Moss Botanicals is excited to announce products that are sure to allure the senses in a whole new direction….Intimacy.

 

Arouse, thrill, excite, and relax with clean healthy blends and accessories that are made by hand from the purest ingredients to the sweetest of intentions.

 

Every product made by Moss Botanicals is inspired by life experience that beckons an opportunity to find wholeness.  This line was created my partner Christopher and I.  We both found an interesting space in our relationship that we wanted to deepen and the intimacy inspiration showed up in our lives organically. We couldn’t deny what we wanted to share with others and that was simply quality.  This is a line of intimacy products that really exemplify passion, taste, integrity, and mindfulness. 

Intimacy Body Roll-On

The color of rose, the smell of black pepper, the depth of vanilla, the edge and fragrant bloom of neroli synergizing warmth and sensuality, stimulating heat, softness, femininity and masculinity.

Anoint behind the ears, knees, back, ankles, or use on wrists, inner elbows and thighs

Aphrodisiac essential oils and organic jojoba oil.

*Natural separation and discoloration does occur in the intimacy body roll-ons because the essential oils are in their purest form. There are no odorless solvents to mask their richness and intense viscosity.  Swirl the bottle and tip it gently back and forth to mix before anointing.

Intimacy Dusting Powder

An edible hint of sweet honey with a silky smooth texture,

lightly feather over the skin and enjoy.

Intimacy Cards

The playful power of suggestion can only lead to more interesting ideas and fun.
Expand the consciousness and transform the atmosphere
be a lover....

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Robert Mirabal sings a song called the dance and he talks about his elders and the Native American people being kept alive by the dance. Thank you for this song these words and this melody that rings true in my soul.  I am transported by its energy so I decided to make some of my blends while listening to it.  It speaks through me and beckons the ancestors. It is my way of honoring the sacred plant medicine, wisdom and the intention for healing.  Sending the message of love and understanding the shadows of life and all of their blessings.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_znb0MlHTY

I listen to the sound of my daughter’s breath as I organize my thoughts by first organizing my aromatherapy closet.  Labeling pipettes and going through my bottles of essential oils taking inventory on my precious goods.  I stop and smell black pepper essential oil (it’s been a while, I thought to myself) as the spicy grounding aroma touches my nostrils.  The guardian angel candle has been burning most of the day in our bedroom and sitting next to it are two little clay vases and one beach rock with a hollowed out dip just perfect for creating a natural diffuser.  Earlier I had poured a little opoponax and later a little clary sage and then some lemon.  There were still remaining essences of jasmine, sandalwood, and patchouli from my last go around.  As the room heats up from the intense summer heat the subtle scents lift from their place of rest and take flight to clear and transform the room.  I feel comforted by the spiritual bouquet. 

I can see the large spikes of purple stretching out in all directions.  Bees clinging and hovering creating a harmonic buzz of sweet herbal delight.  As they move from flower to flower, I try to reach in and politely cut a modest bunch of lavender for my own pleasure.  My mom always has baskets of lavender from her garden dried and ready when I  come to visit.  Many times my grandfather would cut it for me. We shared a bond and he taught me with his humble approach to living. Did he think of me when he was out there performing this act of love?  I know he had a special kinship with all of Gods blessings and I drew a lot of this feeling directly from him.  I have memories of my mother, sister, and I sitting at the kitchen table shucking lavender, sharing, and creating.  Tradition in the making, whatever it was, it encapsulated us in an old way of life and held that moment as a glimpse of time that could never be lost. 

The relax blend reflects my relationship with family and tradition.  Simplicity derived from complexity.  Simple and pure, with only one essential oil.  I chose lavender (Lavandula angustifolia), the mother of essential oils. It projects a soft yet powerful nurturing to those who come into contact with it.  I like to use the relax aroma mist as a toner after cleansing but I also have one in my car to be used anytime, and one in my bathroom.  My daughter has her own relax mist next to her bed and she asks for it routinely when we are winding down for sleep.  We all give each other a spritz and it seems to have a positive mellowing effect.  The relax body roll-on I like to use as a deodorant or perfume.  It is completely pure and evaporates quickly but it is soft and leaves my skin feeling luxurious.  Plus I get to receive all the benefits of lavender, as well.

