Forgiveness

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Forgiveness- Young Living

❤️ FUN FACTS ❤️

The Young Living Forgiveness blend contains fifteen therapeutic grade, emotional oils that work in harmony to enhance the ability to release hurtful memories and move beyond emotional barriers. When we are lifted into a higher spiritual awareness, our frequency rises to the point where we are almost compelled to forgive, forget and let go. This is one major step in releasing emotional bondage from our lives. This blend has an extremely high (spiritual and emotional) frequency of 1942 MHz. To give you a comparison the human brain is 72-90 MHz and the body is 62-68 MHz.

Frequency is an indicator of the vibration and energy of food or even thoughts! For instance organic food has a higher vibration than conventional food. Processed food is 0 MHz; and studies have shown that just eating lower frequency foods can bring your overall frequency down! Essential Oils raise the vibrational level as soon as you smell them.

When the level of the essential oil is very high it helps us release things quicker by raising our spiritual awareness.

❤️ WHAT IT DOES ❤️

We forgive, not for the other person, but for ourselves.”  This is so we do not have to carry around the heavy burden that holding onto wrongs done to us can bear. And this burden takes a toll on our health, as science is now proving.

Psychologists and neurologists have been researching forgiveness and have concluded that the act of forgiveness is health-promoting for the forgiver.

Using essential oils, such as Young Living’s Forgiveness blend, has a direct influence on the brain because the sense of smell is the only sense directly wired to the brain. Olfactory nerves transport the aroma of essential oils to the limbic system and the olfactory sensory center at the base of the brain. The impulses are passed next between the pituitary and pineal gland and move to the amygdala, which is the memory center or fear and trauma. Healing and forgiveness can then take place.

❤️ WHAT’S IN IT ❤️

  • MELISSA– calming and uplifting, it helps balance emotions, remove emotional blocks and instills a positive outlook on life
  • GERANIUM– helps with hormonal balance, liver and kidney functions, and the discharge of toxins from the liver that keep us from having balance.
  • FRANKINCENSE– high in sesquiterpenes that oxygenate the pineal gland (gland in the brain known as our third eye that produces hormones, specifically melatonin) and pituitary gland (gland that secretes hormones into the blood and regulated thyroid) Frankincense helps us enhance communication with our creator and promotes a more positive attitude
  • ROSEWOOD– appeasing to the mind, relaxing to the body, creates a feeling of peace and gentleness
  • SANDALWOOD -like frankincense- high in sesquiterpenes which increase oxygenation to the pineal and pituitary gland, helping to improve one’s attitude, alleviate depression and assists in the removal of negative programing from the cells of the body
  • ANGELICA– helps one release and let go of negative feelings
  • LAVENDER– oils of relaxation, traditionally known to balance the body and help wherever there is a need. Promotes consciousness, health, love, peace and a general sense of well-being
  • LEMON– refreshing, invigorating, purifying and energizing, lemon is a mood elevator and promotes the feeling of health and vitality
  • JASMINE– uplifting to the emotions, produces a feeling of confidence, energy, euphoria, and optimism.
  • ROMAN CHAMOMILE– helps to cleanse the blood and expel toxins from the liver. Calming and relaxing, it helps combat depression and eliminates some of the emotional charge of anxiety, irritability and nervousness. It can dispel anger and stabilize the emotions
  • BERGAMOT– soothing to the endocrine system and to the hormones, uplifts and calms the emotions and helps relieve anxiety, stress and tension
  • YLANG YLANG- helps balance male/female energies to help one move towards spiritual attunement and focus their thoughts. Brings back a feeling of self- love, confidence, joy and peace
  • PALMAROSA – Strengthens ones feeling s of security, helps reduce stress and tension and promotes recovery from nervous exhaustion. It also uplifts the emotions, refreshes the mind and clarifies thoughts. It also has a normalizing effect on the thyroid gland
  • HELICHRYSUM– helps cleanse the blood and improve circulation. On a spiritual level, it helps one let go of angry feelings that prevent one from forgiving and moving forward in life
  • ROSE– highest frequency of any oil, rose helps enhance the frequency of every cell in the body, helping to restore balance and harmony to the body
  • Sesame Seed Oil carrier

