Warm Face Cloth

Cleansing the face in a rhythmical manner with a warm to hot, plant-infused face cloth can help to harmonise breathing and reconnect us to our Selves. It may alleviate mucus build up in the sinuses and eustachian tubes, especially during a cold, ear ache, or sinusitis. The lemon bath milk could be helpful to cool the face during hot weather. The touch, life, balance and smell senses are particularly engaged through receiving a warm face cloth.

Instructions

• Fill the sink or medium sized bowl with hot water.
• Add 2 capfuls of the rose nourishing bath milk or lemon bath milk, or use the warm herb tea.
• Fold and soak the washcloth in the bath milk. The cloth can be a face washer or muslin compressing cloth which is more absorbent and hydrating to the skin.
• Squeeze the water from the cloth until it is nearly dry.
• Open it out and cover your face, taking 3 deep breaths to inhale the smells.
• Place the cloth over the forehead and take 3 breaths, over the nose/cheek area and take 3 breaths and then over the mouth/neck area for another 3 breaths.
• Refresh the cloth in the bath milk and squeeze dry again.
• Repeat this process starting at the forehead but this time with a rolling out, both hands together starting from the either side of the nose and rolling out toward the ears 3 times. Proceed down the face over the nose/ cheeks rolling out 3 times, then mouth areas rolling out 3 times towards the ears.
• Repeat for 3 cycles.
• Refresh the cloth in the bath milk and starting from the middle, hands touching, roll out over the neck towards the ears.
• Refresh and squeeze out cloth again and fold into a small rectangle. Place this on the back of your neck. Take some deep breaths allowing relaxation of your body and a sense of uprightness. In hot weather, or if you are feeling overheated, placing a warm cloth on the back of the neck can also help to cool.
• Apply over healthy skin. Cease use, if redness or agitation develops.