A few weeks back, Alisa won the Barefoot Yoga silk eye pillow in a giveaway here on this blog! I asked her to review it for us so you all can hear about it, and I love what she has written: an honest story of a mom, student and yogini trying to find relaxation in a busy, multi-tasking life. Thanks for sharing your story Alisa, and keep remembering to relax!
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Hi, my name is Alisa. I am a wanna be yogini. I have been doing
yoga for 2 years, and am in love with not only practicing yoga but reading
about yoga! I am a new mom and wife,
and a full time student in a demanding program. I am really so lucky I won the silk eye pillow
give away, because my life can be very stressful (as I’m sure most of yours
are) and this eye pillow has given me the desire to meditate and relax more!
The day after I received my new amazing
silk eye pillow I was walking and slipped on some liquid and fell right on my
tailbone. It HURT really bad for a couple of weeks. I couldn’t practice yoga like I wanted to,
and I knew my body needed lots of REST!
Sometimes these bad things happen for a reason, to remind us to slow
down and rest, something I am working on!!!!
The silk eye pillow is the perfect
accessory for my resting! After I hurt my tailbone, I would lay down in bed
with lots of pillows and support for my poor tail bone, and put the eye pillow
over my eyes. Breathing in deeply, I
immediately loved the light lavender scent (which is not too strong, but strong
enough to enrich my nostrils with calming lavender with each inhale) I continued to breathe deeply and relax my
stressed, sore, tight body...
After a few minutes I realized that I LOVE
the slight pressure the silk eye pillow puts on my eyes and surrounding area.
It wasn’t too light or too heavy, but the perfect amount of pressure to help
remind me to relax my face and all of the tension I hold there. I feel like sometimes we are so used to
relaxing the rest of our body in savasana and meditation but we forget to relax
our face!!
Some
other things I love about the silk eye pillow are: the silk case it comes in –
perfect for storing it, and the beautiful pattern and silkiness/softness of the
fabric that feels almost cool on your eyes.
After having the silk eye pillow for a
couple weeks, and testing it at least a few times a week, I realized that
consciously relaxing my face really helps me a lot with relaxing my racing
mind! Which in turn helps me relax my
whole body too.
This being the first eye pillow I’ve ever
used. I was surprised by how much I love
it. The silk eye pillow has definitely took my savasavas and lying down
meditations to a whole new level J
I also have a little advice with using the
silk eye pillow: Make sure you have some
time to ease back into reality after using your eye pillow. The eye pillow
blocks out light completely! So I found
it rewarding to take a couple of minutes to keep my eyes closed after I took
off the eye pillow ……slowly easing back into the bright world eased the
transition!
I think the Barefoot Co.’s silk eye pillow
would make a good gift for anyone really, but especially for those women in
your life! I feel like a lot of women
these days worry too much, or stress about everything, trying to carry the
world on their shoulders. I know that
ALL women have those days, and life is busy!!! But our lives would really improve
if we took the time to settle down and relax our bodies and minds! The silk eye pillow could benefit both those
who are already familiar with savasana and meditation, and those who have never
done it before! I ordered my mom and
mother in law a silk eye pillow for Christmas, and I’m going to include with my
gift instructions on how to do a full body scan, relaxation meditation. I’m hoping it will help them!
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