Relaxation

1. Uplifting to Emotions: Jasmine (#3569) essential oil very uplifting which can produce feelings of confidence, energy, euphoria, and optimism. Wear as a perfume, or inhale a drop with palms cupped over nose (avoid eye area).
2. Get Out of the Rut: Try the blend Transformation™ (#3646) it helps to empower and upholds changes you want to make in your belief system. By replacing negative beliefs with revitalizing new thought patterns, a transformation in behaviors, emotions, and attitudes is possible. Ways to use Transformation™: diffused or wear on wrists and behind ears as a perfume. Dilute with V-6 Massage Oil (#3031 or #3030) for topical use and massage.
3. Anxiety Bath Salt Recipe: 1 Cup Epsom Salt or Sea Salt, 10 drops Lavender (3575), 6 drops Ylang Ylang (#3659), 4 drops Bergamot (#3503). Combine all ingredients in a small bowl or jar, stir essential oils into the salt well. Pour bath salts under running warm bath water. Soak for 20 minutes.
4. Aromatherapy for a Holiday Hangover: Blend in a small jar one drop each of – Juniper, Cedarwood, Grapefruit, Lavender, Rosemary, Lemon or Fennel to 2 oz. of Sea Salt or Epsom Salts. Add 1-2 tablespoons of the salt mixture to a warm bath and soak.
5. Raising Spirits in the Home: Try adding a few drops of Christmas Spirit (#3315) to your vacuum cleaner bag to freshen the air while vacuuming.
6. Stuck in Traffic and Stressed-out: When stressed-out and stuck in traffic try placing 3-5 drops of Young Living Lemon (#3578) essential oil on a cotton ball, or tissue, and place in the A/C or heat vent of your car.
7. Sore Achy Feet Making You Feel Down: Try 3 drops of Peppermint (#3614) essential oil mixed with 1/4 cup Epsom Salts or Sea Salt, stir well and to warm water for foot bath. Soak feet for 15-20 minutes.
8. Scented Fireplace Logs for a Relaxing Atmosphere: Try adding a couple drops of Christmas Spirit (#3315) to wood logs before burning them in the fireplace for a delightful fresh outdoor pine scent.
9. Awaken and Renew Your Drive: Try Envision™ (#3337) essential oil blend to stimulate creativity and resourcefulness, encouraging renewed faith in the future and the ability to maintain the emotional fortitude necessary to achieve goals and dreams. Sometimes in life, for a variety of reasons, people suppress their internal drive. Envision helps awaken and renew that drive to overcome fear and begin experiencing new, more rewarding dimensions.
10. Not Feeling Grounded: Try Grounding™ (#3348) essential oil blend. It is a relaxing and balancing blend of essential oils that provides a stabilizing influence. Emotional chaos can lead to poor decisions. Grounding™ may help you to cope with reality in a positive manner.
11. Feeling Vulnerable: Try White Angelica™ (#3432) it is an amazing blend of 18 different oils, some of which were used during ancient times to increase the aura around the body, bringing a delicate sense of strength and protection. Its frequency protects against negative energies and helps to create a feeling of wholeness and oneness with the Creator. Apply 1-2 drops on the crown and on the shoulders. Meditate on positive images and emotions for 20 minutes.
12. Covering Many Emotions: Try the Feelings Collection™ (#3125): This collection is perfect for those who wish to experience some variety, includes 6 essential oils (Harmony, Forgiveness, Inner Child, Present Time, Release, Valor), each blend is formulated to balance emotional well-being.
13. Feel Harmonized: Try Harmony (#3351) it is an exquisite blend of 12 essential oils, which promotes physical and emotional healing through harmonic balance of the energy centers of the body, enabling energy to flow more efficiently. It helps reduce stress and creates an overall sense of well-being. Apply 2 drops on the energy meridians either directly on or along the side of the body.
14. More Hopeful and Optimistic: Try Hope,(#3357) this blend is formulated to reconnect with a feeling of strength and optimism for the future. Hope must be in place in order to move forward in life. Hopelessness can cause a loss of vision of goals and dreams, making it impossible to release emotional blocks. This aroma may also help in overcoming tendencies toward depression.

4 Different Ways You Would Use all of the Above Essential Oils

1. Topically: Put 1-2 drops in your palm and dab fingertips in the essential oil to put behind ears, wrists, base of the neck, temples (avoiding eye area) or at the base of the spine.
2. Massage: Mix 3-5 drops of your chosen essential oil with 1 TBSP V-6 Massage Oil for a full body massage.
3. Bath: In a small dish combine 1 cup Epsom Salts or Sea Salt and 4 drops Grounding™ essential oil, mix together well, add to running bath water. Soak for 20 minutes.
4. Diffusing or Directly Inhale: This can be done by directly inhaling from the bottle, simply remove the cap. Or, put several drops in your Young Living Aria Ultrasonic, Travel Fan, or Home Diffuser to enjoy the aromatic benefits (more on diffusers and diffusing).