A Yoga guide to Essential Oils

Here is my quick guide to using essential oils in your yoga practice. There are so many oils you could use, and for many different reasons.

So let's start with some basics.

Most people know that lavender is good for relaxation, but what other oils can you use? And what benefit do they bring to your practice?

There are many tools you can add to your toolbox, a yoga practice is one of them, but I am sure you have many more. Oils are one of the major tools I rely on, and I would love to share my knowledge with you.

Oils for Meditation 

Sandalwood: a warm, woodsy, and sweet aroma. Massage sandalwood onto your temples and forehead to promote relaxation and keep you grounded in your meditation. A nervine and calmative, that enhances relaxation.

Frankincense: a sweet, warm, balsamic aroma with calming properties that can increase spirituality and inner strength. Place a drop on the third eye (between the eye brows) prior to meditation.

White Angelica: a unique combination of 10 essential oils, sweet, warm, with a woodsy base and burst of citrus. Rub this oil over the collar bones, and the back of the neck to protect your energy and heighten your spiritual connection.

Oils for Grounding

Vetiver: a heavy, earthy fragrance, with a touch of lemon. This oil is calming and relaxing, and makes you feel as though you are connected to the earth. Massage to the soles of the feet prior to a relaxation session.

Northern lights black spruce: from a Canadian farm in BC, this oil is rich, woody, and invigorating. Use this oil to keep you grounded in meditation, nidra, restorative or yin yoga by massaging to the soles of the feet.

Palo Santo: a grounding and inspiring oil with a woodsy undertone, with notes of pine, mint, and lemon. An uplifting oil that can be used to help deepen your connection as you purpose, or engage in prayer or meditation. Apply to the temples and back of the neck to help you stay grounded.

Oils for Energizing 

Orange: a sweet, citrus fragrance that encourages positive emotions and gives you the boost of energy you need for a movement practice. Apply a few drops to the palms and directly inhale, and then rub over the shoulders.

Spearmint: a minty, invigorating, and slightly fruity scent. Spearmint may help to open and release emotional blockages and awaken the body to move. Directly inhale, apply to the back of the neck and shoulders.

Wintergreen: an uplifting essential oil with a refreshing minty aroma. Encourages a positive attitude with its energizing scent, giving you a welcomed boost before your morning practice. Apply a few drops to the back of the neck and wrists.

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