❤️ IDEAS FOR USE – TOPICAL/ AROMATIC ❤️

  • Wear as a perfume or cologne
  • apply over the heart
  • Apply several drops (2-4) on shoulders, ears, throat, spine, wrists, neck or feet
  • Add Several drops (2-4) to bath water with Epsom salts for a relaxing soak
  • Apply to chakras/vitaflex points
  • Directly inhale
  • Diffuse or inhale while journaling- affirmations may include: “I forgive {name} for any harm or hurt you have caused me”, “I am thankful for life’s experiences and the lessons they teach” or “I forgive myself for my past mistakes” or I forgive and release everyone and everything that is negatively attached to me.
  • Diffuse/ Inhale to help reduce feelings of anger or guilt
  • Apply to pulse points to help feel grounded and content throughout the day
  • Diffuse at bedtime for a healthy night’s sleep

❤️ COMPANION OILS ❤️

Feelings Kit

Valor

Inner Child

Present Time

Harmony

Joy

Gathering

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Sensation

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Sensation- Young Living

🌹FUN FACTS 🌹

A beautiful blend of five sensational and seductive oils, Sensation by Young Living is designed to be extremely uplifting, refreshing and arousing.

🌹WHAT IT DOES🌹

This romantic blend not only has a seductive scent but is supportive to nourishing healthy skin. The oils in this blend are well known to act as aphrodisiac, enhancing relationships, helping one to over come feelings of loss,  increasing the emotions of love and  romantic intimacy. Sensation promotes sexual energy (in both men and women) Is has a fairly high physical/ emotional frequency of 88MHz

  • Endocrine system (hormones
  • Emotional Balance
  • Skin

🌹WHAT’S IN IT 🌹

CORIANDER – has been used since Ancient Egypt. It may support healthy digestive and circulatory system functions and has been studied for the support it may offer to a healthy pancreas*.

YLANG YLANG – has a long history in skin and hair care products, particularly in Asia, where it is used to promote healthy, luxuriant hair. It also restores confidence and equilibrium. and feelings of self love.

BERGAMOT – has a long history of use for troubled and oily skin. The essential oil has a calming aroma which relaxes the mind and body.

JASMINE– beneficial for the skin and supportive of women’s challenges*. It has been used throughout history for romance and attraction and for balancing the feminine energy of the body.

GERANIUM – helps you relax and beatify your skin! Used traditionally to support the circulatory and nervous systems, a great deal of its strength lies in its ability to revitalize body tissues*.

🌹IDEAS FOR USE – TOPICAL/ AROMATIC🌹

Place a few drops on your pillow at night

Diffuse for a romantic atmosphere

Wear as a perfume

Add a few drops to a massage oil

Apply as a compress over the abdomen

Add a couple of drops to a relaxing bath

🌹COMPANION OILS🌹

  • Awaken
  • Dream Catcher
  • Into The Future
  • Joy
  • Live With Passion

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Ylang Ylang

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Ylang Ylang – Young Living

🌼 FUN FACTS 🌼

Pronounced EE-lang EE-lang, these flowers have been used to cover the beds of newlywed couples on their wedding night. Steam distilled from flowers of trees grown in Ecuador and Madagascar, Ylang Ylang essential oil has a sweet, romantic aroma and moisturizing properties, making it a key ingredient in many luxury skin and hair products. Ylang Ylang is often classified as a heart note because it emerges just as the top notes begin to dissipate.  Its essential oil is highly sought after for its antioxidants, sesquiterpenes, and other organic compounds that make it so potent.

