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Fir is for self-understanding, it helps to shine light onto our childhood behavior! Fir helps one to gain insight into childhood behavior.  This in turn can help to release negative emotions such as insecurity, fear, jealousy and anger.

Mandarin is for happiness, it is also great for children’s digestive problems, including indigestion and hiccups! Energetically, Mandarin is considered to be helpful for insomnia (especially if of a nervous origin), as well as anxiety, tension, nervousness and stress related disorders. It can have a hypnotic effect and eases grief, fear and hysteria. It is often used to help one connect to one’s ‘playful inner child’.

Helichrysum is for compassion, it helps reconnect us to our soul! .  It promotes compassion for one’s self and others.  It can be especially helpful for the “walking wounded”, those people who cannot reminisce for fear of the painful emotions that may be remembered.

The card that popped out for my Sunday Essential Oil Reflection is Melissa.  Melissa is for grief, it helps us dispel fears and regret!  Energetically, Melissa is helpful when dealing with issues around death.

The card that popped out for my Sunday Essential Oil Reflection is Lemon.  Lemon is for optimism, it helps to clear emotional confusion! Just as it clears on the physical level it will clear and cleanse on an energetic level.  It is often used in purification and healing blends.

Frankincense is for protection, it is calming, grounding and deepens breathing! Frankincense can be used to awaken one’s spiritual purpose. Using this oil can guide and reconnect one to the Divine presence. Frankincense calms, comforts and centers one, as well as stabilizes one’s emotions. It is very grounding and quiets and clarifies the mind.

Clove removes attachments and it is also great for toothache and other aches and pains! Energetically, Clove Bud encourages introspection into pain.  By helping one to reflect on the root cause of fear, pain and anger it allows one to move forward into greater joy and spontaneity.  It also supports the process of releasing outmoded thoughts and feelings.

Cypress can help us to maintain our balance, to stay centered, no matter what is going on around us.  It is an oil that can be very helpful any time we are dealing with a transition, any transition, but particular with death.

Energetically, Grapefruit can help to calm mental chatter.  It can also be helpful in dissolving emotional energy blocks around frustration and self-blame. Grapefruit has always been one of my personal favorites and never fails to give me just the lift I’m looking for.

The card I chose for my Sunday Essential Oil Reflection is Lemongrass.  Lemongrass is for discernment and it can also helps one to ‘forgive and forget’!

The card I chose for my Sunday Essential Oil Reflection is Ginger.  Ginger is for stamina, it is also warming and soothing for aches and pains!

Spikenard with it's warm, woody, earthy aroma is for hope as it is comforting and balancing for the Heart!

Angelica can be very supportive when we are seeking inspiration, it is very grounding while at the same time it can help us see things in a new way. Energetically, Angelica is often associated with angels and can be helpful in helping one to connect to the angelic realm. 

The card I choose for my Sunday Essential Oil Reflection is Elemi.  Elemi balances the Spiritual and Worldly! It can also open one up to mystical experiences.  It can assist in grounding one after meditation. It has long been considered to be a bridge between heaven and earth.  Elemi has the nickname “as above, so below”.  

Black Pepper is for Accountability. It can be used for protection and to promote courage.  It can enhance the desire to get going on a new project or getting on with a new direction in life.  It also helps you to focus on what it is you want to manifest.  Use Black Pepper when you need to find the courage to deal with anger.  

Thyme is for apathy.  It is fortifying and helps to eliminate old habits!   Energetically,  Sweet Thyme relieves fear and apathy.  It can help to promote self-confidence and courage.  It may also be helpful in helping one to eliminate old habit patterns one might be still clinging to.

Rosemary is for Remembrance. It also eases pain, both physical and emotional!

Basil’s restorative, uplifting and clearing aroma is helpful for anxiety, nervous depression, mental fatigue and the feeling of being generally run down. Energetically, Basil lifts the mind and clears mental fatigue. It can be helpful in enhancing creative awareness. It also has the reputation of being able to repel ‘the evil eye’. Basil helps to raise and deal with issues of low self-esteem and low self-worth.

Energetically, Juniper Berry can be very helpful in clearing negativity and helps to protect against negative influences.  It can help to restore confidence and help increase feelings of self-worth.

Cedarwood can be used for focus as it helps to clear and steady the mind! Energetically, Cedarwood helps us to get back in touch with our true reality by affirming and clarifying our focus.  It is grounding.  Wonderful to use for clearing and cleansing  a room of negativity and brings in positive energy.  It  helps to clear and steady the mind, which helps to promote  a calm meditative state. A state that enables one to receive healing energy more easily.