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There’s a LOT going on in the world right now and I’m sharing a simple, practical practice using aromatherapy, your car/commute and our Botanical Oils to manifest positive change.  A simple tweak can help you get rid of what does not serve.

I’ve been doing this practice off and on for years.  It’s simple.  It is important to adjust any practice to fit you and your lifestyle.  I find whenever I read about an energy practice just like a cooking recipe you often need to make changes. That energy needs to be all about you!

Aromatherapy is using scents to change your energy.  Manifestation is giving energy to what you desire.

Keep a bottle of our Botanical Roll Ons in your car or if you commute on public transportation in your bag.  Pick an object to be your “reminder”.  I kind of want to use the word “trigger” here but it has so many negative connotations.  Whenever you see your “reminder”, grab your Botanical Oils, rub a few times on one wrist, rub your wrist together and BREATHE in the scent while your brain centers around what you want to manifest.  This can be a chant, mantra, poem, prayer.  You can think it, say it out loud, sing it, even opera sing, whatever works for you. Click on the picture or click here- 

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I started this practice years ago after listening to a podcast (which I can not site as I’ve forgotten).  In the podcast, it was recommended to pick a color to activate your manifestation.  I was headed to a market so naturally I picked green for money.  As I was driving I found it didn’t work.  The “green” needed to be way more specific.  It was time for a to tweak to make the practice work for me.

Here’s an example-my birthday month is Sept, every year I pick as my focus vintage cars.   Your focus needs to be something that is random but still plentiful but also not too plentiful.  In Sept, in Maine, vintage cars are perfect.  Whenever I saw a vintage car, I’d grab my roll on, do a few  quick circle rolls on my wrist, rub my wrist together and smell.  This is an easy action that won’t disrupt your drive.   At the same time have a simple saying/spell/mantra to bring forward the manifestation energy.  That’s it.

Here are some ideas for manifestation objects-

Delivery trucks to call something in

Clocks for time

Planes for travel

Vintage cars for aging

A color or type of vehicle to represent what you desire

Construction signs for works in progress

Flags, an OPEN flag can be for opening

Plants

I live in a rural area so I also use green trash dumpsters to help me get rid of what no longer serves.  Honestly, mostly its men.  Either men in my life who have caused pain or men in the big world who have caused pain.  As I drive past a dumpster I imagine the man and toss him into the dumpster.  Closing the lid with a slam.  Sometimes I give the dumpster a few bangs mentally.  The other day I drove past a dumpster and thought, wow, I’m finally rid of so and so.

We’ve put together a trio special with our botanical roll ons.  You can mix and match scents or order three of your favorite scent.  Keep one in the car, one at work and one for your bedside, pocket or purse.  It’s a quick little “time out” or reset before a difficult phone call or meeting and can help your energy stay balanced.

As far as scents go, it’s tough if you can’t smell in person.  My advice, is to read the ingredients and pick your scent profile.  It’s one of the reasons we are offering the Trio Special.  To get the special, at checkout in the message box simple write the three scents you’d like.

Wishing you the best in bringing joy and peace into your life.

PS- If I had known I'd have so much trouble 'embeding" this video in the blog I'd have been manifesting about it while I was driving around this morning.   Tech is magical but also super frustrating! 

I wrote this blog back in 2017, published it again in 2024 and now I am reposting for 2025.  In 2024, I wrote "not much has changed" but for 2025 I think I'll say, " a lot has changed".  The big change for me is the "boycott big" movement.  I have been preaching "shop small and sustainable" since the beginning.  Boycott Big is simply the flip side of the message.  If you shop small you are not shopping big, it's as simple as that.  Another economic blackout is coming up, the dates fall around the Easter holiday.   It's a chance to show the power of individual dollars. 

The People's Union USA is where I get most of my boycott big info.  The next blackout is April 18, 19 and 20, which is the Easter holiday weekend.  My blog, written in 2017 has all the info for you to celebrate Easter, especially the basket/treat part without shopping at a big store.  Instead, you can spend a lovely day downtown supporting small shops or order items online- but don't wait until the last minute if you want goodies delivered.  That might be on of the biggest challenges for supporting small online businesses, allowing enough time for an order to be delivered.    

Here are some ideas to help make your Easter celebration more sustainable.  I spent a fun day shopping for Easter goodies in my local community and put together a sweet Easter basket.  

It's important when you are changing up your holiday traditions to be realistic and think reusable.  I read a sweet FaceBook post from a friend about the joy she felt when putting out her Easter heirlooms, especially a bunny her mom had made.  We can make these same memories for our children when we purchase wisely.

