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Essential Oils 101
with The Greystone Inn’s Masseuse Marlene
Used for thousands of years, essential oils have many therapeutic properties – antibacterial, antiviral and anti-fungal, to name a few. Many use oils to help calm, destress, reduce tension and muscle soreness, as well as ease symptoms of colds, stomach upset…the list is almost endless!
Combined with a massage, or used even during yoga & meditation, oils can be very powerful as they take less than a minute to enter the bloodstream and can make significant physical changes. In spring, floral oils such as lavender and rose are a joy to use to highlight the season.
For yoga, I recommend grounding oils such as frankincense, cypress, sandalwood or blends. For stress or an emotional recharge, a blend of wood & grass is the ticket. I’ve even seen success with using oregano oil for plantar warts!
