FRESH AIR, SLEEP, DOLLARS & SCENTS
In this 1st issue of the Essentials we aimed to provide some fresh content and background for some of the issues that face so many people today! Essentially, we all want to live well rounded lives with optimal wellness. Sleep is essential to our well being and optimal sleep leads to hightened productivity, energy, creativity, and happiness! So we explored more ways to hone in on the best recommendations to have optimal results. Stay tuned for more articles and video updates including a special interview with Diffuser World's CEO, DeAnn Sevy with Ryan "Spilly" Spilborghs.
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What is the Most Calming Essential Oil?
If you're searching for an all-natural solution that can help to put an end to the stress and worry that accompanies modern life, look no further. Many essential oils have long been known to contain calming properties, and utilizing an essential oil diffuser to release such benefits into your surroundings can have a dramatic effect on your mood.
There's often nothing better than laying down to relax and unwind enveloped in the scent of peace and serenity after a hard day's work, but not every essential oil will have the same effect on your mind and body. It's important to identify the most calming essential oils if you're aiming to reduce your stress levels, and luckily it needn't be as difficult as you might expect to seek out a variety of über relaxing options that you can experiment with today.
The Origin of Calming Essential Oils
Essential oils have been at the forefront of health and healing in many cultures on almost every continent in the world centuries, with their uses ranging from ceremonial or religious purposes to alleviating pain and promoting healing of those stricken by illness. Though it's hard to identify exact dates surrounding when the use of essential oils grew in popularity as an effective healing treatment, the buzz of essential oils eventually made its way around the globe to become a widely recognized method of physical, mental and spiritual health care.
The earliest known documented evidence surrounding the use of potentially healing plants was located in Lascaux, in the Dordogne region of France. Cave paintings showcase the utilization of medicinal plants in everyday life, some being successfully carbon dated to show they originate from as far back as 18,000 B.C.E. Such a track record will allow even the most uneducated essential oil user to maintain ultimate peace of mind knowing their practices will pay off, and that's why the use of diffusers and other modern alternatives have attracted a large audience of budding self-care/preservation fanatics.
So, Which Essential Oils Work Best?
If you're finding it tough to cope with the trials and tribulations that litter daily life, settling down to relax with a calming essential oil diffuser might just provide the outlet that you've been waiting for. Utilizing the most appropriate essential oils is a key factor, so which essential oils will work best when attempting to achieve peace and serenity?
Lavender the Purple Power House
Lavender essential oil is quite likely the most popular and versatile of all modern essential oils that are commonly used in aromatherapy today. It's unsurprising that lavender is so widely used in all manner of products from food to fragrance and cosmetics to herbal medicine, boasting one of the most recognizable and beloved scents on the globe. It is carefully extracted from a sweet smelling Lavandula angustifolia plant, and the finished essential oil is said to encourage relaxation, while also promoting relief of anxiety, depression, insomnia, nausea, menstrual cramps and more.
Using lavender essential oil in your diffuser after a long day can be the perfect solution, as it will encourage relaxation and potentially even help you drift off into a restful sleep, naturally. You can also use organic lavender compounds in the form of leaves and flowers to soothe anxiety and stress by crushing them between your fingers and gently massaging it onto your temples. Additionally, you may even make yourself a delicious sweet mug of lavender tea to achieve a similar effect, as the antioxidants inside lavender can influence the body's endocrine system to reduce stress hormones that can cause restlessness.
Chamomile the Ultimate Calmer
Chamomile essential oil can be extracted from two forms of chamomile plant - Roman and German chamomile. Roman chamomile essential oil has a thinner consistency and carries a sweet apple scent whereas German chamomile essential oil has a straw like scent and is generally a much thicker consistency. German chamomile, or Matricaria chamomilla, hails from the Compositae sunflower family, and has antispasmodic, sedative, anti-fungal and anti-inflammatory properties, as well as helping to boost mood and relieve anxiety. It may also be beneficial in reducing symptoms associated with restlessness.