The first item is the Easter basket/container.  We have handmade stockings we use every Christmas and I wish I did the same for Easter.  How lovely to use the same container year after year.  I'd also include some trinket/filler containers and maybe even a beautiful handcrafted spring animal.  Unpack the box as a family a week before Easter and then pack away until next year.  Your Easter box becomes the nucleus of your celebration and your children will cherish these memories.

The more you do as a family to prepare for any holidays, the more memories you built and traditions you start.  So have an Easter grass making party.  All you need is a few old, colorful magazines and scissors.  Cut the pages into strips and then older kids can curl.  How cute!  How fun!

When shopping for Easter treats start at your local coop, health food store or candy store where you can buy from a bin.  This will eliminate a ton of unnecessary packaging. It's possible to buy foil wrapped chocolate bunnies and eggs without any extra packaging.  Save all the foil bits and roll into a ball.  When it gets big enough you can take it to the recycling center.  If one of the items in your reusable stash is nesting critters, you can fill them with all your loose, unwrapped candy treats.  Check out your local bakery for cute cookies, just remember to bring your own container or bag.

There are lots of other items to fill an Easter goodie basket, depending on the age and interests of your children.  For toddlers try small sturdy books, wooden toys, wooden puzzles, play food.  Books, art supplies or a card for a special trip or event for older kids.  Try to strike a balance between consuming/using on the big day and having a longer shelf life.    A family game to be played all together can make a large gathering lots of fun and keeps everyone together away from the TV.

One important step to help everyone understand why reducing, reusing and refusing is so important is a community service action.  Our family has added a trash pick up to our holiday celebrations.  There’s nothing like picking up a bunch of straws, drink cups, candy wrappers and so on to make it crystal clear why you are on your zero waste journey.

At Dulse & Rugosa we have been saying “vote with your money” since the beginning. “Boycott Big” is a new movement in response to all the chaos swirling around us. 

I’ve been really excited about “Boycott Big”.  I feel it is a beginning step in raising awareness about the power of our money.  Not going to lie- I’ve been feeling powerless lately.    

I’ve also been experiencing some negativity from folks related to the “Boycott Big” movement.   Boycotts need to be planned and sustained for a period of time.  One day of not buying does not make a victory.  Big old DUR!  I wish there was a magic wand to instantly fix stuff.  Instead we are facing a period of uncertainty and chaos.  The good news is the  publicity around “Boycott Big” has made folks look at how they spend their money. When we learn something new we need to practice that skill.  Feb 7- 14 is boycott Amazon.  Let’s do it!  

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Friday February 28 is Economic Awareness Day

How are you doing?  It’s been a rollercoaster lately.  Mostly going down with my mouth open in a scream.  Occasionally a pocket of joy or happiness which I try my best to savor before I go back to the scream.  Take care of yourself and makes your economic blackout plans for Friday Feb 28.

As far as my research goes, this idea was originally proposed by The people’s Union USA.  I’ve also seen posts from Rev Al Sharpton and others.  The coolest was a woman I follow in Australia, so perhaps the movement will be world wide.  I sure hope so because I am fed up with all this billionaire sh*t.

My hope is that consumers give a big rethink to how they spend their money.  If you’ve been supporters of Dulse & Rugosa you’ll know this is not the first time we’ve talked  about “voting with your money”.  

The actions you take on Feb 28 will be different than mine.  That’s OK.  For me, it’s important to feel discomfort.  It’s easy for me not to spend money on Feb 28.  I live in rural Maine with snow banks 3 feet tall and icy parking lots, I’m not into physical shopping.  Any online shopping can wait a few days.  When I do make a purchase it will be from a small, indie business. 

However, it is going to be hard for me to give Waterloo Road, my escape streaming show.  It’s s a 2006 era British soapy set in a diverse British high school.  Both teachers and students make many, many bad choices.  As I watch I think “That’s not going to end well” and it doesn’t.  I’ve been drawn to shows produced outside the USA and this one has a lot of seasons.  

On Feb 28, I’ll cancel my prime membership and go cold turkey for the day on any sort of “cloud” activity including social media, emails and my alternative news outlets.  That will be uncomfortable and challenging for me.

I hope you find a way to show support, not just on a single day but by rethinking how you spend your money.  More events are scheduled through out the spring.  In general, if you can shop local, small or indie, do it.  Limit your purchases to the billionaires as much as possible.  

Let’s all collectively begin to feel and use our power- the power of our dollars.

Feel free to ask questions and also unfollow us.  Most of our customers share our values and want a world where ALL are valued.  That’s how we roll.

XXOO 

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