DIY Aromatherapy Personal Inhaler for Holiday Travel
As the holiday season approaches, so does the chaos of travel – crowded airports, delayed flights, and the perpetual search for lost luggage. But don’t worry, here is a simple yet powerful hack to make all the stress that often accompanies holiday journeys disappear in an instant. In the midst of the trials and tribulations of travel, sniffing essential oils can effortlessly transform your travel experience.
Imagine a world where the hustle and bustle of holiday travel simply fades away with a single inhale. Welcome to the practice of aromatherapy where the power of essential oils becomes your secret weapon against travel-related stress. In this blog post, let’s explore the magic of sniffing essential oils to create an instant escape from the challenges of the journey.
As you leave to go on your holiday vacations and visits, the subtle aromas of carefully curated essential oils can be your allies in relaxation and combating anxiety. From the calming whispers of lavender to the invigorating embrace of peppermint, let’s guide you through the olfactory wonders that can turn your travel woes into a distant memory.
Join us on a fragrant journey where a simple sniff can transport you from the chaos of the airport to a serene haven of tranquility. Bid farewell to travel stress and embrace the aromatic remedy that essential oils offer, ensuring your holidays are filled with peace, joy, and the delightful scents that make the journey just as enjoyable as the destination.
Here is a list of 5 essential oils that are perfect for helping us navigate the stress of holiday travel.
Sweet Orange (Citrus sinensis) Essential Oil is squeezed from the peels of the orange. It’s fresh, sweet, bright and orange-y aroma offers an experience of joy and positivity. Its powerfully uplifting aroma cuts through stress and a negative mindset, especially when we are feeling overwhelmed.
Grapefruit (Citrus paradisi) Essential Oil is expressed (squeezed) from the peel of the grapefruit. Its aroma is fruity, citrusy and uplifting.grapefruit is known to offer an instant mood shift - taking us from feeling overwhelmed and confused - to suddenly feeling clarity and energy. Grapefruit offers us a positive and clear outlook and keeps us alert and present in the moment. It contains a molecule that is known to be clearing and cleansing, and helps cut through stress and feelings of overwhelm.
Ylang Ylang(Cananga odorata) Essential Oil is steam distilled from the flowers of a tree that is native to the south pacific. These blooms have an intoxicating sweet and calming aroma that can have an instant calming effect when we are feeling anxious and overwhelmed.
Bergamot Essential Oil (Citrus bergamia) Essential Oil is expressed (squeezed) from the peel of the bergamot fruit. It’s delicately spicy, herbaceous and fruity aroma is instantly uplifting and can encourage us to feel more grounded and productive. Plus, it is the primary molecule that has been shown to clear away nervous feelings, and soothe both our body and mind.
Frankincense Essential Oil (Boswellia serrata) Essential Oil This species of frankincense essential oil is steam distilled from the resin of the frankincense tree that grows in India. It has a distinctly different aromatic profile from the frankincense we are more familiar with from East Africa and Oman, but offers very similar benefits. It is a great oil to choose for soothing away the stress that comes with anxious thoughts, and invites our minds to be still, and open so we can navigate a chaotic and stressful situation more calmly.
Let’s make a DIY aromatherapy inhaler recipe to help us navigate through the stress of holiday travel.
Here are the blending tools you’ll need to make it:
- 1 personal aromatherapy inhaler, you can see what one looks like here.
- 1 tweezer
- 1 small mixing bowl, glass or stainless steel
- 1 mixing spoon, or tiny spatula - don’t use plastic!
- 1 Blank Label
Ingredients:
- 7 drops of Bergamot Essential Oil
- 3 drops of Ylang Ylang Essential Oil
- 8 drops of Frankincense Essential Oil
- 8 drops of Grapefruit Essential Oil
- 7 drops of Orange Essential Oil
Steps to make DIY Aromatherapy Inhaler Recipe
- Add all your essential oils to your small mixing bowl and mix well with your metal spoon - don’t use plastic!!
- Once the essential oils are well blended, place your cotton insert from the inhaler into the bowl and use your spoon to make sure the cotton insert soaks up every drop of your essential oil blend.
- Using your tweezer, carefully pick up the cotton insert and place it inside the inner chamber of your personal inhaler.
- Cap the inhaler, give your inhaler a name and write your label and affix to the inhaler tube.
How to Use your DIY Aromatherapy Personal Inhaler to Navigate Holiday Stress.
Aromatherapy empowers us not to let stress and overwhelm make us feel anxious by harnessing the calming influence of scents. When we inhale essential oils like lavender or chamomile, our brain's emotional center, where our stress response resides, is gently reassured, promoting relaxation and focus. The soothing aromas act as emotional anchors, grounding us in moments of overwhelm and anxiety. This sensory experience helps break the cycle of worry, enabling us to face challenges with a clearer, calmer mind. Aromatherapy becomes our fragrant ally, providing the strength needed to navigate through stress, worry and anxiety.
Here’s how best to use your personal inhaler so you can feel calmer when faced with stressful situations that are beyond your control. Whenever you find yourself feeling anxious, take out your personal aromatherapy inhaler, uncap it, and in slow breaths, hold the inhaler under your nose and breathe. Allow the blend of aromas to calm the worry in your mind, and offer you a sense of groundedness and inner strength. You can sniff your personal aromatherapy inhaler as often as needed throughout the day and night.
