Forgiveness is a beautiful oil blend that is a favorite for emotional wellbeing and releasing emotions. This blend can help you move from self-denial, so you can forgive, and let go of patterning of the past without harboring resentment. It can also help us release the stagnant, toxic thoughts that get stuck and help us move forward!

JUST A DROP OF FORGIVENESS

• Has a comforting floral aroma with subtle citrus notes
• Helps facilitate feelings of grace and ease towards yourself and others
• Contains Rose, which evokes a sense of love and compassion and is one of the highest frequency oils
• Makes a lovely daily perfume
• Can be used alone or with other emotional support oils to release trauma, inspire forgiveness, and allow us to move forward in our full potential.

You've heard it said that unforgiveness is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die, and while a harsh comparison, it is also true. Harboring unforgiveness and vengeful thoughts can bring on stress, anxiety, and even physical symptoms like stomach ulcers, headaches, fatigue, and panic attacks. Releasing those emotions is key to your health, and we can use oils in that process in a beautiful way.

BACKGROUND Forgiveness is a lovely floral blend of Melissa, Geranium, Frankincense, Royal Hawaiian Sandalwood, Coriander, Angelica, Bergamot, Lemon, Ylang ylang, Jasmine, Helichrysum, Roman Chamomile, Palmarosa and Rose essential oils. Many of these oils are high frequency, meaning that they can actually raise our own frequency to a place where we can find better emotional and physical health.

Every living thing has an ideal frequency. As humans, we are living electromagnets! Our hearts use electromagnetic energy to push blood through our bodies, so we have an ideal frequency for maintaining balance.

Maintaining a high frequency in your body is key to staying healthy – this is actual science! As your frequency drops, your immune system lowers its guard. This opens the door to disease and illness taking hold of your body. And one of the biggest causes of low frequency? STRESS. The good news is that essential oils can raise your inner frequency and help you process those toxic emotions.!

FORGIVENESS & EMOTIONS Why use these essential oils for this process? Because of the power of aromatherapy and the limbic system.

Our sense of smell is directly related to our emotions and mood. The cranial nerve associated with smell sits next to the hypothalamus - the area of the brain responsible for mood, feelings and emotional processing. This means we can connect these two things on a physical level!

Essential oils are also high in compounds that can cross the blood brain barrier to reprogram bad coding from the cells. Then other compounds rewrite that code to restore the original perfect copy, one that will not keep us pulled into the physical and emotional effects of stress. This is a process, but the great thing about essential oils is that we have a CHOICE to embrace that process instead of loading our bodies up with lots of toxins and other things that create more confusion in the cells.

So how do we do this? What does it look like practically?

Look at the emotion you're dealing with. Then look at the “other side” – where you want to be instead of feeling the way you currently feel. Then, use the “way out” as a speak-aloud affirmation while inhaling, diffusing, and/or applying the oil to help rewire those thought pathways.

WIth the Forgiveness blend, we can process feelings of betrayal, wanting revenge, and deep hurts that we have experienced.

• Emotion: Betrayal // Other Side: Trust // Way Out: “I have the courage to accept the truth.”
• Emotion: Distrust // Other Side: Integrity // Way Out: “I honor truth.”
• Emotion: Repeating The Past // Other Side: Awareness // Way Out: “I learn from all of life's experiences.”
• Emotion: Revenge // Other Side: Detachment // Way Out: “I forgive.”

When using the Forgiveness blend, meditate on the opposite of the above emotions - supporting yourself, finding awareness to honor your experiences, detaching from allowing someone else to have a say over your worth and value. Use the mantras below as you apply the oil, sit with the feelings until you feel a shift.