🌼 WHAT IT DOES 🌼

Organic Ylang Ylang Complete Oil is well known as an aphrodisiac and can be wonderful in a romantic massage blend. It eases the mind, releases nervous tension and helps the whole body relax. Ylang Ylang is also used to help retain moisture in the skin and has been attributed with promoting shiny, lustrous hair. Research has shown that aromatically, the slang slang oil fragrance helps to lift depression, influence sexual energy and enhances relationships. Calming and relaxing, it is said to help reduce anger, rage and low self esteem. Medicinal uses include helping maintain a healthy blood flow, healthy inflammatory response, regulating the heart and promoting healthy intestinal function

  • Emotional Balance
  • Cardiovascular System
  • Hormonal Balance
  • Skin

🌼 IDEAS FOR USE – TOPICAL/ AROMATIC 🌼

  • apply to vita flex points
  • wear as perfume
  • diffuse for a sensual aroma
  • mix with other oils in a DIY perfume
  • add to a massage oil for a romantic massage
  • apply at bedtime for a relaxing, sedating effect
  • add a drop or two to your favorite skin moisturizer
  • add a few drops to your favorite hair conditioner, or massage through the hair with the fingers after a shower
  • apply directly to skin on location as needed for healing and support, mix with carrier oil if necessary
  • apply over the chest for cardiovascular support
  • apply over the writs for hormonal support
  • apply to the back of neck and lower abdomen for menstrual comfort

🌼 BLENDS WITH 🌼

  • Anise
  • Bergamot
  • Cardamom
  • Chamomile
  • Cumin
  • Geranium
  • Grapefruit
  • Lemon
  • Marjoram
  • Sandalwood
  • Vetiver

🌼 CONSTITUENTS 🌼

  • Sesquiterpenes (55%)
  • Beta- caryophyllene
  • methyl salicylate
  • linalool
  • geraniol

🌼 FOUND IN 🌼

  • Aroma Life
  • ART Renewal Serum
  • Common Sense
  • Gentle Baby
  • Gratitude
  • Gathering
  • Grounding
  • Harmony
  • Highest Potential
  • Humility
  • Inner Child
  • into The Future
  • Joy
  • Lady Sclaerol
  • Motivation
  • Peace & Calming
  • Present Time
  • Release
  • Sacred Mountain
  • SARA
  • Sensation
  • White Angelica
  • Boswelia Wrinkle Cream
  • Genesis Hand & Body Lotion
  • Dragon Time Bath Gel
  • Dragon Time Massage Oil
  • Relaxation Massage oil
  • Sensation Massage Oil

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Joy

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Joy – Young Living

🌺 FUN FACTS 🌺  

JOY is a blend of 10 prized essential oils, formulated by D. Gary Young in 1994- it has been one of the longest running and most well loved oils in the Young Living collection. Many of these oils have a rich history: Bergamot is rumored to have been taken to Italy by way of the Canary Islands by Christopher Columbus. Rose has been praised for its fragrance and other qualities since Ancient Greek and Roman times. With such powerful oils, it’s no surprise that Joy is a member favorite

🌺 WHAT’S IN IT 🌺 

BERGAMOT – soothing to the endocrine system and hormones, bergamot is said to uplift and calm the emotions, to help relieve anxiety, stress and tension

YLANG YLANG – helps to balance the male-female energies so one can more easily focus their thought and filter out all the distractions. Ylang Ylang brings about feelings of self- love, confidence, joy and peace and has often been associated as an aphrodisiac

GERANIUM – helps ease nervous tension and stress, balance the hormones, lift the spirit and foster feelings of well-being, peace and hope. Geranium is also an amazing skin oil which supports healthy skin elasticity

ROSEWOOD – helps improve skin elasticity while also appeasing the mind, relaxing the body and creating a feeling of peace and gentleness

LEMON– a light and bright, energizing oil, lemon is invigorating, uplifting and warming. Lemon is lightening and brightening to the skin

MANDARIN – bright and citrusy like orange and tangerine, mandarin promotes happiness, is refreshing, uplifting and revitalizing. Mandarin is an excellent choice for reducing stress and irritability

JASMINE– the alluring night blossom, jasmine is very uplifting to the emotions and produces a feeling of confidence, energy, euphoria and optimism

ROMAN CHAMOMILE- helps reduce irritability and minimize nervousness. This is a very grounding oil- great for the skin as it aids in regeneration

