La Yoga Box September 2016 + our wish list of Gotta Joga yoga blocks and Manduka equa® towel
Our friends in Paris have launched a monthly service of Yoga products called La Yoga Box (currently available in France only). You can subscribe to it for €29,99 from their website. We were lucky to get their September box for review!
The idea of having yoga goodies every month sounds promising… Here our brief summary about the contents. (We added a few products in the picture as our wish list for the future La Yoga Boxes: Gotta Joga Yoga Blocks and Manduka equa® towel)
Lavender Eye Pilloa
Lavender Eye Pillow
After doing fitness and yoga classes in the US, I got used to the teacher spraying lavender in the class room for the time of savasana or relaxation. I also remember carrying dozens of lavender bags from the festival of lavender in Digne de Bains where we go every other year to visit our family. Those we keep in our drawers with socks and underwear to give a smooth smell to the clothes.
So being a fan of the plant beforehand, we tested the lavender eye pillow extensively.
Test 1: Eye Pillow after keeping it in freezer for 10 minutes
Before staring we checked out the use of lavender eye pillows in internet.
By cooling it down in the freezer, it should help in for starting headache or migraine. Or it should be good for your eyes after spending long days in front of a computer or reading book. Let’s try…
After a day of work I relaxed laying down on the bed for 10 minutes with the cooled down lavender bag. Feels nice. Lavender smell very strong though.
I tried again when going to bed by placing the lavender bag on my eyes to help me fall asleep. That calming down effect was immediate. That was as instant when the lavender parfum really had it’s calming effect and helped me to fall asleep rapidly. The lavender pillow stayed in bed with me and released its smooth smell every time I turned to its side during the night.
Test 2: Warm lavender eye pillow
In the morning I put the bag 15 s in the microwave to warm it up. And to help me wake up. Before getting up from bed, I put the pillow on my eyes for 10 minutes and rested on my back calmly. And the magic happened again. My eyes felt less tired and it was easier to get up from the bed.
Summary: Lavender eye pillow has relaxing and calming effect. It has a strong sweet smell of southern France.
Coloring Book
Product 2: Coloring book
Lately I have been reading about the meditative influence of colouring books. There is a flow colouring books for grown-ups appearing in the market recently. They are supposed to help you de-stress and focus your mind. In the La Yoga Box, why not ?!
I was sitting in the train from Paris to Turin when trying out the coloring book. Unfortunately I had only the crayons supplied with the yoga box which reminded me of the ones that my children get in the restaurants to keep them busy while waiting for their food.
Here’s a picture of my colouring effects in the TGV. At this point I run out of crayons and had no sharpener at hand.
The book’s illustrations are beautiful and the paper is of very good quality. 🙂
Yoga mat spray
Product 3: Bodhi Yoga Mat Refresh
Ha! This product really came to a need. Two of my yoga mats were in an urgent need of cleaning . I don’t dare to wash them in the washing machine anymore since I did it once and that mat totally lost its grip after.
I tried the Bodhi Yoga Mat Refresh which has an pleasant smell of eucalyptus, rosemary and mint on my Manduka travel mat and Jade yoga mat. The travel mat had been to places and suffered from being folded in a cupboard for the whole summer. The Jade mat was full of dog and human footsteps as I had left in on the floor after practice.
After spraying the mats with the Bodhi Mat Refreshand wiping them with a humid cloth afterwards, they were clean and had a fresh smell on them.
Yoga mats after cleaning
The next week, I travelled for work and used my Manduka travel mat for doing yoga in the hotel. And guess how nice it was to have the fresh eucalyptus smell coming from the mat while practicing, That certainly made me feel good.
Dried pineapples
Product 4.
Urban Fruit dried Pineapples
Delicious snack of 100 calories! Just pineapples and a sprinkle of rice flour. Gently baked. Perfect for vegans and wanna-be vegans (like me). I can warmly recommend. Better than the endless fruit compotes that we have been having for all the 4 years in France 😉
Product 5. Belle crinière Baume capillaire 2 en 1 from Karethic
As per instructed, I tried this product twice: once by leaving it on the hair the after wash. And once by using is as a conditioner for 20 minutes before washing it off. The hair afterwards certainly feels nutrished, with shea butter. Washing it off was the tougher part of the business !
After I checked the web page of Karethic and realized that the products are specially made for a totally different hair type than my thin, Scandinavian hair.
So maybe that’s why this product felt a bit awkward for me!
OUR FAVORITES of La Yoga Box September
My favorites from September La Yoga box were the Lavender Eye Pillow and Bodhi Yoga Mat Refreshener! What about you?
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