Both versions of chamomile essential oil have a blue hue, boasting calming effects that can promote anxiety relief without the need for chemical medicines. There is considerable evidence that suggests chamomile carries both anti-anxiety and anti-depressive qualities, with the University of Pennsylvania publishing studies that provide evidence to support these claims. You can add chamomile essential oil to your diffuser to fill your room with a proven relaxing aroma, as well as a delicious fruity scent that you're sure to adore. In addition, you can even brew yourself a mug of caffeine-free chamomile tea to experience similar benefits! Though chamomile is a safe, natural compound, it's not recommended that you use it in excess during pregnancy without first consulting your physician.
Relax & Unwind with Rose
Rose essential oil is a sweet smelling, flower-derived all-natural oil that's proven to alleviate symptoms of stress and tension in a surprisingly short period of time. Researchers from the Srinakharinwirot University in Thailand applied rose essential oil directly onto the skin of several study participants, measuring its effects on the most common symptoms of anxiety. Features such as blood pressure, heart and breathing rate, cortisol levels, and even blood oxygen levels were all shown to have decreased as a result of the application. The participants also noted feeling more relaxed after their rose essential oil treatment.
Finding an effective all-natural anxiety treatment through the diffusion and use of essential oils can change your life as you know it. Whether you choose lavender, chamomile or rose essential oils to relieve your stress quickly, an essential oil diffuser session is sure to help you unwind after a particularly overwhelming day. There's no time like the present to begin experimenting with essential oils, so what are you waiting for?
Fresh Air & Tech?
What does an aromatherapy diffuser do?
Aromatherapy is a scientifically backed and soothing means of using essential oils (or other products) to achieve a desired, often health-nourishing effect.
There are many ways to utilize aromatherapy, and many of these ways go back thousands of years. At the beginning of the practice, the burning of nourishing herbs was considered to be of fortifying benefit, until relatively recent (historically-speaking) science confirmed the determinant of breathing in smoke and its associated carcinogens.
Now, aromatherapy is maintained by the use of diffusers, which you can find in many forms. From reed diffusers to atomizing diffusers, the means of delivering aromatherapy and the products that fuel it have become more subtle, more beneficial, and much healthier and safer to use.
Aromatherapy is a vast practice, and as such, it has a range of desired outcomes and effects. Some may simply use it to relax their clients before a spa massage, others may use it to help fortify their sleep habits. In many cases, essential oils, which are crafted from natural plant extracts, are proven to aid our health and so act as a fundamental approach to practicing self-care.
What Is an Essential Oil Diffuser?
An essential oil diffuser is a device or small, subtle holder used to diffuse essential oils and vaporize them so that they’re absorbed easily into your environment. They provide a lovely means of improving the ambiance in a room by fortifying the scent and general atmosphere in the home. They can also promote your general health and wellbeing by helping you absorb a range of worthwhile plant-based ingredients over time, and in limited doses.
An essential oil diffuser will largely function as well as the oil you use to fuel it. For instance, many different ingredients can be used to enhance a certain effect. Eucalyptus is known for its health benefits, for example, while sometimes, even ingredients like rosemary and sage can offer the ancillary benefit of driving insects from a room.
Most often, essential oil blends contain a range of different oils that help you experience the benefits of these plants and herbs all at once, while also contributing to a unique and calming scent or ‘flavor’ profile. An oil diffuser is, by all means, the best way of enjoying aromatherapy, and of getting the most value and benefit from your essential oil purchases.
What Types of Essential Oil Diffusers Are There?
There are many essential oil diffusers on the market that are worth knowing about, this will help you make the most informed choice when it comes to purchasing one (unless you just want one of each!). Let’s discuss all the options below:
● Reed Diffusers
These are small glass containers you can store oils in, you place a small wooden reed inside the oil with the end left out of the container. This allows the oil to soak up through the wood and will disperse the oil into the air as it evaporates. These are generally the most primitive and least expensive form of diffuser thanks to their inability to be programmed or to truly spread a vapor around a room evenly and in well-timed stages. As such, they’re a good starting point, but not the best way to diffuse the essential oils anymore.
● Nebulizing Diffusers
Nebulizing diffusers also known as atomizing diffusers, utilized air pressure in order to break down essential oil molecules into micro airborne particles. These micro particles permeate the air and remain suspended for hours, fully intact, with all of their NATURAL defenses against airborne viruses, bacteria, mold, pests, and odors. Although these micro particles are so small, they can be difficult to see with the naked eye, you are receiving 100% benefit from the essential oil within a given period of time. These micro particles are easily breathable and timed so that it doesn’t oppress a room or underwhelm in its application. These are often environmentally friendly, as they don’t require water or heat.
