It's All About the Oils!

Essential Oils for Your Chakra Health

Keeping these whirling vortexes open is a must for good health! If your chakras are 'blocked', your energy field can become 'compromised' very quickly.

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Root Chakra:  Clematis, rosemary, ylang-ylang, myrrh, frankincense, benzoin, patchouli and sandalwood. Valor by Young Living Essential Oils is also terrific for grounding you to the earth and increasing your root chakra health!

Sacral Chakra:   All citrus oils, such as grapefruit, neroli, melissa, tangerine, and orange. Jasmine, rose, hibiscus are also beneficial for this amazing chakra.

Solar Plexus Chakra:  Essential oils for the solar plexus should be calming and clearing oils. Look for ‘peace and calming’ from Young Living or geranium, yarrow, chamomile, peppermint, lemon juniper, vetivert, wintergreen, petigrain and marjoram.

Heart Chakra: Rose oil is a wonderful heart centered chakra oil. Also, mandarin, jasmine, neoroli, orange, ylang ylang, cyprus, lavender, holly, eucalyptus and pine, melissa, bergamot, jasmine and rosewood.

Throat Chakra:  Ylang ylang, cedar, rosewood, ginger, fennel, spearmint, lemon eucalyptus, blue chamomile, sage, lemongrass, geranium, hyssop, coriander, jasmine and ginger.

Third Eye Chakra:  Angelica root, rosemary, lavender, peppermint, spruce, frankincense, patchouli, marjoram, helichrysum, sandlewood, elemi or clary sage.

Crown Chakra:  Frankincense, cedarwood, rosewood, vetiver, spikenard, angelica root, frankincense, sandalwood, myrrh, jasmine, benzoin, neroli, and lavender.

How to Use Essential Oils for Chakra Balancing:

The simplest and most direct way is to rub 3 to 6 drops on the souls of your feet, the base of your spine, or the base of your cervical spine. You can also place a few drops on each individual chakra.

Essential oils absorb within 30 seconds to your blood stream. This is why using only 100% pure grade oils is imperative so that you can receive the greatest result.

With more mild oils, you can place a few drops under the nose or on your temples. Make sure to blend stronger oils with your carrier oil (almond or coconut oil), onto the skin above the Chakra you wish to treat.

Another way is to rub the oils into your palms, then wave your hands around your aura and physical body. This will transmute any negative energy around you or that may be absorbed into your aura.

Rebalance your aura by waving and swirling your hands in a clockwise motion. This will break up unwanted energies. Then move your hands counter-clockwise to rebalance your aura. Finally, set your intention to send ‘back’ any energies that are not yours to the Universe. Imagine having negative energies bounce off of your aura and deflect back to where they came from!

You can also treat your home or office by using an essential oil diffuser. You can purchase these at https://www.youngliving.org/sarahnorwood

This cleansing and balancing device dispels the essential oil fragrance of your choice into your surroundings and changes the energy of the environment.

Another method is to place a little water plus a few drops of essential oil in a shallow bowl and light a candle underneath.  As the candle warms the bowl, the oil will begin to burn off and dispense into the air. They sell diffusers at: https://www.youngliving.org/sarahnorwood 

There are also several recipes to treat your bath water!

HAVE FUN AND ENJOY!

Warning: essential oils are generally safe, but do not ingest them unless you follow strict

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10 Protection & Cleansing Tools!

With so much negative energy in the Universe, we must all discover ways to protect and cleanse our physical, emotional and spiritual bodies. Overwhelming toxic energies can deplete our energy systems, leading to illness, anxiety and depression.

Here are a few of my "go-to" protection and strengthening tools!

10 Protection & Cleansing Tools

1.) Essential Oils- For protection and purification use Frankincense, Cypress, Myrrh, Palo Santo, Peppermint, Rose, Sage, Cedarwood, Cinnamon, Rosemary, Lemon and Basil. These are just some of the potent  oils that can help shield you from toxic energies! Go to: www.youngliving.org to learn how to 'safely' utilize essential oils!

2.) Smudge Stick- white sage is incredible for purifying energy. Light your stick and circle it's smoke around your entire body. You can also smudge every room in your home, your jewelry, computer, phone, wallet, furniture, etc. EVERYTHING carries energy. Safeguard yourself against draining energies with sage's healing smoke!

