Frankincense (Boswellia Carteri)
This is my absolute personal favourite Essential Oil, and I’m sure, is one of the things that keeps me sane in this
crazy world of ours! It is wonderful for just about everything. It is one of the very best for dealing with
stress-related conditions. It is rejuvenating, healing, wonderful for emotional support, and is calming and supportive.
It is super grounding, being used widely across the world for bereavement and trauma, and is just a deeply relaxing,
centering and reassuring Essential Oil. Non-irritant, non-toxic, non-sensitising – it is also one of the safest oils we
have in Aromatherapy.
Essential Oils for Soothing and Grounding the Soul
Essential Oils for Soothing and Grounding the Soul
Written by Lisa Cadman, 24/08/2023
Essential Oils for Soothing and Grounding the Soul!
It’s been a crazy busy month for us, and as I’ve not done any Essential Oil profiles for a while, I thought I’d give you
a couple of wonderful Essential Oil Blends to try this month, which are wonderful for grounding and soothing us during
challenging or stressful times, and I have chosen oils that are also all safe for just about everyone.
The blends shown below are using wonderful Essential Oils with a base oil, for use in body massage, facial massage or for popping into a lovely warm bath. Essential Oils can also be added to creams, bath bombs, shower gels, vapourisers etc, at home. You can contact me for more information on these, or have a peek at my products page for more information and ideas. If you are really interested in using Essential Oils at home in other ways, do scroll back to my blog from November 2020, which covers this in more detail.
1. An Essential Oil Blend for Grounding
When there are a lot of responsibilities on our shoulders, and when the days are completely full with work, chores,
family commitments and looking after others, it is sometimes really important to take a little while to step away from
all these things, clear our heads and breathe a bit! We can then come back to all those things refreshed, with more
energy and love to give to everyone and everything! Here’s an Essential Oil Blend suggestion for grounding us.
Patchouli (Pogostemon Cablin)
This Essential Oil has a rich and warm aroma which centres and grounds us, reducing mental hyperactivity, and allowing
our minds to let go a little. It is highly restorative and reduces tension and anxiety. It brings stability and strength
in times of trouble and stressful situations, and is great for insomnia and restlessness. The aroma also lasts a long
time, as does it’s benefits. A wonderfully restorative Essential Oil. Again, this oil is non-irritant, non-toxic and
non-sensitising, so a very safe choice.
Sandalwood (Santalum Album)
This Essential Oil is another one of my absolute favourites. It is a deeply healing, stabilising and grounding oil. It
is wonderful for all skin types and is very centering and balancing. It helps with stress-related tension and anxiety.
It is a supreme regulator, harmonising our thoughts and our intuition. It helps us to stop over-thinking everything, and
to ground us in the moment, to help bring us peace. Being another one of our ‘Base’ note oils, the fragrance comes
through more strongly as time goes on, so the aroma lingers for longer than other Essential Oils. Another very safe oil,
being non-toxic, non-irritant and non-sensitising.
A beautiful Essential Oil Blend of these, for a healthy adult that I would recommend, would be 30ml of whatever
Base/Carrier oil is your preference – I use Sweet Almond – then the following drops of Essential Oils: Frankincense (4
drops), Patchouli (4 drops), and Sandalwood (4 drops).
2. An Essential Oil Blend for Soothing
There are many, many Essential Oils that are good for soothing our Nervous System, but I’ve just chosen three today that
I think make a beautiful blend. As with the others, they can be applied to the body or face mixed with a base oil, or
they can be used in a warm bath, or in products as required. Essential Oils really do support our emotional selves, and
just taking time to use them in itself, is wonderful self care. Here’s an Essential Oil Blend suggestion for soothing
us.
Chamomile, Roman (Chamaemelum Nobile)
This Essential Oil is a soothing, calming, classic stress remedy. It is also an effective sedative, and useful for
everything associated with the Nervous System. Headaches, migraines, insomnia, irritability, anxiety, depression,
agitation and emotional stress can all be eased with this fantastic oil. It is also safe for everyone, including babies,
as it is one of the safest oils used in Aromatherapy. Non-toxic, non-irritant and non-sensitising it makes a wonderful
choice for soothing our souls.
Lavender (Lavandula Angustifolia)
Lavender Essential Oil is under-valued in my opinion! Because it is used so widely, people often forget how good it
really is. It is truly an incredible oil, being an adaptogenic, it can relax or stimulate depending what you mix it
with. It is a wonderful balancer, and one of the absolute best oils for all stress-related conditions. It is healing,
deeply soothing and sedative, but it can also uplift us out of a rut, and help us to adapt to new situations when things
are hard. Being non-toxic, non-irritant and non-sensitising, it is also one of the safest oils used in Aromatherapy, and
it suitable for just about everyone, young and old alike.
Neroli (Citrus Aurantium Var. Amara Flos)
Neroli Essential Oil is simply beautiful, and another one of my absolute favourites. It is a classic stress remedy and
is calming and relaxing, dealing well with states of anxiety, fear and worry. It can really help before tests or exams,
and in cases of depression and apathy. It helps to disperse doom and gloom, leaving us soothed, as well as lifting our
spirits if we feel frustrated or irritated. It is also non-toxic, non-irritant and non-sensitising, so is generally safe
for everyone, however please note: the heady floral aroma may cause headaches in those with hypersensitivity, so it
should be used with caution for those individuals.
A beautiful Essential Oil Blend of these, for a healthy adult that I would recommend, would be 30ml of whatever
Base/Carrier oil is your preference – I use Sweet Almond – then the following drops of Essential Oils: Roman Chamomile
(4 drops), Lavender (5 drops), and Neroli (3 drops).
Life is pretty tricky these days for most of us, so it is more important than ever to prioritise our wellbeing. Having
done this job for over 20 years now, being lucky enough to work with these beautiful, natural oils for all of that time,
I am fully convinced that they have helped me personally, to deal with the many challenges I have faced in my life. I
genuinely love to share information about Essential Oils – so if you have any questions about using them yourself, do
get in touch. Nature gives us the greatest of gifts.
If you would like to discuss any ways in which my treatments or products might be able to help you, please do not hesitate to contact me on: 07710 173354 or email me at: lisa@soulspace.biz. I would really love to hear from you.
With all my love and hugs. See you next month!
Lisa
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