Although people often begin yoga and meditation for flexibility or body and mind, other benefits including sleeping better, calming down, working through emotional turmoil and helping the body and mind to yoke and function better. Yoga is a large toolbox of options to help your body and mind to come into harmony. We are so much more than just our bodies and the material world. When we awaken to this awareness, our capacity and opportunity to lighten our mind, heart and spirit is abundant.
Meditation is also a valuable tool. It shows a positive connection to increasing regional brain gray matter density. This is a very big deal, and has been talked about since the vedas, over 5000 years ago.
Mindfulness meditation is a practice that focuses attention on breathing to develop awareness of the present moment. It can result in incredible and measurable changes within the brain. That’s right – so for everyone that needs science to back up their practices, here you go!
Mindfulness meditation is showing the potential to increase memory, learning and emotional intelligence. In a research study involving a Massachusetts Hospital, Medical School and Germany, images from meditation show gray matter concentration in the left hippocampus. Gray matter also increased in four other brain regions.
Enhance Your Practice With Essential Oils
Using essential oils during a yoga and meditation practice gives you the chance to enhance the vibration and depth of your practice. Just place one drop of the following essential oils on your wrists, temples, neck, ankles or behind the ears and start to feel the shift.
My top 3 YOGA & MEDIATION essential oils are Arise, Align and Anchor. These also work beautifully to support chakra balancing and mindfulness.
1. Arise – Enlightening Blend
Promotes feelings of happiness, clarity and courage • Encourages rising to achieve goals and improved performance. Helps when you are challenging yourself to achieve the next level. Use during these poses: Use Arise while practicing the following yoga poses: standing, arms high and standing side stretch, and Half Moon.
2. Align – Centering Blend
Promotes feelings of self-acceptance, trust, and fluidity • Encourages harmony and calm progress. Helpful when feeling apathetic and unfocused. • Ideal yoga poses with Align’s aroma are Warrior II, Triangle, and Gate pose
3. Anchor – Steadings Blend
Promotes feelings of completeness, calmness, and courage • Encourages a steady foundational sense from which to move forward. Helpful when feeling scattered or uprooted. The perfect yoga poses to pair with Anchor’s aroma are Seated Meditation, Seated Twist, and Bhu Mudra (one hand on the heart, the other on the Earth).
Start to relax and revive your life with yoga and meditation.
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Essential Oil Safety & Cautions:
This content is for information purposes. Possible skin sensitivity with any oil. Please always dilute with 1 Tbsp or more of doTERRA Fractionated Coconut Oil to minimize skin sensitivity. Keep out of reach of children. Statements not evaluated by FDA, nor intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent disease. If pregnant or under a doctor’s care, consult your physician. Keep out of eyes, inner ears, and sensitive areas. With citrus, avoid sunlight or UV rays for up to 12 hours after applying product
