Topical Application
Apply liberally to areas where tension is held
Suggested application points include...
- Jaw / neck / face
- Shoulders / heart
- Diaphragm / lungs
- Stomach / gut
- Low back / hips
- Ankles
- Bottom of the feet
This promotes release, mobility, and flow within the fascia and helps unwind both physical and emotional tension
Aromatic Use
Hold the bottle under your nose and inhale deeply 3–4 times to promote relaxation and energetic balance.
When to Use
Apply 2–3 times daily, including...
- Before or after movement – to promote flow, flexibility, and release muscle tension
- During moments of pain, stress, or stagnation – to encourage energetic release
- As part of a nighttime wind-down routine or first thing in the morning
Angelica Root
Angelica Root (Angelica archangelica) removes creative blockages and allows you clear communication with your intuition. Angelica Root also promotes feelings of balance and helps to release or let go of negative feelings and overcome difficulties. It also assists in strengthening the heart, and helps alleviate fatigue, nervous tension, and stress-related disorders.
Black Pepper
Black Pepper (Piper nigrum) helps warm the body and stimulate circulation, increasing blood flow to your tissues and your fascia. Black Pepper contains large amounts of limonene, a terpene thought to stimulate circulation, warm fascia and break up congestion and stagnation. Black pepper and its active compound piperine have been found to enhance circulation, increase digestive capacity, and significantly reduce gastrointestinal food transit times, improving nutrient absorption.
Cypress
Cypress (Cupressus sempervirens) helps to improve circulation and contraction of the blood vessels, making it easier to stimulate blood flow and release fascia restrictions. Cypress essential oil is high in the compound α-pinene exhibits anti-inflammatory activity in research which helps with blood flow. Cypress also helps to balance and calm the nervous system and work as an antispasmodic agent. What’s more, Cypress essential oil has a diuretic and detoxifying action and can help to flush out toxins from the body, which helps promote better blood flow and circulation, relaxing tissues and releasing fascia constriction and congestion.
Elemi
Elemi (Canarium luzonicum) calms nervous exhaustion and stress, supports anxiety, nervous tension and stress-related conditions. Elemi may help fortify the mind, control nightmares, and diminish the fear of the future.
Frankincense
Frankincense (Boswellia carterii) has long been heralded for its anti-inflammatory, stress reducing and pain-relieving properties. Research shows frankincense, and its anti-inflammatory constituent alpha-pinene, significantly inhibit inflammation and enhance immune supporting properties, including healthy circulation. The chemical constituent borneol possesses anesthetic and anti-spasmodic properties. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, frankincense of Boswellia carterii is commonly used as a remedy for improving blood circulation and relieving pain. Resin essential oils, such as frankincense, help you ground your energy so you better release fascia restrictions from a clear and centered place. Frankincense is especially useful for relieving feelings of grief or emotional trauma and for relieving nervous tension and stress related conditions.
Geranium
Geranium (Pelargonium graveolens) helps support gentle emotional release. Known as the oil of love and trust, Geranium helps you re-establish trust in the world and in others to tear down barriers and open up or express emotions. Geranium also helps release anger, manage overwhelming emotions such as overcoming abuse, acute fear, hurt, and emotional crisis.
Lavender
Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) Iifts mood and helps balance and normalize emotions which helps calms insecurities and support confidence to aid verbal expression. Lavender can help calm fears of being seen and heard which can block self-expression. Lavender encourages emotional honesty that helps you speak your truth.
Litsea Cubeba
Litsea Cubeba (Litsea cubeba) supports clear expression of emotional needs in a more constructive manner, releases negative emotions and promotes relaxation, mental clarity and restful sleep. Animal research suggests that litsea regulates central nervous system activity (modulating GABA receptor subtypes) to reduce anxiety.
Rose
Rose
(Rosa damascena) helps improve mental well-being and boost compassion and joy. Rose helps us alleviate barriers to honest communication including worry, grief, anxiety and anger. Balancing our emotions contributes to more balance communication and connection.
Rosemary
Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) is known to naturally relieve stress and nervous exhaustion. A 2007 study found that Rosemary oil rapidly reduced the levels of the stress hormone cortisol in saliva in minutes just by smelling it – offering one of the best ways to help alleviate and control stress in the body. Rosemary also naturally alleviates allergic responses and calms muscle spasms. A small study published in the Journal of Ethnopharmacol suggested that rosemary essential oil can inhibit muscle contractions of the trachea caused by histamine.
Vetiver
Vetiver (Vetiveria zizanoides) helps ground your body so you can safely discharge and release stagnation and energy. Vetiver has been found to reduce and relieve inflammation, especially in relation to your circulatory and nervous system. A 2005 study published in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry showed that vetiver oil was high in antioxidants that possessed free radical scavenging benefits, which can help release stagnation and congestion in your fascia.
Ylang Ylang
Ylang Ylang (Cananga odorata)
has strong antidepessant properties and helps bring emotions into balance. Known to soothe the nervous system, calm the mind, and relieve mental fatigue, anxiety, depression, and insomnia.