Daily affirmations to pair with the Forgiveness blend:

• I Have Courage to Honor my Story
• I Learn from All Experiences
• I Forgive (others or myself)
• I Support Myself

KEY INGREDIENTS

• Melissa: a rare, valuable oil with a fresh, lemony-herbal aroma that helps to create a calm and peaceful atmosphere; referred to as "the elixir of life” in ancient Greece & Rome and has immune supporting properties
• Rose: a valuable oil with high-frequency notes that help create a peaceful, loving, and nurturing environment as you work through forgiving yourself and others; helps facilitate connection and open the emotions towards relationship
• Frankincense, Royal Hawaiian Sandalwood: high frequency grounding oils that are earthy and calming, soothing to the mind and body; high in sesquiterpene compounds that can help calm nervous energy and balance the body.
• Lavender, Roman Chamomile: calming and soothing floral oils with a hint of herbaceous aroma that help bring res to the mind and body; support the body's natural response to stress and inflammation
• Geranium, Jasmine, Ylang ylang, Palamrosa: feminine, floral oils that promote connection to self and others, calm and soothe the mind and body, and balance the emotions.

FULL INGREDIENT LIST Sesamum indicum (Sesame) seed oil, Melissa officinalis (Melissa) leaf oil, Pelargonium graveolens (Geranium) flower oil, Boswellia carterii (Frankincense) resin oil, Santalum paniculatum (Royal Hawaiian Sandalwood) oil, Coriandrum sativum (Coriander) seed oil, Angelica archangelica (Angelica) root oil, Lavandula angustifolia (Lavender) oil, Citrus aurantium bergamia (Furanocoumarin-free bergamot), Citrus limon (Lemon) peel oil, Cananga odorata (Ylang ylang) flower oil, Jasminum grandiflorum (Jasmine) flower extract, Helichrysum italicum (Helichrysum) oil, Chamaemelum nobile† (Roman chamomile) flower oil, Cymbopogon martini (Palmarosa) oil, Rosa damascena (Rose) flower oil

THE FEELINGS KIT Forgiveness is a key component of the Feelings Kit - a collection of powerful emotional tools that we can use daily to align our minds, release stored emotions, and bring balance to our lives.

• Valor is renowned for its strengthening qualities and ability to align energy centers in the body.
• Harmony brings a harmonic balance to the energy centers of the body.
• Forgiveness allows the release of harmful memories and promotes a willingness to move forward.
• Present Time allows you to see your life's future with an open mind for new possibilities.
• Release promotes feelings of harmony and balance of the mind and body.
• Inner Child brings feelings of stimulating memory responses and helps you reconnect with your innocence.

DAILY HABITS WITH FORGIVENESS

• Use the protocol above to truly process through past or current trauma and emotions, breathing deeply from your bottle of Forgiveness and applying it over your heart and abdomen. Journal, meditate or even stretch to move the emotions through your body.
• Make a roller with 40 drops of Forgiveness and carrier oil.
• Option to add in other emotionally supportive oils: Joy, White Angelica, Tangerine, Lavender, Valor, Inner Child, Hope. Apply liberally and frequently.
• Diffuse with Lavender and Vetiver at bedtime to release daily worries and anxieties and promote restful sleep.
• Apply topically to wrists, over the heart, to the edge of ears and feet.
• Try this Let it Go Bath Soak or simply add a few drops to your bath with a cup of Epsom salt and take a relaxing bath:
  • 1/2 cup magnesium flakes
  • 1/4 cup organic oats, ground
  • 2 Tbsp sweet almond oil
  • 5-10 drops Forgiveness or a mix of Forgiveness, Lavender, Tangerine
  • Mix together well, then place under warm running water and allow to flow into the tub. Soak as long as possible.
• Make a nightly massage oil to use before bed:
  • 4 oz pump bottle
  • 20 drops Forgiveness essential oil
  • 15 drops Bergamot essential oil
  • 10 drops Release or Lavender essential oil
  • Relaxation Massage Oil
• Add a few drops to some Relaxation Massage Oil for a trauma or emotional release massage or simply to help your mind let go at the end of the day.
• Remember to use it EVERY DAY! Repeat a positive affirmation that rings true to you for your situation
• Diffuse throughout the day, but especially when journaling, reading, or doing light yoga.
  • Forgive, Don't Forget: 4 drops Forgiveness, 3 drops each Bergamot, Tangerine, 2 drops Vetiver
  • Bless & Release: 4 drops each Forgiveness, Valor, Frankincense
  • Inner Calm: 3 drops each Forgiveness, Release, Tangerine, Lavender