Lavender’s soft, calming aroma has made it one of the most popular in the essential oil family. Its clean, light scent and texture make it one of the most versatile oils. Can be diffused for aromatherapy, or added to a warm bath. NOW® Lavender is 100% pure, and steam distilled to ensure high concentrations of Lavandula officinalis.
Aromatherapy Oil Blends to Help You Relax
February 28, 2010 By 1 Comment
Aromatherapy is not a new technique, although it is only in recent years that it has become more well known. It is the use of essential oils which come from flowers, herbs, shrubs, or fruits and are said to promote health and mental wellbeing. In most cases, the oils are added to bath water, used as a spray on bedding, and sometimes simply inhaled to derive the healthful benefits.
Aromatherapy can do wondrous things to energize, calm, or help beat the winter blues. Essential oils stimulate the sense of smell and can stimulate our memories, emotions, and instincts. The aromas can affect our entire being and psyche. However, it is not a substitute for proper medical care and should not be used as such. It can, however, be a complement to traditional medicine as well as being used in a non-medical way.
One of the most common herbs used by people with mild depression or winter blues is Lavender Officinalis. It has a calming effect on emotions as well as helping to bring clarity of thought. Lavender essential oil is considered to be one of the safest oils used for aromatherapy and can reduce tension, hysteria, and help you sleep. You might notice that lavender is used in some children’s bath wash or powder products as a means to help children relax so they, and their parents, can get some rest. [Read more...]
Relieving Stress through Guided Relaxation
January 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
When you come home from a busy day at work and feel stress it makes it difficult to stay in control. You stress more to make sure the family has dinner. Sometimes you may wonder if there is ever a moment in the day for you. There is a moment for you, yet you have to take action to take your moments.
How to take action:
Taking action is easy. Once you take the first step, the following steps will work in harmony. Try locking yourself in the bathroom. Take a nice hot bath. Add some bubbles and turn on your stereo, playing relaxing music. Put a few candles, the aromatic scents around the tub and enjoy.
How aromatherapy relieves stress:
Candles the aromatherapy that is are designed to help you relax. On the Internet, you will find many scents and fragrances specially designed to promote relaxation. You want to make sure you purchase the candles that promote stress. You will find many fragrances designed to heal also. Perhaps you may want to try out some of the scents. If you are healthy, you will feel less stress.
How music heals the soul:
Music is designed to heal the soul. Music makes us feel good. Music helps us to heal, since the lyrics relate to what we experience each day. The songs often help us to drown out our own sorrows and focus on the artist. [Read more...]
Aromatherapy Oil Recipe for a Foot Massage
December 6, 2009 By 2 Comments
This aromatherapy recipe will help you to be calm and relaxed after a hard days work.
You will need these ingredients: 1 ounce carrier oil like sweet almond,10 drops roman chamomile, and 5 drops of lavender. Mix them all together and put them in a clean dark glass air-tight container. You can use this as a foot massage to gently rub into your feet to help be calm.
Uses of Aromatherapy and Essential Oils
June 25, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Essential oils are perhaps the backbone of aromatherapy. These are things that provide the fragrance and the essence of the process. What is great about these essential oils, you don’t have to buy much. Just a drop of these oils and you are ready to go. Here are some of the uses of essential oils that you may not know about yet.
1. Besides relieving stress, aromatherapy and its essential oils are very effective for calming the nerves and stopping anxiety. It is also known to help relieve muscular and rheumatic pains although not much medical research has been done on this.
2. To ward away ants from getting into your food, use lemon or peppermint essential oils on the door frames of your cupboard or around your table.
3. You can make an air freshener out of an essential oil by dropping a few drops into a spray bottle with water. Shake the bottle and then spray on polished surfaces. This will give scent to its surface and fill up the room. [Read more...]
The Home Aromatherapy Spa for Ultimate Enjoyment
June 7, 2009 By Leave a Comment
After a long day at work or if you have been at home with the children and it has been a difficult and trying time, your thoughts may turn to the prospect of treating yourself to some well-deserved pampering. However, If you figure the cost of going to a spa for a day or a weekend break, then it may turn out to be a fairly expensive venture, albeit one that is luxurious. But there are less expensive alternatives to visiting a spa, where the benefits are just as good plus you get to save money in your pocket. Why not create the perfect home aromatherapy spa? [Read more...]
