Essential oils are a gift from the plant kingdom, they transport us on an olfactory journey filled with wonderful fragrances. Recognized throughout history and used for over 5,000 years for their unique aromatic properties and healing powers, essential oils continue to be widely used for stress relief. The Ancient Egyptians were the first practitioners of aromatherapy, soaking leaves, twigs, flowers, bark and berries of plants in oil, then filtering the remainder with linen.
Many of us have become concerned with the side effects of prescription medications. With the knowledge that they undermine the body’s ability to heal itself, concerned individuals are looking for ways to be responsible for their own health. Along with the growing number of unhappy, depressed people, we are constantly barraged by stressful situations, limited time and physical imbalances.
Essential oils are a winning strategy for stress reduction, improving mood and overall health. They produce no harmful side effects and unlike chemotherapy, mobilize the body’s own self healing power, awakening, strengthening and harmonizing our vital energies, affecting body, mind and soul.
What sensations arise when recalling the sweet seductive scent of rose? How about the tart and tanginess of an orange invoking thoughts of a bright sunshiny day? Now close your eyes… Step into the crisp cool green of a pine forest. Inhale the succulent fragrance of an exotic jasmine vine. Deliver yourself into a mysterious cypress gardens, or the spicy aroma of a eucalyptus forest complete with panda bears munching on the leaves!
Rose
The most heavenly of all essential oil scents! Rose roots are strong with harmoniously arranged leaves, absolutely beautiful petals, and an exquisite fragrance. Rose is the fragrance of the heart, balancing and harmonizing the entire body. Rose oil comforts sorrow, uplifts a sad heart, alleviates emotional pain, strengthens love, friendship and empathy.
When grieving a loved one or feeling sadness in your heart year after year, the body cannot balance its energies making experiencing joy difficult. During these times we become vulnerable to illness and disease. Rose gently dissolves blockages, feelings of disappointment and depression. Rose essential oil will burst your heart wide open to all the benefits of giving and receiving unconditional love, both for others and ourselves.
Lavender
The “Universal Oil” is easily the most popular essential oil, our grandmothers and Great-Grandmothers called it “Blue Magic”. Nearly everyone is in love with lavender and its lightly sweet, calming floral scent making it the most versatile of healing oils, working with whatever your particular needs are at any given time. Lovely lavender stimulates and regenerates the nervous system, stabilizes mood swings, is a pain reliever and antiseptic, lifts depression, undoes negative self talk, balances both the physical and emotional bodies, and so much more… Lavender can be applied for almost anything that ails you.
Atlas Cedar
This warm, sweet scent is harvested from the most majestic of trees. Strong and tall, Atlas Cedar thrives in the loftiest of mountain regions where undisturbed they may grow 1,000 – 2,000 years. They command space for their extensive branches and stand in total harmony with the elements. The Atlas Cedar is a symbol of wisdom. strength, nobility and dignity. The oil assists when we are feeling fearful, nervous, or aggressive, it provides comfort, stabilizing any imbalances. The healing power of cedar gives the heart courage mixed with a bit of sensuality.
Lemon Balm
We are bombarded by external stimuli. Smart phones, internet, advertisements, billboards, construction crews, sirens, horns… These images and noises can be powerful and distracting, making it stressful to define personal boundaries and protect the inner harmony. Overstimulation taxes the nervous system causing anxiety, depression, nervousness, feelings of hopelessness and lack of direction. Lemon Balm is a gift to our vital energies, helping us finding contentment and wisdom of the heart. It balances and harmonizes the heart center, healing emotional trauma. The joyful uplifting scent also promotes calm, warmth, empathy, sensitivity and intuition. Lemon Balm is a very powerful antidepressant which is highly effective during the long winter months. This writer recommends drinking warm lemon balm tea to complement the use of its essential oil.
Jasmine
Known as “Queen of the Night”, or “Moonshine of the Garden”, this plant has blossoms the color of moonlight and exudes a magical fragrance which is strongest in the evening hours. Jasmine is euphoric, no other essential oil is quite as capable of changing our mood so intensely. It has the ability to lift the veil of darkness from even the deepest of depressions, recapture self confidence and return optimism. With the powerful, inspirational fragrance of jasmine our problems seem easier to resolve, emotional blocks are dissolved, pessimism defeated.
Love, trust and intimacy in relationships is improved. This is the healing oil of sexuality, and is frequently found in perfumes with erotic undertones. No wonder lovers in India have been using jasmine to increase their attractiveness to the potential partners for centuries. One bit of caution with jasmine, the scent can be overpowering so using a little goes a long way.
When used properly, essential oils have a myriad of therapeutic and psychological benefits, and the pleasant aromas are much safer than their artificial synthetic counterparts.
Essential oil can be applied in many different forms, so make sure to do your homework on which type of oil you’re using. Because essential oils are 100 percent pure they must be diluted before applying to the skin, usually only a few drops will go a long way. They may be added to a warm compress, massage oil, bath water or burned in a diffuser. A few drops (lavender is best for this application) on a pillow or rubbing into the soles of the feet can help you drift off into dream land. Essential oils can be incorporated into almost all aspects of our life, helping us feel better, relieving stress and simply smelling lovely.
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