Refreshing Yoga Eye Masks

Benefits: 

• helps to calm the mind

• light acupressure helps to rest the eyelids

• stimulates the vagus nerve which controls the parasympathetic nervous system – rest & digest.

  • PNS oversees an array of bodily functions, controlling mood, digestion, immune response and heart rate. “It establishes one of the connections between the brain and the gastrointestinal tract and sends information about the state of the inner organs to the brain” (Breit et al., 2018).

• different herbs can activate or suppress certain feelings.

  • Chamomile promotes peacefulness and restful sleep.

  • Lavender can boost emotions; such as happiness and calmness.

• each eye pillow is hand crafted and contours the structures of the face

• pillows have a removable cover and can be washed with unscented detergent

• Thank you!

Cass

Breit, S., Kupferberg, A., Rogler, G., & Hasler, G. (2018). Vagus nerve as modulator of the brain-gut axis in psychiatric and inflammatory disorders. Frontiers in psychiatry, 9, 44. Retrieved on February 9, 2019 from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5859128/.