| I know I am not the only one who comes home after | | | | Lavender, one of the most commonly used essential |
| work feeling either exhausted or irritable. Although | | | | oil in aromatherapy, is considered to have a calming |
| relieved to be home, I begin to think about the following | | | | scent, and therefore is the ideal candidate for relieving |
| day and I can instantly feel my blood pressure begin to | | | | anxiety, headaches, and stress. The scent also has a |
| rise. This is when I turn to crafting. Either I craft to | | | | sleep inducing quality and has been used to treat |
| relieve stress or I craft something that will relieve | | | | insomnia. There have also been findings of lavender |
| stress for me. This is how I discovered aromatherapy. I | | | | helping depression. This lovely essential oil will combat |
| make eye pillows filled with different essential oils and | | | | your anger and frustration while improving your spirits. |
| scents to help me when I am feeling exhausted, | | | | The lavender essential oil along with the dried lavender |
| irritable, and most importantly stressed. | | | | buds have become blessings packed into my little eye |
| The first essential oil I used was lavender oil. I became | | | | pillow. If I am tired and want to fall asleep, I warm the |
| excited to learn of all the benefits I was able to | | | | pillow up in the microwave for a couple of seconds |
| capture in my little eye pillow. I became quite surprised | | | | and then I doze off. When I come home with that |
| when I discovered the hidden secrets of this | | | | seemingly never-ending headache, I take my eye pillow |
| “magical” oil. Learning about how | | | | out of the freezer and ice away my pains. |
| aromatherapy came to be was also quite interesting. | | | | Find your own lavender infused eye pillow on my |
| Many, many years ago, the ancient Egyptians and the | | | | website at [ |
| Greeks used the fragrant scents of plants to help lift | | | | Note: I am not a doctor and have no medical |
| the spirits. Today, this same practice is called | | | | background, this article was written based on my own |
| aromatherapy. Aromatherapy uses herbs and the oils | | | | experiences while using the lavender within the eye |
| from plants to help with emotional and physical stress. | | | | pillow. |