Lavender Versus Lavandin
Lavender essential oil is probably the most recognised fragrance. It is often added to body care products for its widely known relaxing properties.
Unfortunately the Lavender used in the products that are sold in supermarkets is not true original French Lavender.
Instead it is the fragrance derived from the hybrid variety of the lavender, Lavandula x hybrid, Lavandin. This easily grown cheaper variety does not have the same properties that we want to get good relaxation. These tips for relaxation are based on using the true Lavender, Lavandula angustifolia.
5 Tips For Relaxation With Lavender
1. After a long day at work the best way to wind down and relax for a good night sleep is to add Epsom salt and 6 drops of Lavender essential oil into a bath water. This will be so relaxing that after the bath all you need is a comfy bed to sleep in!
2. Using Lavender essential oil with a good quality carrier oil, such as coconut oil or Shea butter, will be excellent for a nice relaxing full body massage. All you need is a partner to give the massage!
3. Foot massage is something we can do for ourselves, and it is a good habit every night to treat our feet that have been carrying us around all day. Add two drops of Lavender into a tablespoon of coconut oil or good quality vegetable oil and massage into soles of foot, heels, toes, top of feet, and up to shins. Your feet will feel heavenly and you will get great relaxation.
Dancing is the poetry of the foot. John Dryden
4. You can have the relaxing benefits of Lavender also by making a Lavender spray and using it to spray on pillows and sheets. Get a spray bottle, fill it with filtered water and add 20 drops of Lavender essential oil. Shake well before spraying in the bedroom and on the bed. Relax and enjoy a good restful sleep!
5. Lavender essential oil gives a wonderful relaxing aroma in the room when used in a diffuser. Cold air diffuser filled with water and 6 drops of Lavender will fill any room with sweet aroma. This will also balance the energies in the room, promoting love, peace and general sense of well being.
If you’d like to see how to make your own skin care products with Lavender, see this post about Using Lavender For Your Skin here.
You can also purchase true Lavender essential oil here.
[Images – Main Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay; Lanadula plant: Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler’s Medizinal-Pflanzen, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons]
Tuula Olin is a Raindrop Technique practitioner and Young Living Essential Oils Independent Distributor (ID 1241038) from Australia. Her interests are natural toxic-free living, health & fitness, alkaline diet and raw food recipes and yoga.