“It isn’t the mountain ahead that wears you out; it’s the grain of sand in your shoe.” Robert W. Service
(Companion oil: Young Living Sacred Mountain™)
If you’ve been bushwalking or mountain climbing lately, today’s quote could well give you a grin. Funny how the smallest of pebbles might as well be the size of a golf ball when it’s in your shoe !
When you’ve been at the top of a mountain, no matter how you arrived there — I’m talking about an actual physical mountain, not an emotional one — how have you felt when you’ve looked at the vast expanse of what lies ahead and beneath you? Do things that were weighing heavily on you and feeling insurmountable suddenly shrink beneath the magnificence of nature? They do for me.
When I’m close to nature — and I love to as much as I can — I feel humbled at the enormity of its resilience, its amazing capacity to renew itself and adapt while remaining indomitable, steadfast and resolute.
Whether you’ve given yourself a workout climbing a mountain or driven in comfort to set up camp in the middle of nowhere, whether you’re walking on the beach watching the sun rise or doing your darndest not to skid on lichen-covered stones in a rainforest with gargantuan ferns dripping overhead — any time you’re close to nature, I suspect you get the feelings I’m doing my best to describe. It feels comforting, doesn’t it? Puts things in perspective and helps us not sweat the small stuff.
Any time you want to tap into those feelings and you’re not able to drop everything and head off to connect with nature, I thoroughly recommend a beautiful Young Living essential oil blend named Sacred Mountain™.
This combination of essential oils from conifers helps instil a sense of sanctity that very much comes about in the mountains. And it also promotes the feelings of strength, empowerment, grounding, and protection that come from being close to nature.
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Sacred Mountain™ contains spruce (Picea mariana) which opens and releases emotional blocks, ylang ylang (Cananga odorata) for balancing masculine/feminine energies and restoring confidence, Balsam fir (Abies balsamea) for empowerment, and cedarwood (Cedrus atlantica) — high in sesquiterpenes which stimulate thoughts and understanding.
It’s a beautiful blend to apply on the crown of your head. Bonus tip: cedarwood is great for the hair and scalp ! It’s also wonderful on the back of your neck, wrists and behind your ears. Follow the usual guidelines for safe use whenever applying essential oils. And you can diffuse or inhale it straight from the bottle.
With a To Do List as long as my arm at the moment, I’m not sure when I’ll next get my healthy dose of nature time, so I’ll be massaging a few drops of Sacred Mountain™ into my scalp each night when I hit the hay. Maybe I’ll hear ‘Climb Every Mountain’ while I’m dreaming !
