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Awakening Spirit Inc Receives 2009 Best of Westminster Award

U.S. Commerce Association’s Award Plaque Honors the Achievement

WASHINGTON D.C., June 8, 2009 -- Awakening Spirit Inc has been selected for the 2009 Best of Westminster Award in the Health & Dietetic Food Stores category by the U.S. Commerce Association (USCA).

The USCA "Best of Local Business" Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country. Each year, the USCA identifies companies that they believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and community.

Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2009 USCA Award Program focused on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the USCA and data provided by third parties.

About U.S. Commerce Association (USCA)

U.S. Commerce Association (USCA) is a Washington D.C. based organization funded by local businesses operating in towns, large and small, across America. The purpose of USCA is to promote local business through public relations, marketing and advertising.

The USCA was established to recognize the best of local businesses in their community. Our organization works exclusively with local business owners, trade groups, professional associations, chambers of commerce and other business advertising and marketing groups. Our mission is to be an advocate for small and medium size businesses and business entrepreneurs across America.

SOURCE: U.S. Commerce Association

CONTACT:
U.S. Commerce Association
Email: PublicRelations@us-ca.org
URL: http://www.us-ca.org

INTRODUCING THE CHILL OUT AROMACASE FROM AWAKENING SPIRIT

The answer to a stress-less life is right under your nose!

Awakening Spirit introduces the ultimate stress buster -the CHILL OUT AROMACASE - a synergy blend of 100% pure essential oils in a portable, use-it-anytime, anywhere, convenient inhaler.

Awakening Spirit's new pure, natural, and drug free CHILL OUT AROMACASE is an aromatherapy inhaler designed to reduce stress and promote overall well being and ease. Scientific research has confirmed that aromatherapy influences our moods and emotions, relaxing or stimulating the body, mind and spirit.

The CHILL OUT AROMACASE is designed to dispense just the right whiff of Awakening Spirit's anti-stress formula quickly and easily. The pocketsize case with a snap and seal hinge allows for instant access to the anti-stress formulation. Awakening Spirit blends essential oils into a soothing synergy to mutually enhance each oils respective stress-relieving powers, amplifying their benefits into a powerful stress reducer.

CHILL OUT is 100% pure essential oils of Lavender, Bergamot, Clary Sage, Sweet Marjoram and Chamomile blended for natural stress relief without negative side effects. Because there are many physical and psychological influences relating to stress, Awakening Spirit has formulated the very best pure essential oils to help relieve stress and relax the bodymind.

The CHILL OUT AROMACASE is the perfect antidote to life's ups and downs. Frazzled? Irritable? Anxious? Overloaded with daily routines and the world's dilemmas? Sick and tired of feeling sick and tired? Stress is an invitation to illness, disease, fatigue and pain. Sufferers desperately seek answers that will help heal battered bodies, minds and spirits.

The CHILL OUT AROMACASE is a drug-free alternative that helps enhance well being, relieve stress, and rejuvenate the body as a whole. It's the natural answer that goes beyond drugs and prescriptions to help alleviate stress through management of anxiety and emotional exhaustion, all in a snap!

The CHILL OUT AROMACASE retails for $12.00 and lasts 60-90 days. Awakening Spirit also offers the CHILL OUT formula in a 1-ounce therapeutic oil application that retails for $15.00. Awakening Spirit products are all formulated to assist the user in harmonizing their body, mind and spirit through the use of aromatherapy and herbs in personal care products. For more information visit www.awakeningspirit.com.

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AWAKENING SPIRIT INTRODUCES BRAVE HEART

Aromatherapy for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder BRAVE HEART therapeutic oil for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is specifically designed to create a more peaceful and loving state of mind. An all-natural synergistic essential oil blend that acts like a tranquilizer for anxiety, depression or shock, Brave Heart's harmonizing formulation helps relieve the biological changes and psychological symptoms associated with PTSD, including stress, depression, substance abuse and memory and cognition problems. Brave Heart opens the heart and soothes the soul -helping let go feelings of anger, fear and anxiety. Beneficial in alleviating sadness and grief, the blend comforts heartaches and aids in the elimination of bodily aches and pains, emotional losses, broken trusts and violated feelings.

Kathleen Flanagan, President of Awakening Spirit and the master aromatherapist behind this unique blend says, "Brave Heart allows you to live fearlessly and love with your whole being. Trauma and the stress associated with it alters brainwave activity within the bodymind. The proven beneficial effects of essential oils in penetrating the psyche allow an individual to access a more peaceful self, facilitating an opening for positive change and healing."

