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It’s not ''woo woo'', it’s chemistry!

6/29/2018

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Here is a very fast and totally incomplete lesson for you. 

I know that many people think it is funky granola hippie unsubstantiated hoopla.  And by the grace of my Aromatherapy training I understand the why!  Here is a very fast and totally incomplete lesson for you.  
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All essential oils are made of of several chemical constituents (you can see them on a GC/MS report). These constituents have amazing therapeutic properties such as antibiotic, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, carminative, analgesic, tonic, immunostimulant, airborne deodorizer and many more. Each oil profile is different though many share similar constituents and thus similar uses which is what makes them so versatile.

Lavender demystified - A quick chemistry lesson!
I am looking at a GC/MS report of a bottle of doTERRA Lavender. Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry is a test that can tell you everything that is in the oil, including pesicides etc.  This report shows me 31%  Linalyl Acetate and 34% Linalool. (That leaves 35% of other healing constiuents). What are Linalyl Acetate and Linalool??  Those are two of those chemical constituents I was telling you about.


Linalyl Acetate is an ester, thus it is gentle and loving. This chemical constituent (remember, this is science) is: an analgesic, anti-inflammatory, Antibacterial, Sedative, Antitumoral, Antiulcerogenic, and an  Immunostimulant!  

Linalool is Airborne antimicrobial, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, anti anxiety, antibacterial, anticonvulsant, antifungal, antioxidant, antispasmodic, antitumoral, antiviral, hypotensive, immunostimulant, sedative.

Can you see why Lavender is called the Swiss Army Knife of essential oils!  It is so skin friendly, it can support stress and anxiety, it cools burns, it supports immunity, it gets rid of nasty bacteria and viruses and so much more!
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Healing Hands Grant for the Center for Great Expectations

6/22/2018

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I was blessed to receive a Healing Hands Grant for the Center for Great Expectations in Somerset NJ.  Great expectations provides transformational mental health and substance abuse treatment to individuals and families impacted by trauma, abuse and neglect!  I was privileged to be invited there to teach an aromatherapy class so that these amazing oils could be used to support the residents and staff.  I was deeply touched by the work that was being done.  I met some of the residents and their beautiful babies.  It was very moving. The Center was working on creating a room in which the women could sit, meditate, relax, participate in craft projects...and take a Yoga class via TV.  The issue? There were no funds.  What I saw was a room filled with old furniture, unpainted and cold.   So I jumped in and applied for a grant!  Can I tell you how I felt when I received notification that it was approved with love!  I cried!  So this money was used to create a lovely Zen room for the residents.  doTERRA  not only matched the funds I raised, they also donated hundreds of dollars worth of essential oils. Here is a picture of the almost finished room!    What you don’t see are the yoga mats, yoga blankets, yoga blocks, craft supplies, Yoga videos, diffusers, oils and so much more! All supplied by the funds raised and the matching grant. I was blessed to be a part of this!  Thank you doTERRA.

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