ESSENTIAL OIL PROFILE FOR.......RELAX

LAVENDER (Lavandula angustifolia)

EMOTIONS, MENTAL, PSYCHE/SPIRIT/PHYSICAL: Distillation of flowers and leaves, the country of origin for lavender which comes from the Roman word "lavore" which means "to wash" is England, France, Yugoslavia, and Bulgaria.  I believe in my own experience that the energetic field of lavender works harmoniously with an affinity for the crown chakra but also energizes all chakra centers of the body.  Its balancing action aids restlessness, insomnia, anxiety, among many other emotional and mental imbalances.
Lavender is generally regarded as the most useful and versatile essence for therapeutic purposes.  It has a sedative and tonic action on the heart (hysteria, nervous tension, palpitations) and lowers high blood pressure.  It is a mild local analgesic, and calms cerebro-spinal excitiabilty, it is renowned for its nervine-sedative properties, and has proved valuable in a variety of nervous and psychological disorders, including depression, insomnia, migraine, hysteria, nervous tension, and paralysis.  Lavender is also useful where there is inflammation, hence is it used in burns, eczema, dermatitis, psoriasis, boils, rheumatism, wounds, ulcers, conjunctivitis, cystitis, diarrhea, laryngitis, and so on (Tisserand, 1977).


Tisserand, R. The Art of Aromatherapy, Healing Arts Press, 
    1977.

I was doing the dishes and looking out the window at the beautiful trees and sky.  I could feel the crisp winter air coming through the single paned glass and it felt good having my hands in the warm soapy bubbles scrubbing off this morning’s breakfast from the pots and pans.  I am happy to have moments where I feel alone and content doing the tasks that often seem so repetitive and mundane.  I like the sound of the chimes out my living room window.  It alerts me to what is happening outside when I am indoors.  Stopping and feeling the nature of one’s surroundings is a beautiful and artful way of living.  We create space that mimics ourselves.  How we make our time go by and how we handle the “uneventful” really reveals mental patterns that can be positive or negative.  It is all in the vantage point as Mike would say.  So when you are sick of washing dishes JUST DON’T -----do something else that would make you feel more fulfilled and less agitated until you have shifted your state to a place where warm water and a little grime is more of a tactile experience and less of a labor.

 The art of living is being in the moment of what you are doing whether it is washing dishes, doing laundry, mowing the lawn, taking out the trash, calculating bills, pushing your kid on a swing, nursing your baby, talking on the phone, sipping a cup of tea, smelling a flower, driving, cooking, playing music, gardening.

    The inspiration for this blend came through to me in many forms.  Day to day labors and struggles with communications allowed me to see the necessity of letting go.  Especially with the reminder that life and its unexpected outcomes are not entirely shaped by our doing.  I believe relinquishing control can be very therapeutic and healing if we make space for this, within our habitual process.  Let go of unwanted states; grief, relationships, and illness, thought patterns, expectations, or anything that does not serve the higher self.  In the physical world, a death that we may encounter by losing a loved one, a family member, an acquaintance, or a person who may have caused us a lot of pain in our lifetime can trigger a deep emotional state.  What may have seemed logical has become lost and with this overall loss comes mixed emotions and reflections.  Things may go smoothly and leave a sense of relief and peace or maybe a transition of deep sorrow and denied grief.  It is hard to encompass all that surrounds the nature of letting go.  Recently I lost both of my grandparents within 5 months of one another; both of these people were dear to my soul and to the foundation of our family.  This event forced me to express my concerns for the behaviors that surfaced amongst family members and to my surprise, all my good intentions, were not received in the way I had prayed for.  It was a disheartening experience, one that left me feeling perplexed and almost self-involved for wanting things to go the way I had seen fit.  Nevertheless, I emerged with another sense of self and understanding that it wasn’t up to me anymore. Instead of harboring a sense of hopelessness I did get an opportunity to communicate, but now I had to let go….

ESSENTIAL OIL PROFILE FOR …..LET GO

1.    CYPRESS (Cupressus sempervirens)

EMOTIONS, MENTAL /PSYCHE AND SPIRIT: Cypress oil is helpful at times of transition such as career changes, moving homes and major spiritual decisions such as changing one’s religion.  At such times the Bach Flower Remedy; Walnut can be used to great benefit as well.  Cypress also helps with painful transitions such as bereavement or the ending of a close relationship.
The Latin word “sempervirens” in its name means “everlasting living” and refers to the evergreen leaves of the tree, but it may also be referring to the afterlife, and both the ancient Romans and the Egyptians dedicated this tree to their gods of death and the afterworld.  For thousands of years Cypress trees have been planted in cemeteries, perhaps as a reminder of the life everlasting and the essential oil can be used to give comfort and strength at the time of death (Davis, 1991). 