Brave Heart's unique formulation includes essences of jasmine, neroli, lavender, bergamot, chamomile and rose essential oils, and is infused with vibrational harmonics and frequencies known to offset stress, fear and anxiety. The intent placed in the blend helps an individual access and work through pain, suffering, loss or trauma in a nurturing and loving way. Brave Heart is subtle and penetrating and provides a sense of safety to confront disease.

Brave Heart is available in a 1-ounce bottle for $15.00.

Other therapeutic blends from Awakening Spirit include:

• Chill Out for Stress Relief Sleep Well for Insomnia Relief
• Free Flow for Sinus Relief
• Lighten Up for PMS Relief
• Smooth Moves for Arthritis Pain Relief
• Breathe Easy for Asthma Relief
• Skin Soother for Eczema Relief
• Flu Rescue for Boosting the Immune System
• Release Point for High Blood Pressure Relief
• Open Up for Bronchitis Relief
• Lavender for Whatever Ails You
• Happiness In a Bottle

Awakening Spirit products are all formulated to assist the user in harmonizing their body, mind and spirit through the use of aromatherapy and herbs in personal care products. For more information visit www.awakeningspirit.com.

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AWAKENING SPIRIT INTRODUCES DON’T BUG ME Insect Repellent

DON’T BUG ME is bottled in a 4-ounce aluminum bottle with a spray mist and retails for $10.00. Awakening Spirit products are all formulated to assist the user in harmonizing their body, mind and spirit through the use of aromatherapy and herbs in personal care products. For more information visit www.awakeningspirit.com.

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AWAKENING SPIRIT INTRODUCES - THERAPEUTIC OILS

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AWAKENING SPIRIT DELICATELY CLEAN FACIAL CLEANSER

Description: A gentle and effective cream cleanser designed to remove surface impurities, pollutants, make-up, bacteria and excess oil as it delicately exfoliates without leaving the skin dry. All natural ingredients are combined with aromatherapy essences and charged with a specialized healing vibration to promote skin rejuvenation.

Recommended for: All skin types and may be used as a facial mask to penetrate, repair and thoroughly clean skin.

Active Ingredients:

• Calophyllum inophyllum – (foraha) is a cold pressed vegetable oil extracted from the fruit and seeds of a large tree indigenous to Madagascar. The oil has been used for centuries for treating wounds, facial neuralgia, skin irritations, rashes, and abrasions. It is used topically to aid in eliminating waste material and toxins from the capillaries, to help support cellular immunity and to strengthen connective tissues.
  
• Cocamidopropyl phosphatidyl pg-dimonium chloride – Derived from pure coconut oil and completely compatible with the natural lipids (fats) found in the epidermal layers of the skin. Exhibits gentle cleansing, anti-irritation, skin conditioning, broad-spectrum anti-microbial activity and unusual mildness to both skin and eyes.
  
• Aromatherapy Essential Oils – absorbed into the bloodstream through the skin, Awakening Spirit’s essential oil blends diffuse into the small blood capillaries in the skin’s dermal layer and are carried around the body in the bloodstream.
  
• Organic Safflower Oil – Used to soothe irritated skin.
  
• Apricot Kernel Oil – A non-comedogenic, smooth, light emollient oil expressed or squeezed from the apricot seed and rich in gamma linoleic acid (GLA), minerals and vitamins.
  Sea Algae Extract – This extract is used to hydrate, soften and provide nutrition to the skin. A non-irritating, non-comedogenic it is used to thicken the epidermis and provide a barrier to hold moisture and increase protection against irritating chemicals.
  
• Oat Beta Glucan – an anti-inflammatory super-moisturizer to help retain moisture and stimulate the immune system promoting cell renewal. Protects against UV-A induced oxidative stress, reduces trans-epidermal water loss, restores skin function and enhances skin self-protection mechanism.
  
• Aloe Vera Gel – used extensively in skin care and in health care to soothe, protect and heal skin as it reduces inflammation.
  
• Wheat germ oil – Rich in Vitamins E, A and D, protein and minerals and used to treat eczema, psoriasis and premature aging.
  
• Organic Bulgarian Rosewater – this hydrosol has been used as a soothing aid for centuries to protect and preserve the skin.

