You know that whirring-through-space feeling the holidays tend to bring? The crazy that comes with getting ready for a gathering or shopping til you drop!?
Everything tumbling around, moving overly fast, twisting out of the normal routine, and amplified by familial turbulence.
It’s enough to make you wish for some powerful, calming potion you serve your family (and yourself).
HINT: Not wine.
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Try this: close your eyes and inhale the scent of warm gingerbread, mulled spices or freshly cut pine. There’s hardly anything as powerful as a scent to bring you back into your body and down to Earth.
If you don’t happen to have gingerbread cookies wafting their spicy aroma through your home at all hours, however—essential oils are the perfect shortcut.
This holiday season, as scheduling demands increase, credit card balances bulge, frazzled emotions intensify, and family gatherings loom, try using scent as that powerful, calming potion. Your family might not even notice the subtle warmth of scents like sandalwood when they enter your home, but the effects can be great nonetheless.
Grounding during the holidays can be simple. All you have to do is breathe.
Try diluting this blend in water and misting your carpets or floor rugs gently. The effect is similar to putting a rooting essential oil like Sandalwood on the bottoms of your feet—it’s calming and grounding—and this way guests can reap the benefits without you actually rubbing oil on their soles.
Recipe Mix:
Get rooted with vetiver, which comes from a unique grass plant. Vetiver grass grows roots deep down into the earth and the oil, with its warm and earthy aroma, comes from those roots.
Mix a few drops of Vetiver oil into a carrier oil like grapeseed or almond for use in calming massages. You can massage this oil onto your neck, shoulders, or chest or have someone rub it along your spine.
If shopping lists are dancing in your nighttime head instead of sugarplum fairies, take time to ground before you sleep. Deep rest can make a world of difference as you tackle the holidays.
Recipe Mix:
Oils can naturally calm your body’s “fight or flight” response, using scent to cue your body to “rest and digest.” When you’re on the go—maybe holiday shopping in a busy mall or battling traffic—you need that cue to act quickly.
Roll-on blends are wonderful to have on hand.
Here is one of the best ones to make yourself.
Recipe Mix:
10 drops Myrrh, 7 drops Patchouli, andAdd the mix to a premium-grade fractionated coconut oil. Then, put your blend in a small roll-on bottle and carry it with you wherever you go!
Next time that whirring-through-space feeling starts overtaking you —take a deep breath. Uplifting yourself is so much easier when you’re grounded.
Try natural remedies and aromatherapy as discussed above and test their effects for yourself. Use in moderation; they may smell great, but they're extremely concentrated.
And don't forget about Lavender, a staple for any essential oil collection! So many uses!
* None of the statements in this blog have been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. None of the above recommendations are intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any condition or disease. Essential oils are naturally produced substances that can assist the body in its own healing process, but we make no claims whatsoever. Use with moderation and discretion.