What is an essential oil?
Essential oils are basically plant extracts. They are made by steaming or pressing various parts of a plant (flowers, bark, leaves, resin, fruit) to capture the compounds that produce a plant’s aromatic qualities, the essence of what makes the plant unique. Using the extracted oils is a form of plant-based medicine, that should be used under the guidance 
of someone knowledgeable about their uses and cautions. These highly potent and pure oils can be used as direct therapy and are often used as adjunctive therapy. When used wisely, they can empower your self-care practices, giving you straight forward and powerful interventions for many everyday health challenges. Using essential oils can transform how you take care of yourself, as well as providing effective ways to transform your living spaces into totally natural environments, free of chemicals and dangerous toxins.
How do essential oils work?
The most common way to use essential oils is ‘aromatherapy’ which is the release of particles into the air to be inhaled. Although a seemingly simple therapy, the inhalation of scent molecules in essential oils stimulate the olfactory nerves. The olfactory nerves send this information to the brain, specifically impacting the amygdala and other structures of 
the limbic system. Inhaling the aromas from essential oils can thereby stimulate the areas of the brain that play a role in emotions, memory, sensory processing, time perception, attention, consciousness, instincts, breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure. We often experience an old memory being stimulated by a particular smell, an example of this relationship in the brain between smell and memory.
Why choose essential oils?
Many modern health concerns are due to the prevalence of unnatural, chemically based and toxic products in our environments, food, supplements and medicines. While seemingly overwhelming to navigate how to deal with this and what choices to make, essential oils offer a powerful, relevant and enjoyable portal to regaining an understanding of how to have a more natural, healthy and vibrant life. With essential oils, there is an opportunity to understand plant-medicine in its essence, and to return to true nature in a simple, yet effective way.
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