3.) Tibetan Singing Bowl/Bells- Sound tools emit certain tones which can instantly shift your energy promoting a calming effect. Reduce stress, harmonize and balance your physical body by playing your bowl any way you'd like! These soothing tones can boost your immune system and rid your space of dark energies -especially if used during meditation.

4.) Stones/Crystals- The energy of stones is very powerful They are wonderful for cleansing and balancing your energy! Hold, carry or place these stones near you for your energetic protection: Black tourmaline, black onyx, black obsidian, amethyst, malachite, smoky quartz, citrine, topaz, turquoise, aventurine, etc.! To learn more about stones and crystals, read 'The Crystal Bible'.

5.) Drums/Rattles- The beat of drums breaks up toxic energy and offers a harmonious rhythm to the environment!

6.) Salt lamp- Place a salt lamp in your home/office. It dispels negative ions and balances the energy in any space.(Available at Vitamin Cottage, Whole Foods and online!)

7.) Candles- Use your intention to 'cleanse' a space with candles. White candles symbolize purity. You can ask the energy of candles to help you release negative energies that may be stored inside of you. Also, green candles promote healing and pink ones represent self-love. Light them any time during the day/night!

8.) Lemons- yes, lemons! Citrus fruit placed in the four corners of any room absorb negative energies. When they shrivel up, replace with fresh ones! Also, drinking warm lemon water can clean out your insides...thus, balancing your immune and promoting health!

9.) Nature- Collect items that you find outside in the earth’s natural habitat. It can be a feather, leaf, rock, flower, grass, tree branch, etc. Nature instantly transforms your energy space.

10.) Sterling Silver- Protect yourself from negative energies by wearing sterling silver on your left wrist or finger at all times. If your bracelet falls off or breaks, that means it is time for a new one! The silver absorbs all of the toxic energy and eventually cannot hold anymore.


Use the above healing tools to protect and cleanse your home, office or car! Start off with setting your ‘intention’ by saying an affirmation or prayer to bless your sacred energy and space. Then, utilize whichever tools feel ‘good’ to you.

There is no right or wrong way cleanse your personal energy or your environment. Go with your gut!

9 Ways To Stop Absorbing Other People's Energy!

9 Ways to Stop Absorbing Other People’s Negative Emotions

Emotions such as fear, anger, frustration, and immobility create their own energy. And, you can potentially ‘catch’ these energies from other people without realizing it.

If you tend to be an emotional sponge like me, it’s vital to know how to avoid taking on an individual’s negative emotions, or even how to deflect the free-floating negativity in crowds.

Another twist is that chronic anxiety, depression, or stress can manifest thick, heavy energy, that completely depletes your defenses. Suddenly, you become hyper-attuned to others, especially suffering with similar pain. That’s how empathy works; we zero in on hot-button issues that are unresolved in ourselves.

From an energetic standpoint, negative emotions can originate from several sources: what you’re feeling may be your own; it may be someone else’s; or it may be a combination.

Here is how to tell the difference and strategically bolster your positive emotions so you don’t shoulder negativity that doesn’t belong to you.

Stop Absorbing Other People’s Emotions 

1. Identify whether you’re susceptible. The person most likely to be overwhelmed by negative energies surrounding you is an “empath“, someone who acts as an “emotional sponge”. Signs that you might be an empath include:

•     People call you “hyper-sensitive”, “overly sensitive”, etc., and they don’t mean it as a compliment!
•     You sense fear, anxiety, and stress from other people and drawthis into your body, resolving them as your own physical pain and symptoms. It doesn’t have to be people you don’t know or don’t like; you’re also impacted by friends, family, and colleagues.
•     You quickly feel exhausted, drained, and unhappy in the presence of crowds.
•     Noise, smells, and excessive talking can set off your nerves and anxiety.
•     You need to be alone to recharge your energy.
•     You’re less likely to intellectualize what you’re feeling. Your feelings are easily hurt.
•     You’re naturally giving, generous, spiritually inclined, and a good listener.
•     You tend to ensure that you’ve got an escape plan, so that you can get away fast, such as bringing your own car to events, etc.
•     The intimacy of close relationships can feel like suffocation or loss of your own self.

2. Seek the source. First, ask yourself whether the feeling is your own or someone else’s. It could be both. If the emotion such as fear or anger is yours, gently confront what’s causing it on your own or with professional help. If not, try to pinpoint the obvious generator.

