HOW TO ACHIEVE YOUR DREAMS WITH AROMATHERAPY
What is your dream? Are you living your dream? Maybe more importantly, how do you make that dream a reality and create the life you wish to live? Aromatherapy can be your advocate on the journey to achieving those dreams and bringing them to fruition.
While some may consider Aromatherapy simply as a useful massage tool or as a way to make your space smell better, there is actual scientific evidence that it may have properties to help support your visions and attain your dreams and goals.
Some studies show that scent inhalation, particularly natural scent (aka essential oils), can create certain psychophysiological effects. For instance, inhalation of certain essential oils can have a calming effect, reduce stress, and create a positive mood.*2; *3 while some may enhance performance as well as moods. *4
A simple guideline for the process of achieving your dreams may go something like this:
1. Relax – relax your mind and body so you can effectively receive intuitions, visualizations, dreams, and desires.
2. Dream – One must be able to imagine what would suit our soul’s purpose and bring satisfaction and happiness. Dreams help us access the subconscious to open our imaginations and reassure our minds so our voyage will not be impeded by fears, doubts, or negative thinking.
3. Inspiration/Creativity/Visualization – Finding inspiration – a vision if you will - and the creativity to carry it through are imperative.
4. Motivation - Once we have an idea of what we ultimately want our life to look like, we will need to be driven to make it happen.
5. Focus and Energy – Staying on task, having the concentration and fortitude to see it through.
6. Manifest! – This may seem like the hardest part. Luckily, Aromatherapy provides us with some essential oils that have shown over decades or even centuries to attract abundance and good luck to help us bring that dream to life.
The chart below shows how Aromatherapy and essential oils can help every step of the way.
The chart below shows how Aromatherapy and essential oils can help every step of the way.
You may notice that some of these essential oils are in several categories. Here is where to use your creativity to design your own blend – one that will inspire and energize you to persist on your life journey to reaching your goals. Choose 3 to 5 of your favorites from the list. Remember the Top-Middle-Base formula for blending [See February’s blog on how to blend].
You can then use 3 to 5 drops of your finished blend in a diffuser or make a body or room spray with 10 drops of your blend and distilled water in 2oz glass spray bottle. Roll gently between your hands to warm and integrate before you spray.
Inhaling your special blend will send a message to your mind/body to keep your aspirations top priority while creating an environment condusive to manifesting your highest aspirations. The essential oils will offer their time-honored potentials, inspirations, and confidence, bolstering your mind and emotions to ACHIEVE your dreams!
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*1 Herz R.S. Aromatherapy facts and fictions: A scientific analysis of olfactory effects on mood, physiology, and behavior. Int. J. Neurosci. 2009;119:263–290. doi: 10.1080/00207450802333953
*2 Nagai M., Wada M., Usui N., Tanaka A., Hasebe Y. Pleasant odors attenuate the blood pressure increase during rhythmic handgrip in humans. Neurosci. Lett. 2000;289:227–229. doi: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)01278-7.
*3 Lehrner J., Marwinski G., Lehr S., Johren P., Deecke L. Ambient odors of orange and lavender reduce anxiety and improve mood in a dental office. Physiol. Behav. 2005;86:92–95. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2005.06.031
*4 Moss M., Hewitt S., Moss L., Wesnes K. Modulation of cognitive performance and mood by aromas of peppermint and ylang-ylang. Int. J. Neurosci. 2008;118:59–77. doi: 10.1080/00207450601042094.