PALMAROSA- valuable for all types of skin support, it moisturizes, speeds healing and stimulates new cell growth. It also has an emotionally uplifting aroma

ROSE– the most highly prized oil of beauty, rose possesses the highest frequency of any essential oil, which helps bring balance and harmony to the body. Rose is said to attract love and enhance self-love, bringing joy to the heart

🌺WHAT IT DOES 🌺 

This blend is a beautiful complimentary blend of oils, excellent for skin application and/ or emotional support. When inhaled, it brings back memories of being loved, being held, sharing loving times with others. Aromatically, Joy helps us break down blocks we have towards others in our life and regain a feeling of joyful confidence.  Its inspiring floral scent creates a comforting environment when diffused and a pleasant aroma when applied with skin care products.

🌺IDEAS FOR USE – TOPICAL/ AROMATIC 🌺 

  • Apply over the heart or on the wrists for a joyful and happy aromatic experience
  • Apply Joy to your wrists and the back of your neck before going out for a fresh and natural floral perfume.
  • Place 2–3 drops on a damp cloth and throw it in the dryer to help freshen your laundry.
  • Put a few drops in a warm bath for a spa-like experience and a blissful, relaxing aroma.
  • Treat yourself to a steamy shower filled with comforting and enlivening floral-citrus notes.
  • Brighten dull desk work or your midday slump at the office.
  • Diffuse Joy to create an atmosphere of happiness throughout your home during family gatherings and celebrations.
  • Transform your bedroom into a welcoming, floral-infused retreat – contains Ylang Ylang essential oil, which inspires a romantic aromatic atmosphere
  • Add a drop to your favorite face moisturizer
  • Put 2-3 drops of your favorite Young Living oil on a cotton ball placed inside the vacuum canister of your vacuum cleaner.
  • Uplifting deodorant: Mix in a small jar 2 oz. Cornstarch, 1 oz. Baking soda, and a few drops Joy essential oil
  • Add 10 to 12 drops of your favorite Young Living essential oil to 2 oz. of massage oil base (like grapeseed oil) for a quick massage
  • Place a few drops of Joy in your car placed in a cotton ball
  • Use Joy on notecards and letters to make a lovely scented stationary.
  • Sprinkle a few drops in potpourri to improve the fragrance.
  • Sprinkle a few drops onto a rag and wipe down the hard floors in your home

🌺 COMPANION PRODUCTS 🌺 

  • Desert Mist Diffuser
  • V-6 Vegetable Oil Complex
  • Envision Essential oil blend
  • Feelings Collection
  • Ylang Ylang Essential Oil
  • Bergamot Essential Oil
  • Citrus Fresh oil blend
  • Live Your Passion oil blend
  • ART Moisturizers

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Bergamot & Bergamot Vitality

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Bergamot & Bergamot Vitality- Young Living

🍊 FUN FACTS 🍊

Bergamot is of the citrus family, but it is not as well known. Christopher Columbus is credited with bringing bergamot to Italy from the Canary Islands. It is defined as a hybrid between sour orange and lemon and produces a fruit that is extremely sour with fragrant peels. Its aromatic profile is so compelling that it has been used for centuries in perfumery for its tangy green top note. Bergamot is what gives Earl Gray tea its coveted flavor

🍊 WHAT IT DOES 🍊

Aromatically, bergamot helps to relieve anxiety, depression, stress and tension. It is uplifting and refreshing and helps us to radiate LOVE.  Historically, Bergamot was used  to maintain a healthy intestinal tract with no parasites, to maintain a healthy intestinal tract with no parasites, to aid sleep, to soothe throats, to support the respiratory system, aid digestion, soothe the skin and support the endocrine system

