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Essential Oils That Aid Meditation

Essential oils can help enhance the meditation experience by promoting relaxation. These oils can help enhance clarity and peace of mind that everyone needs. It might sound too mystical for your taste, but we promise they work! At the very least you’ll have some great scents to accompany your meditation.

Sandalwood
Sandalwood is the best essential oil for meditation. It’s a cleansing oil that gets rid of stress and negative thoughts that clutter your mind. Meditation can be hard for some people. Inner noise and busy thoughts can distract from the relaxation and focus needed to meditate. Sandalwood can help clear that chatter away.

Lavender
Lavender is a popular scent and essential oil. It is an anti-anxiety, antidepressant, and a relaxant. This essential oil has calming properties that make it perfect for meditation. It can help you achieve clarity and enlightenment during meditation. Not every meditation session will be easy or calm. If you’re struggling this essential oil can really help you find balance and stability.

Eucalyptus
Yoga and meditation rely heavily on breathing. It can be hard to find the concentration and relaxation needed when you’re airways are blocked or inflamed. Eucalyptus is a great essential oil because it is an expectorant. It can relieve chest tightness and help clear airways to enable you to breathe easier and deeper.

Frankincense
Frankincense is credited to be the most powerful essential oil for one’s spirit. This is the scent you’ll most likely smell in a yoga class. It promotes openness, grounding, and balance. Like eucalyptus, it also helps relieve clogged airways. It’s also great for reducing pain, inflammation, and stress. Since these things are a distraction during meditation, consider incorporating this into your meditation to reduce those.

Clary Sage
You’ve probably seen sage used to remove negative energies in some manner or another, whether that’s in real life or in a movie. Clary sage is used worldwide and has been used for years to remove negativity from a space. It’s not just for banishing bad spirits though. Using it during meditation can clear any negative energy away that could distract you from focusing.

Neroli
Neroli isn’t as well known as some of the other essential oils but it’s an extremely spiritual oil that could really elevate your meditation experience. It promotes self-love, acceptance, and creativity. It has many physical benefits as well as spiritual ones. It reduced pain, inflammation, and lowers blood pressure. The physical and spiritual benefits of neroli oil can really aid in achieving a positive meditation session.

Myrrh
Myrrh has been used around the world since ancient times. This essential oil actually stimulated the amygdalin, hypothalamus, and pituitary glands, which will reduce stress and increase focus. Myrrh will also bring tranquility and calmness to your meditation session. It has physical benefits as well being an antiparasitic, antibacterial, and anticancer.

These essential oils will all help with your meditation. Try using them separately or together to see what works for you. They also work great for yoga classes as well. We often use essential oils during our classes to promote relaxation and tranquility. Sign up for a class today to experience it yourself.

Essential Oils that aid Meditation