Organic Blue Lotus Flower

For those with a spiritual bent, Blue Lotus is said to enhance meditation and ease tension. The flower and its parts are used in personal care products, including perfumes and skin moisturizers, especially in improving the regulation of oils that exist in overabundance and often lead to breakouts.

4 steps to begin your dream journal practice with blue lotus flower:

• Set an intention for your dreams before you go to bed. Manifest dream recall through simple affirmations in the present tense, such as “Tonight, I will remember my dreams.” If you believe it and feel it, your brain will, too.

• Drink a small cup of blue lotus flower tea before you go to bed. I found a smaller cup works better, as if you might drink more you might need to visit the toilet overnight and that interrupts the dream practice and sleep.

• Journal your dreams every day for at least 2–4 weeks. It can take between 18 and 254 days to form a new habit, and on average, a new behavior only becomes automatic after 66 days.

• Write in your dream journal as soon as you wake up. As you rise, it can be helpful to sit in stillness, reacquainting yourself with your breath and physical body for a few moments. Then reach for your dream journal and record whatever you remember without judgment. I have found it more useful to simply stick to key words instead of long descriptions. Don’t wait until after your morning coffee or stretches, I find the more time I waste between waking and journaling the easier is to forget your dreams.