News for the soul — aromatherapy

Sleep is so important to our mental health and wellbeing but it is not always easy to get to sleep, to stay asleep or to get enough sleep in our modern life. Check out the 10 best essential oils to help you get a better sleep and top techniques to complement the essential oils.

Today is the full moon, the first one of 2022. If you haven't already let go of 2021, now is a great time. 

Get your essential oils ready and notebook, pen and water ready.

Sage: is a great energetic cleanser. Start off with sage in the diffuser to cleanse the space before starting the ritual. It is also great for giving strength and courage before starting such rituals and helps to let go of unhelpful thoughts & emotional states. Sage also reduces anxiety. 

Have you been buying essential oils (or maybe having them gifted to you) but you don't really now what to do with them? Well I would like to share my favourite ways to use essential oils.

1. Using up to 10 drops in an essential oil diffuser. These are not cheap but they are great. They are cold mist diffusers so the chemistry of the essential oils do not alter as they are being diffused.

Anxiety is a feeling of worry or fear about real or imagined events. The Oxford Dictionary defines anxiety as a “feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something with an uncertain outcome” in a more severe state, rather than just a temporary feeling, it is defined as a “nervous disorder marked by excessive uneasiness and apprehension, typically with compulsive behaviour or panic attacks”.