● Humidifying (Ultrasonic) Diffusers
Humidifying diffusers also known as ultrasonic diffusers, are used to create a mist of water. Using a water dilution method, a humidifying diffuser agitates the water and oil at a high frequency using ultrasonic technology. This creates a spa like feeling adding moisture to the air, and generally help a room feel calmer and inviting. As such, they’re often some of the most popular diffusers for people looking to up their diffuser game.
● Heat & Electric Diffusers
Of course, as evidenced by the name, heat and electric diffusers use their titular processes to heat up the essential oil (that may also have a water dilution) and allow it to evaporate within the room. These diffusers are often completely quiet as this process requires no internal fan or another conversion process outside of the silent, natural force of heat.
● Evaporative Diffusers
Evaporative diffusers use a tiny fan to make sure the oil slowly turns to evaporated gas, infusing the room with a calming scent and creating a small but noticeable hum when in operation. Usually, evaporative diffusers are used for short, quick, enjoyable bursts rather than all-day usage, meaning that they can be a good idea if you wish to measure your oil usage or only spend time in a given room for shorter periods of time.
How Can I Tell Which Oil Diffuser to Buy?
Like any consumer product, you want to find the very best essential oil diffuser you can for the money. Sourcing the best value can ensure that you not only enjoy your oils more potently, but that there’s a notable effect and that you feel comfortable and secure in the operation and use of your diffuser.
Diffuser World has a range of excellent products aimed at the essential oil market, and they’re a great resource to see what is on the market, in terms of value, and getting the best value for your money.
For instance, finding both portable and atomizing diffusers with more of a stationary, fixed design can help you ensure the best result no matter where you are.
First, it’s worth looking at exactly what the operational capacity of your diffuser entails. This might be defined by how many battery cycles it can go through before you need a replacement. Or, perhaps you’re looking for a model to use in one fixed location, that might not require batteries.
Furthermore, considering the size of the room you plan to place your diffuser in, you may need a larger and more powerful model or a smaller, more compact option to fit the size.
Some diffusers offer a capacity of up to fifteen (or more) essential oil products, allowing you to switch around your choices depending on your desired scent and result, or securely store the products you’re not using.
Accessories are also important to consider. From picking up essential diffuser cleaners (for use between oil changes) or even plastic droppers for the easy transition of oils, to purchasing extra lids and reducers, it is entirely your choice as a customer just how extensive you’d like your first dabble into essential oils to be.
One thing is for sure - you’ll never regret getting involved and enjoying the very many benefits to be found in essential oil diffusion.
11 Benefits of a Diffuser
Essential oil diffusers are a great way of releasing small amounts of essential oils as a vapor or mist within your environment.
In this unique way, your essential oils are carefully and appropriately applied to the room. This means, you get longevity and value out of your essential oil product and can ensure a consistent diffusion throughout the day.
Essential oils have many proven mental and physical health benefits you may wish to know in order to guide your purchase, and so in this post, we hope to inform you of what they are.
There are many different forms of diffusers, the most popular and effective being that of atomizing diffusers, but reed diffusers have also been known to work, as they have ceramic and candle alternatives.
Without further ado, let’s get started:
1. Sleep Becomes Easier & More Soothing
A comforting essential oil diffuser not only helps you sleep more peaceably, thanks to the comforting scents and soothing, tranquil atmosphere provided by the essential oils, but it helps you fall asleep quicker too.
The slightly noticeable, calming hum of an oil diffuser can help you feel lulled to sleep more easily, at much less of an energy expense required by a standard fan or white noise machine. With a soothing oil blend to lull you off into your dream space, you’ll no doubt awake feeling refreshed and grateful for the day ahead.
2. Continual Use, Easy to Use
When you have a diffuser going, you can forget about it and enjoy the natural rejuvenation of the atmosphere thanks to extended release vapor or mist.
This way, you don’t have to worry about continually adding oil to your diffuser. In this way, once your diffuser is on and the oil added, you can enjoy the benefits for hours without needing to do a thing!
