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Double Rainbows

I should begin with the story of my journey to my business, as its concept has been a large part of my life even prior to its founding this year. As a young girl I loved to play school with my dear friend in the neighborhood. For a significant part of my life I believed that the only profession in my future was to be an elementary teacher, teaching within the four walls of a classroom. Determined, I committed to pursuing this goal starting in high school. I taught preschool, Kids Corner, for the first three hours of my school days my Senior year. Once I finished high school, I began teaching at a preschool part time until I graduated from IUPUI with an elementary education degree. My dream was in the palm of my hand, or so I thought. Before I could secure a steady teaching job, I married who I thought would be the love of my life, started having children, and fell in love with being a mom. I made the decision to stay home with my two daughters and postpone my dream of having my own classroom. Once my youngest started kindergarten I decided it was time to get back in the classroom. While I loved helping my daughters grow, I had missed experiencing a child read for the first time and the magic of watching them learn. I believed that I would find my classroom in time, but smooth sailing into a job was just not in my future. I found that I lacked confidence during job interviews for various reasons. I was passed up and turned down for opportunity after opportunity. Family and friends watched me lose hope in my dream while my heart and soul began to fill with doubt. In every classroom I found myself in, students loved me and I worked so hard but I couldn’t land a job. A pattern began of covering other people’s classrooms, maternity and medical leaves. I was able to be in a classroom, but never able to really call it my own. The driving force in my persistence was my love for teaching, and my heart told me I needed to share my passion with students who needed to be educated and cared for. It took a lot of reflection and painful rejections to come to the day I realized that I need to follow my heart in a different direction. By that time my two little girls had reached college and high school age. With both my daughters beginning to grow up and become independent, it was  time for me to do the same and jump head first into a new path. My first leap was going back to college at Butler University, joining my less than enthusiastic freshman daughter. The experience allowed me to take a step forward while simultaneously supporting my daughter through her transition into college. My final goal was to receive an Applied Neuroscience For Educators degree from Butler University. This degree fundamentally changed the way I approached my classroom; it made me look at trauma, stress, and how it affects everyone’s learning. I never doubted that I was on the wrong path. My hands were tied in the classroom and it was time for me to take a new path. I had tried to merge my natural approach with the stressful environment of the classroom to help students focus and calm themselves. I sadly discovered that Tapping or emotional release wasn’t permitted in the classroom. As teachers we were encouraged to take a one size fits all approach and ignore the possibility of individual healing and support. I tried to take a step back and look at what methods and solutions would benefit the individual kids of my classroom, because I knew each student as an individual with their own needs and trauma they carried with them. I found that the best method for me was to leave behind the restricting nature of a classroom. Beyond the walls of a school and the generalized solutions of teaching I found that I was inspired and able to help people in the way I knew how. That same understanding and care is present as soon as you walk through the doors of Salt For Your Soul.

Fast forwarding to the present, I successfully opened a salt business with my husband and cannot wait to share our place of healing with others. From the moment we began designing our space, there were signs that this was where I’m meant to be. After an exciting week of launching our business my family decided to go out to get a bite to eat. When we walked out of the restaurant, we found the rainy sky shining with the bright colors of a rainbow. But there wasn’t just a single rainbow, there was a double rainbow arcing above my brand new shop. As usual, I started looking at the meaning for something that was clearly a sign for us. A double rainbow: “serendipitous magic is on it’s way and your path of personal magic is opening up for you. Know that the universe is conspiring on your behalf and be true to your dreams and beliefs.  It is a sure sign to trust your own vibes and your intuition is keener than you might think.” Reading the definition gave me confidence that I built a place that will allow me to fulfill my dream of healing and educating others.

I was overwhelmed by emotion because the salt room has been a dream of mine for years now, and that dream has truly become reality. If there is just one lesson in my entire journey it is to trust yourself, take risks, and be the version of yourself that makes you happy. 

I cannot wait for Salt For Your Soul to help heal and change as many souls as we can. My path has changed but I will always be a teacher, but simply a teacher in a different capacity. We all deserve to heal, and I believe I’m making at least a small effort in that. I’m on a mission to help change the world and get people on the right track to healing, so look out world here I come……

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Heal yourself by stepping outside

Years of research has shown that connecting to the Earth’s natural energy, by walking barefoot on grass, sand, dirt or rock can diminish chronic pain, fatigue and other ailments that plague so many people today.  This connection is referred to as Earthing or Grounding.

Our connection to nature, the planet and the universe is vital, however, with rapid advances in technology and our modern fast-paced lifestyles, many of us have become separated from our basic bond with mother Earth.

