Soothe Your Soul: 8 Minutes to Bliss

 


I'm super excited to share with you this simple technique for
relaxation, which blends the soothing aroma of an essential oil
blend with a brief guided meditation.  I'd like to introduce
you to my good friend and partner, Dr. Ken Pfeiffer --


Hi there, I am Doctor Ken Pfeiffer, a psychologist. If you suffer
from stress or anxiety, or any associated health problems such as
headaches, backaches, insomnia, or digestive problems, I have a
simple meditation technique that uses the soothing aroma of
a natural essential oil that can help you.


Stress is an increasingly common problem in our modern society.
Too much to do in too little time is a recipe for stress,
anxiety, and anger. Chronic stress harms the body in many ways by
increasing stress hormones and muscle tension, and changing
normal blood flow and body functions.


To alleviate stress, it is important to put things into
perspective and take some time for yourself to relax and
rejuvenate. I have three things today to help you:


1) Essential Oils: The sense of smell is intimately connected
with the emotional part of your brain. Smells have the ability to
create emotions, or to recall emotions associated with the
smells. For example, the ingredients and soothing aroma
of "Stress Away" essential oil blend are
naturally calming. And the more the smell of this oil is
associated with actually being calm and relaxed, the more
effective the smell is in eliciting calm.


2) Meditation: Meditation is a great way to reduce stress and to
relax. There are many forms of meditation, and you can choose
whatever technique works well for you. Simple forms such as
focusing on the breath or counting the breath work well. I will
give you a demonstration of a guided meditation that relies on
letting go of body tension, and imagining cooling the head and
warming the extremities that I have found very effective. This
specific technique counters the "fight or flight" reaction, or
the "defensive reflex" that is the opposite of relaxation and
calm.


3) Combining Essential Oils with Meditation in "classical
conditioning": When events are paired together over time, the
occurrence of one event can elicit the other. For example,
suppose you usually come home after work, pour your favorite
beverage, turn on the TV, and watch your favorite show and relax.
Repeatedly pairing the beverage and TV with relaxation causes the
beverage and TV to be a cue for relaxation, and can actually
cause you to relax in the future.


So what we will do is to pair the unique smell of a relaxing
essential oil with the relaxation of meditation to enhance the
relaxing effect. The oil will become a cue for relaxation and can
be used in the future to help de-stress. It is important that the
smell of the oil is unique, and at first you only smell it when
you are already relaxed from meditation. Then in the future you
can use it to de-stress when needed.


To illustrate this, we are going to do a brief guided meditation
of about 8 minutes. To help you relax there will be some
background sounds of waves at the beach. Toward the end of
the session you can open your little package that contains a
stone saturated with the calming aroma
of Stress-Away essential oil.


Practice once a day, and soon you will have a special
"relaxation" stone you can use to de-stress anytime you need.


You can order Stress Away oil at
AromaThrive.com, purchase a single bottle or,
get a 'premium starter kit' including the Stress Away oil and ten
other oils, along with an electric cold air diffuser.