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Aromatherapy Gifts
Sometimes aromatherapy gifts can be a very good choice for relatives,
although often they don't give the impression that all that much
thought went in to picking out the present. I would get scented oils,
fragrant candles, and other aromatherapy gifts from my niece and nephew
every year, and always thought that it meant that they didn't care all
that much about me, or at least did not know my taste in things.
Nevertheless, some of these aromatherapy gifts were quite pleasant.
Although I don't believe the new age kinds of quacks who say that
arometharapy oils have all kinds of special healing powers, I have to
admit that the scents of aromatherapy gifts do have the power to
dramatically change your mood in a variety of different, interesting
ways. My favorite aromatherapy gift is patchoulli oil which can be
burned in an oil censor. Oh, I know what you're thinking Ôø‡ patchoulli
oil is that disgustingly pungent fragrance which hippies use to
disguise their body odor from not showering enough, right? Well, they
do use aromatherapy gifts for that, but if you smell it and don't think
about stinky hippies, patchoulli oil is quite pleasant and gives the
mind a relaxed, natural feel that is a great place to return to when
you're feeling stressed out.
The reason that
aromatherapy gifts can so powerfully affect your moods has to do with
the way that the brain is structured. More than any other sense, the
sense of smell is wired directly into the brain, and bypasses the part
of the brain that weakens sensations, or filters out impulses and
feelings which aren't that important. This is why a particular odor can
trigger such a powerful cascade of memories. Aromatherapy gifts take
advantage of this, using odors to change your moods, not just by making
them better, but by exciting, relaxing, or otherwise altering your
consciousness. Aromatherapy gifts can be used as part of a meditation
practice too. When, every day at a certain hour, you smell the same
aromatherapy gift oil, you will know that it is time to release the
cares of the day and relax deeply into your practice. This is why
aromatherapy gifts are often good gifts to give yourself, as well as
others. And aromatherapy gifts come in all kinds of different types,
from candles, to oils, to incense sticks, allowing a wide variety of
uses and decorative functions.
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