The solution then is simple – don’t resist!

I love it that the universe is expanding at the speed of light, 186,000 miles per second and this is going on indefinitely. We know we have 300-400million suns in our own galaxy and that our nearest neighbour galaxy Andromeda, is 2.5 million light years away. It’s such a great thought to hold: that everything is racing away from us at the speed of light. Yet here I am in the middle of it all, standing on this little rock, and in spite of being surrounded by that force, I can’t feel any of it! What I can do though, is to find that expansion within me. As I change my beliefs and thoughts, my inner world has tremendous shifts, sometimes gentle and slow but often I feel ripped open. It is as if the universe is pulling me apart helping me to keep up with its expansion. All pain is a resistance to love and I have found the tighter I hold onto pain or suffering the more I suffer because I am resisting that universal expansion. It is as if the angels are saying come this way, join us. When I resist change and flow it hurts. The solution then is simple – don’t resist!

With love

Sarah x

Time for a Spring detox!

Time for a spring detox! As we begin to move towards the spring equinox I always being to be inspired to cleanse my body from winter warmers into spring refreshers. Springtime is the season the liver responds to best in Chinese medicine. I think if you just don’t push it, about this time we all naturally feel inspired to be going more for the greens and less of the stodge. January 1^st and New Year’s resolutions, is way to early. At that point we are still in the grip of kidney energy and winter time. That’s why resolutions at that time of year rarely work……..When my liver is feeling a bit sluggish I feel tired and irritable, but when I acknowledge that my liver energy is needing a boost I always begin to feel refreshed and ready for the bursting forth of spring time. So my morning blend is now nuts and seeds, half an avocado, a spoonful of green powder, vitamin C powder, prunes and a big handful of spinach leaves. Yum!

Plus avocado is great for the skin, shop our Avocado Face Serum here 

Bringing our furry friends to the office!

I am learning so much from Bertie our terrier cross puppy. He is such an inspiration and teacher to me. Whilst my cat teaches me about relaxation and chilling out, Bertie is currently teaching me to play more. I can be quite a serious person, thinking about the universe and all that it contains. Bertie doesn’t care about all that, he just wants to have fun! If I forget to have fun and am spending too long at my desk, a little wet nose and hairy face appears on my leg saying come and play. How can I resist the invitation? Desk abandoned, I play catch and tag on the floor until we curl up for a hug. Stress gone I return to work, light hearted with a big smile on my face.

Meet the other members of Zephorium's furry friends.

Misty, Harley, Alfie and Lulu the Dachshund.

With love 

Sarah x

A mix of Lavender and Grapefruit to stimulate the senses and stay healthy

I love doing steam inhalations at this time of year to keep my sinus’s clear and to prevent colds and flu. I think the body needs a helping hand in the winter. Smells have always fascinated me, since growing up in Hong Kong and wandering through the market stalls with all their exotic wares. In those days the smells were intoxicating and overwhelming and often hard to separate the smells of animals with the smells of cooking! These days I prefer my aromas to be simpler.  Flowers and herbs fill my house now ready to experiment with to create our new products.    

Our new blends are great for vaporisers and you can’t beat lemon and lavender at this time of year. I put a few drops of Amethyst crystal and Lavender blend with a few drops of Citrine Crystal and Grapefruit, lemon, lime blend into the vaporisor together and breathe in the stimulating mix of aromas. I am instantly taken back to summer fields teeming with flowers and fruit falling off the trees. 

With love

Sarah x

Shop the combination here.

Mother's Day Gift Ideas

Indulge your mum this Mother's Day, by treating her to one of our beautiful coloured aromatherapy products, that have been tailor picked especially with mums in mind.

RADIATE LOVE
Rose Quartz Crystal Body Lotion
£25
The nurturing aroma of Rose oil, makes a lovely gift for any mum who has a lot of love in her life. This nourishing body lotion will leave the skin feeling silky and smooth. Recommended in Natural Health Magazine's March Issue.

SLEEP WELL
Amethyst Perfume Rollette
£12.50
Does your mum have trouble sleeping? Perhaps she is worrying to much, this small perfume rollette, scented with lavender oil, will help her drift off into peaceful sleep. Rolling the perfume onto the temple right before bed allows the mind, body and soul to soothe and relax.

