Oils & Emotions

🌿 EMOTIONAL SUPPORT + THE BRAIN 

“When we go to fill up the diffuser, we know that our essential oils are releasing healing compounds into the air - but what’s the deal with emotions? How are oils going to impact our feelings or mood?
To understand this, we need to take a look at the brain and how it processes emotion.

In the brain, under the cerebral cortex (the outer layer), there is a collection of structures called the limbic system. This regulates our body temperature, hunger, thirst, sleep, pleasure, and controls the release of hormones in the body - based on emotional stimuli.
The limbic system also takes our experiences and forms memories, especially where strong emotion was attached to the event.
The amygdala, part of this system, is where trauma is stored from accidents, abuse, or shock. It evaluates our experiences, determining whether we should be in fight or flight to deal with potential threats. This part of the brain learns about rewards and punishments and programs them into our nervous system, which can be good or bad. We can learn harmful things that program our body to associate pretty much anything with danger or harm, meaning we will be wired for fear and stress.
Researchers have discovered that the sense of smell is the *only* sense with a direct line of communication to this area of the brain.

When we inhale something as potent as our essential oils, we are able to send messages of help quickly and effectively to this emotional center of our brain.
“Because the limbic system is directly connected to those parts of the brain that control heart rate, blood pressure, breathing, memory, stress levels, and hormone balance, essential oils can have profound physiological and psychological effects… Olfactory responses to odors induce the brain to stimulate the release of hormones and neurochemicals that in turn alter the body’s physiology and behavior.” from: Essential Oil Desk Reference, 4th Edition

So when we fill up the diffuser, we are making a phone call straight to our emotions and the physical effects of stressful emotions. We’re telling them, “Hey. I brought in some help.”

Here are some things that can happen when we make that phone call and offer a pure, therapeutic lifeline to interrupt the stress //
🌸Parts of the body that have been in overtime get to take a break!
🌸Emotional responses or habits that we are conditioned to are affected
🌸Negative emotions may resurface to be processed and released so the brain doesn’t have to work around them anymore
🌸Physical changes can occur as the body reassigns workers and starts to heal from the compromise of stress. This balancing act is sometimes uncomfortable at first.

As you can see, essential oils are clearly designed to be compatible with our brain and in fact are unique in their ability to help us deal with emotion!"

via our sweet Courtney Critz ✨
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Starter Kit emotional faves:

🌿STRESS AWAY
🌿LAVENDER
🌿PEACE & CALMING
🌿FRANKINCENSE
🌿CITRUS FRESH
🌿VALOR

other emotional support favs //

🌿BERGAMOT 
🌿NORTHERN LIGHTS BLACK SPRUCE 
🌿WHITE ANGELICA 
🌿GROUNDING
🌿ORANGE
🌿TRAUMA LIFE/SARA
🌿JOY/HOPE

The Feelings™ collection features six essential oil blends that inspire feelings of emotional well-being when diffused. Use in the morning and evening to promote peaceful thoughts and spiritual harmony.

The Feelings Collection Includes:

Harmony™, 5 ml
Forgiveness™, 5 ml
Inner Child™, 5 ml
Present Time™, 5 ml
Release™, 5ml
Valor II™, 5 ml

To learn more about oils and emotions, please send me an email, I would love to chat with you!

To get your Premium Starter Kit (that comes with a diffuser, 12 oils, 6 of which are perfect for emotions!), order here: bit.ly/Oilswithkatesconcepts or read more about it HERE.