Welcome to my essential oils blog! The purpose of this blog is to document my family's experience with dōTERRA oils and to share them with others. We've been using these oils for over two years now and I am convinced they are superior to any other EOs I have used before. Over the past 10+ years, we've been intentional towards living a more holistic and wholistic lifestyle, through both diet and medicinal approaches. Relying less on Western thought and practice toward medicine and overall well-being.

Essential oils have been used for thousands of years by the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Chinese, Indian Ayurvedic, Persians and widely throughout Europe. Historical uses include treatment of illness and injury, food preparation, beauty and hygeine practicies, religious ceremonies and aromatherapy. So, they can be used topically, internally and aromatically; often times most effective when all three methods are used simultaneously.

dōTERRA essential oils are beautifully pure and their potency and effectiveness is unmatched. They are certified pure therapeutic grade (CPTG) and are the only oils on the market that can be safely taken internally. I have seen remarkable results therapeutically, as well as medicinally and continue to learn more ways to integrate these oils into our lives. I hope this blog is helpful to you and provides inspiration to explore natural medicines and to live better.

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Saturday, November 3, 2012

Officially Winter in the Arctic

It's officially Winter where I live. Not because of massive amounts of snow or cold, but because today is daylight savings "fall back". That is when it's official. When the sun doesn't rise until 9am and then 10am and then 10:30am and sets at 6pm, and then 5pm and then 4pm....you get the point. Personally, I see it as a time of hibernation and an opportunity to get much needed rest, unless you have a newborn....which I do not:)
 
We are homeschoolers, so I have the luxury of letting my children and myself sleep in past the darkness, not rushing around the house- breakfast, book bags, coats, snow boots, mittens and balaclavas flying while we try and catch the big yellow bus! We don't mind the dark or the cold, most days. But, what I do mind is the sickness that inevitably comes with it. That I could do without.

We have pertussis going around the local schools and even though my creatures are not attending public school, they are still at risk.

There are specific essential oils that are proven to be highly effective at killing bacteria and pathogens, as well as disinfect and purify.

Here are some ideas and applications to help ward off the bugs this season:

* Don't kill off the body's friendly bacteria, which is the first line of defense, with conventional hand sanitizers. They do kill bad bacteria, but also the good ones, as well. By using essential oils your utilizing the body's knowledge of which bacteria to get rid of.

~doTERRA's oil blend OnGuard in distilled water, put into a mini-spritzer bottle is a natural alternative as a hand sanitizer.

~Also, just a drop of OnGuard onto the hands, after they have been washed, is effective. After rubbing into hands, inhaling the oil is beneficial to cleanse the nasal passages and lungs.

~Applying OnGuard to the soles of the feet, on reflex points and breathing it in by diffusing it into the air is also very important in cleansing the air from bacteria and pathogens. Since so many diseases are airborne, inhaling antibacterial oils is essential. OnGuard is proven in lab tests to kill bacteria. Lemon essential oil is also purifying. Either of these oils can clean the air in a room in about 20 minutes. Investing in a quality EOs diffuser is an ideal way to purify the air you and your family breathe.


*If you've already contracted a bad cold with cough, etc., you can try the following regimen to help shorten the illness and keep from sharing it with others:

~Rub OnGuard on the soles of feet every 20 minutes for the first hour, then every half hour for the next hour and every hour and every two hours, etc., throughout the day. Use the Breathe oil blend to help soothe a cough as well as inhaling melaleuca. Other single oil options that help with coughs, congestion, etc. are eucalyptus and rosemary. Diluting these oils with a carrier oil and rubbing on the chest, neck and back, as well as inhaling them, are wonderfully effective. These symptoms will not start to improve until the bacteria are under control, however.

~Blessings