Why True Essential Oils Donβt Smell the Same from Bottle to Bottle
I found the aroma intoxicating.
Geranium essential oil. My first obsession oil from Young Living over 23 years ago.
I used it daily…
I ordered another bottle and it was nothing like what I had been using.
I called the company and learned so much on that one call.
Each “lot”, each distillation, has its own unique aroma and properties.
The weather during the season—the wind, the rain, the temperatures, everything —impacts the plant and ultimately the constituents upon distillation.
Remember that when an oil smells different. Conditions can only be held constant in a laboratory where synthetic compounds (“essential oils”) are created.
If the essential oils you use always smell the same from bottle to bottle, it’s a sign they are created rather than distilled from plants which experience unique conditions.
On the other hand, when they smell different from year to year, you know they are the real deal.
Oh, and I was encouraged when I like...
Removing Impurities From Your Water (and life)
It’s simple, really.
Add a few drops of your favorite vitality essential oil to water and … it tastes delicious.
… Unless the water is full of chemicals and gross junk. And it rises to the surface as the oils do their magic. The scum is real.
This is what happened to me years ago when I met someone at a fancy, exclusive private club to share Young Living Essential Oils with her.
We each had a glass of water; I added lemon oil.
A short while later all the impurities had risen to the top of the water.
It was quite disgusting. We chose to buy extremely expensive Italian bottled water because the idea of actually DRINKING from our glass was repulsive.
It rather forever changed my view of tap water, ice cubes (on airplanes too) and so much more.
When we take in inorganic substances, be they sprayed chemicals on food or chemicals found in our water supply, or breathed in, our bodies work hard to move these things out. Our organic bodies are not designed to deal with...
An Embodied Jewish Priestess is a Quintessential Woman
I met a Quintessential Woman last week. She is an embodied Jewish Priestess who exudes joy, grace, mirth. She lives and breathes her faith without pretentiousness. Her faith is her life; her life is her faith. She carries out her best practices without any show or need for attention. In fact, if I didn’t know what she was doing softly in the background, it would not be obvious she was doing anything. I believe most people didn’t even notice her actions.
I even heard her daughter ask her ‘mama, would you bless me?”
I didn’t even have time to ask her what that meant? Is it a daily practice for a Jewish Mama Priestess to bless her children?
How utterly delightful. And holy.
The world needs more women like this.
There were other women there who were the exact opposite — forcing their faith on the group as a whole. At the very least it was inappropriate. At the most …. well, I have lots of...
How I Met Young Living Essential Oils
I met Young Living Essential Oils about 20 years ago at an outdoor wedding at a park near a city lake. A little bottle was passed around the group — there were just a handful gathered — not more than 20 people or so. I recall asking what is this, but I don’t recall the answer.
Shortly after that I attended a Women’s Expo in downtown Minneapolis. Cherie Ross had a double booth at the end of a row. I remember being intrigued and somewhat mesmerized by all the different things. I stood looking at all the tiny bottles and she said “Go ahead. You can choose one and try it.” Well, I had no idea which way to turn or how to make a decision. In the end she suggested White Angelica.
I recognized the yummy-ness of it immediately because it was the same essential oil blend that had been passed around at the wedding.
I was hooked, although I didn’t know it yet.
I still have my first order copy.
What I remember most about Gary Young is how he made science...