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Essential Oils to Help You with Your Grief

Post by: KATHY SKINNER in Grief, Grieving
Essential oils are a beautiful aid to the body’s physical and emotional healing during grief. 
The grieving process is physically tough, and you are wise to help yourself find small measures of comfort and relief using essential oils.
Essential oils have proven physical and emotional benefits which can help relieve stress, fight depression, increase energy, strengthen the immune system, reduce bodily pain, and more.
 
What Essential Oils Can Do & Can Not Do For Grief
Using essential oils for grief can help in several ways, depending on the specific oils and how you use them. Here are some things that essential oil aromatherapy can do to help with grief:
  • Eases tension
  • Helps with anxiety
  • Relieves stress      
  • Provides a sense of calm
  • Soothes
  • Aids with sleep
  • Helps with depression
  • Helps reduce the shock of trauma
  • Boosts immune system
  • Removes toxins
  • Reduces inflammation and irritations
 Essential oils help aid the natural recovery and healing systems within your body and mind. But, they are not a cure-all.
 
Here Are My Top Recommendations:

Adaptiv the Calming Blend is perfect for life's most stressful moments. It helps improve sustained attention while easing the body and mind. Whether you’re feeling fatigued or restless, indecisive or irritable, the Adaptiv Blend is part of the toolbox to help the body and mind to stay balanced.
Learn more about Adaptiv HERE
 
Cheer the Uplifting Blend was formulated to assist those who are in need of cheerfulness, which is especially helpful for those feel heavyhearted. Cheer encourages those who are overcome by feelings of hopelessness and helplessness. 
Learn more about Cheer HERE
 
Console the Comforting Blend uses sweet floral and tree essential oils for a comforting aroma, putting you on a hopeful path of emotional healing. 
It is what I have recommended to everyone who tells me about their loss(s). They have all told me how helpful it has been. It doesn't take away the pain. It helps you get through the days and process to move forward in this life. Unfortunately, I have had the opportunity to try it myself recently and I totally agree with them. 
Learn more about Console HERE 

Roman Chamomile essential oil helps with stress relief, calming of the central nervous system, sedative effects, help with anxiety and depression, and aids in soothing irritation and anger. All of these are beneficial for use during a time of grief and loss.
In addition, to improve your overall health chamomile contains antioxidants, helps reduce inflammation, relieves indigestion, and promotes healthy skin.
Learn more about Roman Chamomile HERE 
Frankincense is often used in centering rituals to help promote a feeling of calmness. It helps reduce stress by soothing the overwhelming thoughts and negative emotions that try to take over.
At the same time, it helps promote productive introspection and has many additional benefits like boosting your immune system and aiding a right balance of hormones.
Learn more about Frankincense HERE
 
Lavender essential oil is primarily calming, and can even help with sleep. It helps relieve pain, stress, and anxiety.
Other health benefits include improved brain function and blood circulation, help with acne and eczema, and even can be used as an insect repellent.
Learn more about Lavender HERE
 
Magnolia is a floral scent that is calming and relaxing to help ease anxious feelings. Magnolia offers a true haven of refuge & reflection and inspires deep, transformative thought.  Use it when feeling disconnected, lonely or isolated. Apply to heart or crown of head
As a personal fragrance, Magnolia Touch gives a constant comfort to your mood while uplifting and refreshing.
Learn more about Magnolia Touch HERE
 
Melissa is also sometimes known as lemon-balm oil, melissa has a fragrant lemony smell. Benefits include mood lifting, antidepressant properties, lowering the blood pressure, soothing inflammation, and help with nervous system disorders.
For grief, Melissa essential oil is used to help provide a calming sedative effect, especially when dealing with shock or trauma.
Learn more about Melissa HERE
 
Neroli has a bright citrus scent and is favored as an essential oil for helping with relieving chronic depression.
The same sedative properties that help with depression also can provide relief from anxiety, anger, stress, inflammation, and other physical irritations.
Learn more about Neroli HERE
 
Rose essential oil has antidepressant properties and helps to relieve anxiety and stress. It has many physical benefits that help with inflammation, toxicity, excessive bleeding from menstruation, and overall liver health.
While Rose oil can be very soothing, it is also very potent so you may want to be careful with it especially during the initial stages of grief, so I suggest using the Rose Touch which has fractionated coconut oil with the Rose oil.
Learn more about Rose Touch HERE
 

The options listed above are certainly not the only essential oils used for grief. Here is a brief list of more oils to consider trying out for help when working through grief and loss:
  • Bergamot
  • Cedarwood
  • Cinnamon bark
  • Citrus Bliss
  • Cypress
  • Geranium
  • Helichrysum    
  • Jasmine
  • Lemon
  • Marjoram
  • Patchouli
  • Rosemary
  • Sandalwood
  • Vetiver
  • Wild Orange
  • Ylang Ylang
 
Many blessing as you travel this process,
Kathy

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