Day 29 of the 30-Day Challenge: Procrastination Station
Task: To become knowledgeable about the benefits of essential oils and how they can be used as natural remedies to treat health conditions as well as provide safe and viable options for personal and household cleaning care.
Reason for Task: Simply stated, I want to use what God has naturally provided in this earth to satisfy life’s daily demands, chronic concerns, and unexpected emergencies. Natural remedies are what I seek and there is knowledge out there for me to gain in this subject matter. I’ve heard of success stories with individuals reaping health-altering (for the positive) benefits from essential oil use. I’ve also become more aware of just how multi-faceted these concoctions are by personal experience. I currently use them in the homemade toothpaste, deodorant, and laundry detergent I make for my family. But, there’s so much more to learn and I’m up for this challenge all the way, baby.
Duration of Task: I have been dabbling with essential oils for years now, but I’m just now taking my education of their vast number of uses to a serious level. I purchased a comprehensive book that I started reading today and will continue making my way through until I reach the end. More about the book below. Today’s task has lifelong implications and I plan on increasing my knowledge base in aromatherapy, while utilizing this knowledge for the well-being of my family on a continual basis.
Outcome: I’m just getting started, but I’m already enjoying the information that Valerie Ann Worwood relays in her thorough compilation of all things essential oils and aromatherapy. She includes over 800 naturally fragrant recipes in her book, The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy, which is just under 700 pages. I was automatically drawn to the book because of its size. I want to learn as much as I can about the benefits and uses of essentials oils; and the bigger the book, the better. Plus, the whole idea of having recipes, with the appropriate blends and amounts provided, is going to save me a lot of time in researching and experimentation. I’m all about not recreating the wheel, if at all possible. My initial inclination leans toward checking out what the tried-and-proven expert has to say about his or her specialty subject matter before taking that matter into my own hands. And, it appears that Valerie Ann Worwood knows her stuff. She is a consultant clinical aromatherapist with a doctorate in complementary medicine, an author, has been Chairperson and Chair of Research for the International Federation of Aromatherapists, and has completed extensive essential oils research. I’d definitely like to read what she has to say. So, I’m going to give this book a go. It’s quite interesting thus far and I imagine it’ll get even better once I get into the recipes and actually try some of them out.
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