Content: I’ve long been a fan of Scentered, a mindful lifestyle brand who create gorgeous aromatherapy balms to help support you at all hours of your day. I’ve had their mini travel balms for a long time, and my old set lasted pretty well… they got to the point where I was scarping out the last bits of balms with a long nail, and rubbing on my pulse points, before taking some deep breaths to help centre me.
They sent me a fresh set of the mini balms, which now have a much bigger version of the ‘Sleep’ balm (with a gorgeous base of Lavender) which is an awesome move, because the gentle smell of lavender on your neck, temples and wrists at night when your crazy pandemic brain is struggling to slow down, is so theraputic and helpful!
I’ve got to say though, of all the mini-balm scents (Happy, Love, Focus, De-stress, Escape and Sleep), Escape has always HANDS DOWN been my favourite. If you were ever going to invest in a big balm, she’s your queen!
I really love the Scentered philosophy of ‘stop, inhale, reset’ - I think it’s simple, effective and helpful advice for our fast paced lives, and over the course of the last two weeks, when feeling stressed, nervous or frazzled about my fast-[aced life as and online yoga teacher, I’ve found popping the balms on my wrists then taking 10 seconds to really breathe in the aromas, a super enjoyable mini act of self-care in my day!
Okay, so now the new product they sent me, I was stoked to receive what I thought was one huge candle, but was actually one very decent sixed candle, with a special re-fillable extra. I love this, as it obviously means only one glass candle base, and then the lift-out candle wax ready to go, and the instructions to get the ends of the candle out when you need to change them over, seemed pretty straight forward and simple! (I’ll edit and report back once I’ve switched them over, as right now the candle has great burn-time!)
I was super nervous today about a wellbeing talk I was giving to a cyber team at a big tech company here in London, and whilst I was prepping the rest of my info about the nervous system, how we can hack it with our breathe, and take back control of our day, I had my candle lit, next to my desk, and I used ‘focus’ and then ‘de-stress’ balms just before I delivered the talk - and it went so well!
The candle flavour I got sent was ‘de-stress’ and I was so pleasantly surprised by how GOOD the smell is! It genuinely gives off the same scent that you get from the balm, and it’s not a weak scent either. It filled the room of our small flat, and even my partner was super impressed by how much of a relaxing atmosphere it created. It really is such a lovely, simple item to have in your home (or yoga studio!) and creates a beautiful environment. Pumped I still have my refill!
Thanks Scentered for letting me test-drive your products, you really do have a life-long fan in me.
BRB, off to get my next candle, in ‘Escape’ ;)
Em xoxo
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