September Gifts with Purchase

When you make an order with Young Living, they give you free gifts with qualifying purchases! Every month they announce new products that will be given with purchases made in that month, here are the month of September!

You’ll notice some of the products are for those on Subscribe to Save (S2S) specifically. S2S is an option to put products on an auto ship program. You can subscribe to products every month, every other month and every 3rd month. The coolest part, when you place things on your S2S and spend at least $50 a month, you’ll get money back to use on future purchases (and get more free things)!

Heres a breakdown of the freebies for September.

100 PV — Free Shipping, and free shipping on all orders over $100!

190 PV —Lemon Vitality, Citrus Fresh Vitality, DiGize Vitality, Orange Vitality*, Copaiba Vitality*

250 PV — Lavender Lemonade Vitality Drops, EndoFlex Vitality, Longevity Vitality, Lemon Vitality, Citrus Fresh Vitality, DiGize Vitality, Orange Vitality*, Copaiba Vitality*

300 PV — Life 9, Grapefruit Bergamot Vitality Drops, Lavender Lemonade Vitality Drops, EndoFlex Vitality, Longevity Vitality, Lemon Vitality, Citrus Fresh Vitality, DiGize Vitality, Orange Vitality*, Copaiba Vitality*

Lemon Vitality 5-ml

Lemon Vitality is bright and fresh and sunshine in a bottle. Adding a drop or two to your morning NingXia not only tastes great, it also helps cut through brain fog, supports your immune system, and will have you upbeat and ready for the day.

Citrus Fresh Vitality 5-ml

Citrus Fresh Vitality is Lemon and other citrus oils with a bit of Spearmint that all come together for a bright, citrusy melody in your drinks, recipes, and helps turn that frown upside down. Supporting general wellness and packing in all the benefits of the citrus oils, a few drops of Citrus Fresh Vitality in a capsule every day is a welcome part of a daily wellness regimen.

DiGize Vitality 5-ml

To go along with the Life 9 to prepare your digestive system for the shock of going from light summery dishes to richer fall dishes, DiGize Vitality is also good in a pinch when you need some relief. Make a warm tea with it or add a few drops to a veggie capsule and take it with some water to help with digestive discomfort.

Orange Vitality 5-ml// (Bonus Subscribe to Save 190 PV tier)

Ease into fall with the sweet taste of citrus but the calming vibes of fall. Orange Vitality helps support your immune system and is a great addition to all kinds of dishes, smoothies, deserts, and more! Remember, this is the same oil that's in regular Orange, which you'll find is a staple in a lot of fall diffuser blends.

Copaiba Vitality 5-ml // (Bonus Subscribe to Save 190 PV tier)

Copaiba Vitality has one of the most unique flavors of all of the Vitality oils. A bit of spice and somewhat richer, this is a great one to add to your meats and savory dishes. Help your body as it recovers from a workout by adding 3-4 drops to a veggie capsule and drinking plenty of water - with some of those Vitality Drops for a little extra hydration!

Lavender Lemonade Vitality Drops // (250 PV)

A mixture of refreshment and calming, Lavender Lemonade Vitality Drops also keep you hydrated and help your body recover after an active day or workout. I have a feeling once you try both individual flavors you'll be stocking up on the 3-packs YL has of them both!

EndoFlex Vitality 5-ml

Whole body health. That's the goal with all of Young Living's supplements and oils, and EndoFlex Vitality is a key ingredient to that lifestyle. Spearmint, Nutmeg, and more make up this blend that is perfect for adding a few drops daily to a capsule and putting it down the hatch. Amazing for adrenal support (aka more energy)!!

Longevity Vitality 5-ml

The purpose is in the name. Supporting multiple systems in our body, Longevity Vitality is particularly good for healthy looking skin! Take this daily and use the CBD Beauty Boost and you will see smoother, healthier-looking skin, which is very important as seasons change. Less having our skin dry out, more looking flawless and feeling great.

Grapefruit Bergamot Vitality Drops

To keep up with staying active as we head into fall, YL's Vitality Drops have electrolytes and Vitality oils to help flavor your water, keep your body hydrated, and make it easier to recover and keep going. This bottle of Grapefruit Bergamot has a bright, crisp taste that will remind you of summer and brighten your mood.

Life 9

The BEST probiotic on the market!! 17 billion live cultures from nine beneficial bacteria strains in Life 9 help support gut health, while also being good for healthy immune function and metabolism. So as we say goodbye to summery dishes and prepare for the richer foods of fall and winter, Life 9 will have our digestive system prepared and in tip top shape.

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Oils + Emotions

I have experienced deep healing by using essential oils to process my grief and trauma. 

For those of you who don't know me, or haven't ventured far on my page, my older brother passed away when I was 13. More of my heart with that can be found in other post on my page, or I would love to connect with you if you have more questions.

The point of this blog is this: I have found deep healing processing my grief with using essential oils and I want you to find healing too. Essential oils can be used in so many ways. If you haven't gone through grief yet, they can help you process your emotions. Emotions can be overwhelming, I have found that using essential oils helps me navigate them with a more gentle approach.

The more I read and researched about how essential oils work with emotions, I couldn't stop. It was fascinating to me. I wanted to share what I have learned so far. 

