Now we shift to the 15 essential oils that will AUTOMATICALLY trigger a REST & DIGEST response in your BODY-MIND-EMOTIONS. Again, just inhaling a whiff of any of these 15 essential oils will magically change your body and mind.

• Want to fall asleep?
• Want to take a nap?
• Want to settle down from stress?
• Want to calm your anxiety?
• Want to get kids to bed?

All it takes is a whiff of any of these 15 “calming/relaxing” essential oils. Diffuse them in the room. Use a personal diffuser. The response to the essential oil is immediate, but your body and mind may take 10-20 minutes to feel CALM and RELAXED. Some of this delay is due to the circulation of hormones in your bloodstream.

Your REST & DIGEST response works like this: constricts pupils to reduce input of light to prepare you to rest. Stimulates flow of saliva so you can eat and digest food. Slows your heart rate to prepare you to rest or relax. Constricts you respiratory bronchi to allow less air and fewer breathes per minute to account for low physical activity. These are all AUTOMATIC.

Other REST & DIGEST response to these 15 oils: Stimulates secretions for digestive functions. Contracts bladder so you can relieve yourself. Your body is getting ready to digest food or sleep.

If you are a PARENT or CARE-GIVER, you may want to pay attention. You can trigger this REST & DIGEST response in others. They won’t even know what you are doing when you diffuse these oils.

Here are 15 REST & DIGEST essential oils:

• Rose,
• Orange,
• Tangerine,
• Bergamot,
• Geranium,
• Hong Kuai,
• Hinoki,
• Juniper,
• Sandalwood,
• Cedarwood,
• Copaiba,
• Petitgrain,
• Vanilla,
• Clary Sage, and
• Lavender.

XO,

Cole Woolley, PhD