As we are gearing up for Christmas in these uncertain, confusing and forever-changing times, we have to stay as positive as we can and somehow create our own happiness.
Feeling all fuzzy inside
I have previously spoken about how Aromatherapy can help lift the spirits and help with certain ailments, but it can also create a perfect ambience and set the right atmospheric feels in a room, especially at Christmas time. It all adds to set the scene and aids in feeling all fuzzy inside.
Christmas for me is my favourite time of year. I love setting the right scene; creating my own happiness and that for me begins with lovely aromas in my rooms.
Essential oils diffusers are a fabulous way to enhance the mood, freshen the home and invigorate the senses for sure. Lots of us can smell a scent or a certain smell that instantly sparks a memory within us. For me, the smell of oranges and cloves and cinnamon reminds me of Christmas time when my mother often prepared oranges to dehydrate along with cloves for Christmas decorations around our family home. The aroma of Christmas cake, those beautiful spices and fruit give me an instant sense of calm; and a rumbly tummy! It still amazes me how a quick sniff of a certain smell can trigger all sorts of in your brain!
I have a few blends I am going to share with you that will create a cosy and homely smell in your home. I usually use a diffuser to disperse beautiful oils into the air but alternatively, you can use an oil burner or you could even drop some onto some pot puri around your home.
If you haven’t got all of the oils mentioned in these blends then I am pretty sure you can get pre-blended ones online.
The first blend that I’m going to recommend to you I feel is Christmas in a bottle.
Nothing screams Christmas more than cinnamon, orange and clove oil.
You will need:-
• 3 drops Sweet Orange (Citrus sinensis)
• 1 drop Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum)
• 1 drop Clove Bud (Eugenia caryophyllata)
(If you search for Christmas oil blends online you can more than likely come across a pre-blended oil with these oils in as they are often used in Christmas scents)
Drop the oils in your diffuser for hours of pure comfort.
The benefits of diffusing these oils, orange or sweet orange through inhalation are that it can ease anxieties and stress.
Cinnamon through inhalation is known to be relaxing and calming.
Clove bud oil through inhalation helps rid of bacteria and helps reduce coughing. Besides these benefits, they smell divine together.
Want to take a trip down Candycane lane? Then why not try this blend:-
• 4 drops Peppermint (Mentha piperita)
• 2 drops Grapefruit (Citrus paradisi)
• 1 drop Spearmint (Mentha spicata)
The benefits of these oils through diffusion are:- peppermint helps clear congestion, nausea and headaches.
Grapefruit is great for balancing the mood.
Spearmint through diffusion helps clear the mind and helps fatigue.
Or if you feel like you’d want to take a stroll through a pine tree forest then why not try this blend of an evergreen melody:-
3 drops of Eucalyptus
3 drops of pine
3 drops of lavender
2 drops of sage
By diffusing these oils in the air
Eucalyptus helps you breathe easily and helps with coughs.
Pine diminishes airborne bacteria.
Lavender soothes and relieves headaches and nausea and sage calms the mind and reduces feelings of anxiety.
Feeling fruity? What about a warm comforting citrusy blend?
4 drops of Bergamot
3 drops of sweet orange
1 drop of cinnamon
Bergamot
The benefits of diffusing these oils are:-
Bergamot lifts the mood, again sweet orange can ease anxiety and stress. Cinnamon relaxes and calms as mentioned above, and adds that comfort too.
Not everyone has these oils to hand, and they can be expensive. I personally use essential oils a lot for myself and my family and use them as an alternative therapy therefore have a big collection. There are lots of pre-blends as I have mentioned online. So why don’t you treat yourselves; and your noses to a comforting Christmas and envelope yourselves in the non-synthetic comforting fragrances that Mother Nature provides? After the year we’ve all had; why not!
Have yourselves a lovely safe Christmas, and may 2023 bring us good health and happiness.
You can purchase my 4 oil rollerball blends in my shop. Perfect aromatherapy on the go. Pure comfort in a bottle.
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