ESSENTIAL OILS
WHAT ARE ESSENTIAL OILS
So what exactly are these magical little bottles of oils?! Essential oils are the “lifeblood” of a plant. They can be found in a plant’s flower, stem, leaves, bark or fruit. They are usually extracted through steam distillation. Essential Oils are very complex, containing hundreds or thousands of different chemical compounds; this is what gives each plant its unique healing attributes and characteristics.
Plants were man’s first medicine! You may just be hearing about essential oils for the first time but they have actually been used for a really, really long time. Today, essential oils are still used to bring health and wellness to the body – mentally, emotionally and physically.
WHAT WILL ESSENTIAL OILS DO FOR YOU?
We all use oils for so many different reasons, they can support your mind and your body. From sleep support to managing the big emotions and everything in between.
Here are some facts about therapeutic grade oils and what they can do:
+ Reach every cell in your body within 20 minutes when applied topically
+ Help eliminate toxins in your body
+ Help support the different systems of the body: digestive, nervous, muscular, and more.
+ Promote cellular regeneration
+ Pass through the blood-brain barrier
+ Work on emotions via the limbic system of your brain
+ Promote healthy emotional wellness and relax and clear the mind
+ Transport nutrients
+ Be powerful antioxidants
+ Remove toxins in the air
+ Promote healthy, breathable air
+ Be a great alternative to chemical or toxic fragrances
We use oils to support us every day in a safe and natural way.
There are three ways to use Essential Oils: Topically, Aromatically, and by Ingestion.
Topically
Oils are great to rub directly onto your skin – within 20 minutes they penetrate every cell of your body. A good place to start is the bottom of your feet. This is a non-sensitive area and it should be your go-to place for applying oils to babies! Depending on the need you can apply oils neat (undiluted) or diluted with coconut, olive, or Young Living’s V-6 oil straight to the location that you’re needing it for. When you are applying to babies or children, always dilute with a carrier oil.
Aromatically
Aromatically means to breathe in the oils. Diffusers are an amazing way to use essential oils, put a few drops in and top up with water. The diffuser fills the air in your home with the oils. It’s a great alternative to burning candles and the oils support your body at the same time.
Ingesting
This means to swallow them – either in drink or food, or by filling a vegetable capsule. Some people are very comfortable with ingesting and others aren’t. This is purely a personal choice. Not all oils are made to be ingested, so please refer to the label of each oil for proper usage instructions. Young Living has their own range of dietary oils called Plus+ oils which have a white label so you can confidently add them to food items. Orange + added to hot chocolate is yummy or try a drop of peppermint in your brownie mix!
WHY YOUNG LIVING?
Contrary to popular belief, not all essential oils are created equally. As the essential oil industry is unregulated, it leaves a lot of room for sub-par practices, misleading labels and inauthentic marketing claims. The vast majority of essential oils on the market are only suitable for cosmetics and perfumes (read, they smell nice but have no therapeutic benefits) The word ‘organic’ doesn’t mean much either in the oil industry, and as for ‘pure’ – in England, it only has to contain 5% pure essential oil to be labelled as such.Young Living have invested in their own farms, care for and nurture their own plants, trees and shrubs and distil, test and bottle all their oils in house. They control every single step of the process – this is what they call their Seed to Seal guarantee.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀If you are looking for essential oils to truly improve your wellbeing, and not just to replace candles in your home, they need to be therapeutic grade, and to get all of the benefits that the oil has to offer, a very particular process (individual to each plant) needs to be followed.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
For example, most companies distil cypress oil for 3.5 hours as it is the most cost-effective time. But to get all of the 280(!) chemical constituents (properties), cypress oil needs to be distilled for 24 hours. 20 hours will get you 20 properties, 26 hours will get you 0. There is a very fine balance, and it is one that Young Living are dedicated to excelling at. Needless to say, Young Living distil for precisely 24 hours.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀Young Living are the only essential oil company to own all of their farms. Their farms are all on land that has been certified organic for a minimum of 50 years, they use all of their own essential oils as pest control and they use horses to fell trees. This allows them complete control over every single part of the process to ensure perfection.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀Young Living’s commitment to producing a pure, unadulterated oil is unmatched as the entire company is based on a devotion to creating a highly therapeutic product you can trust, every time.