| Aromatherapy has become one of the most popular | | | | Use them in your home to replace unwanted odors, |
| healing traditions used in many cultures around the | | | | or for illumination while bathing. The scent will also |
| world. Its all-natural elements have been passed | | | | permeate your consciousness and can prove to be |
| down from one generation to the next so the | | | | very soothing. There are, in fact, several relaxation |
| traditions will continue to carry on over time. Because | | | | techniques that use candles. |
| it is considered safer, it is often preferred over other | | | | Here, almost any candle will work, whether it is made |
| methods of healing. Various scents have been used | | | | of paraffin or beeswax. You can use candles that are |
| over time to help rid the body of a number of | | | | unscented, but scented ones will further promote |
| ailments and conditions, therefore, making | | | | relaxation, so they are actually preferable. The |
| aromatherapy a desirable alternative to certain | | | | particular scent or scents you choose will depend on |
| aspects of modern medicine. | | | | your likes and dislikes. Scents that relax some people |
| Aromatherapy has also been shown to relieve stress, | | | | make others want to run for higher ground, so when |
| a factor that is very important in today's society | | | | choosing, choose carefully. |
| where many people seemingly never stop moving. | | | | You may also decide to use candles throughout your |
| There are many scents that have proven to be quite | | | | home to give it that fresh, clean scent. One user's |
| relaxing at the end of a long, hard day. Whether | | | | testimonial stated by using candles, both tasks can |
| acquired through oil added to a bath, used during a | | | | be accomplished at once. I use candles as air |
| massage, or experienced by a scented candle, | | | | fresheners throughout my home, but have also |
| aromatherapy is everywhere, making the possibilities | | | | found the scents I have chosen to be very relaxing. I |
| both endless and enticing. | | | | place them in different rooms for different effects, |
| The beauty of aromatherapy is that it is organic. The | | | | and they really do work. |
| essential oils used in baths and for massage purposes | | | | Incense provides another form of fragrance and |
| are taken from plants and herbs, and are able to | | | | relaxation. It is widely used in many cultures to serve |
| perform their magic without the additives many | | | | an array of purposes. In the Buddhist, Hindu, and |
| synthetic products contain. They are often preferred | | | | Christian burning incense can be a way to make |
| over such products because they are more | | | | offerings of gratitude through scents. For the |
| concentrated. Use a certain oil for a specific | | | | Buddhist and Hindu practitioner, offering scent to |
| symptom or condition, or combine them to treat | | | | everyone is a way to purify karma and release the |
| several at once. | | | | tendency to grasp one's ego by simply giving away a |
| Essential oils are often used in a bath for relaxation | | | | beautiful scent that will serve for the welfare and |
| purposes, as well as treat ailments. For example, | | | | pleasure of all. While this tradition still exists, many |
| jasmine is often used to have a calming effect, and | | | | people have now chosen to burn incense simply to |
| is recommended for use at the end of a very long | | | | enjoy the aroma. |
| day. One user shared her comments about its | | | | Still, scent through incense is said to be a way of |
| stress-relieving qualities. I always use jasmine in a | | | | bringing back good memories, or cultivating good |
| bath at the end of a long day. It both sooths and | | | | thoughts or feelings in the present. It is very |
| calms me, and I can think of nothing better or more | | | | powerful, and is still widely used for a wide variety of |
| appropriate. | | | | purposes and to meet many needs. Burn your |
| There are many oils that are useful while in the bath. | | | | favorite incense to relax after a long, hard day, or |
| Certain scents are designed to evoke certain moods | | | | when you need to make an important decision and |
| and are also used for different purposes. In fact, the | | | | need to get into a specific mode to do it. One user |
| pure aromas of natural oils are said to promote a | | | | shared her feelings on this. When I need to think |
| sense of well-being by centering, harmonizing, and | | | | carefully about something, I always burn incense. The |
| energizing. On another site that sells these products, | | | | scent and just the ritual alone makes it easier for me |
| a user commented, I am just starting out using | | | | to concentrate, and I always feel more at peace |
| essential oils and love their therapeutic value. | | | | after doing it. |
| Another visitor said she used frankincense and | | | | No matter how you acquire and use your scent, |
| lavender in a bath to help calm her baby. After | | | | whether though essential oils in a bath, oils diffused |
| following the directions, the effects were very | | | | throughout a room, burning candles, or using incense, |
| positive. After mixing these two oils together as | | | | there are four main modes of action. While this |
| instructed, I found them to be very satisfying and | | | | pertains mainly to the use of essential oils, it can |
| pleasant. | | | | work in other situations as well. |
| If you do not wish to use essential oils in a bath, but | | | | The four modes of action help the oils penetrate and |
| would still like to reap the benefits of their fragrant | | | | interact with your body in order to promote positive |
| aroma, consider using a diffuser to vaporize them | | | | results. First, there are chemical changes that take |
| into a single room. One of the most popular ways to | | | | place whenever an essential oil enters the |
| do this is through a pottery diffuser. Here, a basin is | | | | bloodstream. Here, it reacts with hormones, |
| filled with water, and a few drops of your favorite | | | | enzymes, and other chemicals to help reach the |
| essential oil is used. A tea-light is lit at the base, which | | | | desired result. The next mode is the way an essential |
| allows the aroma to be vaporized throughout the | | | | oil affects the bodily systems. This will determine |
| room. | | | | whether you are sedated or stimulated, which |
| You may also want to combine various oils in order | | | | depends on the particular oil you choose. |
| to achieve a desired effect. For example, use | | | | There is also a psychological effect that evokes the |
| Geranium, Juniper, and Basil at the end of a long day | | | | response to the use of that particular essential oil. |
| to help alleviate stress. Geranium will help balance, | | | | This is very individual, and can depend greatly on |
| while basil is used to strengthen the mind. The overall | | | | mood. The last mode is the body's overall response |
| effect will prove both calming and relaxing. | | | | to the essential oil. This includes, but is not limited to |
| There are many scents that can be used for a | | | | the responses listed above. Though there are many |
| variety of purposes, from relaxation to concentration, | | | | scents that are used to evoke a specific mood or |
| promoting sleep to lifting your mood. It can even help | | | | mode, they may not work on everyone. They may |
| to place a diffuser in each room of your house, | | | | also differ from one person to another. What relaxes |
| though you may not want to use them all at the | | | | your neighbor may make you jumpy, and so forth. |
| same time, as mixing all the scents could have an | | | | The trick is to find what works for you in evoking |
| undesirable effect. | | | | various moods and states of being, and go with that. |
| Candles are another way of enjoying various scents. | | | | After all, that is why it is called aromatherapy. |