REST/RESTORE - GEAR 5

Breathe In... Breathe Out...

 Heal, Relax, and Restore with Essential Oils

     When you experience the aroma of a flower, a citrus bloom, or fragrant leaf of patchouli, you are experiencing the pleasures that can be found in the popular “essential oils” which you may be familiar with or have experienced.  Essential oils are what make plants so distinctive in their smells, and also what protects plants and plays a role in their pollination.

     These oils originate in the seeds, bark, stems, roots, flowers, and other parts of plants. In addition to their intrinsic benefits to plants and their amazing fragrance, essential oils have long been used for food preparation, beauty treatment, and health-care practices.  

     Essential oils can be used for a wide range of emotional and physical wellness applications. They can be used as single essential oils or in complex, essential oil blends depending on user experience and desired benefit. 

When purchasing essential oils, you’ll find there are many various brands on the shelves as this has become a very popular and mainstream product.  Like so many products out there, you want to be a little careful when choosing your oils.

We recommend being certain that the oils you choose are PURE essential oils, and not fragrances. Lavender is a wonderful oil for relaxation, so we highly recommend starting out with lavender, especially if you’ve not experienced essential oils before!  Aside from relaxation, lavender essential oil has other medicinal properties, as well.

     Essential oils can be used in your bath by adding a few drops to the water after your tub has filled and your water is turned off.  

     You can also purchase “diffusers”, which usually plug into an outlet and sit on a counter, or sometimes they attach to the outlet, like a night light, and come with a little felt pad that you drop the oil onto.  When the diffuser heats up, it emits the aroma from the oil. 

    Drop a tissue in your purse or pocket, with a drop or two of oil on the tissue.  You can use the tissue to just inhale occasionally.  

     You can find necklaces, that open up, like a locket, and there is a felt pad inside and ventilation built into the aesthetics of the neckless, which allows the aroma to escape and surround you with delight.

     Another popular way to enjoy your oils is to put a little into your car, either with the tissue, felt pad, or a “car friendly” dispenser designed for such a purpose.  

     There are many ways to utilize and enjoy your oils.  You can invest as much, or as little, as desired. Be creative!  The oils are very concentrated and pure, so a drop or two goes a long way for a long time.  Keep this in mind if you are purchasing the oils.  A little stretches for a good length of time, because you use it in such small quantities.   

 These products are available at brick and mortar stores everywhere, definitely including health food stores.  

     One of our Partners at GEARED2bewell is educated and researched in this area, and she has suggested a brand that she likes, so we are including this brands on our page to give you some direction.  This brand is readily available from Kokokahn Essential Oils to make it easy for you to research, and/or purchase.

     Breathe in...breathe out...while utilizing the wonderful, healing and restorative qualities of aromatherapy and pure essential oils.  Start out with lavender.  It is so wonderful.