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!
Our Mission: Love Others Well & Empower Them to Do the Same
These are two crowd pleaser popcorn versions - both of which are totally addicting! I love to serve these at the essential oil classes that I teach or at our DIY Make & Take parties. They're great for any gathering and everyone will want the recipe for sure!
Interested in coming to a class? Please let us know so we can be sure to get you information on any that are upcoming. We do both in-person and online classes, so no matter where you live, you can attend any that work for you!
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Every night before I go to bed, I love to rub a couple of drops of lavender YLEO between my palms, then over my pillow. I then rub my hands on my shoulders and the back of my neck. This way, I get to enjoy the wonderful, relaxing, soothing benefits of lavender both aromatically and topically.
I also like to use a lavender spray to help freshen our linens, whether at home or traveling. It makes wherever we are feel like a calm, tranquil space.
Our Mission: Love Others Well & Empower Them to Do the Same
