NATIVITY

I really love Christmas.
My heart opens wide and I feel especially sensitive during this time.
I know these can be difficult days for many people, and I feel deeply for them too.

I am moved by the sound of children singing, by seeing my neighbors cracking walnuts and hazelnuts by the fire to make nougat, by the Three Kings parade in my valley with its living Nativity scene, by the lights and candles decorating homes. I love seeing my mother all dressed up for Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, the faces of my children when they see the gifts beside their shoes… If I can, I go to look at the stars and lie down on the viewing table at Peña Llana. Then my body disappears for a moment and I feel part of that infinity. I feel abundance. I feel everything at once. I cry and I laugh… I walk back home and I listen to PEACE.

All this vision was present within me while creating this oil.
Its aroma gathers each of these moments and seeks to transmit warmth (ginger, clove, and cinnamon), joy (orange and mandarin), wisdom (cedar), and generosity (anise).

…A long time ago, when these days arrived, people in this land used to say: “happy winter light.” Now I know that on December 25th, the light that seemed to have disappeared under the snow is reborn and slowly begins to grow again… It won’t be long before I see new shoots.