Do you ever wonder sometimes where your passion and enthusiasm went? Did your 'fire' go out? If you are like me, it's easy to get things started, but sometimes the flame dims and it can be difficult to complete what you set out to do. If you need to stoke your fire and need more energy, this article post is for you!
I find that working with essential oils and the five basic elements: earth, water, fire, air, and ether from the Polarity Therapy model, are wonderful and effective ways to cultivate and balance energy.
The five elements mentioned above express the rawest form of the basic types of energy that we all have. Through movement, and using essential oils along with consciously directing our energy, we can significantly boost our energy when we need it. And this brings harmony to body, mind, and spirit.
I have found that when I use essential oils in tandem with yoga and energy exercises from Dr. Stone's Polarity Therapy, my whole being shifts. I can find the power and focus I need to bring what I am choosing to create into manifestation.
Fire helps us focus, have confidence, self-discipline, and meet the challenges that seem to block us. According to Polarity principles, the areas in the body where the fire element resides are the solar plexus, the thighs, the head, and the eyes.
The essential oils that I recommend for boosting and harmonizing the fire element are: Transformation, Purification, Live with Passion, Purification, Lemon, Peppermint, Ginger, and Sandalwood.
Step 1. Set your intention
Before you begin, take a moment to center and ground yourself. As you are setting your intention for gaining more energy, to increasing your motivation, and or to focusing your actions, place a few drops of your favorite warming and stimulating essential oil in your palms, and inhale the aroma. Place a few drops on your solar plexus which is just between your sternum and belly button. If you have sensitive skin, remember to dilute your essential oils with a blend of fatty vegetable oils.
Step 2. Mountain Pose
Stand with your feet together, arms down by your sides, drawing the arches of your feet upwards. Elongate your spine, draw your tailbone down towards the floor, bring your shoulder blades down your back, lift your chest and widen your collar bones. Gently lift the top of your head toward the ceiling. As you become still, focus on your breath and your intention. Occasionally inhale the scent of the essential oil that you've chosen you chose to work with. Some ideas for your intention might be: "To grow my business," or, "To have more confidence," or "To have more energy to complete ______________." (Fill in the blank with your specific task). You can have a new intention every day, or stay consistent with one intention until it has come to completion.
Step 3. Preparation
Ha! Breath: Stand with feet hip-distance apart, place your hands right over left, with your left palm centered over the diaphragm. As you inhale through your nose, feel your diaphragm expanding. Exhale through your mouth making a loud, staccato "HA!" sound. Feel your diaphragm contracting. Repeat 5-10 times.
Step 4. Execution
HA! Airplane: Find a focal point to look at and allow yourself to settle and relax with your intention in mind. With your feet together, standing tall, bring your arms out to the sides like airplane wings, with your palms facing down. As you inhale three times quickly through your nose, cross your right arm under your left arm, criss-crossing the arms at chest height three times, matching the inhalations with your arm movements. Then bring your arms back out to your sides and rise up onto your tip-toes and exhale through your mouth with a loud and sharp "HA!" Repeat 10 times.
When you are done, I suggest you walk around for a few moments, keeping your energy moving, and then gradually come back to Mountain Pose. Re-connect to your intention and breathe in the essential oils on your palms.
This entire exercise will only take a few minutes, and it can serve as a wonderful pattern disruption when you are feeling stuck, angry, or flighty and all over the map with your thoughts or emotions. I find this exercise really helps my students get clearer and more focused.
Try it and let me know what happens for you!
Visit http://www.aromayogaguide.com/ to learn more about author Tracy Griffiths, who is a Certified and Licensed Massage Therapist, Registered Polarity Practitioner, Polarity Educator and Aroma Yoga instructor. Her school, Life Energy Institute/Grace Aroma Wellness, provides continuing education for nurses, acupuncturists and massage therapists and is approved by the Board of Registered Nurses in California, the NCBTMB and the NACCOM. Tracy is also the aromatherapy instructor for Donna Karan's Urban Zen Integrative Therapy Program, a 500 hour training that brings specialized yoga instruction, Reiki and aromatherapy to hospital patients, nurses and other health care providers. She is also the author of Aroma Yoga®: A Guide for Using Essential Oils In Your Yoga Practice.
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