5 Simple Tips on Using Your Senses

by Janice Hoffmann

All sensuality is one, though it takes many forms; It is the same whether a man eat, or drink, or cohabit, or sleep sensually. They are but one appetite. --Henry David Thoreau

1. Breakfast in Bed.
Imagine a lavish breakfast arrives brimming over with sweet cream pancakes, an assortment of berries and raspberry syrup, complete with a steaming mug of latte and a tender handwritten note of gratitude. You can TASTE it already. For sure, 'It is an elegant breed of person who treats breakfast in bed as a lifestyle.’ says Mr. Breakfast, in his definitive guide to enjoying this most important meal. www.mrbreakfast.com

2. Give Your Face a Break.
When you

smile it says that you are friendly. And smiling uses about 16 muscles, while frowning about 40. Yoga facials at www.yogasite.com provides easy to do massage techniques to improve circulation while diminishing stress, as well as helping you to look & feel more relaxed.

3. Ode to Joy
Classical music is calming and good for the brain. Beethoven broke all the rules as his greatest outpouring of compositions occurred when he began experiencing deafness. Beethoven's Symphony #9 -Ode To Joy- sounds plush and his intrepid story is sure to rouse your senses.

4. Smell 101
Roses smell better than cabbage and bread is even better. Studies at Duke University have

shown that ‘pleasant odors significantly improve tension, depression, and confusion.’ For an intoxicating berry scent, try VOTIVO'S Red Currant scented candle. snff...It‘s sensational!

5. Color me Red.
Peggy Ashcroft an Empowerment Workshop Leader suggests that color can be used ‘to create wellness and contentment , to incite passion or anger, to express frivolity and seriousness.’ Good and bad, The color red is both memorable and impressive. As is the gift of a single red rose.

About the Author
Janice Hoffmann is Ceo and founder of Success Is Sweetest (www.successissweetest.com) a New York City Based Career and Lifestyle Coaching Boutique.

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