Essential Oils a Healing Support for Emotions

Bridge to Health is pleased to announce an addition to our blogging family, Faith Grutzmacher. Faith is an avid user of essential oils and has applied herself to understanding more about the power of essential oils and their application. We are please to have her sharing what has had learned with our readers!

When someone is thinking of their health, emotions aren’t usually at the top of that list. However, our emotional health does directly influence how the rest of our body feels and functions. Emotional distress can come over us like a wave and affects our overall quality of life and how we feel day-to-day. Emotional health can have an affect on your decision making abilities, how we interact with others and how we respond to events happening in our lives. Stress is usually the culprit, this feeling can negatively impact our mood making it difficult and challenging to face our life circumstances and dealings with others.
No matter what is distressing us, it is important to find the tools and coping methods to help combat the negative emotions encroaching our mind - otherwise it can seriously impact our quality of life.

Among the many resources available to us I have found amazing benefits from using oils in my daily routine to help me keep my emotional health in check. Essential oils have been used as a form of aromatherapy and alternative medicines for centuries. Every essential oil has its own unique chemical properties, but most oils can be categorized as having either uplifting or calming properties. Keep reading to learn about 10 doTERRA essential oils that can be used for emotional health.
When choosing essential oils, make sure you check the quality. Not all oils are created with the Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade label a indicator of processing and volatility rating of the essence. the American College of Health Sciences offering this additional information on understanding what you are buying when it comes to essential oils, 5 Top Ways  to Check Quality of Essential Oils.

​10 best essential oils for emotional health...reprinted from doTERRA a leading essential oil manufacturer and distributor or high quality essential oils.

UPLIFTING OILS

• Wild Orange: The energizing, revitalizing aroma of Wild Orange essential oil can provide energy on a stress-filled day. Wild Orange has a refreshing scent that helps to inspire feelings of energy, spontaneity, joy, and abundance. The next time you need to cheer yourself up, allow the bright aroma of Wild Orange to act as a pick-me-up during your day.  
• Citrus Bliss®: This blend brings together seven citrus oils to help promote a positive attitude and create a blissful environment. By combining the uplifting fragrances of Wild Orange, Lemon, Grapefruit, Mandarin, Bergamot, Tangerine, and Clementine, Citrus Bliss helps to uplift mood and promote a cheerful attitude.  
• doTERRA Cheer®: As part of the doTERRA Emotional Aromatherapy System®, The doTERRA Cheer Uplifting Blend helps to promote feelings of optimism. When you are experiencing negative emotions that make you feel down, blue, or low, the fresh aroma of doTERRA Cheer will help to promote feelings of cheerfulness and happiness. 
• Elevation: As the name suggests, Elevation is an invigorating essential oil blend that is designed to elevate mood. With a unique blend of essential oils like Tangerine, Ylang Ylang, Lavender and more, Elevation helps to promote feelings of confidence and self-worth, while lessening feelings of stress. 
• doTERRA Motivate®: A perfect blend of citrus and mint oils like Peppermint, Clementine, Basil, Melissa, and more, doTERRA Motivate Encouraging Blend promotes feelings of confidence, courage, and belief. This is a powerful oil for counteracting negative emotions of doubt, pessimism, and cynicism—helping you to remain motivated and excited about life. 
  
  CALMING OILS
• Melissa: With a fresh, citrus-like aroma, Melissa oil is useful for calming tension and nerves, promoting feelings of relaxation, and uplifting mood. The next time you want to refresh your thoughts or calm feelings of nervousness, reach for a bottle of Melissa.*
• Lavender: Renowned for its calming and relaxing properties, many people use Lavender oil for emotional health because it promotes soothing feelings of calm and self-awareness, while easing feelings of tension. Some studies suggest that the chemical properties of Lavender may make it useful for reducing sad feelings. 
• doTERRA Peace®: Another favorite oil from the doTERRA Emotional Aromatherapy System, doTERRA Peace is a beautiful blend of calming essential oils like Vetiver, Lavender, Ylang Ylang, Frankincense, and Clary Sage. doTERRA Peace Reassuring Blend promotes feelings of reassurance and contentment while counteracting anxious and fearful emotions. 
• doTERRA Balance®: This grounding blend provides whole body relaxation, while promoting feelings of balance and tranquility. doTERRA Balance is a go-to oil for those who want to lessen stress, ease anxious feelings, and create a calm environment.
• PastTense®: When it comes to calming emotions, the mint and herbal tones of PastTense Tension Blend work to provide grounding and balanced emotions. Past Tense helps to reduce stress and anxious feelings, as it uses essential oils that are known for their soothing effects on both the mind and body. 

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Applying essential oils for emotional benefits. When you are ready to try essential oils there are many ways to effectively experience the powerful effects they can offer. Try any of these application methods:

• Massage onto the base of the skull
• Rub on the inside of the elbow
• Use an essential oil diffuser 
• Apply a drop to the palms and inhale
• Rub into the wrists and carry the aroma with you all day  

Find what works for you! Essential oils will work differently for everyone. Each of our brains are wired differently. Experiment with scents, mixing the different oils can heighten the experience for your mood. Remember to be consistent, essential oils are not a one and done experience. When trying anything new, it can feel overwhelming. Remember to seek help, ask friends, family and professionals for guidance along your emotional health journey.

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