GLOWING SKIN
Carnelian Crystal Face Serum
£36
Late nights and early morning can make the skin become strained and dehydrated, give your mum a gift that will work with her skin to rejuvenate the cells and give the complexion a positively natural glow. Infused with carrot oil and carnelian crystals.

JOY AND ABUNDANCE
Citrine Crystal Aura Spray
£15
Infuse even more JOY into your mums life with our Citrine Aura Spray, opening up the Solar Plexus Chakra to encourage creativity within her life.

with love

Zephorium Soul Tonic x

NEW Aromatherapy Affirmation Candles Launching Soon

It is with HUGE excitement that we can announce our long awaited candles are READY and will be launching online on the 7th of March. Our collection of Aromatherapy Affirmation Candles are all hand-blended and hand-poured using the purest Coconut Waxes and Pure Aromatherapy. Totally chemical, petroleum, soy and toxin free. Each beautiful candle is aligned to the chakras with homeopathic crystals to bring you pure indulgence and luxury. The candles are ideal for relaxation and meditation or for use in therapy treatments. The high quality of oils means you only need to burn them for 30 mins at a time to release the natural oils and to scent your room. The luxury packaging and inspirational affirmations ensure this is the ultimate gift, either for yourself and ‘self-pampering’ or family and friends. Each candle will retail at £36, but do keep an eye out for a special launch discount, coming soon. If you would like an exclusive first look at our candles join us this weekend at the Organic and Natural Beauty Show at the Excel in London, as part of Professional Beauty 2016. I hope you enjoy using them as much as I have enjoyed making them. If you want to find out more about the candles and the process involved, see the full story below. Love Sarah xx

THE STORY!

Well my beautiful candles have taken me on yet another journey of discovery! The main reason they have taken so long is that my research into the source of ingredients and waxes has been an eye opener to say the least! I always knew I didn’t want petroleum based paraffin wax as it has long been known that the fumes are bad for our health. Look at your walls around burning candles and imagine that in your lungs…. I thought I would be using Soy candles as they are so popular these days, but you know me, I research the source of everything I use and it was not pretty investigating. Almost all Soy wax is now grown in America by Monsanto, a company I would never buy from or associate with. Much arable farmland is now taken up with growing Soy and Rapeseed in vast swathes, for vegetable oils and waxes whilst many Americans go hungry and without vegetables. It’s simply not a process I could ethically work with. Then I found that almost all aroma is actually chemical based and it is legal for chemical identical ‘aromatherapy’ to be used and sold in candles as Aromatherapy! Almost all the lovely candles from all the major candle shops we love, are filling our lungs with more chemicals and toxicity. Some of them are so toxic, if you have an oil spillage whilst making the candles you have to call environmental health in to deal with it! Almost all of them are toxic to aquatic life which means somewhere along the line, they will get into the water-table, and many are toxic to animals. Sadly, all the candles in my home that were not natural went in the bin (that was all of them). I almost gave up finding a great base wax that was non-toxic, pure and held the aromatherapy scent well. Then finally I found a great natural coconut wax that was exactly what I was looking for – ask and it is given! I know you will love the wax as much as I do, if you are a candle lover like me you can tell the purity of the wax just by looking at it and the heavenly smell of aromatherapy is such a treat to the senses. Don’t expect overpowering strong smells, proper Aromatherapy candles are subtle and gentle and soothe the mind, body and soul. Needless to say we only use 100% pure aromatherapy blended to awaken the senses not overpower them.  I can’t wait to hear what you think!

Your Spiritual Journey

   

         I have often been asked what do I do as a spiritual teacher? What do you teach people ask? My answer is always quite a simple one. I teach people to find what works for them…. Just like our unique and personal fingerprints, no two people share quite the same path on the spiritual journey. Our uniqueness is our spiritual fingerprint. There are similarities amongst us of course, but each person is so individual that there is not ‘a one size fits all’ spiritual path. First we need to find out our own moral compass. We do that by learning to ‘feel’ what we truly ‘feel’. Understanding our feelings is the key but for many who grew up in confusing families, our feeling guidance has got a bit lost. Once we learn to listen to, and trust our feelings and intuitions, then we can begin to discover who we are and what feels true for us. A good teacher never seeks to impose their will or beliefs, instead they encourage diversity of thought and encourage differing paths.

      Read more about my journey here.

     With love

  

     Sarah x