Aromatherapy For Stress

[Dr.Savitha Suri]

Over the years, specific essential oils have been celebrated for their
ability to help individuals fight anxiety and relieve stress. The most
well known oils which fall under this particular category, include
clary sage, lavender, rose, mandarin, lemon balm and ylang ylang. The
fastest ways to feel the effects and to get the stress busting
benefits of these essential oils is to inhale them. This allows the
body to absorb the essential oils through the respiratory system where
it travels to the brain and helps to positively affect mood.

If an individual finds themselves in an anxiety inducing situation or
is feeling especially stressful, aromatherapy is a very fast, easy and
effective way to alleviate those feelings. Simply inhaling lavender,
rose, mandarin, lemon balm or clary sage can almost instantly increase
an individuals their sense of calm and decrease their sense of stress.
Another effective way to use aromatherapy to lessen stress is to
essential oils while getting a massage. Burning an aromatherapy candle
provides even more punch. Both are an excellent way to relieve stress
by using aromatherapy. Being massaged with essential oils works
especially well because one is combining the power of massage therapy
with aromatherapy.

Aromatherapy is such an effective and powerful way to relieve stress
because you don't have to go to a gym, lie down or pop a pill. There
are no side effects, (unless you are allergic, perform a spot test so
that you are sure) you can take it with you and instantly make
yourself feel better. You can carry around a little lavender in your
purse, if you are at work, you can use a diffuser. So you can
experience the benefits of aromatherapy from anywhere. It can become
your traveling stress buster. Aromatherapy works especially well in
helping to cheer us up, feel balanced, become more energized and even
to calm us.
And while there are certain aromatherapy scents and oils that are
known to promote the reduction of stress, it is really best to go with
the scent that calms you. If peppermint does it for you, use
peppermint, if geranium does it for you, use geranium. In many cases
it comes down to a personal preference, and that is just fine. You do
not have to use a certain scent just because others tout its
properties. Instead you may want to do a little experimentation and
see what reacts best with your body to give you the feelings or state
of being that you are looking for. To really multiply the power of
aromatherapy to relieve stress, you may want to common essential oils
or candles with other relaxing activities. For example, taking a hot
bath that has drops of essential oils and while burning an
aromatherapy candle will exponentially increase the effectiveness of
aromatherapy to relieve stress.

Remember to play around with various scents. You may even want to
combine some scents to get a particular scent that you enjoy or you
increase the power of its' properties. If you are unfamiliar with
creating essential oil blends, you could take a course or find some
good information at your library or over the internet.

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