If you are anxious or stressed, consider trying aromatherapy. Stress relief can be as simple as putting a scented cotton ball to your nose.
Aromatherapy stress relief is all about using your sense of smell to relieve your tension and boost your mood. There are many products that use aromatherapy, from candles, to incense to special soaps. But perhaps the simplest aromatherapy method involves soaking a cotton ball in an essential oil, holding it to your nose and breathing deeply. In just a few minutes you’ll feel better.
Of course, you need to use the right essential oils. Here are three that have been proven to relieve anxiety.
Lavender: This is one of the most used aromatherapy essential oils. It is made through steam distillation using only the flowers of the plant. When choosing lavender products look for Lavandula officinalis, the highest quality (and also unfortunately, the most expensive) variety. Lavandula angustifolia is also acceptable and is more commonly available because it is easier to grow. Do not use lavandin as it is a cheap, low-quality variety not suitable for aromatherapy stress relief. Lavender essential oils should be clear in color. It can be combined with other essential oils to make your own custom scent.
Geranium: Like lavender, geranium is one of the most commonly used essential oils and, like lavender, it is made through steam distillation. However, only geranium leaves and stalks are used, rather than the flower. Unfortunately, the household geraniums that many of us grow each year are not generally suitable for aromatherapy stress relief: only about 10 of the more than 700 varieties of geranium plant are suitable. The household variety doesn’t usually produce enough oil. Geranium essential oil is usually clear but perhaps with a greenish tinge.
Bergamot (or bergamot orange): This citrus-scented oil is excellent for stress relief. It is made by extracting the oils from the rind of the fruit of a variety of Southeast Asian tree. This oil ranges in color from green to yellow-green. Because the oil is somewhat acidic, if you apply it to your skin, you should stay out of the sun for a time because it can cause burns.
To mix your own aromatherapy stress relief combination, use a tablespoon of a carrier oil (olive, sesame or sunflower oil will do nicely) and add 1-2 drops of any of the essential oils listed above.
Dip a cotton ball into the solution and sniff. If you enjoy the scent, excellent: store it in a perfume sample bottle. (Be aware that the carrier oil can go rancid over time so it is best to make just a small amount.) If you like, you can experiment and add a few drops of one of the other essential oils. Be careful to only add one or two drops at a time, to save money and to avoid creating an overpowering scent.
Aromatherapy stress relief is quick and painless way to restore calm in your stressful life. Get some essential oils and use your nose to bring balance to your life.
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Stress Relief Yoga Poses : Yoga Breathing Techniques
Are you using yoga for stress relief? Pranayama, yogic breathing, will help you to find fast stress relief in a minute or two.
Here’s a video which shows you alternate nostril breathing. Try it — you’ll feel great afterwards.
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Want to achieve your goals fast? Yoga can help. It’s not just an exercise program: it’s a way of creating the life you want.
You can choose any goals you wish. Perhaps you want to lose weight, or create more abundance in your life. Perhaps your relationships aren’t as happy as you wish they were… whatever you want to achieve, will help you to achieve them.
Why? Because yoga relieves stress, and when you’re relaxed, you can see many more opportunities and possibilities. Yoga also gives you energy.
Here are three ways in which you can achieve your goals faster with yoga.
1. Yoga Helps You to Focus on What’s Really Important to You
You know what’s important to you: it’s your loved ones. It’s also building the life you want. When you complete a yoga session, whether it’s taken you five minutes or an hour, you’re refreshed. The kinks are ironed out of your body and mind.
Solutions to challenges will be evident to you.
2. Take the Focus You Achieve in Yoga Into Everyday Life
Yoga helps you to focus. This is a learned skill. You’ll find that the longer you practice yoga, the more the relaxed concentration skills you learn on the mat spill over into everyday life.
This means that you’re more productive at work. At home, you enjoy your family more. Irritation vanishes from your life. You sleep better too, and when you wake in the morning you’re truly refreshed and raring to go.
3. Use Yoga Meditation to See Yourself Achieving Your Goals
Visualization is part of yoga meditation. You’ll find that visualization is handy when it comes to achieving any goal you set. You can see yourself as the person you want to be, and the steps to becoming that person will become plain to you.
Yoga is a wonderful way to relieve stress, but it can also help you to achieve your goals. Set some goals today.
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Read Yoga for the New You and discover everything you need to create a yoga practice right in your own home. Transform your life with yoga.
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