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It’s only Wednesday, but your body feels like it’s Friday night, 10pm.  You’re exhausted, and everything you own hurts, from your 10 little piggies to the top of your head.  You’re  balancing your checkbook in your head, figuring out the food shopping list, and dreading the weekend cleaning and chores.  As you slip into bed, wondering if you can shut your brain off long enough to get a few hours of sleep, you realize your feet really do hurt, your back is quite sore, and your neck and shoulders are stiff as a board, holding all of your tension.  Great, now what do you do?

A full body massage would be heavenly, but it’s 10pm, so that’s not happening.  Well, if you enjoy the benefits of Young Living essential Oils, you’ve most likely got a case full of oils sitting at the ready.  Now what do you do?   A foot or hand massage is a quick,  fantastic idea, and, if you’ve got a partner or child old enough, they can give you a back, neck, head, hand or foot massage.  But, which essential oils are the best essential oils for your foot or hand massage?

My personal favorite is a foot massage, every time.  We take our feet for granted, they get us where we need to go, and then we promptly forget about them.  We carry a lot of stress in our feet, but really,  very few of us pay them any attention at all.   I can promise you, if you get a foot massage, it feels so good that it can and will relax our whole body, and you’ll want one every day.  When I’m alone, I use a tennis ball or my nubbed hand held back massager to do my feet.  Read the rest of this entry »

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Tammy Baile

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How to use your Young Living Start Living with Everyday Oils Kit

When new members join Young Living, the questions I get asked most often are:  How much does it cost to get started. and,  I have my kit, now what do I do?  I’ll try to answer those 2 questions for you in a concise but informative manner …Essential oils for everyday use

This particular kit is a favorite kit for new members, second only to the Start Living with NingXia Red Kit and Thieves Kit.  This kit offers an amazingly diverse collection of oils to get you started on your path to health and wellness.  Although below is only a small sample of ideas on different ways to use these oils, it is a great starting point as you gain more knowledge and explore each oil and see the way it works best on you personally. Start expiramenting!

The oils in this select collection will provide ongoing support for your home, health, mind and body. Enjoy the relaxing benefits of Lavender and Peace & Calming, the cleansing power of Thieves and Purification, the comforting touch of Valor and PanAway.

This kit was created for every home and every body. Enjoy the benefits of Young Living’s most popular therapeutic-grade essential oils and blends. While single oils may be used as dietary supplements, all of these oils may be diffused; applied topically; applied over the Vita Flex points on the feet; added to bath water in our Bath and Shower Gel Base or Epsom salts; or used for body and foot massage.

Ensure you’ll always have the benefits of a  fantastic variety of Young Living’s therapeutic-grade essential oils on hand with this Essential Oils kit.  

Initial 1 time cost to buy the Start Living with Everyday Oils or the Thieves  kit &  become a wholesale member: $150.00, the NingXia Red kit is $185.00.

Everyday Oils Essential Oil Collection includes:  Read the rest of this entry »

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Essential 7: essential oil collectionDuring August 2011 automatically receive a FREE Essential 7 collection when you order 200PV or more – a retail value of $91.78!

The Essential 7 kit contains Young Living’s best-selling and most versatile oils: lavender, peppermint, lemon, Joy™, PanAway®, Peace & Calming®, and Purification™. This is a must-have collection for both experienced oilers and for those who are just discovering the benefits of essential oils.

About the 7 Free Essential Oils

  1. Lavender soothes and relaxes the body when inhaled. Diffuse lavender or place a drop or two on your pillow for a restful night’s sleep. Lavender is also effective when used on burns or skin irritations and is gentle enough to place directly on the skin.

