Blog – Lori Peters

Fun facts about Lavender essential oil and the difference between Lavender essential oil vs. Lavender Vitality essential oil.

• There are many different species of Lavender. Young Living distills our Lavender essential oil from the flowering tops of Lavandula angustifolia– which is known as True Lavender. A perennial herb which is a member of the mint family.

• Lavender has been used for centuries for bathing, relaxation, cooking, and as a perfume.

• The name Lavender comes from the Latin verb, “lavare,” which means to wash.

• Lavender is drought-tolerant and can grow well in higher temperatures.

• Over 2500 years ago in Ancient Egyptian times, lavender was used during the mummification process.

• Lavender was used in Medieval times, when baths weren’t common practice, to freshen and scent clothes and bed linens.

• Most active constituents are Linalyl acetate and Linalool.

• Did you know? It takes 27 square feet of lavender plants to make one 15 ml bottle of lavender oil?

What is the difference between Lavender Vitality and Lavender essential oil?
The Vitality oil is the same 100 percent pure, therapeutic-grade essential oil as the topical/aromatic essential oil. The difference is that Vitality is labeled specifically for dietary use and is the appropriate product to use when promoting and using oils internally.

Lavender essential oil is one of the most versatile essential oils and is Ideal for creating a soothing and calming environment. I use lavender more than any other essential oil, it’s my go-to. Diffuse it for a fresh, clean scent and to eliminate odors. Lavender also supports healthy-looking skin and makes a great addition to any beauty routine. Lavender is also great to use on children because it is very gentle, just make sure to dilute!

Lavender Vitality has endless usage possibilities, especially when used in cooking. Use it in savory dishes like lamb or chicken or sweet desserts like pound cakes and shortbread. It’s great to add to jams and lemonades. Personally, my favorite way to use Lavender Vitality is taking in a capsule with Copiaba Vitality and Peppermint Vitality. I add 3 drops of each to a veggie capsule and take a few times when I am spending time outdoors.

I am a Natural Home Living Advocate and a professed “Chemical Crasher”! For years I was like everyone else and bought into the marketing of the chemical products that are all over the supermarket shelves. I thought you could not have a clean home without the bleach smell, wiping and spraying constantly and static free clothes with use of dryer sheets. As a Registered Nurse I saw first hand how the marketing industry controlled what was said and how it was presented to entice our brains to use their product over another. I realized that western medicine was not really healing patients of their ailments they were just a “quick fix” and that to continue to have this illusion of health, one needed to continue to take the medications on a regular basis, month in and month out. Hence big pharma was getting rich and people were not truly getting better. I started praying for a solution that would help myself and others rather than the standard quick fix. Then I discovered that Natural Products were the way to go.

I was always taught that our bodies are a temple and that we must care for them. I didn’t really know what that meant as a child but after almost 20 years of nursing I came to realize that the garbage of preservatives and chemicals that we put in and onto our bodies affect the cell structure and is one of the causes of sickness and infirmity that the body has to deal with. God created our body to strive for “Balance” in medicine it is called “homeostasis” and no matter what we do, our body always tries to balance itself. We have to give it proper nutrients and fuel to preform optimally. Growing up on a farm I are fresh vegetables and meat that my father raised, we were very healthy and had abundance of energy. After I got married and started having a family, our youngest child had a health issue at the age of 5 and I started researching and trying to figure out the problem and how to help my child. She was my responsibility so my quest began.

Thank you for joining me to see what we learned, what we did and ultimately how we arrived at the conclusions that an ALL NATURAL, CHEMCIAL FREE HOME WAS THE ONLY WAY TO TRULY ALLOW OUR BODIES TO PREFORM AS GOD INTENDED. We will share our journey with you and prayerfully you too will see the wisdom of making the changes we did and receive the amazing health benefits that we have. I will be here to work with anyone that wishes and will try my very best to offer the best and most sound advice.