ENGAGE 2012

My Top 3 from the ENGAGE CONVENTION 2012

(All info from Product Information Sheets)

InTune Focus Blend (Amyris, Patchouli, Frankincense, Lime, Ylang Ylang, Sandalwood (Hawaiian), and Roman Chamomile)

No matter your age, staying focused on the task at hand is sometimes difficult.  This is especially critical during the formative years when learning and growing create habits and a foundation for life.  There are many factors to consider when researching solutions, including diet, sleep, habits, discipline, medicine, environmental influences, stress, relationships, and others.  Essential oils are one of natures ways to help deal with these kinds of challenges so that you can get things done when you need them done.

The carefully selected essential oils in doTERRA's In Tune Focus Blend work together, supporting your efforts to remain calm and focused on a desired task.  Sandalwood, frankincense, and lime contribute to clarity and focus, while the benefits of amyris, patchouli, ylang ylang, and Roman Chamomile are calming and soothing.  The pleasing aroma of In Tune Focus Blend makes this solution an easy and delightful one to use.

Apply to bottoms of feet and/or the back of the neck. 

Black Pepper 

doTERRA's CPTG black pepper essential oil is a multi purpose oil that is extracted from the unripe red fruit of the Piper nigrum plant.  A stimulating and highly antioxidant essential oil which has been shown to improve circulation, aid digestive system, as well as help curb urges to smoke.  Black pepper is also a wonderful flavor enhancer but a little goes a long way-use sparingly.

DDR Prime Essential Oil Cellular Complex (Frankincense, wild orange, lemongrass, thyme, summer savory, clove, and niaouli. 

As the basic structure of all living things, cells perform three primary functions: they make copies of themselves, they perform a specialized function, and they self destruct when they are not performing their first two functions correctly.  As we age, cellular function can be compromised by poor nutrition, obesity, stress, and the exposure to harmful environmental influences such as infectious microorganisms, and toxic chemicals.  When cellular DNA and other structures are compromised, cells can fail to regenerate, fail to function as programmed, and fail to initiate the normal and healthy process of cellular turnover and renewal.  

DDR Prime Essential Oil Cellular Complex is a proprietary blend of CPTG essential oils that have been shown in clinical studies to help protect cells against free-radical damage while supporting healthy cellular function.  The blend includes clove, thyme and wild orage essential oils, providing powerful antioxidants that help protect cellular DNA from free-radical damage.  It also includes frankincense, lemongrass, summer savory, and nialouli, which have been show to support cellular apoptosis and renewal.

DDR Prime is available as a pure blend in a 30 ml bottle, or in a liquid capsule format that includes doTERRA's Nanosomal Lipid Assimilation System for improved bio-availability and digestion.

Essential oils?

What is an essential oil?

Essential oils are natural aromatic compounds found in the seeds, bark, stems, roots, flowers, and other parts of plants. They can be both beautifully and powerfully fragrant. If you have ever enjoyed the gift of a rose, a walk by a field of lavender, or the smell of fresh cut mint, you have experienced the aromatic qualities of essential oils. In addition to giving plants their distinctive smells, essential oils provide plants with protection against predators and disease and play a role in plant pollination. 
Essential oils are non water-based phytochemicals made up of volatile organic compounds. Although they are fat soluble, they do not include fatty lipids or acids found in vegetable and animal oils. Essential oils are very clean, almost crisp, to the touch and are immediately absorbed by the skin. Pure, unadulterated essential oils are translucent and range in color from crystal clear to deep blue.

Try this at home: Squeeze the peel of a ripe orange. The fragrant residue on your hand is full of essential oils.

In addition to their intrinsic benefits to plants and being beautifully fragrant to people, essential oils have been used throughout history in many cultures for their medicinal and therapeutic benefits. Modern scientific study and trends towards more holistic approaches to wellness are driving a revival and new discovery of essential oil health applications.
dōTERRA (CPTG) Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade^® essential oils represent the safest, purest, and most beneficial essential oils available today. They are gently and skillfully distilled from plants that have been patiently harvested at the perfect moment by experienced growers from around the world for ideal extract composition and efficacy. Experienced essential oil users will immediately recognize dōTERRA's superior quality standard for naturally safe, purely effective therapeutic-grade essential oils.

CPTG

Essential Oil Quality Grades

There are a growing number of products claiming to be or to contain essential oils. They range in price and quality and are found in skin care, cosmetics, aromatherapy, and other products. However, many of these products do not use 100% pure essential oils and often use fragrant synthetic chemical substitutes to dilute or replace more expensive essential oil extracts. Furthermore, there are no current regulatory standards for the descriptive use of the “therapeutic grade” for products labeled as essential oils.
The CPTG Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade^®* mark represents dōTERRA's own internal standards for sourcing and testing 100% pure aromatic botanical extracts using  independent testing laboratories. The dōTERRA brand and registered CPTG mark represent dōTERRA's guarantee of 100% pure essential oil extracts that meet high standards for both purity and material composition and accurate product labeling.

dōTERRA's therapeutic-grade essential oils are 100% pure natural aromatic compounds carefully extracted from plants. They do not contain fillers or artificial ingredients that would dilute their active qualities. Proper extraction and quality control methods also ensure that dōTERRA's essential oils are free of any contaminants such as pesticides or other chemical residues. In addition to being 100% pure and natural, dōTERRA's Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade essential oils are subjected to further quality testing that ensures the correct composition of the active natural compounds found in each oil. Even though an essential oil may be 100% pure, if the right species or part of a plant has not been used, or if the plant has not been grown in the right environment or harvested at the right time, or if it has not been distilled under the right conditions, the natural chemical makeup of the extraction will not provide as predictable and powerful a benefit. In some cases, the wrong plant harvested at the wrong time may result in an extract that contains harmful levels of some constituents.
dōTERRA's Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade essential oils are guaranteed to be 100% pure and natural and free of synthetic compounds or contaminates. They are subjected to rigorous mass spectrometry and gas chromatography testing to ensure extract composition and activity. dōTERRA's 100% pure essential oils represent the safest and most beneficial essential oils available today.

(Try this at home: Compare the smell of dōTERRA's 100% lavender essential oil to another lavender oil or product in your home. If your product's fragrance is overbearing in any one note it may contain synthetic chemical substitutes. A 100% pure therapeutic-grade essential oil should have a balanced, broad fragrance profile and should smell crystal clean. Now, compare the feel of your product to dōTERRA's essential oil. A pure essential oil should not feel slick or oily but rather absorb cleanly and completely into your skin.)

Using Essential Oils Safely

*CPTG Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade^® is a registered trademark of dōTERRA Holdings, LLC representing internal standards of quality assessment and material control. The CPTG testing protocols require the use of independent laboratories for CPTG standardization and quality testing. The CPTG protocol is not administered by government or industry regulatory agencies and does imply regulatory approval of dōTERRA products.

And it continues....

So it's been over a year since I started this site. I continue to grow and expand my knowledge of essential oils and herbal remedies. This site is a dedication to what I learned. I find balance in the duality of us all. Our own little Gemini's lives within. Our Great Earth Mother (GEM) has many resources for us to utilize to promote health and wellness. This is a place for seekers to find the knowledge they may be looking for.  *Namaste*