Come winter, do you feel like bears are your kinfolk? I do! It’s all about hibernation!
And essential oils and certain supplements can really help with creating a cosy, warm and restorative fragrance and atmosphere when you’re ensconced with your favourite soft blanket, a hot toddy and a good book.
Have you ever noticed your home has more creaks and groans in the cold months? Often enough, so do we!! This is where it’s very wise to choose supplements that are extra-supportive for helping us to feel more ‘oiled up’ so to speak. We’ll get to those in a minute.
First up, here are a few of our favourite winter-warming essential oils for freshening up the air in your home and office. One of them is awesome for a cosy massage, too.
OUR WINTER ESSENTIAL OIL FAVES
Young Living Abundance™ and Young Living Christmas Spirit™ – these are sweetly spicy with a magnetic appeal. Set your diffuser running with Abundance™or Christmas Spirit™ to create a cosy, welcoming feeling. You can also create your own blend of orange, ginger and cinnamon single essential oils for a like-minded vibe.
Young Living R.C.™ – wonderful for refreshing the air in a stuffy environment, with a crisp, lemony fragrance. This also makes for a relaxing chest rub or body massage. Blend several drops with a nurturing pure carrier oil like Young Living V-6 Enhanced Vegetable Complex, sweet almond or jojoba. If you’re in the mood for a ‘steam tent’ with a bowl of very warm water and towel over your head, a couple of drops of R.C.™ in the water makes a comforting addition, rich in such oils as eucalyptus (it contains three different kinds: globulus, radiata and citriodora), myrtle, pine, to name but a few.
SUPPLEMENTS TO BOLSTER YOUR FORTITUDE
Young Living OmegaGize³™
We hear it often nowadays – Vitamin D is vital! And in winter, it’s definitely trickier to get enough sunshine to keep your levels nice and high, for strong bones, muscles and overall well being.
If I can get a good supplement that multitasks really well, I’m all for it. In this case, Young Living OmegaGize³™ is one of my top winter picks! It not only includes vitamin D3, but it also harnesses the power of omega-3 fish oil and CoQ10 (ubiquinone). These three core ingredients create a supplement that supports in adults a healthy cardiovascular system, bone health and brain function.
Essential oils are included to further enhance the positive effects and synergy of the ingredients. It’s vital when choosing a fish oil supplement that the source of the fish is clean, and you can count on OmegaGize³™ for that purity (it’s independently tested to ensure it’s free of environmental pollutants).
Young Living BLM
Another supplemental beauty for winter is BLM. Enhanced with the essential oils of Idaho Balsam Fir, Copaiba and Clove, these convenient capsules contain a potent combination of awesome natural ingredients like type II collagen, MSM and glucosamine sulphate. These have been shown to support joint and tissue health and normal cell function.
BLM™ also supports healthy cartilage and – here’s the huge winter bonus – provides temporary relief from joint pain associated with osteoarthritis.
Please be aware it’s not suitable for vegetarians or those who suffer from shellfish allergies. If you aren’t able to use BLM capsules for this reason, you could take a look at the essential oils in the formula and consider blending a few drops or so in with a handful of pure carrier oil for a relaxing and warming massage.
BE GENTLE WITH YOURSELF AND OTHERS
Balance is vital in life, and just as extroversion and introversion are both necessary in our world and in ourselves, winter is a time to be non-summer-ish! We can push ourselves to maintain all schedules, types of exercise and activities and food with disregard for seasons, but doesn’t it make sense to use winter as a time to do things best suited to it?
Allow yourself to have some quiet time, sleep more and be rested and energised when spring comes around. You’ll find our tips for getting a good night’s sleep here. Permission to snooze without shame: granted!
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