Wednesday, January 29, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
What is it about
essential oils?
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MEDITATION:
Practice boosts
overall well-being
Continued from page 21
By Kema Clark
Correspondent
What are essential oils?
Most definitions describe
essential oils as the concen-
trated extracts of potentially
beneficial plants. The terms
used in the search to find
which essential oils are right
for you can be confusing.
Finding a licensed aroma-
therapist or trained therapist
should be the first step to
make sure you find the right
oils to fit your needs. It is
important that you use essen-
tial oils in a way that will
be beneficial to you and not
cause negative health risks
that you never expected.
Distributors of essential
oils can be excellent for pro-
viding information on the
therapeutic use of essential
oils.
Shibui Spa in Sisters uses
dMTERRA essential oils.
dMTERRA top trainer from
Salt Lake City comes to
Shibui several times a year
to provide updates to the
Shibui therapists. Kendra
Littrell, who manages Shibui,
said, <During treatments our
trained therapists share infor-
mation on the oils with our
clients.=
Littrell believes many
over-the-counter medicines
can be replaced by using
essential oils that have a nat-
ural benefit to the body.
More information can
be found on Shibui Spa at
www.shibuispa.com or www.
facebook.com/shibuispa/.
There are several other
reputable websites with
excellent information on
essential oils, including the
Mayo Clinic www.mayo
clinic.org and John Hopkins
www.hopkinsmedicine.org.
The Mayo Clinic sup-
ports the use of essential
oils, including lavender oil
to help people with osteoar-
thritis, dementia, and kidney
stones. Lavender also helps
to relieve stress.
Peppermint seems to boost
energy and aid in digestion,
tea tree can be used to help
fight infections and improve
immunity, and lemon helps
with mood improvement and
headaches.
Aromatherapy is thought
to work by stimulating smell
receptors in the nose, which
then send messages through
the nervous system to the
limbic system 4 the part
of the brain that controls
emotions.
Studies have shown that
aromatherapy has health ben-
efits, including relief from
anxiety and depression, plus
improved sleep and qual-
ity of life for people with
chronic health conditions.
Mel Trammel of Sisters
has offered classes on essen-
tial oils in the past, includ-
ing an introduction into why
they9re useful, how to use
them and what different oils
are for. Trammell is planning
a monthly class on essential
oils in the near future.
Customers can talk to
Karen Post about oils when
they come in to Aqua Hot
Tubs.
Aqua Hot Tubs uses
Young Living essential oils
(www.youngliving.com).
Customers can get specific
information from trained rep-
resentatives to know where
oils come from and informa-
tion on use. Young Living
oils are tested to make sure
quality is met. Customers
can purchase products to try
at Aqua Hot Tubs without
opening an account at Young
Living.
Children and elderly need
to be very careful in using
essential oils and get full
information on what not to
use.
If you search to find
information on essential oils,
include a date of 2019 or
2020, since data on essential
oils is updated continuously.
If you9re considering
aromatherapy, consult your
doctor, a trained aromather-
apist or a trained therapist
about the possible risks and
benefits.
Spruce up now!
Think of it as a fitness rou-
tine for your mind. Start with
practicing five minutes every
day.
Find a quiet place to sit,
close your eyes and start
breathing in through your
nose and out through your
mouth. It will help you focus
if you do that 8-10 times.
Some experts on medita-
tion will say your next steps
should be letting thoughts
filter through your mind, just
flow in and back out.
Others will tell you to pic-
ture mountains, or a lake, or
whatever you love to look at.
Concentrate your thoughts on
the colors, the sound of wind
in the trees.
Many of you are thinking
<I never have a quiet place
to sit! My kids or spouse or
friends or relatives are always
around and talking.=
All you need is five min-
utes to start with. You can
stop in a parking lot on your
way home, set your phone
alarm for 5 minutes, put your
seat back a little, close your
eyes and start the steps.
A good way to relax and
get into meditation is to pick
up a book on meditation at
Paulina Springs Books (242
A variety of books can jumpstart the practice.
W. Hood Ave., Sisters).
<Real Happiness,= by
Sharon Salzberg, is the No.
1 book on the verywell-
mind.com website (https://
www.verywellmind.com/
best-books-on-medita-
tion-4160661) and Paulina
Springs Books has it on their
shelf waiting for you.
Other excellent choices
are: <How to Relax,= by
Thich Nhat Hanh; <The
Mindful Day,= by Laurie J.
Cameron; <Rewilding: Medi-
tations, Practices, and Skills
for Awakening in Nature,=
by Micah Mortali; and <Dear
Universe: 200 Mini-Med-
itations for Instant Mani-
festations,= by Sarah Prout.
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According to Prevention.
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mental health, boost your
brain, help you deal with
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