ESSENTIAL OIL USAGE
Before we hop into ideas for using your oils, let's talk about the three ways we can use them and some safety info. We've already covered why we love Young Living and what makes them the best essential oils #weloveseedtoseal! Everything we're talking about here only pertains to using Young Living's (YL) essential oils (EO), not any other brand. There are three ways you can use Young Living essential oils: aromatically, topically, and internally.
AROMATIC USE
Using EOs aromatically means breathing them in. The sense of smell is the only sense that has an immediate impact on the emotional region of your brain. Maybe that’s why Stress Away makes me feel like I’m relaxing on a beach somewhere when I smell it! This makes the diffuser KEY when using essential oils for mood (plus everyone in the house gets the benefits all at once when diffusing)
You can also use your essential oils aromatically
by smelling them straight out of the bottle
by adding a drop or two to diffuser jewelry
on a cotton ball over a vent
on a clothespin in the vent of your car
One place you do NOT want to put essential oils is in a humidifier. Remember, YL’s essential oils are extremely concentrated, and humidifiers are not the same as diffusers (and adding essential oils in your humidifier could break it or worse). If you're using a non-YL diffuser, you also want to make sure it's a high quality diffuser.
TOPICAL USE
Using essential oils topically means applying them to your skin. There are two ways you can use essential oils topically - neat or diluted.
Neat means NO CARRIER OIL (a carrier oil is a fatty oil like coconut oil, grapeseed oil, or jojoba oil for example… YL also has one called V6). Diluted means using essential oils WITH CARRIER OIL (which also helps the essential oils NOT to dissolve too quickly). If you ever have irritation when using essential oils topically, add additional carrier oil (NOT water).
Some easy ways to use your essential oils topically are to make a roll-on, cream, or ointment. Apply this directly to the desired area or VitaFlex points (google VitaFlex points for a diagram).
Some of my favorite places to apply essential oils topically are…
inner wrists, back of neck, and behind ears for emotional support
stomach for digestive support
on the spine or bottom of feet for immune support
on sore muscles after a workout
bottom of feet for sleep
temples and forehead for a happy head
Raven & PanAway are not recommended to be applied to children younger than 6.
Peppermint (depending on the resource you follow) is not recommended to be applied on children younger than 18 months or 2 years.
INTERNAL/DIETARY USE
Some essential oils can be taken internally as a dietary supplement. Young Living has an entire line of Vitality oils that are easy to identify for ingestion because of their white label. These bottles include EXACTLY THE SAME essential oil as their colorful counterparts, but they make it easy to identify what essential oils can be ingested.
You can ingest Vitality essential oils
in a vegetable or gelatin capsule
by adding them to a favorite recipe (remember a little goes a LONG way)
in a glass of water, milk, coffee, tea, juice, or a smoothie
When you ingest your essential oils, there are a few things that are important to remember
when using a capsule to ingest, it is helpful to add food grade carrier oil first
do NOT drink your oils from a plastic container
start with one drop
One of the biggest debates about essential oils is whether or not to ingest them, and that is because there are three different schools of essential oil usage: English, German, and French. Young Living uses all three, and since YL oils are 100% pure therapeutic grade essential oils, many of them are safe for ingestion. Do your research so that you can make an empowered decision for yourself and your family. If you would prefer not to ingest your essential oils, you can get their benefits topically and aromatically instead!
When you’re ready to grab your kit, reach out to the Dream Oiler who sent you the links to this class.
