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Why natural products like Artemis Divine Elixirs are good for skin conditions

Most face creams and moisterisers on the market today, even the most expensive ones, are not 100% natural. Even many serums have chemical components.

The skin is the largest organ in the body. The skin has two layers, the dermis and the epidermis. The dermis provides support and structure to the skin. The epidermis functions to protect the body (acts as a shield). Underneath the dermis is the hypodermis which provides insulation for the skin.

Breaking through this barrier with chemical based skin care products can put you at a risk of developing irritations and allergies from synthetic materials.

For example, the conventional treatment for skin conditions such as psoriasis involves a combination of topical creams, oral medication, and light therapy. Even though these methods can often work, for some people they can also actually worsen the situation. This is especially the case for topical medication (that’s applied to the skin) since it contains chemicals that can further dry out skin patches. Considering the pain and itchiness associated with psoriasis, chemical treatments usually can’t provide long term relief. Traditional medications can often leave you feeling worse because of the constant rubbing of chemicals on your skin, which as noted, is the largest organ in the body.

Luckily, your skin doesn’t have to suffer as we offer 100% natural options. Artemis Clear Skin Face and Body serums contain a range of natural ingredients including argan oil that sooth the skin and contain antibacterial, antifungal and antimicrobial properties that clear the skin and help to fight infection.

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The healing power of 108 bead mala necklaces

From the yoga studio to a night on the town, people are wearing mala necklaces around the globe. This trend is not just for beauty and cosmetic reasons, it’s steeped in meaningful tradition and symbolism. 

Each mala necklace has 108 beads, and each bead evokes an energetic frequency based on its material, whether stone or seed.

Image:  from Why Does Your Mala Necklace Have 108 Beads?

WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF 108?

The number 108 is a scared number in nearly every religion and across many different cultures and disciplines. 

Hindu prayer mala’s are made of 108 beads (and usually a larger guru bead). There are 108 names of God and 108 chakras. Earth, sun and moon are also linked to the Holy 108. This number informs the architecture of sacred texts that are central to yoga and eastern philosophy. As a devoted scholar of yoga and tantra, Shiva Rea explains in Tending the Heart Fire, ‘there are 108 chapters of the Rig Veda, 108 Upanishads and 108 primary Tantras.’ And these texts are written in Sanskrit, a language comprising 54 letters, each with a masculine (Shiva) and feminine (Shakti) form, 54 x 2 = 108. Listed below are just a few of the many relationships that carry this number.

Theology and Culture
108 beads on prayer mala
108 repetitions of a mantra
108 types of meditation
108 paths to God

108 names for Hindu Deities
108 dance forms in Indian traditions
108 time frame in Rosicrucian cycles

108 times the bell is chimed in Buddhist temples in Japan to finish the old year and welcome in the new one. 
108 gopis of Vrindavan in the Gaudiya Vaishnavism
108 defilements in some schools of Buddhism
108 earthly temptations
108 beads on a juzu (prayer beads) worn by Zen priests
108 questions for Buddha in the Lankavatra
108 previous incarnations remembered in modern Gnosticism
108 chances or lifetimes to rid the ego and transcend the materialistic world
108 earthly desires/lies/delusions in Buddhism
108 is maximum number of repetitions in Kriya Yoga
108 Sun Salutations in yoga
108 breaths in a day reaches enlightenment in meditation
108 energy lines or nadis converging to form the heart chakra
108 sacred books in the holy writings of Tibet
108 epistemological doctrines in Hinduism tradition
108 virtues in Jain tradition
108 steps in temples mentioned in the Lankavatara Sutra
108 sins or 108 delusions of the mind in Tibetan Buddhism
108 pressure points in body according to Marma Adi and Ayurveda

Mathematically and Geometrically

  • 108 is a Harshad number (1+0+8=9) / 108 is divisible by 9
  • 108 pattern in reduced fibonacci numbers
  • 366 days in sidereal year; 3x6x6 = 108
  • 1 squared plus 2 squared plus 3 squared equals 108
  • 108° degrees on inner angles of a pentagon

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Interestingly more than two-thirds of the worlds population use worry or prayer beads as part of their spiritual or meditative practises SOURCE

