Once someone really gets excited about oils, they usually like to try to make their own roller ball blends using 10 ml roller bottles, various oils, and topping it off with fractionated coconut oil (FCO). I found different recipes and put them into this arrangement to share.
Dry brushing is an amazing way to rejuvenate your skin. I found this great demonstration video online and thought I'd share it with you. She even ends it with an oil blend to apply to your skin.
Guess where several of us will be tonight.... The Cinco Ranch Ladies Club Craft Fair. We'll have our oils there along with lots of neck wraps. If you are around, stop by to ask questions, pick up a few sample oils, or just say "Hi!"
When I was a child, if my grandmother heard that we had a scratchy throat, she would go to the kitchen and cut a piece off of her fresh ginger. She would make us chew it up until we felt better. I can tell you that I thought this was torturous. Yuck! It helped though.
For decades, I have heard that people drink ginger ale or eat ginger snaps when they have motion or sea sickness. According to Wikipedia, "Ginger or ginger root is the rhizome of the plant zingiber officinale, consumed as a delicacy, medicine, or spice."
It should be no surprise that ginger oil is great too. The best ginger essential oils come from Sri Lanka. It known for being warming, accelerating, and stimulating. It is a wonderful oil to have in your collection.
I found this info graphic from Fit Life TV that has even more suggestions for ginger root:
When buying essential oils, I prefer ones that are from the indigenous area. Part of my reasoning has to do with quality and the other has to do with the world economy. This means that I am helping to build an economy often in areas that are struggling. Lemongrass Oil is a great example of this. It comes from Southern India.
Not surprisingly, lemongrass oil has a lemony scent, but you can also detect grass and a slightly bitter essence. Historically, the plant has been used for infectious illnesses, fevers, and as an insecticide. It is very cleansing/detoxifying. I like to add 2 or 3 drops to my bathwater when I want to take a soak.
Learning to love your body is definitely not an easy thing. I certainly have a LONG way to go. I can't tell you how many times I think about the things I'd like to change about me. This definitely happens several times a day. I know that I am a lot harder on myself than I would ever be on anyone else. When I watch videos likes the one above, I realize how sad this way of thinking makes me. I am sure that a lot of it has to do with gaining a better perspective.
Have you seen this picture below from a magazine? Apparently, the average weight of women in Australia is 150 lbs. Every woman in the picture weighs 150. I look at them and think they look cute/fine. Life is amazing because we are all so different and we need to learn to love ourselves for who we are and for whatever stage of life we are in.
One of my new year's resolutions will be to work on loving my body. My health and my looks are definitely something that I take for granted. These things could change at any time. You never know how great you have it until you lose it and then you just wish for what you once criticized. I want to learn to love my body now. It will never be "perfect," but it is perfect for me.
If you are wondering if oils will be part of this post, I'll just add a quick tip about grapefruit. Grapefruit essential oil can help with anxiety over appearance, hate for the body, and eating disorders. It can aid someone in their goal of changing the way they feel about themselves. I like to add a drop or two to my water because it simply makes it taste so much better. It is also a good oil to diffuse when you are feeling self-conscious. Taking care of your body is a great way to start proving your love. Hopefully, that will lead to more acceptance and love.
The NY Times published an interesting article about ADHD a few days ago. It starts off like this: ATTENTION deficit hyperactivity disorder is now the most prevalent psychiatric illness of young people in America, affecting 11 percent of them at some point between the ages of 4 and 17. The rates of both diagnosis and treatment have increased so much in the past decade that you may wonder whether something that affects so many people can really be a disease. LINK: A Natural Fix for ADHD The main point of the article is that "people with A.D.H.D. are actually hard-wired for novelty-seeking." It says that life style changes, strategic career planning, and other things can help them function or excel in life, especially as adults. I truly believe that there are advantages to having these behaviors that are considered difficult, but I also understand that not everyone can afford to send their children to a school with small classrooms that focus mainly on hands-on-experience and allows for movement.
