The Best

PooThe single most useful, adaptable, effective and commonly used is the oil of Lavender. It calms a restless mind, lifts a bad mood, helps you sleep, takes the pain and helps with cuts and burns. It is also the only oil an aromatherapist would suggest application to the skin without a mixer oil. We'll come to mixers later.

Even lavender ought to be tested on a small piece of skin to check for allergies.. It is number 1 and the first oil to get

Aromatherapy

It's amazing how we are affected by smell, often without even realising it. This time in Autumn is when some bad things happen to me and I find myself being brought down because of the smell in the air.

On the other hand certain smells have the opposite effects and make us happy, like the first day of spring or a fryig breakfast. This has good memories for me because a friend of mind and I would go out early on our motorcycles and as we drifted through villages you could smell food frying.

This is by way of an introduction to aromatherapy. Unless you have used oils before you are unlikely to have any reminiscenses to them. However they do work on a very deep level.

There are a few ain ways to use the oils: put it in a purpose built burner with a candle, some drips on a light bulb (make sure the bulb is cool to start with or it might shatter). \you can drip some on a radiator or pour some into a cloth and put it under your pillow or even sniff it straight out of the bottle. Many drip some in the bath, though the best way is to have a trained aromatherapist massage the oil into your back.

Next Post we'll mentiona few oils and what we use them for..

Exercise

A regular form of exercise is also useful in  the battle against stress. You don't have to run for miles or get tied into a gym membership.

Martial arts are good because you don't get the chance to dwell on any thing because you are concentrating. If you get into it you don't get bored because you are learning something. Yoga is fantastic for stress being low impact. You will only be expected to do what you can withou hurting yourself. Also, you will usually do a guided meditation at the end. More bits and bobs to come.. 

Stress

This blog is going to be about stress. Things that cause it and many ways of dealing with it. The first way to deal with it is to relax...  Being stupid perhaps. You are thinking that I am referring to reading a book or watching a film. What I want you to do is sit quietly and try and think about nothing. This is a meditation and is very difficult to do. You will find your mind wanders in many different directions. If you find you can't concentrate on nothing, try concentrating and counting your breaths. We will mention forms of meditation as we go along. I know it is difficult, but if you can stick with it you'll find great benefits.

New Blog

Well I have finally got to the point where I can start a blog on health-primarily mental health. I am a trained aromatherapist and reflexologist and have knowledge of yoga, martial arts and relaxation. I'll be bringing in all kinds of problems and solutions,but feel free to ask about anything . Speak soon