How to Use Mala Beads for Meditation  SOURCE

Using a mala is simple, easy, and enjoyable. Follow these 8 steps to get started:

  1. Clarify the intention of your practice and choose your mantra or affirmation.
  2. Find a comfortable space and sit quietly in a cross-legged position.
  3. Close your eyes and observe the speed and your natural deep breaths.
  4. Begin to breathe deeply and bring your focus and attention to your mantra or affirmation.
  5. Hang the first mala bead gently on the middle finger or ring finger of your right hand.
  6. Place your thumb on the guru bead and begin reciting your mantra.
  7. At the end of the mantra push the mala bead away with your thumb and move onto the next bead for another round. Continue until you reach a count on 7, 21, 27, or 108.
  8. If you wish to do another round of mantras or affirmations, do not skip over the guru bead. Instead, turn the mala around and reverse direction.

 

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Flower essences infused in the sun for 40 days and 40 nights

We use flower essences that are infused in organic extra virgin olive oil and activated in the sun for 40 days. This type of solar infusion harnesses the sun’s energy to pull beneficial properties and essences (or life force) out of the plant material and into the olive oil. Flower essences are primarily used to support the emotional, mental and spiritual body, and they embody the concept of self-care.

The significance of 40 days is important. Biblical and miscellaneous sources describe that a cycle of 40 days was time tracked among the ancients. It has to do with the sun cycle, the details of which are too complex to illustrate here.

It took Jesus 40 days after physical death to be resurrected into the being of the Christ

Jesus fasted for 40 days and spent 40 days and nights in the wilderness

Moses spent 40 days and 40 nights on the mount – twice!

The flood lasted 40 days and 40 nights

40 days is the custom of fasting during Lent practiced by some modern Christians.

A 40 day infusion also means that the infusion has passed through an entire moon cycle of 28 days, energising it with the new moon to full moon energies that correspond the female cycle.

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What is a serum?

So, what exactly is a serum? “A serum is usually a liquid or gel containing high concentrations of skin actives, which are able to penetrate deeper than other topicals [like moisturizers] with content occlusives that prevent deeper penetration,” explains board-certified dermatologist Dr. Marnie Nussbaum.

In other words, a serum is a skincare product applied to the skin with the intent of delivering very powerful ingredients directly into the skin. Serums are particularly suited to this task as they’re made up of smaller molecules that can penetrate deeply and deliver a very high concentration of active ingredients.

This makes a serum a great tool for targeting specific skincare concerns such as fine lines, not so fine lines and skin conditions such as psoriasis, rosacea, acne, eczema and dermatitis. Hello lovely youthful clear skin!

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Naturally connecting to the cycles of the earth, sun, moon and stars

Our modern world has been disconnected from the cycles nature and of the cosmos for a very long time. Since industrialisation in fact when people started to move off the land and were encouraged to live in cities. In the cities they began to live life far removed from natural cycles. When people lived off the land they needed to know the seasonal cycles of the earth, moon and sun to grow food, to know when to sow, when to harvest, when was the best time to catch fish, when they needed to pickle and preserve for the winter. They were in tune with the seasons, the solstices and equinoxes and worked from when the sun came up and went to bed after the sun set.

But when the industrial cities started flourishing, these people, who like the Indigenous Aboriginals were connected to their land, were lured into the cities with the promise of a better life. They were encouraged to move into tiny little boxes called apartments or workers cottages and to work in factories where they worked under false light, for long hours and become the manual labour force for factory owners. The factory owners became the new gentry  – the class beneath the nobility, today known as heads of multinational corporations – CEOs, chairs, board of directors and executives.

Since then, people around the world continue to work in factories, and in third world country factory sweat shops. In the industrialised, western world we have evolved from working in blue collar jobs into mainly white collar positions, often in high-rise buildings for banks and other financial industries, corporations, computer and tech companies, food production multinationals and cosmetic and personal care corporations. After several generations of living in city and suburban environments because we spend so much time away from the rhythms of nature, you could say we’ve started living a ‘synthetic’ way to life.

Image: Largest corporations in the world. More powerful than countries.

Here at Sacred Essences we know what it means to work in synthetic environments, we did it for years!