PHYSICAL: The Cypress tree originates in the Mediterranean. The oil of Cypress comes from the distillation of leaves and cones of the tree. The oil is clear and its aroma is woody, clean, and spicy.  It is very astringent and used wherever there is an excess of fluid.  In skin care it is good for oily and over hydrated skin.  It is used quite often in men’s toiletries for its antiseptic and astringent properties.  Cypress is a tonic to the circulatory system and is an antispasmodic, acting especially on the bronchi, so it is one of the oils to think of when treating asthma.  Another use for Cypress is its help in regulating the menstrual/moon cycle.  It helps to relieve painful periods and reduces abnormally heavy loss, particularly when this happens in the early stages of menopause (Davis, 1988).

2.    FRANKINCENSE (Boswellia carterii) 

EMOTIONS, MENTAL /PSYCHE AND SPIRIT: Frankincense oil is associated with the highest spiritual aspirations.  It was offered to the infant Christ by the Magi in recognition of His divinity and it helps each of us connect to that part of ourselves that is eternal and divine. Frankincense has the ability to deepen and slow the breath and it helps bring body and mind into a meditative state.  Frankincense helps break ties with the past, especially where these block personal growth (Davis, 1991). 

PHYSICAL: This beautiful essential oil comes from a small tree native to North Africa and some of the Arab countries.  When the bark is cut, the tree exudes a resin in drops or tears and the essential oil is extracted from the resin by steam distillation.  The oil varies from colorless to very pale yellow, with a clear fresh, slightly camphorous penetrating odor. Frankincense is one of the most valuable oils for respiratory infections, it is one of the best pulmonary antiseptics, and calms coughs, and is indicated particularly where there is bronchial catarrh, for example, chronic bronchitis.  It helps asthma because of the way it slows the breath.  In skincare, Frankincense is helpful for older skin, and has a definite tonic effect, slowing down the appearance of wrinkles.  The oil has an affinity for the urino-genital tract, and was used a great deal in earlier times for treating these disorders.  It is a uterine tonic and may be helpful for abnormally heavy periods (Davis, 1988).

3.    ROSE (Rosa damascena) 
EMOTIONS, MENTAL /PSYCHE AND SPIRIT:  Rose is, above all, the flower of love, both human and Divine.  Rose is the supreme oil of the Heart Chakra, the center of love, whether that be love for one person or Universal Love.  The unfolding of a Rose, from bud to flower, symbolizes the unfolding of love, within the heart.  It brings healing to the Heart Chakra and helps it to open again when grief has caused it to close down.  It is a gentle aphrodisiac, and facilitates creativity in all the arts.  Rose is the favorite scent of Angels (Davis, 1991).  It is a gentle anti-depressant and is helpful where emotional disturbances are linked to female sexuality or the reproductive cycle.  Rose oil is also good for post-natal depression or the depression surrounding a break-down of a relationship (Davis, 1988). 

PHYSICAL: The Rose was probably the first flower from which an essential oil was ever distilled, in tenth century Persia.  The great Arab physician, Avicenna, is credited with having distilled the first Rose oil, possibly by chance during the course of alchemical experiments.  At the present day, the major production of Rose essential oil is not by distillation, but by effleurage method or solvent extraction.  The very high price of Rose oil is due to the huge quantity of rose petals needed to extract a tiny amount of oil and the high labor cost involved in this method.
The rose has been traditionally called the “Queen of Flowers” and in aromatherapy Rose oil is often thought of as the queen of essential oils.  Rose with its feminine qualities has a powerful effect on the reproductive system especially the uterus.  It is cleansing, purifying, regulating and tonic and is valuable where there is a loss of uterine muscle tone.   Rose has a powerful tonic effect on the nervous system, the stomach, liver, and spleen.  It is also very good for its use in skincare.  It can be used for all skin types.  Rose has long been renowned as an aphrodisiac.  Rose is used to help women suffering from rigidity and men from impotence (Davis, 1988).

 

Bibliography

Davis, P.  Aromatherapy A-Z, C.W. Daniel Company                           
    Limited, 1988.
Davis, P. Subtle Aromatherapy, C.W. Daniel Company                           
    Limited, 1991.