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| *Utopia Massage uses pure Essential Oils by Aroma Land.
What is Aromatherapy?
Aromatherapy is the practice of using volatile plant oils, including essential oils, for psychological and physical well-being.
In addition to essential oils, aromatherapy encourages the use of other complementary natural ingredients including cold pressed vegetable oils, jojoba (a liquid wax), hydrosols, herbs, milk powders, sea salts, sugars (an exfoliant), clays, and muds.
Products that include synthetic ingredients are frowned upon in holistic aromatherapy. It is important to note that perfume oils also known as fragrance oils (and usually listed as "fragrance" on an ingredient label) are not the same as essential oils. Fragrance oils and perfume oils contain synthetic chemicals and do not provide the therapeutic benefits of essential oils.
Also, use caution with marketing claims that state a product is "Made With Essential Oils" or "Made With Natural Ingredients." Claims like these do not state that the product is only made with the ingredient(s) specified. Such products may contain heavy proportions of synthetic fragrance oils and only contain a minute quantity of essential oil to simply be able to profess the "Made With Essential Oils" claim.
The Benefit of an Aroma ~ Inhaling Essential Oils
The Benefit of Physical Application
Essential oils that are applied to the skin can be absorbed into the bloodstream for up to seven hours. The constituents of essential oils can aid in health, beauty and hygiene conditions. Since essential oils are so powerful and concentrated, they should never be applied to the skin in their undiluted form. T o apply essential oils to the skin, essential oils are typically diluted into a carrier such as a cold pressed vegetable oil, also known as a carrier oil. Common carrier oils include sweet almond oil, apricot kernel oil, and grapeseed oil.
Other Benefits
In addition to therapeutic benefit at the emotional and physical level, essential oils are helpful in other applications. Essential oils can be used in household and laundry cleaners. Some oils act as a natural insect repellent and pesticide. You may recall using citronella candles during the summer to keep mosquitoes away. Citronella essential oil is the ingredient in the candles that is responsible for repelling the mosquitos. Lavender: Lavender offers a multitude of benefits and uses. It balances the mood, clears the mind, and has a long tradition in skin and hair care as well as medicine, and it is used for many household solutions. Lavender energizes, relaxes, and balances our senses. Lavender will rejuvenate and inspire a tired person, relax, soothe, and slow down someone who is stressed or tense. Lavender also adds balance and serenity to our hectic lives. Lavender, like many other remedies offered by nature is able to reestablish a person’s balance without the use of synthetic chemicals.
Can be used in laundry rinse, water reservoir of your iron for fresh smelling laundry; two drops on a hairbrush will rejuvenate your hair and scalp. A few drops in a spray bottle will disinfect and leave the room smelling fresh.
Peppermint: Refreshing, mental stimulant, energizing, and used to enhance wellbeing of digestive and respiratory system. Good nerve tonic that helps with mental fatigue and nervous stress.
Also, great remedy to keep ants away. Use in a diffuser to freshen a room. Add a few drops to a bowl of hot water to inhale the fragrant steam.
Eucalyptus: Cool, refreshing, and energizing. Used in skin and hair care and helps keep insects at bay.
Is great for massaging sore, aching muscles and is also used in sauna/steam baths.
Orange: Refreshing, comforting, and rejuvenating aroma that inspires and brings fresh energy and clears the mind. Citrus oils help to eliminate emotional confusion and increases ones sense of humor and wellbeing.
Add a few drops to dishwater when washing dishes or cleaning the house. Orange Essential Oil can be used to eliminate sticky residue left behind from tape/stickers.
Lemon: Refreshing, comforting, and rejuvenating aroma that inspires and brings fresh energy and clears the mind. Citrus oils help to eliminate emotional confusion and increases ones sense of humor and wellbeing. A study conducted with Lemon Oil found that typing errors were reduced when Lemon was diffused in the office.
*Use a few drops in a diffuser to freshen the aroma climate of your home. Add a few drops to dishwater when washing dishes or cleaning the house.
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