I’ve been a fan of aromatherapy since I learned about essential oils in a workshop at my local yoga studio awhile back. I’d been using scented candles and those plug-in air fresheners to keep my home smelling good, but I wasn’t comfortable with the ingredients in those products.
Aromatherapy with pure essential oils soon replaced my candles and air fresheners. The benefits turned out to be more than I expected, especially when I discovered uplifting essential oils.
Diffusing essential oils does more than keep my home smelling great. Each oil has specific properties as well. I learned that aromas travel through the capillaries in our sinuses and trigger nerves that send direct signals to the brain. Many of these signals have to do with emotions.
A number of uplifting essential oils can boost mood and even alleviate depression. And you can go a step further to target specific kinds of depression.
For example, do you tend to feel tired when you’re feeling down? You can lift both your mood and your energy level with geranium, lavender, peppermint, basil, or rosemary. Anxiety can be calmed with clary sage, frankincense, patchouli, ylang ylang, or chamomile.
How to use uplifting essential oils to lift your mood
There are many ways to use essential oils. Start by simply opening the bottle and inhaling the aroma! Some other great uses include:
Diffuse them. Place a few drops in a room diffuser and the aroma will last for hours. There are many types of room diffusers on the market. You can also make your own aromatherapy reed diffuser.
Bathe in them. Add your favorite oil to warm bath water and soak your way to good mood. Scented water is extremely relaxing and very therapeutic.
Use them in lotions or bath products. You can make aromatherapy products yourself by adding essential oils to unscented bath products, or you can buy them already made.
Spray them in your room or car. Essential oils can be added to pure water in a spray bottle and sprayed anywhere to instantly fill your space with pleasing aromas.
Sleep with them. Put a few drops of essential oil on a tissue or piece of cotton that you slip under your pillow case. You can even put a drop of relaxing oil inside each nostril at bedtime. If you choose the latter, make sure to use oils that won’t irritate your skin. The labels on most essential oil bottles will tell you if you can use them directly on skin.
Use them for a relaxing massage. You can add essential oils to unscented massage oil. Another option is to buy aromatherapy massage oils infused with essential oils.
Once you discover the benefits of aromatherapy with essential oils, you may wonder how you ever lived without it!
Third Eye 