At the outset of a new year, many of us contemplate how to incorporate new healthy habits into our lives. For some of us, that means hitting our yoga mats more often for strength, stretching, and de-stressing. Finding more time for yoga is one of my personal goals, and to help inspire myself to embrace my mat, I decided to tinker with some new mat cleansing spray formulas to freshen up my routine.
If you’ve ever taken a yoga class, particularly a hot yoga class, you know that rolling up a yoga mat splattered with sweat is a recipe for some serious funk in-the-making. After your flow session has concluded, it is recommended that you spray down your mat with a cleansing spray to neutralize any sweat or bacteria that your efforts have left behind. Many of the mists I have found over the years focus on two basic essential oils: lavender and tea tree. These oils are both excellent choices for their own list of reasons, but I was looking to achieve a little something different this time around. I decided to stay away from the somewhat medicinal aroma of tea tree in favor of a more harmonizing spray that would help to maintain my post-yoga mood.
Inspired by our Chakra Essential Oil Kit, I decided to incorporate some of the energetic aspects of other essential oils in my repertoire for my new mat spray variation. I used the oils in the Chakra Balancing Blend as a guide, then drew upon my intuition for what I felt would create more balance and peace in my practice.
My nose and heart came up with two different blends. One is more suitable for a Yin or Restorative Yoga class, and the other is more fitting for an invigorating class, like a Vinyasa flow. Keep in mind that you can certainly cater the essential oils to your preferences. If you’re looking to tap into a specific energetic zone, feel free to use the essential oils found in the Chakra Essential Oil Kit as a guide.
Makes about 8 ounces of spray.
Ingredients
Makes about 8 ounces of spray.
Ingredients
Directions
This mist was crafted to ensure a hygienic practice while maintaining harmony on your mat. The nature of the essential oils used in this spray make it suitable for use before and after class. Just be sure your mat is fully dry before beginning, to avoid any involuntary floor poses!
Pro Tips:
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Topics: Recipes, Green Living
Jessicka Nebesni is the Senior Marketing Strategist and Herbal Liaison for Mountain Rose Herbs. Her passion is to share the most educational, empowering, and useful resources with the Mountain Rose Herbs community and on her IG account @herbalasfolk. Having practiced Macrobiotic food preparations in California, beekeeping in Oregon, and making herbal crafts for local farmers markets in New Jersey, she has a wide variety of experiences and knowledge to share. Her passions include preserving food, gardening, practicing herbal wellness, making DIY skin and body care recipes, and living a lifestyle of minimal impact on the Earth.
At the outset of a new year, many of us contemplate how to incorporate new healthy habits into our lives. For some of us, that means hitting our yoga mats more often for strength, stretching, and de-stressing. Finding more time for yoga is one of my personal goals, and to help inspire myself to embrace my mat, I decided to tinker with some new mat cleansing spray formulas to freshen up my routine.
If you’ve ever taken a yoga class, particularly a hot yoga class, you know that rolling up a yoga mat splattered with sweat is a recipe for some serious funk in-the-making. After your flow session has concluded, it is recommended that you spray down your mat with a cleansing spray to neutralize any sweat or bacteria that your efforts have left behind. Many of the mists I have found over the years focus on two basic essential oils: lavender and tea tree. These oils are both excellent choices for their own list of reasons, but I was looking to achieve a little something different this time around. I decided to stay away from the somewhat medicinal aroma of tea tree in favor of a more harmonizing spray that would help to maintain my post-yoga mood.
Inspired by our Chakra Essential Oil Kit, I decided to incorporate some of the energetic aspects of other essential oils in my repertoire for my new mat spray variation. I used the oils in the Chakra Balancing Blend as a guide, then drew upon my intuition for what I felt would create more balance and peace in my practice.
My nose and heart came up with two different blends. One is more suitable for a Yin or Restorative Yoga class, and the other is more fitting for an invigorating class, like a Vinyasa flow. Keep in mind that you can certainly cater the essential oils to your preferences. If you’re looking to tap into a specific energetic zone, feel free to use the essential oils found in the Chakra Essential Oil Kit as a guide.
Makes about 8 ounces of spray.
Ingredients
Makes about 8 ounces of spray.
Ingredients
Directions
This mist was crafted to ensure a hygienic practice while maintaining harmony on your mat. The nature of the essential oils used in this spray make it suitable for use before and after class. Just be sure your mat is fully dry before beginning, to avoid any involuntary floor poses!
Pro Tips:
You may also be interested in:
Topics: Recipes, Green Living
Jessicka Nebesni is the Senior Marketing Strategist and Herbal Liaison for Mountain Rose Herbs. Her passion is to share the most educational, empowering, and useful resources with the Mountain Rose Herbs community and on her IG account @herbalasfolk. Having practiced Macrobiotic food preparations in California, beekeeping in Oregon, and making herbal crafts for local farmers markets in New Jersey, she has a wide variety of experiences and knowledge to share. Her passions include preserving food, gardening, practicing herbal wellness, making DIY skin and body care recipes, and living a lifestyle of minimal impact on the Earth.
