Our emotions are very complex things. There's not a cure-all, one time drug out there that can help our emotions. So how do we combat these emotions? How do we stop the pain that so easily entangles us? How can we get through the worst of times? With Rosemary oil of course!

Emotional support is just one of the many rosemary oil uses. Read on to learn more about this supportive oil and to find out how to use rosemary essential oil for emotions.

Rosemary Essential Oil For Emotional Support

Rosemary oil assists people going through an extreme amount of pressure and transition. It helps them during their confusion and difficulty, even their willful ignorance or lack of wanting to deal with a situation for fear that it is too much to handle.

Emotional support is just one of the many rosemary essential oil uses. Rosemary is called "The Oil of Knowledge & Transition" in the book Emotional Healing With Essential Oils by Daniel Macdonald.

Inhaling the scent of Rosemary will help you be able to transition seamlessly through whatever hardship you are dealing with. It teaches us that we don't have to understand everything, and invites us to trust more in what we know is true.

Rosemary supports us in feeling hopeful and self-assured in those great and difficult times and helps root us in the knowledge that everything will be okay. This too shall pass.

How to Use Rosemary Essential Oil for Emotions

The trick to using this essential oil for your emotions is that you need to SMELL this fantastic oil. You see, when you SMELL Rosemary oil, it accesses your Amygdala gland. It is a gland in the brain that holds emotional grief and is ONLY accessed by scent.

Have you ever smelled pumpkin pie and it brings back memories of a Thanksgiving celebration with your family? That's your amygdala at work. To activate your amygdala, try one of these popular methods:  

• Add a single drop of rosemary essential oil to your hands, rub hands together, and cup over your nose and mouth, then deeply inhale the scent to assist you emotionally with transitioning.  Do this a few time throughout the day and when needed. 
• If you want to avoid getting oils on your hands, you can instead use the tissue method. To use, drop 2-3 drops of rosemary essential oil onto a tissue, then deeply inhale the scent. You can keep the tissue in a pocket or on your desk and use as needed.
• Alternatively, you can apply diluted rosemary oil topically by placing 1-3 drops on the brow, neck or behind ears.
• Diffusing rosemary oil in an essential oil diffuser is another great option. You can diffuse rosemary by itself or with other essential oils. For essential oil diffuser recipes using rosemary, see below.

Rosemary Diffuser Blends for Emotions

Add one of the essential oil recipes below to diffuser with recommended water for your diffuser tank. I like to use a 100-200 ml water tank diffuser but you can use whatever size you prefer.

General Essential Oil Precautions

Never use essential oils undiluted, in eyes or mucous membranes. Do not take internally unless working with a qualified practitioner. Keep out of reach from children.

Use essential oils with extreme caution on children, be sure you have researched the oil and that it is safe for use on kids. Plant Therapy clearly labels their oils "KidSafe" on the bottle if the oil can be used for children ages 2–10.

If applying an essential oil topically (on your skin), you may perform a small patch test to an insensitive part of the body, use 1-2 drops in a teaspoon of carrier oil like jojoba oil, read more here.

If you are pregnant, breastfeeding, epileptic, or under a doctor’s care, consult your physician. For more information on oil safety issues here.

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