I’m currently a football momma, but before that, I was also a soccer, baseball, fencing, and dance momma. We know sports in our house!
Young Living continues to develop products that specifically support the needs of athletes. Here’s our athlete, Nehemiah, sharing about his favorites:
Here's a quick list of what will swiftly become your athletes' Young Living favorites:
- Ningxia Red /Ningxia Nitro / Ningxia Zyng, Peppermint, Motivation, & En-R-Gee - help your athlete have the motivation to give his or her all in practice and games.
- Pure Protein - set your athlete up for success with a fantastic protein supplement.
- Breathe Again - support your athlete's easy breathing during workouts and games.
- AminoWise - support your athlete in recovery and hydration following workouts, practices and games.
- AgilEase, Copaiba, & Lemongrass - great for supporting healthy muscles and joints.
- Cool Azul Pain Cream, Aroma Siez & OrthoSport Massage Oil - terrific for tackling the occasional aches and pains associated with exercise. The best, on-the-go option??? Deep Relief Roll-On!!! Toss it into your athlete’s gym bag and you’ll be their sideline hero!
#Protip from this football momma: Mix 16 oz. of baking soda with 20 drops of Purification (consider doing half & half with Citrus Fresh). Let it sit in a mason jar for an hour, then sprinkle in your athlete’s football (or other sport’s gear) bag with the shoulder pads / gear inside the bag. Zip it up, shake it all around and let it sit for an hour. Shake it off outside and enjoy how much better everything smells (including your car)! You may want to double the recipe for larger areas you want to cover (including your carpets) or to have it on hand for the next time you want to freshen his OR HER gear. :)
Got questions or need help? Please get in touch with us - we'd love to help! Email us at therenovatedlife@gmail.com.
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School is back in session and kids are seemingly spending their entire days in virtual petri dishes filled with germs. Sounds great, right?
For overall health and wellness, the oils you want to be sure to have on hand and never run out of are the Vitality oils of Thieves, Lemon, and DiGize for internal use and Purification and RC for topical and aromatic use. All of these single oils and blends can also be diffused and are must-haves in your arsenal for supporting your Immune, Respiratory, & Digestive Systems.
To keep our kids healthy and well, we need to be proactive in supporting their immune systems on a daily basis, but it's not solely our immune systems that need to be supported. Did you know that gut health is actually super important to our overall health? A big part of immune system support also includes promoting a healthy gut. Amazingly, the same tissue that comprises our guts also comprises our brains, thereby making gut health not only connected to the health of our immune systems, but also connected to learning and to our emotions. So, a healthy gut promotes a healthy brain and by supporting the gut, we not only support normal digestion, we support the immune system, brain and emotions, as well. WOW! Keep all of this in mind as we chat through some ways we can help our families stay healthy and well all throughout the year.
The number one favorite oil when talking about immune system support is Thieves because it provides phenomenal support with its blend of Cinnamon, Clove, Lemon, Eucalyptus Radiata, and Rosemary. Taking 4 drops of Thieves in a capsule on a daily basis has helped keep this mom well because I’m proactively supporting my immune system on a daily basis. (And I'm one who subs for teachers who are out sick from school!)
One way that you can help support your kids’ overall, daily health and wellness is by applying a drop or two of Thieves to the bottoms of their feet with a carrier oil every morning and/or every night. To make it easier to apply, you can pre-mix Thieves and a carrier oil of your choice in a roller ball bottle. Simply follow the dilution ratio on the label. Older kids can also enjoy Thieves Vitality in a cup of warm tea (it’s a bit “spicy-hot” with the Cinnamon and Clove in it, so prepare them for that). Whenever we’re feeling like we need some extra immune system support, Thieves tea it is for all of us!
We also like to diffuse Thieves when the kids get home from school, along with Peppermint and Lemon if they’re doing their homework. This way, we can help support both their healthy brain function and their immune systems at the same time, especially important to do after all they've been exposed to throughout the day. Instead, we may opt to diffuse Thieves with Purification for added immune system support and we'll add in RC if upper respiratory system support is also needed.
Additionally, we've found that we never want to run out of Inner Defense and Super C supplements. We like to have them on hand to take in addition to Thieves as needed for extra immune system support or even on a daily basis instead of Thieves. (If you're taking Inner Defense, you'll also want to take Life 9 probiotic to support a healthy gut.) Taking Ningxia Red daily and having Frankincense Vitality on hand to take daily or as needed are also must-haves because of their fantastic support of the immune system!
Since we've already discussed immune system support, here are some additional protocols you can follow for digestive and respiratory system support:
Digestive System Support: Take 2-4 drops of Lemon, Peppermint and DiGize Vitality in a capsule as needed. Peppermint and DiGize are also great to use topically on your abdomen.
