The breathe of life we breathe is often aromatic. Flowers, coffee, soap, recently cut grass, smoke from a chimney, steaks being grilled, freshly baked bread, cookies right out of the oven, perfumes and colognes, body odors, bathroom and liter box smells, chemicals, car exhaust, and a decaying carcass are just a few things that might scent the air we breathe on any given day.
Have you noticed that it is when they change that we become aware of the aromas in the air we breathe?
Three Experiments to Try
Experiment 1 : When you become aware that the aroma of the air you're breathing changes, pause.
Focus on the core of your being, your heart, behind your breast bone and between your breasts. Breathe the aroma into your heart, hold, and breathe out. Repeat at least three times.
What do you feel in your heart? How does the aroma in the air you breathe affect your spirit?
Experiment 2: Buy some dried white sage leaves, a small smudge bundle. You'll also need something to safely burn it in and some matches or a lighter.
Before you burn the sage, focus on your heart, the core of your being, behind your breast bone and between your breasts. Breathe into your heart and breathe out a few times. Take note of how your heart feels.
While focusing on your heart and breathing in and out, light the sage, let it burn for a bit, then blow out the flame.
Still focusing on your heart, breathe in the smoke of the sage, just enough so as not to be uncomfortable, and breathe out. Do this for several minutes and be mindful of any changes in your spirit.
What did you notice? Did your spirit change or remain the same? If it changed, how so?
Experiment 3: Buy one bottle each of the following high quality, pure, organic, therapeutic grade essential oils: lavender, peppermint, and lemon. Wait until after the following experiment to learn what all you can do with these oils.
Place the oils in front of you. Focus on your heart, the core of your being, behind your breast bone and between your breasts. Breathe into your heart and breathe out a few times. Take note of how your heart feels.
Open the lemon essential oil, put one or two drops in the palm of your hand, put the cap back on the bottle, and rub your palms together. Lift your palms up to your nose and breathe the aroma into your heart. Rub your palms together again and breathe in the aroma into your heart again. Repeat as many time as you like.
Focus on your spirit. Does it feel different than before smelling the lemon essential oil? If so, how so? How would you describe its effect on your spirit?
Do the same exercise with the lavender, then the peppermint oil.
Afterwards, learn what all you can use these essential oils for. Notice if you experienced for yourself what you learn from reading about the oils.
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