Have you been curious about aromatherapy and have wanted to include essential oils in your practice or yoga or meditation? If so, this episode is for you.

For today’s episode, I sat down with Laura Colucci. Laura is a trained yoga teacher and owns a yoga studio in West Sussex where the Spritz Wellness brand was born. Spritz Wellness was one of our sponsors for our 100th episode giveaway. Laura splits her time between London and her beach house and the inspiration for the Spritz Wellness products comes from a combination of yoga, nature, and the sea. She uses aromatherapy as one way to be grounded and find calm in a very busy world.

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MY 5 BIGGEST TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE

1- Some scents ground you, others revitalize you, they reactivate memories and experiences in your body, and bring emotions back up to the surface.

2- Some benefits include focus and concentration, calming your mind, supporting better sleep, energizing, mood-elevating.

3- The more you use them, the more your brain recognizes the smell as a cue to trigger a physical response.

4- There are no contraindications to aromatherapy when inhaled. There are some to use the oil topically or internally.

5- The country of origin or the plant, flower, etc, will affect the quality and the price range.

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QUESTIONS SHE ANSWERED IN THIS EPISODE

• What is aromatherapy?
• Why use aromatherapy? What are some benefits?
• What are your favorite smells for meditation?
• Lavender is such a popular one, if you don’t like it, what would you replace it with?
• Can you explain how essential oils affect the brain?
• Are there any contraindications to essential oils?
• What do you say the skeptics?
• How can we choose a quality oil? What should we look for?
• What are your personal favorites? What are the first oils you would recommend people to start with?

ABOUT OUR GUEST

Laura is a trained yoga teacher and owns a yoga studio in West Sussex where the Spritz Wellness brand was born. Spritz Wellness was one of our sponsors for our 100th episode giveaway. Laura splits her time between London and her beach house and the inspiration for the Spritz Wellness products comes from a combination of yoga, nature and the sea. She uses aromatherapy as one way to be grounded and find calm in a very busy world.