Essential oils and aromatherapy are widely used for stress and anxiety. Stress and anxiety can result in a wide variety of both physical and mental consequences that can negatively impact your health and well-being, so it's a good idea to develop a consistent strategy of stress management. Below are a number of ways aromatherapy using essential oils can be incorporated into your stress management regimen.

Essential Oil Air Therapy for Stress & Anxiety

Essential oils can have powerful and immediate effects on stress and anxiety. The fastest way to experience the healing benefits of essential oils is through inhalation. All of the following essential oils are good choices for reducing stress and anxiety: bergamot, cedarwood, clary sage, cypress, frankincense, jasmine, lavender, lemon, lemongrass, mandarin, neroli, orange, patchouli, peppermint, pine, rosemary, geranium, sandalwood, rosewood, and ylang ylang. Our essential oils blends, Stress Relief, Calm, Headache Relief, Lavender Meadow, Blue Water, and Verve, are also good choices. Aromatherapy diffusers are a great way to passively enjoy the benefits of essential oils.

Essential Oil Bath & Body Care for Stress & Anxiety

Taking time-outs to pamper yourself is a good way to reduce stress and anxiety, especially if you combine these time-outs with the use of the right essential oils. Our Lavender bath and body product collection are good choices for this, as well as our Calm Bath and Body Collection. We also have a Stress Relief Bath Bomb. Our Anxiety Relief Bath & Massage Oil essential oil recipe is a good option to blend at home. Alternatively, you can add 10 drops of any of the essential oils suggested here directly to your bath, or blend them with our unscented bath and massage oil, unscented body salt scrub or any of our unscented body products.

On-the-Go Wellness Solutions for Stress & Anxiety

The Stress Relief Aromatherapy Roll-on, Calm Aromatherapy Roll-On, Headache Relief Aromatherapy Roll-on or our Stress Relief Inhaler are great choices for on the go. Our Lavender Spray Mist or our Calm Spray Mist are also a good options. Alternatively, you can add a 1-2 drops of any of the essential oils listed here to a tissue and breathe into it deeply. Or you can create your on on-the-go solution adding any of the above essential oils or blends to our unscented roll-on or our unscented spray mist. Read our aromatherapy custom blending guide for tips.

*NOTE: This guide is based on published traditional uses of Essential Oils and is for reference purposes only. It is not intended to treat, prescribe or diagnose. The information contained herein is in no way considered a substitute for consultation with a duly licensed health care professional.

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