Lavendar Herbal Body Oil

I have been obsessed with herbal body oils lately.

Okay, I’ve loved the practice of using body oils since I took my Ayurveda for Women’s Health training. I was a dabbler before that, but after that training I realized how much supporting our body with oils can benefit our health.

Our skin is our largest organ, and is a profound way to ingest medicine that is very gentle & effective on the system. It’s also incredibly nourishing, supports the lymph (detoxification) system, and hydrates the skin (especially important as we age and in dry climates),

The difference betweem the oils I’m loving lately and the Ayurvedic oils I use, is that these oils are with local ingredients that we know well, and potentially have in our own garden! I love the familiarity of it, the simplicity, and the effectiveness.

Since Jen introduced me to some herbal body oils she loves when she came to teach on my Wild Feminine Retreat, I’ve been using medicated (herbal) oils every day as true nourishment to the nervous system.

And lavendar is such an approachable, easy place to start.

It’s calming, relaxing, great for any age humans, and who doesn’t love the scent of lavendar?!

If you don’t love rubbing down your whole body with oils, try just a little bit warmed between the hands, then rubbed onto the neck, shoulders and earlobes before bed. Make it a daily ritual!

Lavender is great year round, but I especially love it in the summer months, when it grows aplenty, and when we’re often needing some calm to the summer solar busier energy. A perfect way to calm and cool down at the end of the day. However once you have this oil on rotation, I bet you’ll use it year round!

A quick note on essential oils:

A lot of info is coming around on how harmful essential oils can potentially be to our systems, as they are extremely strong and can actually damage and create a lot of extra work for the liver, especially when placed directly on the skin (verus diffusing). For this reason, a lot of people are loving whole plant herbal body oils instead, which are incredibly effective yet not quite so harsh for your body to process. I still love an essential oil but try not lather myself like I used to, and use these oils for that instead!