essential oils

What are they?

If you have ever enjoyed the scent of a rose, you’ve experienced the aromatic qualities of essential oils. These naturally occurring, volatile aromatic compounds are found in the seeds, bark, stems, roots, flowers, and other parts of plants. Essential oils provide plants with protection against environmental threats and play a role in plant pollination. In addition to their intrinsic benefits to plants and being beautifully fragrant to people, essential oils have long been used for food preparation, beauty treatment, and health-care practices.

why?

Essential oils are my #1 choice for natural health. It never used to be that way, though. I thought oils were a weird hippie thing until 2012 when my three year old was having adverse reactions to the red dye in Tylenol and other issues. After much prayer and crying out to God for answers, He led me to essential oils. 
I researched the heck out of the top essential oil companies, starting with the CEO's (because whatever the CEO is like, it will filter down within the company). I ended up choosing doTERRA and tried out the oils on myself and my family to test it out. My mind was blown and to this day, I stand with this company 100%. For the past 11 years, our family has benefitted from these oils and I'm very grateful, to say the least. 
There is so much information that I could tell you, but I will save that for blog posts in the future. The meat of it is this: these essential oils are natural, distilled from plants that God placed on the earth, sourced by people who've taken care of those plants for decades and know what they are doing. They are safe for the whole family to use (even pets), a beautiful nontoxic alternative to the products made by money hungry pharmaceutical companies, simple to use, help support & strengthen every body system, and will literally change your life.

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