We are so excited about this new essential oils kit from doTERRA, created specially for your yoga practice. If you’re new to essential oils and want to learn more, we’ve simplified everything for you here in this article.

If you love doing yoga you’ll probably be interested in accessories to compliment and expand your spiritual practice. Perhaps you’ve chosen a particular yoga mat that you really like, and set up a space in your home with candles and crystals.

We love the idea of incorporating essential oils into your yoga practice, or even just for a quick self-care check-in during the day.

The doTERRA Yoga Collection includes three oils, called Anchor, Align and Arise.

According to doTERRA, “Anchor, Align, and Arise are the perfect blends to enhance your life and yoga practice. These blends provide aromas to steady, center, and enlighten your spirit through every breath while strengthening and stretching your body.”

CLICK HERE TO ORDER YOUR YOGA ESSENTIAL OILS KIT NOW

HOW TO USE THE doTERRA YOGA ESSENTIAL OIL BLENDS

You can diffuse one of these oil blends while you do yoga,
Inhale while you’re in a stationary pose like mountain pose, child’s pose or savasana,
Or even just dab a little on your wrist to grab a quiet moment during your day.

YOGA COLLECTION DETAILS

The Anchor Steadying Blend:

Contains Lavender, Cedarwood, Sandalwood, Cinnamon, Frankincense, Black Pepper, and Patchouli in a base of Fractionated Coconut Oil
Supports feelings of completeness, calmness, and courage and brings a firm trust in yourself so you can approach your practice and life with calming strength, and a solid connection to yourself and your innate wisdom.
Ideal for the following poses: Seated Meditation, Seated Twist, and Bhu Mudra (one hand on the heart, the other on the Earth).

The Align Centering Blend:

Contains Bergamot, Coriander, Marjoram, Peppermint, Jasmine, and Rose essential oils in a base of Fractionated Coconut Oil
Encourages harmony and calm progress, you to trust in yourself and stay open to all possibilities.
Ideal for the following poses: Warrior II, Triangle, and Gate pose.

The Arise Enlightening Blend:

Contains Grapefruit, Lemon, Osmanthus, Melissa, and Siberian Fir in a base of Fractionated Coconut Oil
Helps to instill feelings of happiness, clarity, and courage. Supports your stability as well as your freedom, inspiring moments of reaching for your highest potential.
Ideal for the following poses: standing arms high, standing side stretch, and Half Moon.

WHERE TO BUY THE YOGA KIT

If you’re interested in getting your own yoga essentials oils kit, order them here from our shop, or sign up for a wholesale account here to save money on oils (and earn commissions!).

I took a photo of my kit so you can see how beautiful it is! I can’t wait for you to get yours in the mail :) Click here to buy yours now.

We are all so harsh on ourselves. I’ll be the first one to admit I struggle with constant negative mental chatter, directed at myself and others. It’s easy to be critical and dismissive, and stay living in that shadow waiting for your “someday” self.

Recently I heard Dr. Sarah Gottfried and Cynthia Pasquella both refer to this quote from Dr. Jen Landa:

When resentment is high, self-care is low. – Dr. Jen Landa

Think about that. It makes —-SO—-MUCH—-SENSE. You fly through your day resenting everyone you have to talk to, and everything that you have to do, and just hating life and waiting for the day to be over so you can start the hamster wheel all over again tomorrow.

No one is going to step in and stop the madness for you; you have to do it for yourself.

And here’s where SELF-CARE comes in. It’s a simple concept based on small gestures that you make toward yourself. It’s like your right-now self being considerate toward your future-self. Your partner and family and friends can support and take care of you to a certain extent, but there are certain things you can really only do for yourself.

And those things can be pretty fundamental.

Only you are going to make sure you eat enough good nutritious food, drink enough water, get some movement into your day, get to sleep on time. These are things we have to be responsible for as adults, but too often these hugely important priorities get pushed aside by all the other “STUFF” flying around in our day.

Then there are the other “less vital” things that can still have a huge impact on how you feel and behave. Only you are going to go get that haircut that is going to score compliments and put you in a great mood. Only you can decide to take 7 minutes in the evening and take a lovely lavender bath. No one else is going to tell you do these things, or help you make the time for these things.

You have the power to make every day a good day

It’s incredible how showing your future-self a little love with small gestures can completely change whether today is another humdrum-normal-crappy-whirlwind day, or a sparkly-shiny-fun-happy day.

So how to take better care of and show love toward yourself?

I found this lovely, heartfelt graphic created by Lucille Zimmerman on Pinterest. I don’t know much about her practice but I really like what she is sharing.

Print this out and post it somewhere, or keep it on your phone to refer to, or write down the points in your notebook. Make sure you do at least one of these things EVERY DAY. Show yourself a little love, and resentment, stress and negativity will have less and less power over you and your day.

Please share what works for you

How do you show yourself love? How do you ensure you make time for self-care in a busy day? Please leave a comment so that we can all help each other out! I know a lot of people struggle with this…how have you found success?

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Essential Oils for Yoga