•     For instance, if you’ve just watched a comedy, yet you came home from the movie theater feeling blue, you may have incorporated the depression of the people sitting beside you; in close proximity, energy fields overlap.
•     The same is true with going to a mall or a packed concert. If crowded places upset or overwhelm you, it may well be because you’re absorbing all the negative energy around you.

3. Distance yourself from the suspected source, where possible. Move at least twenty feet away; see if you feel relief. Don’t err on the side of not wanting to offend strangers. In a public place, don’t hesitate to change seats if you feel a sense of depression imposing on you.

4. Center yourself by concentrating on your breath. Doing this connects you to your essence. For a few minutes, keep exhaling negativity, inhaling calm. This helps to ground yourself and purify fear or other difficult emotions. Visualize negativity as gray fog lifting from your body, and hope as golden light entering. This can yield quick results.

5. Flush out the harm. Negative emotions such as fear frequently lodge in your emotional center at the solar plexus (celiac plexus).

•     Place your palm on your solar plexus as you keep sending loving-kindness to that area to flush stress out.
•     For longstanding depression or anxiety, use this method daily to strengthen this center. It’s comforting and it builds a sense of safety and optimism as it becomes a ritual.

6. Shield yourself. A handy form of protection many people use, including healers with trying patients, involves visualizing an envelope of white light (or any color you feel imparts power) around your entire body. Think of it as a shield that blocks out negativity or physical discomfort but allows what’s positive to filter in.

7. Manage the emotional overload. You don’t need to be beholden to your ability to absorb other’s emotions; turn the curse into a gift by practicing strategies that can free you:

•     Learn to recognize people who can bring you down. People who are particularly difficult for emotional empaths include criticizer, the victim, the narcissist, and the controller. Judith Orloff terms these people “emotional vampires“. When you know how to spot these behaviors, you can protect yourself against them, including removing yourself from their presence, and telling yourself that “I respect the person you are within even though I don’t like what you’re doing.”
•     Eat a high protein meal before entering stressful situations such as being part of a crowd. When in a crowd, find places of refuge, such as sitting on the edges, or standing apart.
•     Ensure that you don’t have to rely on other people to get you out of difficult situations. Bring your own car or know how to get home easily when needed. Have sufficient funds to be able to make alternate arrangements if you start feeling overwhelmed.
•     Set time limits. Knowing how much you can stand and obeying that limit is vital to ensure your mental well-being. Also set kind but meaningful boundaries with others who overwhelm you; don’t stand around listening to them talking for two hours when you can only cope with half an hour.
•     Have your own private place in a home shared with others. Ask others to respect your downtime during which you can rejuvenate. This is especially important to prevent you from taking on your partner’s feelings too much. A study, man cave, sewing room, reading nook, etc., all offer your own space.
•     Practice meditation and mindfulness.

8. Look for positive people and situations. Call a friend who sees the good in others. Spend time with a colleague who affirms the bright side of things. Listen to hopeful people. Hear the faith they have in themselves and others. Also relishhopeful words, songs, and art forms. Hope is contagious and it will lift your mood.

•     Cultivate positive emotions that boost your inner strength. If you’re surrounded by peace and love, you’ll flourish as strongly as negative emotions cause you to wilt. Respecting your own needs through healthy self love will increase your ability to respect others.
•     Learn to use compassion as a way to defend yourself against overwhelming emotions. Compassion allows you to be empathetic to the plight of other people but also requires that you are compassionate toward yourself. This means that you don’t need to feel guilty about seeking respite from being overwhelmed; doing so ensures that you can be more engaged with others in the long run, rather than less so. It also means that you keep yourself whole by not immersing yourself in the world of negative people.

9. Create and maintain a haven for disengagement. Leave many paths open that lead to communing with the resonance of nature. Returning to your rightful home as a creature of nature switches off your victim mentality and recharges you energetically and spiritually.

•     Keep a picture of a waterfall or a lush forest with you and look at it when overwhelmed.
•     Step onto the quiet of a forest path or absorb the coolness of a gently babbling brook from beneath a weeping willow.
•     Maintain a your personal space of cozy retreat where you hook into your own personal power and energy.
•     Practise Yoga and breathing techniques. These draw upon emotional centering and provide safe harbor in times of storm.

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By Judith Orloff MD, in5d

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