When your bare feet make contact with the Earth’s surface your body uptakes a natural and subtle energy which could be referred to as vitamin G – G for ground. This could be the difference between feeling good and not so good, of having little or a lot of energy, sleeping well or not so well, looking vibrant or looking tired and old, suffering from an auto-immune disease or having a strong immune system.

So, why bother earthing? Some of the science-backed benefits of grounding include:

  • Regulates cortisol, your body’s main stress hormone (better regulation means you recover from stress quickly, instead of having feeling anxious long after the stressful event)
  • Neutralizes free radicals, which are highly reactive molecules that damage cells
  • Reduces inflammation
  • Reduces stress
  • Improves sleep
  • Reduces some risk factors of cardiovascular disease
  • Reduces pain
  • Shifts the body from the stressed fight-or-flight mode to the restorative rest-and-digest mode

The next time you feel stressed, go barefoot outside for at least half-hour and see what a difference it makes on your pain or stress level.  Sit, stand, lay or walk on grass, sand, dirt, or plain concrete.  These are all conductive surfaces from which your body can draw the Earth’s energy.

  • Swim in the ocean or lakes
  • Garden with bare hands
  • Lay on the Earth
  • Hug a living tree
  • Lean up against a living tree
  • Sleep on the earth while camping
  • Wear natural leather-soled shoes instead of synthetic rubber/plastic shoes
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What is Floatation Therapy?

HOW IT WORKS

Imagine where your mind could go, how healing would come if you could completely quiet your body and mind.
In a Salt For Your Soul float pod, you’re treated to an amazing weightless experience unencumbered by the normal aches and pains of your daily state.
In water temperatures that match your body’s own internal temperature, you become detached from its presence, suspended in a float bath of Epsom salt
or magnesium sulfate—a mineral of which nearly every person on the planet is deficient. As you float you absorb and increase magnesium and sulfate
levels as you learn how to relax in the deepest sense of the word—weightless, silent, peaceful. 
The magnesium sulfate calms your nervous system, enhancing your body’s natural ability to heal. Floatation pods are designed to create a space
that is ideal for relaxation and rejuvenation of your mind and body.  
Research shows that the effects of a two hour float session is equivalent to eight hours of deep sleep, making it one of the most
efficient and comprehensive relaxation techniques available; floating is even more relaxing, enhanced by complete sensory deprivation.

Benefits Of Floatation Therapy

PAIN MANAGEMENT: Our bodies have natural pain killers which are just as effective, in fact often much more effective than drugs.
They are called endorphins, a class of hormones. Relaxation causes the brain to release endorphins, which control pain. The deep relaxation state achieved allows the body to recover from stress and pain is relieved. Blood flow is stimulated   
It just feels good!!

STRESS & ANXIETY: Floatation therapy is very effective at lowering the stress hormone cortisol, which causes anxiety and contributes to weight gain.
The pod offers such a soothing experience that many floaters fall asleep…this is completely normal. Floating has also been shown to produce
spontaneous reduction in, or the elimination of habits such as smoking. Stress is replaced with an over all sense of well-being.  
An ALPHA state of mind kicks in, which is the mental state of deep relaxation & meditation. 

HEALING:  Perhaps one of the greatest qualities of the pod is that it helps to stimulate the body’s own power of healing and regeneration and maintains homeostasis within the body, strengthening the body’s resistance to the effects of stress, illness and injury. The effects of floating are cumulative- every time you float you strengthen your body’s resistance.

CREATIVITY & CLARITY:  Floating offers an individual experience, one that is different for everyone. The most common reports are those of profound peace and relaxation, deep concentration, creativity & clarity. Not only will the experience be different for you than it is for anyone else, it will be different each time.  It activates the THETA brain waves.  THETA is the state of mind where it is believed you can create everything and change reality instantly.  A THETA state is a state of very deep relaxation, used in hypnosis….absolute perfect calm. The quality of creative work is improved by floating.  Students are able to remember facts and to concentrate better after floating. 

ADDITIONAL BENEFITS:

  • Chronic joint pain is often relieved for prolonged periods after floating.
  • A very positive impact on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). 
  • Controlled tests have shown that athletic performance is improved by floating before an event. Additionally, because of the high concentration of magnesium sulfate from the salt, it mineralizes the body and dissolves lactic acid.  This reduces or eliminates muscle soreness and tension.
  • People with jet-lag express feelings of relief and improvement.
  • Epsom salt has been shown to not only strengthen your mind/ body connection, but skin and nails as well. ​
  • It generally takes perhaps fifteen minutes to enter the first deep stage of relaxation, and the remaining 45 minutes of a typical hour-long session pass quickly and effortlessly.  The benefits begin during this stage but continue for the rest of the day, and into the next day…your body and mind feel refreshed.