Essential Oils & Yoga
- Aniyora
- Jun 28, 2023
- 4 min read
Updated: Jun 22, 2024
We practice yoga so that we can maintain physical strength and flexibility, a focused and serene mind, and connect with our soul purpose and flow through life with greater ease.
How can oils deepen my connection experience and help me to breathe deeper, focus longer and flow better?
Yoga, Ayurveda, Chakras & Essential oils
Essential oils are a concentrated form of aromatic volatile extracts from plants sourced from roots, leaves, flowers, seeds or the bark of the plant comprised of the compounds that protect and support it. The function they serve the plants they can do the same for us
Take Wild Orange for instance, it's packed full of solar energy, juice and sweetness it grows in abundance and has all the fire it needs to nourish the seed into a tree and create an orchard of abundance for all.
To learn more about how to use Wild Orange in a yoga practice, go to this blog post.
How do they benefit us?
- certain oils support normal body function (respiratory, digestive, muscular, cardiovascular,)
- certain oils support focus & concentration.
- certain oils support emotional wellbeing
- certain oils support effective cleansing practices
Ayurveda is the ancient knowledge of wellness practices that uses the understanding of the physical, emotional, and energetic body to bring one's body back into harmony. With the use of nutrition, exercise, and plant medicine, Ayurveda is a wonderful ally on our evolutionary journey.
Essential oils can support an Ayurvedic lifestyle by:
- helping to rise early
- nourish the skin with oils
- flavor and energize your water
- control unhelpful cravings
- supplement a healthy balanced diet
- support healthy functions in the body
- experience deep restful sleep
Yoga (in its most popular sense) is the practice of postures with breathing exercises derived from ancient Vedic traditions. We practice Yoga so that we can maintain physical strength and flexibility, a focused and serene mind, and connect with our soul purpose and flow through life with greater ease.
Essential oils can support your Yoga practice by:
- supporting your respiratory system
- deepen your breathing
- dropping down from the mind into the body
- helping to meditate and concentrate
- southing pains in the body
- cleaning your mat
Chakras refer to the energy centres in the body that connect emotional experiences with the way we physically feel and express ourselves in our daily lives. They help us understand unhelpful behaviours and experiences and show us how to come back into balance.
Essential oils can support your Energy flow by:
- bringing awareness to the location in the body
- clearing negative baggage
- recharging cellular energy
- creating a pleasant and uplifting olfactory experience
How to use Plant Essential Oils?
3 ways of using oils
Aromatically:
- Use in a diffuser
- On a cotton ball
- drop in hands cup to nose and inhale
- drop in a mudra and inhale
Topically:
- Rub on the area of interest
- Apply 1-2 drops on the bottom of the feet
- Dilute in a carrier oil to massage of larger areas or sensitive skin
Internally:
- 1 drop of Lemon in a glass bottle of water
-1-2 drop in veggie capsule
check the label to ensure oils are for internal use
Practical ways to use oils during your Yoga practice
Pranayama refers to controlled breathing exercise
Inhale Peppermint + Sitali (cooling breath) = cooling and southing competitiveness to become more trusting, gentle, and supportive of others and ourselves.
Mudras are hand gestures that facilitate energy to flow through the shape and acupressure points in the hands and body.Use the mudra as a diffuser
Lotus + drop Frankincense = connection with the love of the Divine assist in spiritual awakening.
Chakra is the centre of energy in the body that can lack energy or have too much of it. Bringing it into balance allows you to move through life with less resistance and more joy.
Solar plexus (base of sternum or diaphragm) + drop of Lemon = bringing the fresh energy of the sun to your willpower centre, engaging motivation, and clearing away shame. Accepting limitations of ourselves and others and trusting in the dive direction coming from our heart and the energy in our body, allowing the essential tasks to come through and releasing pressure.
Postures
Standing poses:
Tree pose + On Guard = builds strength in the muscles and bone promotes the extension of the spine, and provides a sense of grounding.
Twists:
Half fish pose + Lemon in water = help release spinal stiffness and allows to realise the shoulders, neck, spine, ribcage, and pelvis. Helps to detoxify the body physically and emotionally.
Seated poses:
Lotus pose + Deep Blue = relieves lower back tension and open shoulders.
Restorative poses:
Corpse pose + Lavender = calms insecurity and releases tension and tension from withheld expression. Freeing you to share your true self with others.
How to get quality Essential Oils?
How to identify quality essential oils?
- An essential oil must be pure and unadulterated to be potent. Essential oil purity
- Plants grown in their indigenous habitats yield higher potency than their counterparts. Sourcing videos
- Testing is crucial in order to determine whether the oil is pure (without fillers, synthetics, chemicals, or adulterations). Testing
How to get started with doTERRA?
Home Essentials kit = 9x 15ml + 1x 5ml + Petal diffuser 315.25 euros
Family Essentials kit = 10x 5ml bottles 158.50 euros
- Lavender = Relaxation
- Lemon = energy and motivation
- Peppermint = cooling and joyfulness
- Tea tree = cleansing and healthy boundaries
- Frankincense = cellular regeneration & connection to the universe
- Deep blue = muscle regeneration
- ZenGest = digestion and mental overwhelm
- Oregano = anti-inflammatory and teacher spirituality and detachment
- Air = clear airways and open-hearted communication
- OnGuard = immunity and safety
Additionally, when you sign up, you get access to continuous education in English or French to help guide you on your self-care journey.
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