Like many mornings my day starts with a conversation with my husband and business partner about the just what HAS to be done today. Like many of you, we are a small business and to get things done we wear many hats in a day. So many in fact we have invented imaginary people and even named them who work for us. Viola does her best in the office, Juan is the warehouse manager, Laramie is the shipping queen and so on. It keeps us sane and gives us a way of voicing praise but more often disapproval of one anothers performance without the atmosphere getting too heavy. Mostly this happens from a shortage of time to do things as fully as either one of us would like. Time shortage is a reasonable difficulty for a small business, busy is good remember.
But this is not what I am talking about today. Going back to this morning, I told Bob I just had to place a few orders before I got the house ready for my daughter and grandson to visit. When I use the world JUST it reminds me of my Dad. In our house a "just job" was like a "honey do......job". In other words there was no JUST about it. That is how my morning went.
I called to see if the rings for the Shirodhara equipment were ready. We work with a wonderful small local company and they have always been efficient and on time, not today. They are having a problem finding copper. Not copper at a great price, copper at any price. Ordinary copper bar has not been available for weeks apparently. The reason, China is buying it all. So much so that the company that make our beautifully designed copper lotas in India are just selling the raw material and not even bothering with manufacture anymore. After looking at alternatives that turned out to be twice the price, copper bar was found, production delayed but up and running again I am happy to say.
Then I called for jojoba oil. Sorry none until February, I was told. Oh no, this is a first. They had a fire in the warehouse and stocks are low. Bad but not tragic. Another local business I am loyal too but I need oil. I started to call everyone I could find on the web, same story. My only source, one gallon for over $400. That is nearly six times the "normal" price. There is world wide shortage I was told. Why, I asked, thinking I know the Chinese need copper for all the cities they are building but jojoba oil, really. What to do? So far I don't have a solution. We are working on it. Will shortage be the next hurdle for small business? Let's all visualize abundance and once again be flexible.
Friday, November 18, 2011
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Kansa
Face Wand
What is it?
Imagine a small bronze saucer shaped disc about two inches in diameter with a wooden handle attached so it looks a little like a pestle or a mortar and pestle used to grind herbs and spices.
How did we come to have them at Diamond Way Ayurveda? Many years ago now I met a beautiful Belgian girl who had learned an Ayurvedic foot massage technique from an Ayurvedic doctor in Paris. For awhile his school provided us with little bronze bowls so we could show our students the benefits of this usual foot massage technique they called Kansa Vataki. We then got a stronger tool with a little handle. Unfortunately about half of those in any shipment came with a broken handles. So that slowed us down a little. Then fate smiled on us and an Indian manufacturer contacted us. For a number of years he provided us with a beautiful and consistent product and the foot massage we called Pedikarma(TM) caught on. With the sucess of this treatment our dear customers started to ask if this kansa could be used on other parts of the body. We told them there was not a tradition behind it but no harm in it either. We wondered what was happening out there in creative spa therapy land when we got a call telling us that the kansa worked miracles on the face, better that the electronic machine that had just been purchased. This customer asked if a smaller kansa was a possibility. It was, and the kansa wand was born.
What does it do?
We think it is the best face massage tool on hte market it takes just minutes to eradicate stress, tiredness and give a gentle lift. It is a wonderful add on for professional facials but equally easy to use for home use. You can use it anywhere, by which I mean at home, at work, in the car aswell as on your head, face, neck and shoulders. We hope spas will think of them for retail this holidays.
How do we learn more about it?
Just email ayurveda8@earthlink.net or call 866-303-3321 and we are happy to send out more information. If you are a visual type we have a short DVD we can send that is $5 plus postage.
It is in other countries?
It is now officially in Australia distributed by our dear friends at Heritage Healers. We have had some interest in England too.
Against a background of the OCCUPY movement we have no idea what is in store for our civilization but stress reduction and working togehter to help one another is always a good idea. Here is another of our contributions to that cause.
Imagine a small bronze saucer shaped disc about two inches in diameter with a wooden handle attached so it looks a little like a pestle or a mortar and pestle used to grind herbs and spices.
How did we come to have them at Diamond Way Ayurveda? Many years ago now I met a beautiful Belgian girl who had learned an Ayurvedic foot massage technique from an Ayurvedic doctor in Paris. For awhile his school provided us with little bronze bowls so we could show our students the benefits of this usual foot massage technique they called Kansa Vataki. We then got a stronger tool with a little handle. Unfortunately about half of those in any shipment came with a broken handles. So that slowed us down a little. Then fate smiled on us and an Indian manufacturer contacted us. For a number of years he provided us with a beautiful and consistent product and the foot massage we called Pedikarma(TM) caught on. With the sucess of this treatment our dear customers started to ask if this kansa could be used on other parts of the body. We told them there was not a tradition behind it but no harm in it either. We wondered what was happening out there in creative spa therapy land when we got a call telling us that the kansa worked miracles on the face, better that the electronic machine that had just been purchased. This customer asked if a smaller kansa was a possibility. It was, and the kansa wand was born.
What does it do?
We think it is the best face massage tool on hte market it takes just minutes to eradicate stress, tiredness and give a gentle lift. It is a wonderful add on for professional facials but equally easy to use for home use. You can use it anywhere, by which I mean at home, at work, in the car aswell as on your head, face, neck and shoulders. We hope spas will think of them for retail this holidays.
How do we learn more about it?
Just email ayurveda8@earthlink.net or call 866-303-3321 and we are happy to send out more information. If you are a visual type we have a short DVD we can send that is $5 plus postage.
It is in other countries?
It is now officially in Australia distributed by our dear friends at Heritage Healers. We have had some interest in England too.
Against a background of the OCCUPY movement we have no idea what is in store for our civilization but stress reduction and working togehter to help one another is always a good idea. Here is another of our contributions to that cause.
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