 Lavender is a must have oil in the kitchen and First Aid Kit.
  2. Peppermint has a long history of therapeutic use. This oil is valued for combating a variety of issues including fatigue, minor head discomfort, and normal digestive concerns.**
  3. Lemon is an excellent alternative to chemical cleaners. It works well for removing sticky residue from surfaces, polishing wood, or dissolving grease spots. Diffuse lemon to freshen and deodorize the air.
  4. Joy produces a magnetic energy that inspires romance and brings happiness to the heart, mind, and soul. Diffuse this blend during meditation, add 2–4 drops to bath water, or add to V-6™ Massage Oil to create an exquisite massage oil.
  5. PanAway is a proprietary blend of helichrysum, wintergreen, clove, and peppermint designed to relieve muscle soreness and tension. Apply 2–4 drops of PanAway on the location that is experiencing discomfort.
  6. Peace & Calming is a fragrant blend that can help calm tensions and uplift the spirit, promoting relaxation and a deep sense of peace. Apply 2–4 drops of Peace & Calming to wrists and edges of ears when in crowded areas that may be overwhelming.
  7. Purification has a clean, uplifting scent. When diffused, this blend neutralizes unpleasant odors from the air. Purification will also repel pests in any indoor or outdoor environment. Use Purification liberally in your Travel Fan Diffuser when camping or enjoying the outdoors, especially after dusk when mosquitoes are most active.

101 Ways to Use the Essential 7 Collection

Applications and 101 Ways to Use of the 7 Essential Oils

  • Dietary Supplements: All of the single essential oils in this collection may be used as dietary supplements. Remember, all essential oils from YL are potent and superior quality, rarely will an adult use more than 2-6 drops of essential oil per “00″ capsule with a little olive oil added, or more than 1-2 drops added to a glass of water or milk. More on Immune System Tips.
  • Diffuse: All of the essential oils in this collection may by diffused – with the exception of PanAway. It’s not that PanAway would be harmful if diffused it’s more that it’s benefits would be wasted because this blend is designed to use topically for aches and pains of the body. Young Living has 5 diffusers to choose from. Using these diffusers will freshen the air eliminating the need for synthetic harmful air fresheners, provides the healthful benefits of aromatherapy (the simple act of inhaling therapeutic-grade essential oils, and helps to rid indoor air of germs and unpleasant. Never use a diffuser that diffuses by means of heat as heat or flame (as in candle diffusers) fractures the tiny molecules where all of the benefits are contained (more on heat and diffusing). For the curious, read…Viscosity of Essential Oils and How Quickly They’re Diffused and Smelly House to Aromatic Home
  • Topical Application: All of the oils can be applied to the Vita Flex points on the feet, added to bath water mixed with Young Living Bath & Shower Gel Base, applied topically or used with body and foot massage. More on Creating Your Home Spa and Massage and Bodywork.

Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia)

Lavender is the most versatile of all essential oils. Therapeutic-grade lavender has been highly regarded for the skin. Lavender has been clinically evaluated for its relaxing effects. It may be used to cleanse cuts, bruises and skin irritations. The fragrance is calming, relaxing and balancing – physically and emotionally. Lavender: Uses, Facts, History, Testimonials and Aromatherapy

1. Rub a couple drops of Lavender oil on the feet for a calming effect on the body.
2. Rub a drop of Lavender oil on your palms and smooth on your pillow to help you sleep.
3. Put a drop of Lavender oil on a bee sting or insect bite to stop itching and reduce swelling.
4. Put 2-3 drops of Lavender oil on a minor burn to decrease pain and promote healing.
5. Drop Lavender oil on a cut to stop the bleeding. Read the rest of this entry »

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"There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly." ~ R. Buckminster Fuller

Recently I was making dinner, a healthier version of fried chicken cooked in a stainless steel long handled  skillet in the oven.  I put the skillet in the oven for 45 min. on 350 degrees, then on broil for about 10-15  minutes.  I opened the oven door with every intention of removing the skillet by the long stainless steel handle with my right pot holdered hand.  Before I could reach in, my 5 month old kitten jumped onto the small table next to the oven, and got into jumping position, about to jump into the oven, which was still on broil!

Without thinking, I threw my gloved right hand and arm up to block the kitten from jumping into the oven, and grabbed the handle of the pan with my completely unprotected left hand, which had no oven mit or pot holder on it.  My hand was completely bare.  I grabbed the pan handle, stood up, shut the oven door with my hip, and only then did I realize my hand was tightly wrapped around this 750+ degree metal handle, and burning, badly!

