Tonight I really feel the need to rewind & de-stress.

Here is a great way to prepare a very de-stressing bath using oats & honey.

Put some oats into a muslin, clean sock, or any type of cloth bag & tie this to the hot tap, so the hot water runs through the bag as the bath fills. Oats are fantastic for the nervous system & great for combating stress.

Then put some milk,  maybe about 1/2 cup, into a saucepan & warm on the stove ( don’t allow to boil). When the milk is warm pour in some honey, about half the amount of the milk that you used.

When this is warm pour it into your bath & enjoy a relaxing soak. You can scrub your skin with the cloth bag of oats too, this is really good if you have dry conditions such as exczema.

If you have any achy muscles add some rosemary too. Either add a few drops of essential oil into your milk & honey, or you can put fresh or dried rosemary into your oat bag. The milk helps to disperse essential oils throughout the bath. I would use 4-6 drops in a bath.

I’m off to run my bath, warm my milk, light some candles, turn off my computer & switch off my phone & have a long relaxing soak with a nice cup of camomile tea.

Good night

Sweet dreams

Tx

Comments on this bath, the day after:-

Well it definately was relaxing & de-stessing. It is a little mucky though, but I decided not to have a shower after so I could see how good the skin felt from the benefit from the honey & milk & oat soak. ( yeah I didn’t use soap either ) Well the whole point of this bath was for deep relaxation, I was already clean!

The best thing about this bath was squeezing the oat bag, extracting the  glupy hot, white, starchy juice and rubbing that on my skin. It was like a warm wax or dead sea mud treatment & it felt great. I lay on a towel on the bed to air-dry my skin & for the rest of the night my skin was literally glowing. I have had milk in the bath before & used oats in the bath but, this must have been more oaty & hotter as the gloop was great. I think next time though, I will put an oat bag & warm milk & honey in the sink to do a hot wax on my face or feet then have a soak in a slightly cleaner bath after. Boy, did I sleep well though. Very relaxed.