Directions for Use: Massage into face and neck using circular upward strokes. Stimulate circulation and relax tense muscles by applying pressure to areas that are particularly vulnerable to development of lines (mouth, upper check, forehead) by pressing and releasing. Add water to help work cleanser into skin and release impurities. Rinse with warm water or moist cloth. May be left on skin for 10 minutes, than rinsed for a more intensive treatment.

Suggested Retail: 4 oz. for $30.00

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AWAKENING SPIRIT FAERIE CREAM

Description: A premiere facial moisturizer, Faerie Cream acts as a magic wand in moisturizing, strengthening and restoring tone and suppleness to the skin. All natural ingredients are combined with aromatherapy essences and charged with a specialized healing vibration to promote skin rejuvenation.

Recommended for: All skin types, ideal for stressed, aged, sensitive, dry, inflamed and environmentally challenged skin.

Active Ingredients:

• Aromatherapy Essential Oils – absorbed into the bloodstream through the skin, Awakening Spirit’s essential oil blends diffuse into the small blood capillaries in the skin’s dermal layer and are carried around the body in the bloodstream.
  
• Organic Safflower Oil – Used to soothe irritated skin.
  
• Apricot Kernel Oil – A non-comedogenic, smooth, light emollient oil expressed or squeezed from the apricot seed and rich in gamma linoleic acid (GLA), minerals and vitamins.
  
• Cetearyl Glucose – An emulsifier extracted from corn and coconut oil to promote skin moisturization by limiting trans-epidermal water loss.
  
• Vitamin C - An active free-radical scavenger, reducing melanin and combating excessive pigmentation.
  
• Dipalmitoyl Hydroxyproline – a botanical to rejuvenate the skin and combat the effects of aging. It stimulates the contraction of collagen fibers, protects elastic fibers against enzyme breakdown and assists in scavenging free radicals while moisturizing and promoting anti-wrinkle activity.
  
• Oat Beta Glucan – an anti-inflammatory super-moisturizer to help retain moisture and stimulate the immune system promoting cell renewal. Protects against UV-A induced oxidative stress, reduces trans-epidermal water loss, restores skin function and enhances skin self-protection mechanism.
  
• Borage oil – cold pressed oil and one of the highest sources of gamma linoleic acid (GLA). Used in treating psoriasis, eczema and prematurely aged skin and considered to be regenerative and beneficial to all skin types. It also contains beneficial vitamins and minerals. OLA is taken internally to reduce blood cholesterol level, coronary heart disease, hypertension and diabetes and as an aid to PMS and menopausal conditions and is essential for prostaglandin synthesis, cell membranes, defense mechanism, psychological and biochemical processes involved in cell regeneration. It is used to enhance and fortify cell growth.
  
• Phospholipids – lipids constitute one of the most interesting and unique classes of natural materials that are available to the cosmetic scientists. Phospholipids are substances, which contain fatty acids, glycerol, a nitrogenous base and phosphoric acid. They are found in virtually every type of mammalian and non-mammalian cells and a key component in all cellular membranes. Phospholipids are completely compatible with the natural lipids found in the epidermal layers of the skin. A balance of sterols and phospholipids is important to healthy skin. As skin cells die as a part of the natural process of keratinization, this balance is upset, and if phospholipid-cholesterol balance is not restored, new cells will not regenerate or will regenerate more slowly.
  
• Sea Algae Extract – This extract is used to hydrate, soften and provide nutrition to the skin. A non-irritating, non-comedogenic it is used to thicken the epidermis and provide a barrier to hold moisture and increase protection against irritating chemicals.
  
• Shea Butter – is known to increase epidermal thickness due to moisturization and other factors. It alleviates skin dryness with sun protection properties. Shea butter is particularly suited for dry and sensitive skin types. In addition, it has a softening effect on the skin and counteracts increased dehydration of the skin. Directions for use: Gently massage onto face in upward strokes after cleansing.
  

Suggested Retail: 4 oz. for $50.00

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AWAKENING SPIRIT FRESHEN UP FACIAL SPRAY

Description: Made from Bulgarian Rose Essence the most expensive essence available. Rose essential oil is relaxing and soothing to the body and the mind. Freshen Up is a rosewater hydrosol to use as a toner to close pores after washing and/or masking the skin, or anytime for a refreshing and renewing lift. Rose essential oil is used to treat nervous stress and depression, headache, nausea and insomnia and as a mild astringent for the skin.

Freshen Up is formulated from the pure steam distilled essence of pure Bulgarian roses. Awakening Spirit’s aromatherapy essences are charged with a specialized healing vibration to promote skin rejuvenation.

