In this post I’m going to share with you 5 helpful essential oils for anxiety and stress. I’ll also share with you a couple of recipes that will get you started with a natural way to help ease anxiety and stress.
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As a mom I experience a lot of anxiety. As a human being, I experience a lot of stress and I bet you do too. It’s part of human nature. Not to mention the way the world is now, there’s so much both in our own little worlds and in the big world that we need something to ease it up a bit. Sometimes, all I need to do is calm down. Essential oils can help you calm down. They can help you with anxious feeling and stressful events through out your day. Read on to find the 5 helpful essential oils for anxiety and stress that I rely on.
lavender
Lavender is a great all-around essential oil that helps with many issues such as skin problems, muscular pain, and emotional issues such as anxiety and stress. It’s inexpensive and if you are already an essential oil user, you have this in your essential oil stash. It’s calming properties has lavender as my number one essential oil for anxiety and stress.
Cedarwood (atlas)
Cedarwood (Atlas) is great for mental strain, thus making is perfect for soothing stressful moments and periods of anxiety. It also helps with depression and insomnia.
Geranium
Geranium is great for relieving anxiety. It has a calming floral scent that is soothing to the soul. Helps relieve tension that is associated to daily life.
Mandarin & Sweet Orange
Mandarin and sweet orange have refreshing citrus scents that not only helps with anxiety and stress but can bring a boost to your day. Their uplifting scent will calm and sooth your worries away.
Vanilla
Vanilla is a sweet-smelling essential oil that can bring you back to childhood, of fresh baked cookies and cozy afternoons. It has anti-depressant properties which make is excellent for stress and anxiety, because they both tend to bring down the doom and gloom of the world.
Anxiety and Stress Recipes
There are many more essential oils that are great for anxiety and stress, and you will see that I use them in my recipes below. All of them are for personal inhalers which at the end I’ll tell you how to use them. Each recipe consists of 15 drops of essential oils.
Chill Pill
- 7 drops Lavender (Bulgarian)
- 6 drops Bergamot
- 2 drops Roman Chamomile
As the recipe title states, this blend gives you a “chill pill” and helps you calm down. It’s my favorite blend for an especially extra day filled with anxiety.
Relax Already
- 6 drops Lavender
- 5 drops Cedarwood (Atlas)
- 4 drops Vanilla
The subtle hints of vanilla mixed with the lavender is especially relaxing. Use this when you are done for the day and just want to relax and enjoy your evening.
I’m Done
- 6 drops Lavender
- 5 drops Sweet Orange or Mandarin
- 4 drops Basil Linalool
This tried-and-true blend is perfect for those days when you’ve just had enough. Its earthy sweet scent is grounding in a way that melts your stress and anxiety away.
Calm Down
- 7 drops Geranium
- 5 drops Sandalwood (Australian)
- 3 drops Vanilla
Geranium can help with the anxious overwhelm that runs around in your brain. It too can improve mood and lessen the stress and anxiety that plagues the mind.
Pick Me Up
- 7 drops Sweet Orange or Mandarin
- 5 drops Coffee
- 3 drops Vanilla
This pick me up of a blend is spot on for destressing and helping to sooth away anxiety.
This information is intended to educate and inform. Please do not replace this information with the advice and guidance from a doctor. This information is not intended to treat, cure, diagnose or prevent any disease. Please consult with your health care professional if you have any questions.
How To Use Personal Inhalers
To use these blends you will need a personal inhaler. You can get these on Amazon or from my favorite essential oil accessory shop Rivertree Life. I am not an affiliate with this website I just truly love their products. www.rivertreelife.com
To make your personal inhaler take it apart. It comes apart easily. The glass container is usually a twist on. You want to place the cotton wick in a glass or metal container, or if you are super careful with your drops a folded paper towel will work too. Add the 15 drops to the cotton wick. Slide the wick into the glass container and reassemble the inhaler.
To use take one to three inhales thru your nostrils and repeat as needed.
The personal inhaler will fit nicely in your pocket or purse and easy to take with you. So when anxiety or stress is at it’s worse you will have your personal inhaler at hand.
What do you do to help with anxiety and stress? Please let me know in the comments below.
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