Upper Respiratory System Support: Apply RC with a carrier oil over your sinuses (keeping your eyes closed for a moment to avoid any irritation) and on your chest or back if needed. Diffuse RC with Thieves and Purification or for seasonal upper respiratory system support, diffuse RC with Lemon, Peppermint and Lavender. Some other upper respiratory system support oils that we love are Breathe Again Roll-on (great to throw in a backpack or purse), Raven and Ravintsara.
We also highly recommend the following:
Immune System Support "Next" Oils & Supplements:
- Oregano, Exodus II, Egyptian Gold, Longevity (EO or supplement), ImmuPower & Tea Tree YLEOs
- KidScents MightyVites or Master Formula daily supplements (depending on age)
- Inner Defense, Super C, ImmuPro supplements
Digestive System Support "Starting" Supplements:
- Essentialzyme or Essentialzymes-4, KidScents Mightyzyme, Life 9
We hope that this is your healthiest school year yet! If you have any questions or need any help, please feel free to get in touch at therenovatedlife@gmail.com.
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There are so many things that we can do to help support our students in their learning efforts by using Young Living's essential oils and supplements! In this post, I want to focus on supporting students of any age, helping them to learn optimally. There are a number of ways to do that, so let me break it down into a two subcategories: supporting healthy brain function / optimal learning and supporting memory, alertness and focus.
Supporting Healthy Brain Function & Optimal Learning:
Here are some great oil options that you can use to help support your little genius in his or her learning efforts!
- Rosemary - known to support a healthy memory and concentration, it’s uplifting, soothing and calming, and also supports the health of the muscles, liver, blood, mental, emotional and immune systems. This is a great oil to diffuse during study time!
- GeneYus - for young minds that are concentrating and focusing on projects; apply to the crown of the head or the brain stem or diffuse while studying / working on projects. It can also be applied before school or worn in a diffuser necklace during the school day.
- Brain Power (dilute for children) - helps support mental clarity and focus. Apply a drop to the crown of the head or to the brain stem while studying or before school or at bedtime.
- Clarity - diffuse or have older students apply Clarity to their temples, behind their ears, and/or the center of their forehead to help support clear thinking. (This is a personal favorite of mine! I love to diffuse it with Motivation whenever I'm working on a project!)
Supporting Memory, Alertness and Focus:
We love to begin our school mornings diffusing Lemon & Peppermint. We've found that combo helps us wake up and feel more energetic and mentally alert, ready to get our day off to a great start! Lemon and Peppermint are both supportive of one's memory, mental alertness and accuracy. This dynamic duo is fantastic to diffuse when learning and when applying what one has learned!
Many families, including ours, have also found a combination of Lavender, Cedarwood, and Vetiver to be very helpful in supporting our students' learning efforts. This combination is one that we apply to the feet before bed and again before school. It can also be diffused during homework time and/or worn in a diffuser necklace or on a diffuser bracelet during the school day. This combination of oils is emotionally grounding, stabilizing, calming and relaxing, supporting students in staying focused on the tasks before them and is supportive of their academic performance and efforts.
Sometimes students are full of energy and have a need for additional support that's calming and relaxing. It's hard to sit at a desk all day! Many find that using Peace & Calming, Grounding or Tranquil are helpful for staying on task.
No matter their age, from pre-K through college, school is rigorous and our kids need as much support as they can get in their learning efforts. Thankfully, we have some great, oily tools to help them out! We'd love to hear your success stories! Please send us a message and tell us all about it at therenovatedlife@gmail.com.
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This last week, over 400 of us got to visit our St. Maries Farm in Idaho! It was an unforgettable experience! I was able to participate in every aspect of our Seed to Seal Promise, participating in and learning about our growing and farming practices, our harvesting procedures, and our distilling and testing that are all completed on-site before the oils are sent out for third party testing.
I had to share with you pictures and videos I took while on site at this first farm purchased in 1993, by Young Living's founder, Gary Young. It's breathtakingly beautiful! St. Maries is a research & development farm, growing Melissa and Lavender, with some fields growing Yarrow as part of the R & D happening there. Did you know that the Lavender grown there is descended from seeds Gary carried here from France in his boot?! The seeds harvested from the plants there are the very seeds used to replant the fields, ensuring the efficacy of the seeds used to grow the plants that are later harvested, distilled, tested, bottled and sent to our homes to enjoy.
Here are three, quick videos from my time there...
Visiting St. Maries Farm:
How Planting is Done:
Planting My Very Own Lavender Plants:
How many people can say that they've visited the farms where their essential oils are grown, harvested, distilled and tested, let alone taken part in their processes? I've now been to two of our farms and I love that Young Living's farms are open to the public to visit. We're part of a company that is completely transparent with our commitment and dedication to our sourcing, science, and standards, which comprise our 3 pillars of our Seed to Seal Promise. I LOVE knowing where my oils come from and knowing the passion for purity and potency that goes into every bottle I use!
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