Your personality is not hardwired, a matter of genetics or simply 'who you are'. Your nature is complex, curious and capable of evolution.
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Every perfumer has their own approach to creating a scent but for me everything begins with the concept - what's the feeling, therapeutic quality, shape & texture I'm trying to create?
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Fragrance is the leading cause of skin inflammation. If you care about what you put in & on your body, understanding what goes into your favorite scent is just as important.
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Wearing a natural perfume is a little different from the synthetics you might be used to. Sure you still spritz or dab, but to enjoy a natural perfume to its full potential requires some education.
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Sound is a physical experience. 'There's no organ system in the body that's not affected by sound, & vibration .' - Dr Mitchell Gaynor
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Where does an experience begin & end? Most of us identify so strongly with our mind we perceive emotion to come from thought.
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In difficult times scents that help your nervous system ground & earth can be especially helpful. There's a natural correlation between where a scent ingredient grows and how it affects you on a physical and physiological level.
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A favorite poem by a favorite poet for any time you need a mental balm. Read, breathe & repeat.
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When we or someone we love is in pain we often try to help by offering solutions. But sometimes the greatest kindness we can offer is the willingness to acknowledge and sit with the uncomfortableness of life.
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More than anything we believe in the power of taking a moment every day to reconnect with yourself. So it means the world to us to see you creating & enjoying your own scented rituals.
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City living often feels like a necessary evil, but what if cities are actually an important instrument for our evolution?
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Expansive thinking is thinking that moves you beyond your immediate personal context to allow you to look at things from different perspectives & possibilities.
‘Possibility is the secret heart of time.'
It's time to relax, reflect and reconnect but how? After going non-stop all year it can be kind of difficult to do, so we wanted to share a few of our favorite things to read, listen to, watch & eat to help ease you into the big unwind & inspire you for the new year ahead.
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Introducing three new Bodha Collections designed to bring some ritual, calm & luxury into daily life. We know you want to buy thoughtful gifts for the people you love so we've made it even easier with bundle pricing, personalized wrapping & shipping anywhere in the world.
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Sensory ecology is a relatively new field of scientific study looking at how different species experience the world based on their unique sensory systems.
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Your enjoyment of life is directly correlated to your relationship with your senses. Studies of sensory perception show we are losing touch with our senses and it's affecting not only our enjoyment of life but also our deeper feelings of meaning, purpose & satisfaction.
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Human creativity first manifested around 40,000 years ago in the so called 'creative explosion'. After thousands of years we suddenly had a urge to decorate & began making art from natural materials in the form of paintings and fragrance.
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Every year without realizing it we chalk up our own discoveries. Some big, some small, but all personal & special.
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Many of our deepest scent memories come from food & of those, vanilla is the most universally comforting. The science of mood-mapping (which measures the mood associations of aromas) shows vanilla triggers feelings of relaxation & joy.
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