“Essential oils are said to work by triggering receptors in your brain that make you feel more calm or happy or whatever the oil is supposed to achieve. Your nose is very powerful and everything it smells goes directly to your brain to be sorted. Essential oils give your brain the impression that you are in a happy and calming place so you feel happy and calm.”~ Halley Johnson

 Our modern world is full of stress.

Work-life, as well as home life, can be very stressful and it makes it hard to relax and enjoy the things you do with the people you care about. Finding a natural stress relief remedy can be invaluable for people who suffer from an excess of stress. 

Luckily, there are quite a few essential oils that are known to help with stress relief. Finding the best oil for your needs and the best way to use it can be a very fun and great smelling journey. Getting to use multiple essential oils that all have some kind of benefit for you is never a bad idea.

There are a few methods of using essential oils. The only method you might see that you should not engage in is ingesting the oils. Essential oils are very concentrated and need to be diluted before they are put on your skin and should never be ingested.

Because there are a few different oils that can help with stress relief as well as a few different methods of using those oils it is important to know how they work. Knowing how and why essential oils might work for you is the best first step to using oils as a stress reliever. Here are a few of the types of oils that can help with stress relief and how they do it. 

Knowing which oils are used for stress relief is a great place to start.

Surprisingly, there are more oils that can work with stress relief than any other problem. Many oils that can be used for other things also work for stress relief which is great for people who prefer a certain scent or oil.

One of the oils you will probably hear is great for anxiety is lavender. The calming scent lavender provides can help your body and mind relax. It is also an easily accessible oil and can be found in many lotions and candles that say they relieve anxiety. 

A few of the other oils that are often used as stress relievers are rose, chamomile, jasmine, and valerian. Those are just the most popular essential oils used for stress relief. There are even more oils that can help relieve stress if you prefer a different smell. 

The Importance of Using Essential Oils for Stress Relief

Finding the oil that you feel has the best scent and relaxes you the most is the most important part of finding a stress relief oil. Because there are so many different oils that work it all comes down to preference in the end. There are people who swear by lavender but there are just as many people who would tell you frankincense is the best option. 

How Do Essential Oils Work?

The actual science behind why essential oils work is still in progress. Which is to say, we don’t know exactly why they work we just know they do. There are studies that are being conducted to find why essential oils work for so many people. 

The most used reason why it is believed essential oils work is that they trigger your scent receptors.

Scent is one of the senses most tied to memory and finding a scent that reminds you of a good memory will usually put you in a good mood. You might smell something that reminds you of your childhood and not even know why you suddenly feel so nostalgic.

Essential oils are said to work by triggering receptors in your brain that make you feel more calm or happy or whatever the oil is supposed to achieve. Your nose is very powerful and everything it smells goes directly to your brain to be sorted. Essential oils give your brain the impression that you are in a happy and calming place so you feel happy and calm.

Lavender oil, in particular, has been studied and is believed to affect the limbic system. There are studies showing it can make people feel happier. More importantly, the same studies show lavender having a real calming effect on most of the people who inhaled it.

How To Use

The most common way to use essential oils is through inhaling them. A defuser is a small machine that is filled with water and a few drops of your chosen oil. It then releases that oil in the form of steam that can make your whole home smell like the calming oil you have chosen.

There are also oils, like rose, that are best used by putting a few drops into warm water and letting your feet soak. A nice bath with a few drops of a calming oil will definitely reduce your stress and make you feel much calmer. If you do not have the time to take a bath or to sit around inhaling steam then there are other ways to utilize essential oils.

Mixing your chosen oil with a carrier oil such as coconut oil or jojoba oil is a great way to turn your essential oils into a lotion. You can rub your new lotion onto your hands or put a dollop by your temples so you can smell the calming oils all day. Even just a few drops of stress-relieving oil on your pillow before you go to sleep could make you fall asleep faster and wake up feeling stress-free. 

Essential oils have been used for many years in many cultures. They have been shown to help people from all walks of life with anxiety and stress. They are not a replacement for medicine but they might be exactly what you need to reduce the effects of your anxiety and stress.

There are several oils that can be used for stress relief. The most popular few that you hear about are certainly not the only ones out there. In fact, most essential oils have some kind of stress-relieving properties.

Trying out essential oils to help with your stress and anxiety can be a very beneficial and natural way to address those issues. Even if they do not fix the problem they will certainly make you feel calmer and make you smell nice.

Essential oils can help with stress relief and there is no reason to not give them a try. 

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