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CHAPTER
How to use essential oils to
promote healthy sleep
With powerful and potent essential oils on your side, you can create an environment that will promote
a good night’s sleep. Once you’ve found an essential oil with relaxing, calming, or soothing properties,
you can incorporate the oil into your bedtime routine to help you sleep better. You can experiment with
different oils, and even blend oils together for effective results. After selecting your essential oils, there
are dozens of applications that will allow you get the rest you need.
Diffusion
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CHAPTER 4
Diffusing essential oils is one of the simplest ways to enjoy the aromatic benefits of an oil—particularly at
Sleep
CHAPTER
Diffuser
Blends of Sleep
The Importance
bedtime or when falling asleep. Placing an essential oil diffuser near your bed or in your bedroom will allow
you to breathe in the relaxing aroma of the oil as you drift off to sleep. You can create your own bedtime
diffuser blends by mixing a few essential oils together. Remember, not all of the oils you use in a diffuser blend
have to fall within the “relaxing” or “calming” category. You can mix together a few calming oils with other
The science behind essential oils
and sleep
Here are a few recipes for essential oil diffuser blends that are perfect for bedtime:
essential oils you enjoy to make a unique aroma that will help you create an environment suitable for sleep.
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use essential oils to
1 drop
Fennel
Rock-a-bye Baby
promote healthy sleep
Sweet Dreams Sweet Slumber
3 drops Juniper Berry
2 drops Vetiver
2 drops Bergamot
2 drops Lavender
1 drop Lime
1 drop Peppermint
2 drops Cedarwood
2 drops Wild Orange
1 dropYlang Ylang
4 drops Lavender
1 drop Marjoram
1 drop Thyme
3 drops Lemon
2 drops Wild Orange
1 drop Cedarwood
3 drops Bergamot
2 drops Cedarwood
1 drop Marjoram
2 drops Vetiver
2 drops Lavender
1 drop Frankincense
3 drops Patchouli
2 drops Sandalwood
1 drop Jasmine