Essential Oils for the Sensitive Person / Issue #122 March 26, 2008

Home Spa Lady's
Tips of the Week
Issue # 122 - March 26, 2008
Publisher: Marilee Tolen RN
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In This Issue
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1. Essential Oils for the Sensitive Person

2. Essential Oil Tip: Protection (video)

3. Success Tip: Pearl S. Buck

4. Recipe of the Week: Basic Brown Rice

5. HSL's Joke or Cute Quote of the Week

6. Marilee's Popular Course is scheduled!


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1. Essential Oils for the Sensitive Person
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When I first experienced therapeutic grade essential oils
eleven years ago, I had this self-centered fleeting thought . . .
. . ."Oh my! these were made for me!"

Until then I was somewhat "unimpressed" with my experiences
of "aromatherapy".

I studied a few "aromatherapy" courses as part of my holistic
nursing education and, yes, I had my little bottle of lavender
in my medicine cabinet.

Other than sprinkling it on my pillow or dripping it into
my bathtub, I never learned much else to do with lavender, and
I was warned not to put it on my body without diluting it with
four times the amount of massage oil. Kind of scared me.

But I didn't want to put it on my body.

It smelled somewhat perfumey and since I am environmentally
and energetically sensitive, the last thing I wanted to do
was to put a substance on my body that has synthetic chemicals
in it, even if it did have a pleasant scent.

It wasn't until I learned about "therapeutic grade essential
oils" when I was introduced to Young Living that I was able
to have a true appreciation for what essential oils can do
for us.

After studying with Gary Young and learning that there are
differing models and philosophies of use with essential oils, I
became aware that in my prior education I had been oriented to
"aromatherapy" under the English Model. The English Model often
use perfume grade oils and they emphasize that all essential oils
must be diluted before they are put on the body.

And I agree with that - if you are using a perfume grade oil you
would want to dilute it to put it on the body - if you want to
put it on the body at all. . . I don't.

(It is important to note here that there are times when you would
want to dilute a therapeutic grade oil as well, especially when
you are using a hot oil.)

I felt so much better knowing that there were significant
differences in the quality and grades of essential oils!
It cleared up much of my confusion.

When I started to use "therapeutic grade oils" I had very
positive experiences right away. I just felt better, had more
clear thinking, could breathe better, and they didn't bother my
sensitivities.

So if you find yourself reading or hearing information about
essential oils that is conflicting and contradictory, read about
the different models of aromatherapy.

Here are a few great resources for you to learn more about the
different models of "aromatherapy":

-- The Chemistry of Essential Oils Made Simple by David Stewart
PhD - page 3

--Healing Oils, Healing Hands by Linda L. Smith - pages 47 - 52

Personally, I embrace the French model which recognizes the use
of essential oils for healing and medicinal purposes. This model
dictates that the highest grade essential oils be used. It is why
I choose to use the Young Living line of oils.

It is also why I choose to use the words "therapeutic use of
essential oils" instead of "aromatherapy" when I speak about
my own personal use of essential oils.

The sensitive person can benefit greatly from the therapeutic use
of essential oils.

Here are some reasons why:

--Some people are more sensitive than others because their bodies
are burdened by toxins and heavy metals.

Therapeutic oils detoxify and clean up their body burden in the
body and help make them less sensitive to environmental toxins.

--Sensitive people can often pick up subtle energies in their
environment because they have a "high vibration".

Therapeutic oils have high vibrations as well, so the sensitive
person feels very comfortable using the oils.

--Therapeutic oils can also protect the energy fields of
sensitive people helping them to feel less vulnerable to their
environment and other people.

--Sensitive people can use help grounding, and many of the
therapeutic grade oils are helpful in grounding (specifically
Valor, and many of the evergreens).


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2. Essential Oil Tip: Protection
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Sensitive people often need "protection" from certain
energetic elements of life - such as negativity and
environmental toxins.

White Angelica essential oil blend was designed with
protection in mind. A great way to use White Angelica
is to put a few drops in your hands and "run" it through
your energy field.

According to the Essential Desk Reference, White Angelica
"frequently neutralizes negative energy and gives a feeling
of protection and security."

Watch a quick video of what looks like my ethereal sensitive self
(its funny it came out like this) showing you how to apply White
Angelica in your energy field:
http://snipurl.com/whiteangelica_nrg_fd

For more info or to order White Angelica contact your Young
Living distributor or go to: http://tinyurl.com/aenfp

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3. Success Tip: Pearl S. Buck
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Pearl S. Buck, (1892-1973), recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in
1932 and of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938, said the
following about Highly Sensitive People:

"The truly creative mind in any field is no more than this:

A human creature born abnormally, inhumanly sensitive.

To him... a touch is a blow,
a sound is a noise,
a misfortune is a tragedy,
a joy is an ecstasy,
a friend is a lover,
a lover is a god,
and failure is death.

Add to this cruelly delicate organism the overpowering necessity
to create, create, create - - - so that without the creating of
music or poetry or books or buildings or something of meaning,
his very breath is cut off from him. He must create, must pour
out creation. By some strange, unknown, inward urgency he is not
really alive unless he is creating."

~Pearl S. Buck

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4. Recipe of the Week: Food for Sensitives
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Sensitive people are also sensitive to many foods.

The one universally good food that is good for most sensitive
people (according to Macrobiotics) is organic brown rice.

Here is a good basic recipe for Brown Rice:

Pressure Cooked Brown Rice

1 cup organic short grain brown rice
1 1/4 cups spring water
pinch sea salt

--Rinse rice in bowl and swirl with your hands
--Pour through fine strainer to drain
--Combine rice and water in pressure cooker and cover loosely
--Bring to boil over medium heat
--Add salt and seal lid
--Increase heat to high and bring pot to full pressure
--Allow pot to cook at full pressure 30 to 60 seconds
--Reduce heat to low
--Place over flame deflector (if using gas heat)
--Cook on low for 50 minutes
--Remove from heat and allow to pressure to reduce naturally

If you want to watch a video on how to do this go to:
http://snipurl.com/brownricevideo

Learn more about the benefits of brown rice:
http://snipurl.com/worldshealthiestfood

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5. HSL's Joke or Cute Quote of the Week
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Resurrected Rabbit...

A man was driving along the highway, and saw a rabbit hopping
across the middle of the road. He swerved to avoid hitting the
rabbit, but unfortunately the rabbit jumped in front of the car
and was hit. The driver, being a sensitive man as well as an
animal lover, pulled over to the side of the road, and got out to
see what had become of the rabbit.

Much to his dismay, the rabbit was dead. The driver felt so
awful, he began to cry. A woman driving down the highway saw the
man crying on the side of the road and pulled over. She stepped
out of her car and asked the man what was wrong.

"I feel terrible," he explained, "I accidentally hit this rabbit
and killed it."

The woman told the man not to worry. She knew what to do. She
went to her car trunk, and pulled out a spray can. She walked
over to the limp, dead rabbit, and sprayed the contents of the
can onto the rabbit.

Miraculously the rabbit came to life, jumped up, waved it's paw
at the two humans and hopped down the road. 50 feet away the
rabbit stopped, turned around, waved and hopped down the road,
another 50 , turned, waved and hopped another 50 feet.
The man was astonished. He couldn't figure out what substance
could be in the woman's spray can!!

He ran over to the woman and demanded, "What is in your spray
can? What did you spray on that rabbit?"

The woman turned the can around so that the man could read the
label. It said: "Hair spray. Restores life to dead hair. Adds
permanent wave."

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