Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Why bathe in lavender?

When you are feeling tired or your muscles are achy, try soaking in a sea salt bath infused with lavender essential oil. Sea salt will loosen tight muscles and draw the toxins from your body, which build up when your muscles are sore. Sea salt also helps reduce pain and infection. Lavender essential oil relaxes the muscles and helps them release the pent up strain. Both lavender and sea salt are known for healthy rejuvenation of the cells.
A lavender sea salt bath can help relax your muscles, reduce inflammation, minimize pain, heal bruising, aid digestion, relieve stress and tension, and detoxify your body.

LAVENDER BATH SALT RECIPE

20 drops of lavender essential oil
1/2 cup Epsom salt
1/2 cup sea salt

Mix together and add while running a very warm bath.
 Optional additions:
5 drops of eucalyptus oil to invigorate muscles, or 5 drops of orange to elevate your mood.


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Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Lift your mood with lavender.

According to researchers at the University of Miami School of Medicine, USA, aromatherapy can have a significant affect on your brain (EEG) activity, our sense of alertness, and our moods.

Forty adults were given just three minutes of aromatherapy using lavender essential oil (considered a relaxing odor). The participants were given simple math computations before and after the therapy. The participants showed increased beta power, suggesting increased drowsiness; they had less depressed moods, reported feeling more relaxed and performed the math computations faster and more accurately following the aromatherapy.

Int J Neurosci, 96: 217-24, 1998 Dec Aromatherapy Positively Affects Mood, EEG Patterns of Alertness and Math Computations, Diego MA

Need a lift? Try these special touches and feel the difference they make.
Rub your temples with a drop of Sonoma Lavender Essential Oil.
Spray your office chair with Sonoma Lavender Spray Mist.
Moisturize your hands, arms and legs with Sonoma Lavender Body Lotion.
Squeeze a beautiful lavender sachet and inhale the deeply refreshing scent of lavender flower buds and feel anxiety lifting from your shoulders.


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