How to Sniff Your Way to a More Relaxing Holiday Season

Scents can be an extremely powerful memory trigger and certain scents can help you relax during this stressful time of year.

 

No, we're not talking about taking a big whiff of glue to put your troubles behind you...

This post is about aromatherapy and using your sense of smell to soothe away stress and get you through the chaos that can accompany the holiday season.

Healing Hands founder, Anastasia Yecke writes:

"In our practice we begin each session with lavender (calming), then when we ask the client to turn over we have them breathe eucalyptus (clears them out), and at the end it’s always peppermint (energizes and wakes you up).

In our aromatherapy sessions, the client can choose their own custom blend based on the mood/intention they’d like to set for their session: Power Up, Power Down, Just Breathe, Meditation, Aches & Pains, and Soothing Heat. Also, they get to take what’s left of the 2-oz bottle home with them afterwards, for use in the bath or for self-massage."

So let's have a look atsome of the scents Healing Hands uses based on client intentions for their  massage.

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POWER UP SpaBiotherapy BOOST 

This aromatic blend is an effective remedy for mental fatigue and excellent aromatherapy to lift spirits, remove boredom, and renew mental energy. It helps stimulate mental activity and increase concentration. This unique mixture aids circulation, helps metabolism, and elevates mental and physical energy and increased higher cognitive function.



POWER DOWN SpaBioTherapy BOOST
Lavender, Tangerine, Ylang Ylang

​This special blend of essential oils promotes calming, restful relaxation while helping to alleviate anxiety and stress. The calming scent of lavender and yang yang helps decrease anxiety and nervousness. Tangerine oil promotes health in both muscle and organ systems and helps diminish inflammation. Its soothing aroma aids in alleviating headache, depression, and nervous tension. Lavander helps to induce deep relaxation and promotes fitful sleep while reducing emotional stress, exhaustion, and restlessness.​


MEDITATION SpaBioTherapy BOOST
Patchouli, Sandalwood, Cedarwood, Rosewood

This special blend of medatative oils work together to promote relaxation, calmness, concentration, inner vision, and positive energy. Patchouli oil works to uplift mood, drive away disappointment, and relax tension. Rosewood oil works as a mild analgesic and helps improve memory and keep cognitive processes active, sharp, and alert. Cedarwood and Sandalwood oils combine to help alleviate tension, anxiety, and stress.



JUST BREATHE SpaBioTherapy BOOST
Rosemary, Eucalyptus, peppermint

These essential oils work together to help decrease nasal and throat congestion and help provide temporary relief from cough, colds, asthma, and other respiratory problems. Peppermint oil, rich in menthol, helps open the entire respiratory tract promoting clear airways and easy breathing. Eucalyptus oil aids in decongestion and helps protect with antibacterial, anti fungal, and antiviral properties.


ACHES AND PAINS SpaBioTherapy BOOST 
 Rosemary, Birch, Eucalyptus, Juniper

​This special blend delivers targeted therapy for pain relief providing pain relief while decreasing inflammation. Essential oils combine to improve arthritis, back and neck pain, injured muscles, ligaments, and painful joints. juniper works to aid circulation and helps alleviate aches and pains and restore normal tissue balance.



SOOTHING HEAT SpaBioTherapy BOOST
Balsam fir needle, Lemon, Eucalyptus, Juniper Berry, Myrtle

Together these essential oils emit warming, soothing sensation and an enticing aroma of evergreen and eucalyptus. Balsam works to help decrease inflammation, boost metabolism, and remove mental stress. Oil of Lemon hops combat mental fatigue, exhaustion, and nervous tension. Eucalyptus acts as a gentle analgesic to help relieve stress and pain. Juniper promotes and improves circulation in the skin and muscles and helps emote toxins while essential myrtle relaxes and sedates.

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If you would like to experience a personalized aromatherapy massage treatment custom-tailored to your own specific needs, please contact us to book your next treatment.