A Roundup of Essential Oil Resources to Stay Sane Through the Holidays and Soothe the Mind and Body

Christmas is Almost Here

We are now in a single digit countdown to Christmas and seasonal festivities are in full swing. Although many are feeling the excitement leading up to the holidays, others also experience a spike in stress levels.

It’s been my goal to provide you with various health resources that emphasize the use of essential oils to aid you through the challenges of the holidays. These aromatic allies are my most recommended modalities to my clients to ease the tension caused by their overbooked holiday schedules.

This is because, essential oils are:

• easily accessible
• integrate with other modalities
• aromatic, acting right at the origin of stress, specifically at the level of perception of the mind

Simultaneously, the biological properties of essential oils help to re-balance the nervous system and hormonal environment from being in a state of dis-ease.

In this video post, I highlight five of my top posts on using essential oils for a more serene season. I also added some popular bonus articles from my social media. This compilation will allow you to quickly find what article may benefit you the most at this time.

Topics include:

• Essential oils for soothing holiday stress
• Essential oils for a stressed-out gut
• The science of gratitude and tips to ignite being thankful
• How essential oils impact the brain and how emotional oil blends can change our perspective
• How essential oils shift our mindset to feel more abundant
• Bonus article: The benefits of using essential oils to spur self-gratitude
• Bonus article: DIY Aromatic Gifts: 8 Homemade Recipes for a Heartfelt Holiday

As always, all the resources, references, and links will be available in this accompanying article.

Here you go!

 

Five of My Top Articles for Soothing Holiday Stress and Harmonizing the Mind and Body

 

1. Five Ways Essential Oils Can Soothe Holiday Stress and My Three Favorite Calming Single Oils and Two Oils Blend to Harmonize the Mind and Body

Topics include:

• Five ways essential oils can calm the mind and harmonize the body
• Three single essential oils to tame the holiday-associated mind-body chaos
• Two of my favorite soothing oil blends to use during the stressful holiday season
• Application tips for using essential oils for a tranquil mind and body

 

2. Taming a Stressed-Out Holiday Gut: Essential Oils for Feeding, Weeding, and Balancing the Tummy for Better Digestion, a Calmer Mind, and a Marvelous Microbiome

Topics include:

• The gut-stress-brain axis: how stress impacts the gut and vice versa
• Various essential oils for relieving digestive disturbances
• The star essential oil for soothing a bloated and irritable holiday belly
• How essential oils support our microbiome and intestinal integrity

 

3. ‘Tis the Time of Year for Gratitude- The Science Behind How Being Thankful Benefits Your Physical, Brain, and Mental Health & Tips to Ignite Appreciation

Topics include:

• The definition of gratitude
• Some of the physical health benefits of gratitude
• The neuroscience of gratitude, discovering how gratitude changes our brain
• The impact of gratitude on mental health and emotional well-being
• Practical tips to develop more gratitude in our lives
• A blend of essential oils to shift our mindset to enhance a feeling of appreciation

 

4. The Neurophysiology of Essential Oils: How Essential Oils Impact Our Brain Health and Nervous System & Why an Aromatic Blend of Gratitude in a Bottle is Legit

Topics include:

• The four ways essential oils shift our mindset
• How essential oils impact mind-body-brain health
• The influence of essential oils on our neurophysiology
• A blend of essential oils that ignite gratitude

 

5. Four Ways Essential Oils Can Shift Our Mindset to Feel More Abundant and An Oil Blend for Prosperity

Topics include:

• What is abundance?
• How is mindset medicine?
• The four ways essential oils shift mindset
• An essential oil blend to spark the emotion of abundance

 

Sneak Peek Bonus Article: The Benefits of Self-Gratitude

Self-gratitude is spin on being thankful. Rather than looking outside ourselves, it is the practice of being grateful for how we care for ourselves and what we bring to life. It can increase the benefits of gratitude for external things.

Essential oils are beautiful allies that help shift our mindset and aid this gratitude practice. Through their aromatic and physical properties, they can calm our nervous system, decrease our stress, and balance our mind and body.

Some of my favorite oils to enhance self-gratitude include:

• The Gratitude Blend
• The Parasympathetic Blend to calm the nervous system
• The Limbic System Resetting Blend to aid the emotional brain
• Single oils which uplift the mood, such as citrus or floral oils
• Grounding oils, including frankincense and tree oils

Learn more.

 

Bonus Article: DIY Aromatic Gifts: Eight Homemade Recipes for a Heartfelt Holiday

These beautiful gifts from the heart are brought to us by the Northwest School of Aromatic Medicine. They include:

• Christmas Spice Herbal Tea Blend
• Sandalwood Rose Face Serum
• Douglas Fir Honey Infusion
• Ancient Soul Incense
• Rosemary Infused Apple Cider Vinegar
• Frankincense Massage Oil
• Digestive Bitters
• Jasmine Massage Oil

Get the full recipes here.

Access more free resources on aromatics and essential oils.

 

Summary on Using Essential Oils for Getting Through the Holidays Sanely and Serenely

Essential oils are my top suggestion for relieving stress from busy holiday schedules. They are easy to find, work well with other methods, and their aroma targets mental stress at its source. At the same time, their biological effects help to re-balance the nervous system and hormonal environment.

In this post, I provided you with a list of resources to review to suit your needs to get through the holidays sane and serene.

I hope this aids you in partaking in your festive activities with more gratitude and joy.

Wishing you many blessings for a tranquil, abundant, cheerful, and peaceful holiday.