[Essential oils can help ease the stress of motherhood and elevate your mood. Here’s how you can use essential oils for self care as a mom.]
Destress with Essential Oils
As the lovely scent of lavender drifted past my nostrils, I felt sense of calm start to wash over me. The stress of the day felt as though it was melting away. Even my kids seemed to feel more at ease.
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If You Only Choose One Oil
Lavender is my go to oil for so many things, but especially for self care. My very favorite way to use lavender is to diffuse it. Which is to say I put a few drops of it into my ultrasonic diffuser along with some water and watch as the cool mist blankets our home with calm.
Why Use Essential Oils for Self Care?
Incorporating nature into your self care can bring so many benefits to your emotional and physical wellbeing.One way to do this even on your busiest days is to use essential oils. Just the aroma (aka aromatherapy) of essential oils alone can have so many benefits.
Here’s what you need to know about oils.
If you are brand new to using essential oils here’s a great guide to get you started. Once you have found a good quality brand of therapeutic grade oils. Here’s the brand I use and recommend.
Here are the 3 main ways to use essential oils:
1. Aromatically – Inhaling certain essential oils can help to bring about certain emotional states. For example, when I inhale lavender I feel more calm. Breathing in oils is an amazing and quick way to get the benefits of essential oils and add to your self care routine. It is just that simple, open the bottle take a deep cleansing breath! I also love to use a diffuser so that everyone can experience the benefits of the oils.
2. Topically – Using essential oils topically is a great way to enhance your self care. Everyone’s skin reacts differently to different oils. Testing the oil on a small patch of skin is always a good idea. I typically use a carrier oil, like fractionated coconut oil that dilutes the essential oil and helps to smooth it over your skin.
Note: When applying oils to skin there are some oils that will have a warming sensation when placed on skin, such as cinnamon. And other oils can have a cooling sensation when applied, like peppermint essential oil.
When applying citrus oils, note that they can cause you skin to be extremely sensitive to sunlight. Be sure to only apply citrus oils when they won’t be exposed to sunlight or to areas of skin that will be protected from the sun.
3. Internally – Not all oils are meant to be ingested. If you choose to use essential oils internally be sure to seek the guidance of your trusted health care professional.
However you choose to explore and use essential oils, be sure to do your research and do what feels best for you.
Which oils should I use?
Whether you want to slow down and destress after a long day of chasing the kids around. Or you want to feel energized so that you can be more playful with your littles. Or maybe you are looking for oils to help you get a more restful night’s sleep so you can feel refreshed in the morning.
There is an oil that can support you.
Oils to Help You De-stress
There are several oils that can add a dose of calm to your self care time. As I mentioned, lavender is one of my favorite oils for relaxing and relieving stress and anxiety.
- Lavender
- Frankincense
- Lemon
- Ylang Ylang
- Rose
- Chamomile
- Orange
- Stress Away Blend from Young Living
- Young Living’s Peace & Calming Blend
Add a bath bomb with some lavender to add an extra special touch to your bath. Or add your favorite combination of oils to your diffuser to bring more calm to your self care time, especially on days when you are feeling frazzled.
Oils to Uplift & Energize
Here are some oils you can use to help uplift, refresh, and energize you during the day:
Oils for Better Sleep so You Can Wake Up Refreshed
Oils to help you get a wonderful night’s rest so you can feel refreshed and energized as a mom during the day:
- Lavender
- Chamomile
- Frankincense
- Stress Away Blend from Young Living
- Tranquil Blend from Young Living
- Or grab the Serenity Now Bundle
Adding a few drops to some coconut oil and using it caress your skin as you prepare for sleep can be a loving way to help signal your body for rest. You can also apply a few drops of oil to the bottom of your feet or diffuse some oil in your bedroom.
Essential Oils for Self Love
Here are some oils to bring more self into your life:
Essential Oils for Self Acceptance
Here are some oils you can use to help you find self acceptance:
Essential Oils for Self Empowerment
Find your confidence and feel empowered with the help of these essential oils:
Essential Oils for Grounding
Feel calm and grounded with the help of these essential oils:
Self Care Rituals for Moms
Start your day with the Kickstart Your Calm Morning Self Care Ritual for Moms – Keep this quick guide along with your favorite oils on your nightstand, so that you can feel energized and refreshed before you even get out of bed.
Essential Oils for Yoga
Diffusing some essential oils while practicing yoga can transform your practice in a beautiful way. When you diffuse an essential oil during meditation it can help you create an anchor point through the scent of your oil. As you breathe throughout your meditation, notice the scent of the oil wafting in the air. Come back to the awareness of the scent each time your mind drifts to your thoughts. Depending on what you want the outcome of your yoga or meditation practice to be choose an oil to help support that energy.
Here are some essential oils you can use to complement your yoga and meditation practice:
Diffusing Essential Oils for Self Care
Diffusing some essential oils while practicing yoga can transform your practice in a beautiful way. When you diffuse an essential oil during meditation it can help you create an anchor point through the scent of your oil.
As you breathe throughout your meditation, notice the scent of the oil wafting in the air. Come back to the awareness of the scent each time your mind drifts to your thoughts.
Depending on what you want the outcome of your yoga or meditation practice to choose an oil to help support that energy.
Essential Oils Self Care Tips for Moms
Here are some tips and tricks to help you store and carry your essential oils so you can more easily incorporate them into your self care daily as a mom.
Create an Essential Oil Shelf
Creating a self care sanctuary is a great way to encourage and incorporate self care into your day.
Adding an essential oil shelf to your self care space is a beautiful way to store and access your essential oils.
An essential oil carousel is a great option for your self care sanctuary or your kitchen counter. It beautifully holds all of your favorite oils as well as your diffuser.
You can also mount your oils on a wall with a beautiful shelf made just for essential oils. You can also use a nail polish rack or a display box to display and easily access your oils.
A carrying case for your oils is a great way to keep all of your favorite oils in one place so you can store them away when they are not in use, or easily move them from room to room as needed.
Essential Oils on the Go
As moms we are always on the go. Using some simple tools can help up so bring essential oils with us, so we can be prepared no matter what the day brings.
A small bag for your oils is a great way to keep all of your favorite oils in one place so you can grab them and go!
Mini essential oil dropper bottles are great to help you easily stash some oils in your purse or diaper bag.
Roll-on Bottles are handy to help you create blends. Just add your favorite oils and a little carrier oil and they are ready to apply anytime.
Be sure to keep a good quality carrier oil on hand that you can use to dilute your essential oils.
Choose a beautiful diffuser to help you bless your space with the aromatherapy benefits of essential oils. You can even get an adorable owl diffuser for your kids rooms.
Create Your Own Essential Oil Recipes
Be creative. Try out your own blends of oils by combining your favorite oils to make unique recipes to enhance your self care with essential oils.
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