I use essential oils all year round, that’s so secret. However, from season to season we have different needs in mind and body. We eat different foods, have different routines, and treat our bodies differently. So it would make sense that we should use essential oils seasonally too. Here are my favorite winter essential oils to bring about greater health and balance this time of year.
Thieves
Thieves is really one of my must-haves year round, but it’s crucial to my health in the winter time. Thieves essential oil is a powerful blend of clove, lemon, cinnamon, eucalyptus, and rosemary essential oils. It’s rich and spicy aroma is always pleasing this time of year. It’s actually inspired by a legend about a group of spice merchants in 15th century France who formulated a blend of spices they used while robbing the bodies of plague victims. Apparently it kept them from dying of the plague, and therefore this blend was known to boost immunity, and guard against disease.
Though I don’t spend much of my time robbing plague victims, I do spend a lot of time with children who get sick. There’s always something going around, and every day I am bombarded with all sorts of germs. I diffuse thieves in my office, and rub it on my feet at night, and put a drop in some hot water with honey when I feel like I’m coning down with a cold. If there was one essential oil I could not live without, it’s this one.
Digize
I know I say I couldn’t live without thieves, but I really really can’t live without Digize. As the name hints, it’s incredible for digestive issues. I rub a drop on my stomach or take a drop internally when I am experiencing any type of stomach upset. This stuff is the fastest acting oil I have ever used! Every time I use it I feel better within minutes. I especially love using it after a big meal when I’m so full it hurts (but the food was just too delicious I had to have seconds and thirds). Digize helps my digestive system work through the biggest meals and give me quick relief. It’s also great for nausea, indigestion, heart burn, and the dreaded stomach bug.
Joy
Joy is my favorite antidote to the winter blues. Honestly when I first tried this one I didn’t like the floral smell of it. They say if you are put off by an essential oil’s smell you probably need whatever is in it. Well apparently I needed more joy in my life, luckily now I have it. The funny thing is once I began using it regularly I became increasingly fond of the smell, and now I absolutely love it.
Lavender
Lavender, while great all year, is especially calming during the winter months when we can feel stressed and out of sorts. During the holidays this is a great one to diffuse to inspire a calming mood. I put a drop of lavender on my face and neck each night when I am going to bed. It’s great for the skin, and helps my go to sleep. Aside from being ultra relaxing, lavender is like the Swiss army knife of essential oils and can do pretty much anything. Got a cut, bruise, burn? Put lavender on it!
Cedarwood
Another one I didn’t like at first, and now it’s one of my favorites. Cedarwood basically just smells like cedar, which at first I attached to a memory of my gerbal in third grade (lol). After using it every night on my neck to help me sleep I quickly started to think of it as extremely grounding and stable, like a big cedar tree. I love this in the winter time because it brings the outdoors in, during a time when I don’t get out much. It’s known to help relax, and I find it really helps me fall asleep.
