The third of a three article series:

from the first article, “Preventing Illness by Bolstering Immunity”
A friend, an elementary school teacher, asked recently if therapeutic essential oils might help support his students’ health, assist with focus & concentration for learning & taking tests, settle them down in the mornings and perk them up from after-lunch ’sleepies.’

Definitely! Essential oils and essential oil blends have the potential to do all that…and more.

I’ve assembled single essential oils & EO blends from Young Living Essential Oils current selection that may be helpful for young children in elementary school classrooms and for families at home. Several serve dual purposes of being anti-infectious AND calming, or aiding concentration AND being relaxing…so read through the descriptions to see what you may be interested in trying out.

Essential OIls for SETTLING DOWN & CALMING
*See diffuser notes at the end of the first article in this series.

BELIEVE (see second article in the series)

CITRUS FRESH (see first article in the series)

EVERGREEN ESSENCE (see first article in the series)

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LAVENDER 15ml (under $30)

Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) has a fresh, sweet, floral, herbaceous aroma that is soothing and refreshing. Because it is the most versatile of all essential oils, no home or More

The second of a three article series:

from the first article, “Preventing Illness by Bolstering Immunity”
A friend, an elementary school teacher, asked recently if therapeutic essential oils might help support his students’ health, assist with focus & concentration for learning & taking tests, settle them down in the mornings and perk them up from after-lunch ’sleepies.’

Definitely! Essential oils and essential oil blends have the potential to do all that…and more.

I’ve assembled single essential oils & EO blends from Young Living Essential Oils current selection that may be helpful for young children in elementary school classrooms and for families at home. Several serve dual purposes of being anti-infectious AND calming, or aiding concentration AND being relaxing…so read through the descriptions to see what you may be interested in trying out.

Essential OIls To Aid FOCUS & CONCENTRATION
*See diffuser notes at the end of the first article in this series.

Quoting from the Reference Guide for Essential Oils, compiled by Connie & Alan Higley: “A university in Japan experimented with diffusing different oils in the office. When they diffused LEMON there were 54% few errors, with JASMINE there were 33% fewer errors, and with LAVENDER there were 20% fewer errors.

When oils are diffused while studying and More

The first of a three article series:

School’s in! Leaves are donning autumn hues. Dusk and dawn steadily pinch light from both ends of our days. Surely as year-end holidays approach, seasonal colds & flus will threaten when temperatures drop.

Elementary school teachers, along with preparing classrooms and coursework, fortify themselves for common illnesses which impact their students every year. One friend asked recently if therapeutic essential oils might help support his students’ health, assist with focus & concentration for learning & taking tests, settle them down in the mornings and perk them up from after-lunch ’sleepies.’

Absolutely! Essential oils and essential oil blends have the potential to do all that and more.

I’ve assembled individual essential oils & EO blends from Young Living Essential Oils’ current selection, which I feel are appropriate for elementary school classrooms and for More

Okay. Here’s a totally different use for these wonderful essential oils: homemade Organic Gourmet Ice Cream! A ‘healing’ indulgence for your inner child and children (if you’re a parent) or lucky family members, friends, and neighbors.

This Philadelphia-style eggless Strawberry-Blushed Lemon Ice Cream is truly INCREDIBLE! A delectable treat that makes everyone “ooh and ahh” at first bite….savoring every frosty melty mouthful ’til it’s gone.

I use a Cuisinart Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Maker (approx. $50) - a no fuss, no muss, super easy-to-use machine purchased from www.Chefs.com and also available at www.Amazon.com
*Comment: Chef’s on-line catalog puts them on sale fairly often with a deal where you can buy a second freezer canister for free or a reduced price….so you can always have one in the freezer, when inspiration strikes!

The recipe is adapted from my favorite ~ wildly creative ~ ice cream cookbook, The Ultimate Ice Cream Book by Bruce Weinstein (1999, William Morrow and Company, New York).

Making your own ice cream allows for More

A few years ago I heard a testimonial about someone who used undiluted Young Living Lavender Essential Oil applied directly to the skin to help with a terrible case of poison oak. When this person ran out of YLO Lavender, he tried ALL the quality essential oil brands available in local stores…and NONE even came near to relieving the horrible itching, except for the YLO Lavender.

- Something else to do is put More

One of the best ways to gain experience - and confidence - about the healing benefits of essential oils is to practice on yourself! We all have day-to-day or out-of-the-blue health issues that crop up.

I have an interesting variety of minor health issues, so have decided to be my own patient in my self-healing experiment. Have assembled a journal of notes on my trial-and-observation method of learning.

12-8-2006 Notes from an email exchange with a friend

Interestingly, I, got “a raging yeast infection” (haven’t had one in years) a month ago - the last full moon around NOV 1st (2006). Just had another full moon on DEC 4th-5th. Is that when yours started? Wonder what the moon has to do with yeast infections? Am sure there must be a relationship…

Used the Young Living Essential Oils and nutrition to clear it up incredibly fast in a few days. Here’s what I did: More