TO HELP YOU THROUGH THE DAY

ESSENTIAL OILS TO HELP YOU THROUGH THE DAY

Morning
If you feel dull and lethargic a Rosemary bath will stimulate the nervous system and clear the head. 10-15 minutes in the bath is long enough to feel the benefits. Add 5 drops to a warm bath and, mix thoroughly before getting in. If your skin is sensitive always dilute the essential oil in a carrier oil before adding to the water (see bath oils under Skin and Body Care workshop in Aromacourse).

If you don't have time for a bath in the morning just put two or three drops of Rosemary or Lemongrass into the washhand basin full of hot water and lean over and inhale the vapour for a few minutes and you will feel wide awake and ready to go!

At Work
Offices and workplaces can often be very stuffy and can contribute to a lack of efficiency as the day wears on. Fresh air is what is needed and if you can't go out for a walk or even open the windows you can still freshen the atmosphere by using essential oils.

Use either in an air-spray (as explained earlier) or by adding a few drops of oil to a tissue or ball of cotton wool. Light citrusy oils like - Bergamot; Lemon; Orange; Rosewood or Lemongrass, not only scent the atmosphere but bring a freshness and clarity and , because all essential oils have antiseptic properties, will also offer you some degree of protection from the various airborne bacteria which surround us.

If you're suffering from mental fatigue, Basil oil stimulates the brain and is great to refresh your mental powers during a demanding day at your workplace or during examination swatting. It is also ideal for any long-distance driving you may have to do, or generally for anyone who has to concentrate for long periods of time. Basil oil is very strong and simply smelling the vapour of 1 drop on a tissue is sufficient to stimulate the grey matter.

Arriving Back Home
When you realise that every part of your body has a reflex point on the foot, you will understand how, on reaching home, you can revive quite quickly by having a footbath. Just 5 - 10 minutes with your feet in a bowl of water to which you have added 5 drops of either Peppermint, Lavender or Rosemary and then gently massaging your feet will work wonders.

To Revitalise Before a Night Out
Run a bath and add either Rosemary and Rosewood, or Rosemary and Bergamot, or Rosewood and Bergamot, or Ylang-Ylang and Clary Sage (6 drops in total to a bath or dilute first in a carrier oil or a little milk). Any of these combinations will uplift and energise you before going out.

And So To Bed
A bath using Geranium and Lavender will help to reduce tension and prepare you for sleep. If you are having trouble falling off to sleep place 1-2 drops of Lavender or Marjoram oil on a tissue near your pillow.

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WHAT ARE SENIOR CITIZENS WORTH?

What are Seniors worth?

Remember, old folk are worth a fortune with silver in their hair, gold in their teeth, stones in their kidneys, lead in their feet and gas in their stomachs.

I have become a little older since I saw you last and a few changes have come into my life - frankly I have become a frivolous old gal.

I am seeing six gentlemen everyday.

As soon as I wake up, WILL POWER helps me out of bed, then I go to see JOHNNY LOO, Next – CHARLIE CRAMP comes along and when he’s here he takes up a lot of my attention, When he leaves ARTHUR RITIS shows up and stays around all day. He doesn’t like to stay in one place very long, so he takes me from joint to joint. After such a busy day I’m really tired and glad to go to bed with JOHNNY WALKER.

What a life! Oh yes!, I’m also fighting with AL ZYMER.

P.S. The minister came to call the other day. He said that I should be thinking about the hereafter. I told him “Oh I do! All the time,- On my way home,- in the parlour, upstairs, in the kitchen or down in the basement, I say to myself - “Now what am I hereafter?”

Hereafter, - Maybe I should try Aromatherapy!

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