When it comes to stress coping strategies, Lavender is my favorite essential oil. Aromatherapy is a very effective way to reduce stress – here’s why.
Have you ever caught a whiff of perfume on a breeze and suddenly been filled with memories of another time or place?
Aromas have the power to evoke distant memories of people and places because of all our senses, the sense of smell is most strongly linked to the subconscious. Scents are capable of producing immediate, intense responses because they are processed by the part of the brain that controls memory and emotion.
Just a quick whiff of lovely Lavender calms nerves, quiets anxiety and promotes relaxation. Heck, even visualizing fields of waving lavender flowers will reduce stress!
Not only is Lavender a beautiful flower used in a wide variety of products like soaps and lotions, it’s unique flavor makes it a popular addition to chocolate, cookies and jams. It’s also one of two essential oils that can be applied directly to the skin, without first being mixed into a carrier oil. I often use it as perfume, dabbing it on my wrists, behind ears and under my nose so I continuously breathe in all it’s goodness.
Lavender is so gentle you can add a drop to a baby’s bath to calm them and help them (and you!) sleep longer. For a soothing, relaxing bath, try adding eight drops of Lavender oil to a full tub, or four drops a foot bath. Spraying essential oil mixed with water adds a pleasant fragrance to the room as well as calming the nerves and promoting a sense of well-being in everyone in it.
You also may want to keep stress at bay by sleeping with a ‘dream pillow’ filled with dried lavender. Dabbing lavender on the soles of your feet will also promote deep restful sleep.
Give lavender a try, and it’s sure to become one of your ‘go to’ stress coping strategies! And if you enjoyed this excerpt from Relief Beyond Belief; Exploring the World of Natural Healing, you’ll love the book – check it out here, I have created a special package for you! This value package includes a 150 page illustrated e-book exploring 29 therapies – from Acupressure to Yoga, downloadable videos with 22 Master Healer Interviews – 11 hours of healing you won’t find anywhere else – and a Guided Chakra Meditation MP3, even a coaching session with me! Regularly $97, now just $24.97!
The best stress relief activities work better when you don’t have ANTs (automatic negative thoughts). So how do you get rid of them? Squash them like a bug! But ANTS, like the pests they’re named for, are tricky buggers; sneaky, good hiders, and persistent as all get out. The first step in getting rid of them is to identify them. This can be tricky, they have a way of crawling around in our minds without our even noticing they’re there. They blend in, becoming part of the landscape of our minds.
I have some good news though. I’m about to share a quick simple way to free yourself of ANTs once and for all! (more…)
Affirmations are the best stress relief activities!
Affirmations are very powerful tools for bringing about the kind of life you want. They also are best stress relief activities. However, they have an evil twin – what I call the dark side of affirmations. Basically, affirmations are thoughts you choose to think because you want the results they’ll produce. Created correctly, using positive, powerful words in the present tense repeated often, they produce the effects you want by convincing your subconscious mind the conditions they describe are in fact real. For example, let’s say you’re stressed about money. You need financial stress relief activities. You know everything begins as a thought, you want to create more wealth in your life, so a positive affirmation would be, “Money now flows to me freely from all directions,” or “I am now rich beyond my wildest dreams,” or “I am wealth. I am abundance. I am prosperity.” (more…)
Feeling stressed? Searching for some stress relief activities? Not achieving what you want in life? Maybe ants have taken over!
I’m sure you keep a clean house, but I suspect you have a few of these ants. These little demons are after more than crumbs; left unchecked, they’ll steal your dreams!
These ANTs (short for Automatic Negative Thoughts) are the little voices in your head that give you a million reasons why you can’t achieve your goals, and why you probably shouldn’t even try. (more…)
One of the best stress relief activities you can use to shift your vibration from stressed-out to blissed-out is to take your focus off what’s not working in your life, and focus on what’s working Great! There’s bound to be at least a few areas in your life you’re happy with. By taking the time to list and FOCUS on them, you’ll begin feeling gratitude and appreciation for these things that otherwise may be taken for granted. Feeling grateful sends a powerful positive message to the Universe that you have SO MUCH to be grateful for, and through the Law of Attraction, as you feel these positive feelings, they’ll begin attracting more to feel good about. The Law of Attraction states that what you think about, you bring about, so it’s vitally important that you take your attention away from whatever is stressing you. Try this stress relief activity – give yourself a little vacation from your worries. Worrying is actually using your powerful imagination to create what you don’t want. So instead of worrying, put this best stress relief activities tip to the test! I’ve included a few examples to get you started – I invite you to add on – and while you’re here, please opt-in so I can send you my 6 part Loving the Law of Attraction video training series, full of stress relief activities designed to relieve stress and re-program you for happiness and success! What is going GREAT in my life . . . (more…)