Recommended for: All skin types, ideal for stressed, aged, sensitive, dry, inflamed and environmentally challenged skin.

Active Ingredients:

• Pure Organic Bulgarian Rosewater Essence – absorbed into the bloodstream through the skin, Awakening Spirit’s essential oil blends diffuse into the small blood capillaries in the skin’s dermal layer and are carried around the body in the bloodstream.
  

Directions for Use: Spray anywhere on or about the face and body, day or night avoiding eyes and mouth. As a toner, use to close pores after cleansing the skin.

Suggested Price: 8 oz. bottle with removable spray pump, $25.00

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EVER WONDER WHY YOU’RE STRESSED?

Did you know that 70% of disease is caused by stress in the body and mind? Did you know that insomnia is a large indicator of the stress in your life? Did you know that you are assaulted by stress 24 hours a day, seven days a week?

Can you put yourself in this scene?

You start your day by taking a shower. You use soap, shampoo and conditioner that are chemically derived, full of sulfates, ureas, fragrance, propylene glycol, etc. You get out of the shower and your skin itches, it’s dry and scaly. You dowse your body in lotion, full of mineral oil and alcohol – which clogs the pores so your skin can’t breathe and dries your skin out further.

You pick something up at a fast food restaurant loaded with fats, carbohydrates, preservatives and other chemicals; you are in traffic that never seems to end or lighten up – no matter what time of day! You are in your job that demands 110%. You may or may not eat lunch. If you eat lunch, it may be fast food again and you may eat at your desk.

You go home, in traffic again, only to take the kids to soccer practice. You may pick something up at a fast food restaurant or microwave something. You are exhausted, stressed and your day is not anywhere complete yet. You feel if you could just have a beer or glass of wine, it would help you to relax.

When you get home and finally get the kids down, you fall into bed with sheets that were washed in chemicals and fragrances. Only to start this scenario all over again. And you wonder why you are stressed!

We are assaulted daily by our:

• Environment (traffic noise, crying baby, nagging adults);
• Emotions (grief, anguish, heartbreak in all forms);
• Physical (pushing your body too hard for too long, overeating, skipping meals, workaholism);
• Mental (nagging anxieties that won’t go away e.g., unemployment, exams, financial worries); and
• Chemical (things you eat, drink, breathe, e.g., sugar, drugs, smoke, alcohol, junk food).
  

When we are stressed, the body sends out signals in the form of aches, pains, illnesses, and mental and emotional disorders. If the stress is not eliminated or eased, the immune system begins to break down. Vital organs begin to falter – particularly the heart and lungs.

Now, are you ready to create a change in your life?

Essential oils are nature’s cure. The essential oils are the life force or blood of the plants. Plants also get stressed in their environment. They are learning to adapt to the weather changes, the pollution in the ground, air and water. They are surviving, and in the most cases, thriving despite our best efforts to pollute their environment. The energy or essence from the plants is extracted and helps your body, mind and spirit adapt to the changes you are going through.

Plant essences can invigorate and stimulate, soothe and calm, refresh, rejuvenate, arouse, inspire, help with sleep and/or promote endurance. Can’t you use just a little bit of the benefits of essential oils? Do you think it would make your day just a little bit better and easier to get through if you felt you had the energy you needed or the tranquility and joy in doing what your life requires?

Just smelling the essential oils increases the blood flow to the brain and sends the message that "all is well with the world." Wouldn’t that be a great way to start your day? Wouldn’t it be great to maintain that feeling throughout the day? Essential oils penetrate to the deepest layers of the psyche where stress has its roots.

Even the ancient Egyptians knew this. Knowledge lost through the centuries is now widely available, and more astute customers are asking for products that are first all-natural (chemical-free) and most importantly enhanced with essential oils.

When you start using personal care products that contain therapeutic grade essential oils, you will start to notice a difference in your health and well-being. You will start feeling better, looking better and feel more at peace within your environment.

Awakening Spirit has a solution to every body care problem you may have! And, because we employ a body/mind/spirit philosophy, you will begin to feel positive change in your life on all levels. How can this be, you ask?

Awakening Spirit uses 100% therapeutic grade essential oils in all its products. Just making small changes in your life by switching personal care products will start a healthier lifestyle. If nothing else, your body will have some reprieve from all the stressors. Don’t you think that if you are more relaxed and peaceful, then a busy day would be a lot easier to handle?

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