“One for sorrow, two for joy …”
Does this old nursery rhyme automatically tumble out of your mouth when you see magpies? It does mine!
But if you see just one maggie in your travels today, don’t worry: you can use your essential oils to find your joy.
Inhalation of these beautiful gifts of nature – the lifeblood of the plant that’s been carefully captured for you to enjoy – is a highly pleasurable way to experience them.
I love using them wherever and whenever – including topically via massage or directly onto location, and adding to my cooking and drinks when the label says it’s appropriate to do so − but did you know that breathing them in deeply through your nose gives them a direct route to the place in your brain that’s the control centre for our emotions?
Absolutely, you can feel those emotions in other parts of your body: the pit of your stomach, your solar plexus, even your butt cheeks. Did you just check to see if any of those regions are involuntarily tight and tense? It’s amazing where our feelings can locate themselves in our bodies without us even being conscious of it. But the home base from whence they start is the limbic lobe and our sense of smell is the only sense directly connected to this region.
Studies show time and again that if we can coax ourselves into smiling and laughing and being happy in spite of ourselves, it’s infectious – in the best possible way. To kick start that process and help you feel joyful when you’re quite frankly not, let’s look at some awesome essential oil blends to turn up your Joy-o-meter and get those good vibes humming.
Each of these blends is created by Young Living because they are the ones I know I can count on for guaranteed purity from Seed to Seal®. That’s the name of their proprietary process for producing essential oils as nature intended, with all their delicate properties intact by the time you carefully tilt the bottle to allow each precious drop to ease out and provide you with its potent goodness. Funny, I mistyped that as ‘godness’ first up and it’s kind of appropriate because they do feel like gifts from God to me. You can learn in this short video why we only ever recommend and choose Young Living oils and love them so much!
Each of these blends is delicious for diffusing and direct inhalation from the bottle. Young Living has a number of different styles of diffuser available. Please click here to get in touch with The Good Oil Team directly for help with choosing the best fit for you.
The atomising diffuser style turns the oil into a mist via pumping air through it. That style is my personal favourite. Sure, it needs a little extra TLC for cleaning but not a lot, and diffusing lemon and eucalyptus regularly helps to take care of that.
The ultrasonic ones work via a combination of water, essential oil and ultrasonic vibrations. These are sound waves that vibrate and turn the water molecules into a mist of negative ions that carry the oils into the air. Ultrasonic diffusers are also highly effective and quite popular for their ease of use and cleaning. If you live in a very humid or moist area, you might prefer the air-mist style as they don’t add any further moisture to the air. That said, we’re talking about tablespoons of water, not bucketfuls!
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So here are my top three essential oils for sparking joy in your life! I’m sure they’ll do the same for you, too.
Young Living Joy®
One of Young Living’s very early releases and a perennial favourite, Joy® is an intoxicating blend of bergamot, ylang ylang, geranium, lemon, coriander, tangerine, jasmine, roman chamomile, palmarosa and rose essential oils. Diffuse Joy® and everyone can feel uplifted on its sweet-scented drift.
Skip the potential toxic nasties in commercial perfumes and aftershaves: use Joy® over your heart and apply as your 100% natural personal fragrance daily. Top up throughout the day and don’t be surprised when people ask you, “Oh wow … what perfume/aftershave are you wearing?!” Menfolk, don’t be daunted by the floral notes that are included in this blend. I wear it often and because the oils interact with our own body oils and chemistry, it doesn’t smell feminine on me. I’ve been asked by ladies what I’m wearing so that they can order some for their man! Just a little caution note: due to the citrus oils in Joy®, avoid exposing the skin where you’ve applied it to sunlight and UV light for up to 12 hours. Choose where you put it with this in mind.
Young Living Citrus Fresh™
Sparkling and light, Citrus Fresh™ is like sunshine and dewdrops on daisy chains. A blend of orange, tangerine, grapefruit, lemon, mandarin and spearmint, this cheeky and cheerful blend of oils will have you sparkling.
Young Living Live with Passion™
When your passion is alive, your joy rides it like a carnival pony. And vice versa. Maybe it’s one of those ‘chicken and the egg’ scenarios. Either way, unleash some drops of Young Living Passion™ and harness it to get your inner light and drive cantering. Before you know it, you’ll be galloping with unbridled joy and leaving a path of smiles in your slipstream.
Essential oils are potent, so as always, please follow directions on the bottle and the usual guidelines for safe use of authentic essential oils.
Please ensure you are choosing a brand with complete transparency from seed to seal, such as Young Living. You can learn in this short video why we only ever recommend and choose Young Living oils and love them so much!
This will also connect you up with The Good Oil Team for our personal support and coaching. We'd love to help you on your journey to vibrant well-being the natural way!
Any questions? Please get in touch via our Contact page.