Constituents to research:

monoterpenes (D-limonene, alpha and beta pinene) , sesquiterpenes

🍊IDEAS FOR USE – INGESTION (Vitality™) 🍊

  • substitute for zest- 1 drop for a teaspoon, 7-10 drops for the whole fruit
  • infuse balsamic vinegar 1 drop per oz
  • add a drop or two to your favorite tea or beverage
  • use 1-5 drops per 4 oz salad dressing
  • add a drop per teaspoon of butter or coconut spread for flavoring
  • add 2 drops per oz of olive oils and drizzle over meats, pastas, breads and vegetables
  • add 1-2 drops into a veggie capsule with carrier oil and ingest as dietary supplement

🍊 TOPICAL/ AROMATIC (non- Vitality™) 🍊

  • diffuse for a sweet, lively, citrus & fruity aroma
  • add a few drops to your thieves cleaner or a spray bottle with water to wipe down surfaces
  • add a drop to your favorite skin cleanser to help control oily skin
  • apply to the bottom of feet prior to bedtime- bergamot is relaxing and calming
  • add a few drops to a homemade muscle rub or cream, particularly after a workout
  • add a few drops to carrier oil and rub over the chest to calm and support breathing
  • inhale from bottle
  • add a few drops to water and dip a washcloth for a cool forehead compress
  • blend with other oils for a delightful perfume
  • massage over abdomen with carrier oil to support digestion and healthy gas levels

🍊 BLENDS WITH 🍊

  • Chamomile
  • Cypress
  • Eucalyptus
  • Geranium
  • Jasmine
  • Juniper
  • Lavender
  • Lemon
  • Palmarosa
  • Patchouli
  • Ylang Ylang
  • Cardamom

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Christmas Spirit

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Christmas Spirit -Young Living

🎄FUN FACTS 🎄

Christmas Spirit Essential oil is a blend of  OrangeCinnamon, and Black Spruce and it really is like Christmas in a bottle. It’s wonderful to diffuse, or add a few drops to your dryer balls and let all those holiday smells comfort you. But his oil blend shouldn’t be reserved for only the holidays, it is effective for the feeling and memory of beautiful times life and for enhancing the desire to be in those happy and joyful moments.

🎄WHAT’S IN IT 🎄

ORANGE– cold pressed from the rinds of oranges, orange spreads sunshine on gloomy thoughts and depression. Orange is naturally uplifting to the spirit, bringing peace and happiness to the mind and body

CINNAMON BARK  part of the formula that the Lord gave to Moses (Exodus 30:22-27) it is very purifying, oxygenating and enhances the activity and actions of other oils. Cinnamon has a stimulating and tonic affect on the body, particularly the circulatory system and is attributed to bringing feelings of merriment and joy

SPRUCE– grounds the body, creates balance and a feeling of openness to receiving and giving.  Spruce is warming, healing, uplifting and soothing and it known to relieve anxiety by creating a fresh, aromatic atmosphere

🎄WHAT IT DOES 🎄

The oils in this blend are not only aromatic and emotional uplifting, but they have medicinal value as well for immune support, cardiovascular systems and respiratory health. Emotionally, the oils in Christmas Spirit combine to soothe the nervous system, relieve anxiety and depression, uplift the spirits, and create that feeling of peace and security that the holiday seasons should bring. This blend is also a beautiful air purifier

🎄 IDEAS FOR USE – TOPICAL/ AROMATIC 🎄

  • Diffuse! Diffuse! Diffuse!
  • Deep inhale directly from the bottle, being careful not to let it touch the nose- cinnamon bark is a hot oil
  • Dilute in carrier oil and wear on the crown of the forehead, back of the neck or wrists as perfume
  • Add a few drops to your holiday decorations such as pine boughs, cedar chips and pinecones
  • Place a few drops on fire logs before during
  • Add several drops to brighten up potpourri
  • Place several drops in your Young Living Glass diffuser Christmas ornament!

🎄COMPANION OILS 🎄

  • Mandarin
  • Clove
  • Nutmeg
  • Pine
  • Northern Lights Black Spruce

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Well Done, Good and Faithful Servant

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I wish there was an essential oil called Encouragement, because I would have been bathing myself in that stuff hourly.

We homeschool Mamas, need lots of encouragement. Buckets and buckets full, because we never know if what we’re doing is good enough.  All mothers, but homeschool moms in particular, suffer a fear of inadequacy beyond anyone’s wildest imagination.