I dropped the pan on the stove top, ran to the sink, turned on the cold water and held my hand under it, screaming like a banchee the entire time.  By now I was crying, the pain was unbearable.  Some parts of my fingers were already turning white, and blistering.  The rest of my hand was fire engine red in color, and I could feel the temperature in my hand was still rising.

I continued holding my hand under the running cold water for about 10 minutes.  Then I filled a large bowl with very cold water and submerged my hand in itup past my wrist.  During the minute I had my hand out of the water to fill the bowl, I thought I was going to pass out from the pain.  The internal temperature of my hand was clearly still rising.  After about 10 more minutes of soaking, I refilled the bowl, adding 2 trays of ice to it to get the water temperature as cold as possible.  I asked my daughter to get me a full bottle of Young Living Lavender Essential Oil.  I added the full 15 ml bottle of therapeutic grade Lavender essential oil to the bowl of ice water.  As I stood there soaking my hand, my mind was racing….. was this a severe 2nd degree burn, or was it going to be a 3rd degree burn?  Either way, I was in trouble.  It was my hand, the thing we all use the most and can not be without.Lavender Essential Oil

By now it was 10pm.  My choices were to go to the Emergency room, or continue soaking my hand in the Lavender Essential Oil bath.  This was truely a crisis situation.  My extensive medical background told be to get to the local hospital for treatment, my Young Living Essential Oil background told me to stay put.  Young Living won.  I had my daughter carry the Lavander Oil ice bath back to my bedroom while I shuffled along, never removing my hand from the lavender bath.  I got comfy sitting up in bed with my bowl snuggled in next to me.  After about 1 hour, I removed my hand from the bowl.  My fingers were partially curled, my hand was a mishmosh of white and deep red patches.  After only about 2 or 3 minutes out of this bath, I could feel the temperature rising quickly, and again the pain became unbearable.  It felt as if my hand was quite literally on fire!

I plunged my hand back into the Lavander Ice bath, moving my entire arm to swirl the water around to keep the Lavander Oil well mixed.  I soaked my hand for roughly 4 more hours.  By now it was almost 3 am, I was exhausted.  I removed my hand from the Lavander Essential Oil ice bath, got a large sterile gauze pad, soaked the pad in more therapeutic grade Lavender Oil, placed it on the palm of my hand, (which was still curled as if still holding the pan handle), wrapped it on, and fell asleep, hoping for the best.

When I awoke a few hours later, I tentatively removed the gauze pad.  My hand was still very blotchy, but nothing like it had been when I first submerged it.  It no longer felt like it was on fire, in fact it was not painful at all.  Ok, what next?  I tried separating my fingers from each other…that didn’t hurt.  I tried straightening my fingers…that didn’t hurt.  I tried wiggling my fingers…that didn’t hurt.  So far so good.  I closely inspected the skin visually.  I just was not sure if I should touch it.  I was literally afraid it would slough (fall) off  if I did.  I got a new sterile gauze pad, put Young Living Lavender Oil on it, placed it on my palm and re-wrapped it, hoping for the best.

I left it wrapped up for 1 day, trying not to use it at all.  The next day, I unwrapped it.  It was like unwrapping a present on Christmas morning.  My hand looked perfectly normal!  There were no blisters, no red or white blotches.  Nothing at all.  It looked exactly like my never burned right hand!  Whoopee!  I could not believe my eyes.  No traditional medical treatment, no emergency room, no Silvadene Cream, no debridement.  Nothing except cold water and Young Living Therapeutic Grade Lavender Essential Oil.

It’s been about 6 weeks, and my hand still looks and feels as though it had never been burned.  My personal medical opinion is that this is absolutely nothing short of a miraculous recovery.  Every week I find myself grabbing a bottle of Young Living Essential Oil while in the midst of a crisis situation, and every time I’ve had a positive outcome.  What a blessing that I was able to avoid the infection riddled Emergency Room this time, as well as the money I saved by not being treated in a hospital.

