Aromatherapy-stress & Sport-Showers

Taking a warm shower after a work-out is one of the best things you can do, not only to make you feel good (all those negative ions you are inhaling are so beneficial) but to help eliminate the lactic acid that causes muscle ache. A shower with just soap and water cannot provide the deep cleansing your body requires, but using essential oils will help eliminate waste products from the body, preventing sore and aching muscles.

Before taking a shower, rub the body with a clean flannel on which you have just 3 neat drops of essential oil, rub it all over yourself and then shower in the normal way.

A combination of equal parts of rosemary, lemon and eucalyptus peppermint would be ideal for this purpose.

After showering, massage the muscles with a muscle relaxant oil or toning oil, depending on what you want to achieve.

ESSENTIAL OILS TO USE BEFORE AND IN THE SHOWER

Lavender-Eucalyptus Lemon-Rosemary-Birch-Lemon-Niaouli-Eucalyptus-Juniper-Eucalyptus Peppermint-Bergamot.

Reference: The Fragrant Pharmacy: Valerie Ann Worwood