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Three Essential Oils to Use during your Bedtime Routine

April 14, 2021 by RiggsCreekFarmhouse Leave a Comment

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Today, we will discuss the three essential oils to use during your bedtime routine to promote a restful, deep sleep.

Essential oils to use during bedtime

Three Essential Oils to Use during your Bedtime Routine Video

Getting adequate sleep is essential for you health and well-being.

If you feel run-down, struggle to focus or irritable and no reason it maybe because of your deep sleep.

We all have played victim to making sleep a last protity and overextend ourselves.

I do not know about you but, I want to wake up feeling refreshed, focused and excited to start my day.

Why Essential Oils are Important to your Bedtime Routine

importance of essential oils during your bedtime routine

Our internal organs need rest and recovery. Tissue and muscle needs to grow and the only way for this to happen is using essential oils.

Using essential oils during your bedtime routine will provide a night of rest to release hormones, regulate your metabolism and reduce stress.

Using essential oils will help sleeping and boost memory.

Increase energy and help to make beneficial life choices such as exercise, and self-care.

Good Sleep and the help with essential oils will strengthen the immune system.

Essential Oils heighted focus and creativity while sleeping.

Finally, essential oils are amazing to use during bedtime routine to improve mood, anxiety and libido.

Importance of Essential Oils to Prevent Sleep Deprivation

Importance of Essential Oils to Prevent Sleep Deprivation

A good nights rest equals to great health. There is no scientific evidence that sleep will improve health, however the negative effects of sleep deprivation are stated everywhere.

According to the CDC, one in three American Adult’s of are Sleep Deprived resulting in higher risk of infections, obesity and high blood pressure.

A hormone called Leptin helps to control the appetite and control metabolism. If Leptin is not produce one will have a higher appetite and increase in carvings.

Lack of sleep will make you more susceptible to stress and in turn the immune system will not function properly. Blood sugar and inflammatory without sleep will enhance triggering diabetes, heart disease, stroke and infection.

Injury will increase such as stubbing your toe, bumping into things or cutting yourself without a good bedtime routine because of exhaustion.

Your brain will not function optimally such as processing information, not focusing and mood will be negative.

Struggling with emotions will result without rest. Anxiety, sadness and anger is a result of lack of sleep.

How Much Sleep Do You Need

Sleep amount is base off your age and individual.

Younger Adults require more sleep anywhere from eighteen to ten hours.

After eighteen years of age deep, restful sleep is from seven to nine hours of sleep.

Tips to use Oils During your Bedtime Routine

woman sleeping

Maintain a consistent bedtime and diffusing schedule before bedtime.

Reduce caffeine at least four hours before bedtime. Start Diffusing about an hour before bedtime.

Tour off the computer and television right at the time you start diffusing.

Throughout, the week maintain a regular exercise and eat a well-balance diet.

Lavender Essential Oil

Breathing lavender can make one feel drowsy but, did you know this oil will lower blood pressure and heart rate. Lavender Essential Oil diffused before bedtime can provide a relax state and set you up for a night filled with Zzzzz’s.

Roman Chamomile Essential Oil

Roman Chamomile is bright, sweet and calming and perfect to diffuse before bedtime. This anti-inflammatory oil is great for a deep sleep. You can diffuse but, if you do not own a diffuser you can simply apply topically to the back of the neck.

Valerian Essential Oil

Valerian Essential Oil is earthy and grounding that will promote a restful sleep. Diffuse this oil an hour before bedtime or massage to the bottoms of your feet for a slumber nights rest.

Sleepy Time Essential Oil Linen Spray to Use during your Bedtime Routine

 sleepy time essential oil linen spray

I love the smell of lavender but, I love the calming effects it brings to me.  Lavender’s smell can make you feel drowsy because it lowers your heart rate and blood pressure putting you in a relax state.  Roman Chamomile enhances a deep sleep. Valerian Essential Oil creates a restful sleep every night. Creating this DIY Linen/Pillow Spray is perfect to spray on your bedding about 1 hour before bedtime to help you unwind and sleep well!

~~~Ingredients ~~~

  • 2 oz glass spray bottle
  • filtered water
  • Pinch of sea salt
  • 25 drops of Lavender, Roman Chamomile or Valerian Essential Oil

1.)  In a glass spray bottle add your pinch of sea salt. The sea salt will keep the water and essential oil separate.
2.)  Add your desired essential oil and fill the rest of the bottle with filtered water.
3.) Give the Sleepy Time Linen/Pillow Spray a good shake and spray this Pillow and or Sheets one hour before “hitting the hay”.

You know the amount of sleep you need, prepare your body and take action. You are important and sleep is essential.

~~~~~~~~~~~~Good Night and Sleep Tight ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

GET STARTED WITH ESSENTIAL OILS:

1st Head over to www.youngliving.com

2nd At the top of the page you will notice a TAB that reads “Become a Member”. 

Next, read the many benefits of the must have essential oils for beginners. Once you have read through the benefits; click on the tab –“Get Started .”

3rd Select your kit and diffuser this will range from $125- $165.  Choose if  your want to enroll in “Essential Oils Enrollment”;  I highly recommend enrolling because, you can earn points that transfer to credit to purchase free products at a later date.

4th Set up your Monthly Essential Oils for the following month I recommend adding about $50 worth of items and select ship date.  You can change your monthly order about 2-3 days before it processes.

5th Fill out your information and remember by “Sponsor/Enroller” please add my ID number which is 2379050 for Sponsor ID and Enroller ID.  

Sixth, Follow up with me when your Starter Kit is delivered in the mail.

Finally, I will walk you “Step by Step” into the world of oils and what it offers and your household.

Commenting or sending me a message on any of my social platforms as a follow up will do! Good Luck!

Want to Learn More on Essential Oils Check out This

NATURAL WAYS TO GET MORE SLEEP AT NIGHT

TOP MUST HAVE ESSENTIAL OILS FOR BEGINNERS

Filed Under: Essential Oils, Simple Beauty & Health Tagged With: essential oils, essentialoils, essentialoilsforsleep, lavenderessentialoil

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