The reason why the synthetic world keeps recreating, multiplying itself is that in high volume production industries like large scale food and cosmetic and personal care industries, to give products long shelf lives they include loads of synthetic materials to make products last as long as possible. You’ve heard of Frankenstein food right? The experiments where people left a burger out in the sun for days and weeks and it looked as fresh as ever. High volume products are in circulation for many years so the more chemical additives you pour these products, the longer they can last.

Researchers have found that hundreds of unregulated chemicals are added to personal care products and foods and no one yet knows the full consequences of how these chemicals are affecting humans, animals and nature. Source

Further, the buy-products of mass production include massive amounts of packaging including plastics which we now know are literally suffocating the planet and killing wildlife, not to mention hormone disrupting chemicals in personal care products and cosmetics. Source

When we use these types of products together with consuming non-stop 24/7 mainstream media, not only can it effect our physical, emotional and mental health but we become more and more detached from the natural world and natural cycles. We get used to living a disposable lifestyle where we can throw away so much food along with other household items just like we’d throw away a chocolate wrapper, while we watch starving people on TV.  That said, we all buy, use and consume some of these mass produced products on a daily basis, but we can make a change when we start becoming aware of what we consume and make conscious decisions to buy and do less of what is damaging to our wellbeing and to that of the planet, and do more of what feels right.

In lieu of most of us living in synthetic environments, anything and everything we can do to re-align ourselves with the earth, moon and sun cycles can only be a good thing. The surest way to get back to our ‘source’, our centre is, according to Rudolf Steiner who is the creator of the Steiner school system and Biodynamic agriculture, to connect to the natural world as much as possible. This helps to get us back into synchronicity with our own natural cycles, our biological rhythms. It should be noted that Silicon Valley executives send their children to Steiner (Waldorf) schools which are all about connecting to the earth, moon, sun and stars that greatly limit regular use of computers and other electronic devices. Yet these same execs are selling the very same mass produced devices that they limit their own children from using, to the rest of the world! Source

At Sacred Essences we moved from inner city Sydney to the Blue Mountains and are connecting more and more with the natural cycles and elements of nature. Given how this move has helped us from being stressed and under pressure on a daily basis, to becoming calmer and more relaxed, we try to encourage everyone we know to do the same. This means connecting to the little things in life that make life worth living like taking time to go for a walk in nature, the park, the foreshore, the bush with a friend, your dog, going for a swim, spending quality time with loved ones and also using and consuming products that are more in sync with nature. Eating fresh and live foods. LOVE makes the world go round and loving as many things around you as possible is a staple for a good, healthy and honest life. Love can also take control of those pesky trolls in our minds!

We love our Sacred Essences products. They feel good to make as we are using natural ingredients and natural materials. They have a resonance and depending on the oils and gemstones used, each bead or oil has a connection to either the earth, moon, sun or stars.

We’re grateful that in our later life, after many years of working mainly in front of a computer and in an air-conditioned office, we can now balance working from a home office, but also be able to plant veggies, fruit trees and herbs and explore the joys of making and sharing our serums, potions and healing jewellery with all the people who can love and appreciate the products we make.

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The meaning behind Sacred Essences logo

A logo is like the front door of a business. It’s a first impression. It’s a greeting. It’s got an energy. The world’s most iconic and famous logos have this down.

Logos are all around us, everywhere but we’re mostly unaware of their symbolic significance and power. Our logo, like many modern day corporate logos has a special meaning.

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Welcome to Sacred Essences

Sacred Essences is an ethical brand that uses natural and organic materials and ingredients. We create beautiful, harmonious elixirs and healing jewellery made from mother nature’s bounty. Our products resonate with the cycles of the earth, sun and moon and the elements of nature.

At Sacred Essences we believe in supporting the one that physically sustains us all – our Mother Earth. Every small step we make towards sustainability, towards minimising wastage on the planet is a step towards changing our collective future and making it brighter. Not only do we use 100% natural and organic ingredients and materials, we’ve also made a conscious commitment to ensure that our shop and brand are as green as possible by not using unnecessary packaging and recycling packaging (from suppliers deliveries) when we can.

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