I had a fantastic outcome to this very severe 2nd degree burn.  I do not recommend that anyone else try this with any other type of essential oil except the Young Living Therapeutic Grade Essential Oils.  Those other health food store aromatherapy essential oils are typically garbage, you’re lucky if there’s actually 2 or 3 drops of actual essential oil in them, and they certainly are not Therapeutic Grade oils.  My response was as excellent as it was because I used the real thing… Young Living Essential Oils.  They are pure, undiluted, unadulterated Therapeutic Grade Essential Oils.

What a relief to have such a wonderful treatment for this burn that was all natural, that I did not have to leave my home to treat, that I didn’t have to go wait in the emergency room for hours, being exposed to all types of germs, and at a very low cost to boot!  It cost me $20.00 to treat my burned hand.  That’s it.  The priceless part is that my hand was completely cured, no scarring, no blistering, and I have complete and total use of  and feeling in my hand as if it had never been burned, and that is priceless.

Although I have been a nurse for 30 years, I’m finding that I have a better outcome to burns and infections using alternative treatments, all of which include Young Living Essential Oils.

I hope my wonderful positive experiences will encourage others to step out of the circle of traditional antibiotic medicine and into the circle of all natural green eco friendly alternative medicine therapies.  If we don’t take charge of our own bodies, no one else will.

I highly recommend to all of you reading this that you keep a bottle of Young living Essential Oil Lavender in your First Aid kit.  None of us know when an emergency like mine is going to occur, that’s why they call it an emergency.

Do not expect to get these results with any other brand of Essential Lavender Oil.

Tammy Baile

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How to use essential oils and get successful results begins with knowing how to use your oils properly, particularly when they are therapeutic-grade essential oils. This is a brief overview of the three basic ways essential oils can be used. You will discover that simply using high quality essential oils for aromatherapy purposes is terrific and that Essential oils for everyday useit is only just the beginning!

1) Aromatherapy

  1. Direct Inhalation: Directly inhale the oil from the bottle.
  2. Diffusing: Use one of Young Living’s essential oil diffuser to disperse oil in a micro-fine vapor into the air, more.
  3. Humidifier: Fill a humidifier with water then place a tissue or cloth, sprinkled with a few drops of oil, in front of the escaping vapor.
  4. Steam: Place a few drops of oil in hot water, cover your head and the container with a towel, and breathe deeply and slowly.
  5. Bath: In a small dish, add 2-4 drops of essential oil to 1 cup Epsom Salt or Sea Salt, pour under running bath water, soak for 20 minutes.

Essential Oil Recommendations for Aromatherapy Purposes

Thieves (anti-bacterial), Citrus Fresh (fresh & uplifting), Purification (purifying), Sensation (romantic), Peace & Calming (relaxing).

2) Topical Applications

  1. Direct Application: Therapeutic-grade essential oils can be applied directly to the crown of the head, to the temples, behind the ears, over vital organs, to the feet, and many other locations. Dilution with a carrier oil, such as V-6, may be required.
  2. Massage: Essential oils can be used before, during, and after therapeutic massage. For a full body massage; add 4 drops of essential oil to 2 TBSP carrier oil (such as V-6).
  3. Perfume: With natural, earthy, and exotic aromas, many essentials oils and blends can also be worn as a perfume.

Essential Oil Recommendations for Topical Applications

This topic is quite large and so I will only list a handful of excellent choices, please follow the links provided for more in depth information on specific uses.

Lavender or Peppermint (headache pain), Thieves (bites/stings), Helichrysum (cuts/wounds), Release (muscle tension), PanAway or Idaho Balsam Fir (muscle/back pain), Joy or Sensation (perfume).

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3) Internal Use

  1. Capsule/Supplement: Add 2-5 drops of oil into an empty capsule and swallow with water.
  2. Water or Milk: Add 1–2 drops of essential oil to a 8oz. glass of water or rice milk.
  3. Bread: Add 1–2 drops of oil on a piece of bread, or put 2-4 drops into a dipping dish and add 6-10 TBSP olive oil for a delicious bread dip.
  4. Cooking: Use Young Living’s food-grade essential oils (sparingly please) in place of herbs and spices in your everyday cooking. Learn more about that here.