It starts when they are little, we dream of our children being multilingual classical composers with a PhD in astrophysics. We throw ourselves into teaching them colors and numbers and letters… and then it’s reading and writing and oh my word… MATH. There’s history and science and literature, diagramming sentences and proper punctuation, Latin and Bible studies and poetry recitations.  There’s drawing and painting and piano lessons- but don’t forget about swim lessons and sports teams, and the food pyramid for healthy eating. They have to learn to brush their teeth, clean their rooms, feed the dog, wash their dishes… without me reminding them. But in between all that, they must learn to learn to buckle their seatbelt, tie their shoes, ride a bike…

…are you exhausted yet???

And that’s just the beginning.

Eventually we awaken to the sad truth that Johnny’s math skills aren’t as strong as the neighboring fourth grader. And he’s batting zero on that whole astrophysics thing. Not to mention, he positively HATES the piano and you never did get to all those language lessons you dreamed of… sigh.

Mamas, YOU 👏 ARE 👏 NOT 👏 ALONE!

Please please pleeeeeeeeeeeeeease hear me when I say what you are doing IS ENOUGH! In truth, it is probably too much. They need our love, they need our wisdom. They need our gentle guidance- they do NOT need the multiplication tables at age four!

I wish I’d had an older, wiser mama so I could sit at her feet and have her tell me this. I wish I’d had someone to point to her own happy, thriving, adult children and tell me to take a deep breath, that everything was going to turn out FINE. She would gently laugh at my self-inflicted stress and wisely remind me that it’s their character that matters, not their knowledge. As mothers, our job is to train their hearts, to teach them to walk in truth, not to walk in the fear of man. But the system outside our sheltered little schoolroom is, in fact, dictated by the fear of man, so we exhaust ourselves to prove we can meet and exceed the world’s standards.

Well, I did not have that older, wiser woman, so Mamas, let ME be that voice to you!

My children are in high school. To me, their inevitable departure, out from under my wings feels like staring down the barrel of a gun. It’s like being tied to a railroad and hearing the train whistle, feeling the rustling tracks. MY TIME IS ALMOST OVER. My job is almost done. I’ve run with endurance the race set before me, and I honestly wish the finish line wasn’t nearly so close.

What I wouldn’t give to take back all those frustrating French lessons and just snuggle them on my lap with a Bible story. To share in their pure delight as they hang homemade ornaments on the lowest boughs of Christmas Tree, or to sing bedtime lulabys as they drift off to seep. I can’t remember the last time I sang a bedtime song. It’s not like there’s a precise moment when you say to yourself, “This is the last song I will ever sing,” but one day you will not sing to your children again. And just like that- the season changes.

Please hear my heart- there will be days when you feel overwhelmed, tired, and downright discouraged. The world will always be in your ear telling you you have to run faster, jump higher, do more. But what good is a set of academic standards, measurements and norms if we lose their hearts in the process?

Stay the course, mama. What you are doing is RIGHT, and GOOD. You have sacrificed career, self- satisfaction, time and even some friendships… but you have made the most precious investment that any person could ever make- in your children.

Believe me, the time will come when you start to see dividends on that investment. As they get older, the more return you will see. First, the kids on the playground will not entice your kids into nefarious behavior. Then your relatives will be impresesed by their  sense of responsibility. The boss at their first job will applaud their good attitude and work ethic.  Your friends, whose teenageers want nothing to do with them, will look longingly at your dinner table conversations and wonder how you did it.

I PROMISE YOU- this day will come!

So if you are feeling discouraged, grab your bottle of Valor, or Hope, or Joy. Take a moment and breathe in the uplifting fragrance of Bergamot, Sacred Mountain, Frankincense or Orange. Inhale Cedarwood over and over and tell yourself,  “Well done, Mama.” Because when you are faithful in the little things, when you have been entrusted with a treasure and you have guarded it well,  those are the words you will hear spoken to you. Well done, good and faithful servant. Well done.

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