How Does Diffuser Oil Work?

 

You love aromatherapy, you’ve probably read a blog or two about how does diffuser oil work. A diffuser may promote relaxation and help relieve stress. It has also been used to promote sleep, support overall health and wellness and it may even help support healthy blood pressure. For more about how does diffuser oil work, check out our blog.

Subtle aromatherapy is the use of essential oils in non-physical ways, it can be described as a form of vibrational healing, by drawing on the subtle, energetic or vibrational qualities of essential oils.
Some applications of essential oils that can be described as subtle Aromatherapy are auric massage,  chakra balancing, absent healing, planetary healing, meditation and ritual ceremony, and the use of oils to help personal growth on both the personality and the spiritual level.
Thanks to recent and ongoing research we now have a wealth of knowledge about the physical properties and actions of essential oils. Parallel with this increasing volume of factual information about physical aromatherapy has been a growing desire to know more about the non-physical effects of essential oils.

Subtle aromatherapy: How to use essential oils

MASSAGE
Form a clear mental picture of the plant or plants whose oil you are about to use and try to carry that picture in your mind while you are working. Ground and center your own energies before you begin work.

Mix your chosen oil or oils in a carrier oil, as usual, but using a much lower dilution (0.5% – 1% rather than 2 – 3%) concentrate on light effleurage and long sweeping strokes. Let your hands come to rest on any area of the body that feels as if it needs special healing. Pay attention to the extremities: hand, feet, and head, drawing off any negative energy that may be present (remember to give your hands a brisk shake each time you do so). End by holding the feet for a minute or more, to ground their energy and allow a gentle return to everyday reality.

RITUAL BATHS

Choose a quiet time when you will not be disturbed. When you are ready to get into the water, add a mixture of five drops of oils with one tablespoon carrier oil.  Relax in the bath for 15-20 minutes, holding in your mind the result you wish to achieve by bathing in this way.  Don’t use this time for washing.  A ritual bath can be a way to mark the change from mundane activities to special ones, it can also be used to ‘clear’ after a bad experience.

BURNERS AND DIFFUSERS
This is perhaps the most subtle of the traditional methods, as it involves only the aroma of the plant, representing its energy in the most refined form. We experience the essential oil in its gaseous state – the least solid form of physical matter.
A valuable use of burners or diffusers is in preparing a room for meditation or healing, mainly if the room is generally used for different purposes.  You may even need to clear the atmosphere at a purely physical level, to unpleasant smells.  Another use of room perfuming is to ‘clean’ places where there has been an unpleasant event.  Arguments, fights or any kind of trauma can leave very negative vibrations.
Vaporized oils can also be used to enhance creativity.

AURIC MASSAGE
Dis-ease manifests in the subtle body before any physical symptoms are apparent, and the ‘echoes’ of illness and accidents can remain within a person’s aura long after physical healing has taken place.  The same is true of emotional trauma.  Bringing the appropriate essential oils into the aura helps to restore harmony.
To give an auric massage, just put a drop of the chosen oil or oils on your hands (you don’t need carrier oil) and make gentle stroking movements at the level where you feel the energy connection. (Do not touch the skin)

ANOINTING
Putting oil directly on the body is a very ancient practice, familiar to many religions and spiritual traditions.
Anointing can be used as a form of protection, by putting a few drops of an oil such as Rosemary, Juniper or Vetiver on the body before going into a threatening situation or a place where the current energy is unpleasant.
If anointing is being done for protection, apply the oil on the head and the solar plexus area.

INHALING
Merely smelling an essential oil can dramatically change our state of awareness, and is often the best way to use essential oils to assist visualization or strengthen affirmations. Sniffing the oil directly from the bottle is often overpowering, so just putting a drop on a tissue is better.  A single drop is all that is needed: inhale it deeper before beginning a visualization, meditation or affirmation. Inhale deeply again at the end to anchor the experience.

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You know those moments in life when the light bulb turns on, and from that moment your entire universe shifts? And here I am today, sharing about Essential Oils with you, as part of my life’s purpose to empower you to live happy, healthy, peaceful and abundant lives.

You may have noticed that essential oils are popping up in day spas, home parties, and medicine cabinets near you. That’s because the industry experts think we will be buying $11.5 billion worth of essential oils by 2022.^[1] Companies make health claims spanning from simple stress relief to helping with stomach aches and migraines, even to extreme claims like cancer.

To be honest, more than ten years ago I wrote essential oils off as basically useless after diligently trying a bunch of expensive ones from Australia. However, after learning more from people who actually study them, I’ve learned that in the right hands and put in the right places, they can be powerful. So powerful in fact that we use them to enhance recovery in the 40 Years of Zen intensive neurofeedback brain training program.

So, here’s everything you need to know about what’s in those little expensive half-ounce bottles. How can you tell if what you’re looking at is basically just natural perfume, medicinal, or simply placebo? Will you really be stronger if you smell like potpourri?

What are essential oils?

Usually, when a nutrient is essential, it means your body can’t make it. You get essential amino acids and essential minerals from food or supplementation, and even essential fatty acids like DHA from fish.

Plant essential oils are not actually essential for your body even though the name is confusingly similar.

Here, the word essential refers to the essence of the plant – the odorants, the aromas, the volatives – the molecules that you detect as a scent. You don’t need essential oils to function.

Given that one of your most primordial senses is your sense of smell, it makes sense that these molecules could have an impact on your brain or your body. It turns out they do, at least some of the time. If you read my new Head Strong book, you know that all of your senses are mediated by your mitochondria. Your mitochondria use all your senses to decide how your body will react to the world around you.

Read on to find out.

 

 

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