3. Emotional Tranquility
There are many excellent essential oil blends that target both stress and anxiety, and they aren’t too dissimilar from the oils recommended for sleep.
That said, reading or taking some time to meditate in a room that has activated oils in its environment will no doubt feel more peaceful and can help you get the rest and relaxation needed to feel rejuvenated and renewed.
A little emotional tranquility can’t hurt from time to time, so much so that it’s routinely considered one of the best and most significant elements of using essential oils consistently.
4. Boost Mental Performance
In an effort to boost memory and concentration, essential oils are concentrated from the best, most efficacious herbs to make sure that natural stimulants and nourishing ingredients are used.
For instance, rosemary, lavender are staples for mental acuity. Additionally, other herbs like basil, peppermint, or sage are known to promote healthy cognitive function, and thus using an oil diffuser in an area like a home office where you have to complete complex cognitive tasks for hours can be a great help.
5. Enhanced Energy Levels
We often think of essential oils as a means by which to feel relaxed and fall into a deep, restorative sleep. That’s so true, and what’s more, great sleep aided in this way will only help you feel more well-rested and energetic for the following eighteen hours, too.
Both reducing fatigue and nourishing your vigor can be aided by the use of an essential oil diffuser, especially when using proven blends such as those utilizing Eucalyptus and Lemongrass.
6. Breathe Easier
When you’re relaxed, your body stops feeling so tense and knotted, and you’ll often find it easier to breathe more easily, without taking all of the muscle constriction on and around your chest.
A good indicator to see if you’re breathing deeply is to check to see if your stomach is rising, and not your chest. Using your diaphragm (below your rib cage) to breathe is the most natural, relaxed way of deep breathing. Relaxation, feeling calmed and stimulated using all-natural ingredients can help you breathe more readily and without force, which can help your longevity and also aid in exercise recovery or may support a better, more restorative sleep pattern.
7. Reduction of Odors
The scent of your essential oil blend can differ depending on the ingredients used, the overall scent profile achieved, and how much you use.
However, when you do have essential oils being diffused or misted in a room, it can help mask other unpleasant indoor odors such as those from pets, exercise rooms or from a room encountering direct sunlight and thus feeling stuffy, and more.
But more than just masking a smell, essential oils actually help neutralize the odor, leaving a smell that is nice and calming. As such, you’re bound to get compliments on how nice and pleasant your home smells and feels.
8. Repel Insects & Pests
This benefit, in some way, speaks for itself. Essential oil diffusers can help repel insects from your home and those places you eat.
For instance, juniper and grapefruit have been known to dispel ticks, while fleas can be repelled by cedarwood and pine. Be sure to consult with your essential oil distributor or make sure that you research the ingredients to make sure they’ll have the intended effect, and it’s also important to remember that this is a side benefit rather than the direct purpose of such a blend. No matter...who wouldn’t like this benefit?
9. Aids A Healthy Lifestyle
Essential oils, with their ability to help you relax, heal, sleep more deeply, and feel mentally supported, can help you in your quest to live a healthy lifestyle. They can be a great motivator to help you feel emotionally regulated, which in turn help you make better decisions and feel more disciplined in making those tough decisions.
Like stretching every day, or drinking enough water, an essential oil diffuser can be a beautiful and necessary part of a fit and healthy lifestyle; both mentally and physically.
10. Promotes Healthy Immune Function
It’s not uncommon for us to use plants geared toward helping us soothe a range of conditions. In this way, essential oils, which are drawn from plant extracts, can be used to fortify our health in kind.
Essential Oil diffusers can promote a healthy immune system function. By reducing your stress, helping you breathe easier and comforting the respiratory system, as well as using the best of ingredients like tea tree oil, aloe, eucalyptus, and more, they help your body fortify itself against outside influences that could make you ill.
11. Total Relaxation
The full and calming relaxation offered by essential oils and their diffusers can promote healthy cognitive function and help you think clearly, processing your emotions more easily, and begin healing from a long and stressful day.
They help your home feel much more inviting and welcoming, while also providing an ambient and atmospheric benefit through the use of scents and flavor profiles.
With this insight, we hope you can enjoy our wide range of wonderful essential oils and industry leading diffusers.
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