Treat Your Feet with Aromatherapy Booties
April 19, 2009 By Leave a Comment
While they might sound silly to the uninitiated, aromatherapy booties are quickly becoming one of the most popular items on the rest and relaxation market. Designed for the purpose of letting you unwind from your hectic day and pamper your feet that have worked just as hard as you have, these booties could very well be a trend that’s here to stay. As the heat from the booties takes your feet to a level of heaven, the scent coming from the aromatherapy will dazzle your sense and take you to another world. A world of relaxation and peace far, far away from the busy schedules and constant cacophony of a twenty-first century life.
So, you may be asking yourself, what exactly are aromatherapy booties? Well, they’re quite a simple and ingenious invention, and are just about what you would think they are from the name. You simply take these small booties and slap them in the microwave for about half a minute to a minute. The heat they exude from this should awaken the senses in your feet, but that’s not even the best part. The heat also draws out the natural essential oils from the booties and puts the aromatherapy to work. So, while you’re relaxing after a hard day at work, not only do you get to pamper your feet, but you get to enjoy the soothing scents of natural aromas. If you’re a victim of dry feet, you can enhance the booties by rubbing some lotion into the product before putting them on. [Read more...]
The Benefits Of An Aromatherapy Bath
April 10, 2009 By 1 Comment
Aromatherapy also advocates practices of taking bath using one of those exotic essential oils; for many of us, a hot and relaxing bath is both a way to calm down tired bodies and relieve stress. Further more, a few moments to think, ponder, contemplate and meditate can create wonders for the mind and body. A hot bath with one of your favorite oils adds a new experience to your life, which is otherwise straining and equally boring. Essential oils also called “oil of life”, is soothing and refreshing, when added to your bath tub. Thus, these oils compel us to think over using them at least once a day to feel invigorated. Using the bath as an innovative way of administering Aromatherapy is one of the best for numerous reasons.
Your entire dull skin gets a layer of pure essential oils. The misty vapors rising from the hot water enters your olfactory system and lungs. Your mind will be clear and calm, allowing you to concentrate on yourself and the essential oil treatment. It means essential oils bring a celestial experience to your bath room. The hot bath now makes you, in fact, makes you sweat and tired added with a treatment of oils.
The Healing Properties of Aromatherapy Pillows
March 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Over 5000 years ago, people began to realize the value of essential oils from plants and today this has been perfected into a vast range of “scent”ual products like aromatherapy pillows. The use of these essential oils during the First World War proved that the brain was positively stimulated by the different fragrances. Injured soldiers responded well to the fragrances and it seemed that the brain’s limbic system was producing neuro transmitters that relieve pain.
Today the use of aromatherapy extend to all walks of life and is used to not only relieve pain, depression, stress, and other symptoms, but it can offer a more soothing alternative to ordinary house hold fragrances. If you want to use them for more medicinal purposes then you will find that the herbal pillows work wonders. They can be used to put on your eyes for calming and soothing them after a long day in front of the computers, and you can get a peppermint one that will help you to breathe better if you struggle with sinus problems at night.
These aromatherapy pillows will ensure that you get a good night’s sleep and wake up feeling wonderful. They are mostly made from a combination of natural herbs like buckwheat and flax, and you will usually get an extra bottle of the pure essential oil to drop on the pillow to strengthen its scent. You can also benefit from the peppermint aromatherapy oil if you suffer from motion sickness, so be sure to take your pillow on the plane, in the car or on the train with you when you go on a vacation. [Read more...]
Aromatherapy and Holiday Stress Relief
December 13, 2008 By Leave a Comment
By Martha Wood
THE BENEFITS AND WORKINGS OF AROMATHERAPY
The benefits of aromatherapy have been documented throughout the centuries. These benefits range from the emotional and psychological to the physical healing properties of these therapeutic essential oils. In order to focus on alleviating the stress of this holiday season we will highlight the benefits of aromatherapy in the emotional and psychological realm.
It is important to first understand how aromatherapy works in order to utilize this form of stress therapy to relieve the anxiety and tension associated with stressful situations. [Read more...]