What is emotion? Emotion is a conscious mental reaction (such as anger or fear) subjectively experienced as a strong feeling usually directed toward a specific object and typically accompanied by a physiological and behavioral changes in the body.

Emotions have a positive and negative side. What happens when we stuff negative emotions? They are held in the body at a cellular level and eventually produce physical or emotional pain.

What exactly are essential oils? An essential oil is an aromatic, volatile liquid that is within many shrubs, flowers, trees, roots, bushes, and seeds and is extracted through steam distillation. It is the “lifeblood” of the plant, meaning when the plant is torn or scraped, it releases essential oils to repair the damages!

This explanation of how essential oils work helped it make sense to me:
Essential oil molecules are the same size or smaller than the molecules are bodies are made up of. They can penetrate our cell membranes and work within our bodies to repair damages and make the cells healthy again! Because essential Oils are made up of hundreds of constituents, each oil can have many effects on our body. Each oil has so many uses!

Young Living sets the highest standards to get these amazing essential oils into our homes. They have the Seed to Seal promise, assuring that there is nothing but goodness in these bottles. Check out more info on that here:https://www.youngliving.com/en_US/discover/seed-to-seal. 
Young Living products are truly pure and therapeutic, we are confident using these products in our homes, on our skin and in our bodies.

Essential oils can do amazing things. We encourage you to research, ask questions, and explore! Essential oils are fun but they are also powerful (in the best way).
I cannot stress enough the importance of using the highest quality oils on and around your body. Young Living products are a product you can trust because of quality ingredients and their seed to seal promise.

Essential oils are anywhere from 100 to 10,000 times more concentrated than the solid form of the plant and can cross the blood-brain barrier and stimulate the limbic system. When the limbic system is engaged in this way it can release negative emotional patterns and allows for reprogramming positive messages and associations.

Whenever these memories and feelings arise that are either positive or negative, they are stored in the Limbic System of the brain. Two parts of the Limbic System that play a major role in this are the Amygdala and the Hippocampus. Both the Amygdala and Hippocampus are located less than and inch from the olfactory (sense of smell).

Essential oils have something called sesquiterpenes that help to increase the oxygen in the limbic system which will “unlock” the DNA and allows emotional baggage ro be released from cellular memory.

Whenever I smell fresh baked bread I go directly back to my Grandparents house watching my Grandma knead dough and take the fresh loaves out of the oven. What is a scent that takes you back to a certain time in your life?

The sense of smell is the only one of the five sense that is directly linked to the limbic lobe of the brain (the emotional control center). Anxiety, depression, anger and joy all emanate from this region. 
The Limbic System is our “Emotional Brain”, this controls stress, memory, mood, etc. The Limbic System also works with our endocrine system (helps with hormone regulation) and our autonomic nervous system (our “fight or flight” response), as well as gastrointestinal function, heart rate, body temperature and sexual arousal.

So, every time you are feeling an emotion, your whole body is effected. Isn’t that crazy?!

The Amygdala is only affected by scent. In the amygdala emotions and memories of life are stored. Since essential oils have the ability to cross the blood-brain barrier and stimulate the amygdala, buried feelings such as past trauma, emotional upset and unhappy memories can be released and brought to the surface of awareness. When these things are realized, this emotional pattern will dim or may even completely disappear. FREEDOM.

Smelling a certain scent can change your brain pattern. When you smell scent and feel happy, you’re not just making that up! Scent directly affects your brain.

Once you smell something, the hippocampus is engaged. Once the hippocampus is engaged, it sends strong emotional signals that travel all throughout the body. Spreading into the digestive system, heart, penetrating at the cellular level and “unlocking” the DNA and allowing the emotional baggage to be released from cellular memory.

Let’s set those emotions free so we can be free, amen!?

Some (of many) oils that are good for emotions:

Frankincense

Frankincense is known as the “holy anointing oil” and is well known in biblical history for anointing and for it’s healing powers. 
Frankincense has compounds that have been studied extensively and aid in the rewiring of DNA.
This oil is deeply relaxing. Diffuse it during yoga, smell it when you’re feeling stressed, hold it next to you as you take a few deep breaths.

Common uses: anxiety, depression, fear, grief, peace, stress

Lemon

Lemon can help improve memory. This one is definitely a mood booster! This oil is invigorating, enhancing and warming. 

Diffuse it in the morning, add it to your daily water, open the bottle when you feel sad.

Common uses: sadness, regret, concentration, depression, fatigue

Peppermint

Peppermint as been studied for its ability to directly affect the brain’s satiety center (the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus), which triggers a sensation of fullness after meals. This one is a great one to grab if you are an emotional eater (hello, chocolate) and see if your emotions are in check before you eat the whole Hershey bar.

Peppermint is great for those days where you can't wake up, but you need to wake up (physically and emotionally). One sniff of this baby and you're on your way (out the door or to digging a little deeper into what your emotion is telling you).

Common uses: fatigue, memory/concentration, stress headaches

Lavender

Lavender is calming, relaxing and balancing. Lavender has been proven to help concentration and focus. 
The University of Miami researchers found that inhalation of lavender oil increased beta waves in the brain, suggesting heightened relaxation. It also reduced depression and improved cognitive performance (Diego MA, et al. 1998).

Common uses: abandonment, fear, anxiety, irritability, stress, grief