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