Sandrine, founder of SAMA, is also a yoga teacher and practices sophrology and relaxology.

BASIC RELAXATION TECHNIQUE

As you are discovering SÉRUM SACRÉ, Sandrine would like to advise that you start using this technique, a new tool for your everyday life.

After applying SÉRUM SACRÉ in the evening, lay down on your back (preferably on the ground, using a yoga mat) and close your eyes. Relax all your body and feel the weight of your whole body settling into the ground.

Breathe in deeply with your lower abdomen. Keep the air for 2 seconds, and then breathe all the air out of your system (it should take twice as much time as it took you to breathe in). Repeat 5 full cycles. Relax your mind, focus on what you are doing, here and now.

At this point you're going to start one part of your body after the other. Focus your conscience on each part of your body, its shape and position, how it's feeling, its internal tensions, and focus on relaxing your muscles. Start with your forehead, feel the weight of your head, then relax your eyebrows, your eyes, your ears and cheeks. Your mouth should be slghtly open to let your jaws relax. Relax your throat, your cervicals, your shoulders, your arms (one part after the other from your shoulder to your fingers). Then relax your chest, breathe freely withou ecercising any control, feel you whole back against the ground, relax your back and mostly your spinal muscles, relax your abdominals, genitals, buttocks, and then your thighs, knees, foot soles and toes.

You are now completely relaxed, feeling your body with a clear conscience. Stay in this state for 5 to 15 minutes. Then start moving your toes and hands, fold and un-fold your legs, stretch freely, softly at first and then more and more energetically. Finally, sit up (using your right side to get up) and open your eyes to a positive look around.

This final pose is known in Hatha Yoga as "Shavasana" or "corpse pose". The exercise as a whole is a sophrology technique that helps you reach the "alpha" state of total relaxation.

This pose and exercise, together with the relaxing properties of the essential oils that compose SÉRUM SACRÉ, offer deep relaxation to prepare for the night. If you fall asleep before the end, no problem... you'll try again tomorrow!