Travel has become much more common in my life lately. I've caught a lot of planes over the last few years - some to other countries but most were planes home. I've also taken a ton of road trips and short weekend getaways. Most of those trips, though, were with out my trusty essential oils! It wasn't until about a year & a half ago that I started to use essential oils and now I can't imagine a lot of daily things with out these guys!
Essential oils can offer a natural emotional & physical support system for us. For the most part I like to focus on the way essential oils affect my emotional wellness but when I travel I also need some physical wellness support. We're coming in contact with a lot of germs, we eat things that might not sit well with us, and we're under stress especially if we're on a tight travel schedule - and there are essential oils to counteract all the emotional stuff that goes a long with these physical things! Here are my top 10 essential oils for travel
The Balance blend is a proprietary blend of spruce, ho wood, frankincense, blue tansy, blue chamomile flower, & osmanthus. Known as the Grounding Blend, Balance truly does bring me back to balance. This is one of the first oils I started to work with before joining doTERRA and it brings me into a meditative head space. I think Zach picked this up at a health food store near us and I started to use it in my daily meditation practice. Since scent is such a powerful connector to emotion, now when I inhale the scent of this oil I am immediately reminded of calm.
This blend is great to help boost your immunity while traveling since we're running into a lot of new to us germs & we're under a lot of travel stress. I'm pretty sure half the reason we get sick sometimes is that we're just plain exhausted - so we need both physical & emotional support during travel to stay on top! So I need to grab some of the On Guard sanitizing mist but right now I travel with both the On Guard beadlets (included in the Family Essentials + Beadlets enrollment kit!) and the On Guard touch roller.
Known as the Purification blend, this blend is great for year round travel. Firstly, I use this guy to clear out yucky smells. You can diffuse it to purify the air - like if where you're staying has a musky smell - or you can use this to get rid of odors on clothes. I usually mix a spray bottle of water, Lavender, & Purify and spray on clothes as a fabric refresher.
This is an oil I use for both emotional & physical support. So Lavender can calm anxious feelings which I totally get before a flight. Its not that I feel like something horrible is going to happen I just feel stressed about finding my seat, making sure my stuff fits in the over head bin, what if I'm in the wrong seat, what if I have to get back up, what if someone is in my seat....... I just get myself psyched out and that's not good for the nerves.
The use of this one is many, many fold! Firstly, I use this guy in my skin care. I'll put a few drops in my toner, moisturizer, or even make up remover to sooth my skin. It has cleansing properties so it's great to use to fight blemishes. Skin care is the main reason I pack this guy each time I travel.
Thirdly, this essential oil is also great to purify the air and remove the stink from clothes. I don't like how minty this oil smells sometimes, though, so I often choose Purify for this.
I use this oil on the daily as well. Past Tense is in a roller bottle as well, however it isn't diluted with fractionated coconut oil like the Touch rollers are. I don't separate mine into another roller bottle and dilute because I'm #lazy but you may want to do this especially since there are oils like Wintergreen, Peppermint, and Cilantro in this blend. These 'hot' oils may cause skin sensitivity so they should be diluted especially on skin that is delicate - children or elderly. So do as I say and not as I do...
If ever I want to add pep to a diffuser blend I add a drop of Peppermint. This oil just brightens any blend you add it to. Need to get up & go? Citrus + Peppermint. Need to relieve the stress of a long day? Floral + Peppermint. Want to relieve tense muscles? Tree/wood oil + Peppermint. Digestive issues? Herb oils + Peppermint. Is it hot outside and you're hot too? Peppermint.
Remember when I said that I get super nervous before a flight? Well often that manifests as a tummy that is not very happy! So I use a blend of Lavender and Digestzen to sooth my nervous stomach. The Lavender helps me emotionally & the Digestzen helps me physically since a lot of the upset is all in my head!
In a pinch, like if you don't have Lavender, the scent of Digestzen can be calming as well...it's not a great scent but the chemical properties of this blend can promote relaxation.
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Travel is an important & necessary part of my life and I plan to keep on keeping on so it's great to have a support system to bring with me. When I travel by car, I usually just pack all of these guys together but when I'm flying I sort out the oils I may need while I'm at the terminal or on the plane - Lavender, Digestzen, On Guard, Peppermint or PastTense - and put those in a small plastic bag to comply with the TSA requirements. The rest I'll pack in a make up bag in my checked luggage. (ps I always check a bag because I don't want to have to lug it all around in the terminal! That relieves some stress for me!)
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What are your top oils for travel?
xoxo, Moe
Are there any essential oils that you would recommend for tmj?
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