Recommended Essential Oils for Cooking, Flavoring Food & Beverages

Lemon, Oregano, Basil, Thyme, Lemongrass, Lavender, Peppermint, Orange, Grapefruit, Mountain Savory (my personal favorite as a dip for bread!), Nutmeg, Black Pepper.

A few of my favorite recipes using essential oils…

Note: Essential oils are highly concentrated and should be used with caution. Please refer to the Young Living’s Essential Oils User’s Guide (PDF) for more information about using essential oils successfully and safely.

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"There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly." ~ R. Buckminster Fuller

Headache discomfort.I eagerly resorted to trying this threesome of essential oils again based on an experience I had this past winter when my back was killing me from moving. All day I had a headache brought on from pain in the back of my neck on the left side. I probably slept funny the night before and something in my neck was pinched and therefore causing the headache.

So, I applied 4 drops of my Young Living Ginger, 4 drops of Jasmine, and 4 drops of Lavender. Massaged in for a few minutes and before the massaged in part was completed my headache was 100 percent GONE!!!

I would highly recommend this combination of oils for anyone who is having headache discomfort from something going on in the back of their neck. It worked like a charm! Oh, my boyfriend just reminded me to say… that this combination smells great too, it would make an excellent perfume!

Related Articles:

Essential Oils for Back Pain (what I used when I hurt my back when moving)
Essential Oils Help with Tension in Neck and Shoulders (hmmm, there’s a pattern here between my neck and back pain!)
Get You Emotional Act Together This Summer with Aromatherapy
Aromatherapy: an A to Z Mini Guide of Essential Oil Blends
How to Make Your Own Signature Perfume Blends

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"There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly." ~ R. Buckminster Fuller

Do you or someone you know suffer from aches and pains or arthritis? Are you concerned about what is in the products on the shelves at the stores, which are meant to help with your pain but could have “side effects”.

Are you looking for a safer, natural way, that may help relieve your aches and pains? If you answered yes, then keep on reading.

There are different therapies, both with essential oils and supplements and fortunately Young Living essential oils supplies both of these choices.

For a quick and easy topical application use any of the following anti-inflammatory essential oil products on areas of pain: Read the rest of this entry »

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Last week I had my worst experience ever with pain from non stop leg cramps from above my knee to the tips of my toes. both the front and back of my legs and calf.  I was walking the hall and crying they were so severe.  he pain was so severe I could not even think straight.   My 12 year old could not straighten out my foot or ankle the muscle contractions were so severe.  I was drawn to my case of Young Living essential oils, and let my instincts pull out the correct oils for me.  I came up with 5 oils.  My relief was instantaneous!

Historically I have wrapped my leg or foot in a hot moist towel, I have “stretched the muscle”, I have walked, and as a last resort I took a prescription.  None of those things worked.  I didn’t think I would ever find a cure for my leg cramps.  I take Magnesium and Potassium, and get blood work done every two weeks.  My levels are always perfect, so I knew that was not the cause.  I’ve gone to my chiropractor and had my spine stretched, so I knew it was not my low back.

I still do not know the cause of my leg cramps, and I do still get them, although not nearly as often as I used to.  I now keep a pre-mixed bottle of my leg cramp solution in my night stand, and at the very start I put a drop on the “hot spot”, following the muscle length with a drop every two inches or so.  After applying each drop I would rub in a circular motion a few times, expanding my circle with each rotation, the rubbing down until I got to the next spot that I was going to apply a group of my mixture.  Using this method the cramp never gets a chance to get a foot hold, so to speak, and I can finally get peace and relief from these horrible cramps. I have used this recipe as a mixture of all the oils combined & shaken to mix together, & I have also layered the oils individually. 

I have created an amazing leg cramp blend, available for retail purchase.  Until that website is up & running, you can place an order by contacting me directly at tammybaile@comcast.net.

This is a 2 oz. bottle for $45.99 plus shipping.  Please remember Pure Therapeutic Grade Essential Oils are used by the drop, not by the bottle, so this will last you for quite some time. my bottle has lasted almost a year!

Tammy Baile

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I'm looking forward to helping you get "on with living" in a happy, healthy, chemical and pain-free way as I, my family and our pets have.

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