Precious Oils dōTERRA

Essential Oil Education coupled with handy DIY projects + Yoga and Meditation Practices to support you in your journey. All of the units are optional so you can make your way through what takes your interest first. Enjoy your learning and if you have any specific issues, questions or topics you'd like to know about please don't hesitate to ask. Love, Claudia xx

UNIT EIGHT

Yoga + Meditations

These free, accessible and useful yoga and meditation sessions are made available to support you in becoming more confident in using your essential oils within your self-care practices. Also because I deeply care about you and want you to have access to experiences that will help you balance your emotional body, quieten a busy mind, help you relax and sleep, improve your focus and support your immune system.

UNIT EIGHT - step 1

10min Yoga + Breath awareness session using Balance Oi

UNIT EIGHT - step 3

30min Morning Abundance Reset Yoga

UNIT EIGHT - step 5

Breath Meditation: Ujjayi Breath

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Breath Meditation: Ujjayi Breath

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Breath Meditation: Circling the Spine

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Breath Meditations: Diaphragmatic Breathing

UNIT EIGHT - step 2

Calming anxiety with breath awareness + Cedarwood

UNIT EIGHT - step 4

30min Vinyasa for cultivating space

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Partner Yoga

UNIT EIGHT - step 8

Breath Synchronised Yoga // Earth Element

UNIT EIGHT - step 10

Chair Yoga

UNIT EIGHT - step 12

Breath Meditation : Nadi Shodhana

STEP ONE

10min Yoga + Breath awareness session using Balance Oi

Recorded 20 March 2020

Feeling anxious? Want to regain some balance in the business of life?

This 10min yoga & breath awareness session is for anyone experiencing heightened sensitivity, shortness of breath from anxiety or mood swings.

Balance oil is one my go-to’s when I want some grounding (especially from enhancing in social media for too long..)

Balance oil may help create feelings of calmness, peace & relaxation as it harmonises various psychological systems of the body.

Make some space in your day to move from your busy mind and drop back into your body.

If sitting on the floor isn’t available for you, simply sit upright in a chair so your feet touch the floor comfortably.

You’ll be provided with options & modifications through the video.

Enjoy

STEP TWO

Calming anxiety with breath awareness + Cedarwood

Recorded 24 March 2020

I’m sharing this video with you after I used my meditation practice to recover from mounting anxiety that started to creep around the inside of head & heart.

You’ll hear the soft steadiness in my voice ~ it’s one of the physical effects I’ve personally experienced from a steady practice. My voice drops deeper into my body.

If you’re struggling with racing thoughts & high sensitivity, please take the time your body needs for you to recover.

Plug in your headphones, grab your Cedarwood & mediatate on your breath with me

Ps, the blend comes from the book Gifts of Essential Oils (thank you Deborah Husbands )

STEP THREE

30min Morning Abundance Reset Yoga

Recorded 25 March 2020

A morning ‘Abundance Reset’ yoga practice for your sweet body

Using Wild Orange

the oil of abundance, roll out your mat or towel or blanket, put on your stretchy pants & breathe with me

STEP FOUR

30min Vinyasa for cultivating space

Recorded 2 April 2020

This is an accessible floor based sequence designed to harmonise your breath with rhythmic body movements to create space in your back and chest.

The sequences of breath synchronised movements are offered to help lengthen and relax your breathing muscles helping you to feel calmer, more grounded and free.

Enjoy!

STEP FIVE

Breath Meditation : Ujjayi Breath

Recorded 3 April 2020

“The yogi’s life is not measured by the number of his days but by the number of his breaths”

~ B.K.S Iyengar ‘Light on Yoga’

In this video we are exploring our breath using a yogic breath technique called Ujjayi.

This breath exercise creates a sound similar to the ocean waves for us to focus our attention upon. Have you ever held a shell to your ear and heard the echo of the ocean? When practiced correctly your ujjayi breathing will create a sound like that and provide you with a 2 fold focus point, or drishti as we call a focal point in a yoga practice.

The muscular act of creating the ujjayi breath will cause the breath to have a textural quality for you to feel when you a breathing and the sound of your breath will be audible with your outer and inner ears.

Something I didn’t get the girls in this video to experience but we can do now is once you’ve established the sound of ujjayi, try covering your ears with your hands and simply listen internally to your breath. Its a very captivating and calming experience.

// Ujjayi is one of the most accessible pranayama practices we can learn and experience.

// Broken down, the word ujjayi means a sense of power, upwards or superiority. Jaya means victory or success.

// Therefore Ujjayi can translate to the ‘victorious lengthening of ones breath.

// Ujjayi is a Pranayama practice and pranayama (in yoga) is the regulation of the breath through certain techniques or exercises.

Prana means life force; as its related to the breath whilst also being a word of a wider meaning, relating to the life / energy of all living things including our world.

My invitation for you is to use this video as a reference tool for your home practice. Try sitting for 5mins firstly being with your body as you practice ujjayi breathing and slowly build it up to 10mins morning and night.

You can also use this breath technique during the day as tool to help you calm your nerves and bring your energy closer to your body.

STEP SIX

Partner Yoga

Recorded 4 April 2020

Here is a 30minute Partner Yoga sesh you can enjoy with your housemate, your children or your beloved.

// Accessible, grounding, tender //

Touch, the healing power of conscious connection.

Use your favourite essential oils to aromatically anchor this experience into your body and practice giving and receiving support.

Love, Claudia and Matt

STEP SEVEN

Breath Meditation: Ujjayi Breath

Recorded 8 April 2020

“The yogi’s life is not measured by the number of his days but by the number of his breaths”

~ B.K.S Iyengar ‘Light on Yoga’

In this video we are exploring our breath using a yogic breath technique called Ujjayi.

This breath exercise creates a sound similar to the ocean waves for us to focus our attention upon.

Have you ever held a shell to your ear and heard the echo of the ocean?

When practiced correctly your ujjayi breathing will create a sound like that and provide you with a 2 fold focus point, or drishti as we call a focal point in a yoga practice.

>> As the video progresses you will also explore the space between the breaths; between the inhale and the next exhale when the lungs are full or breath and between the exhale and the next inhale when the body is empty of breath.

>> Each of the spaces between carries a different energy, that of being full and that of being empty. We will visit this concept at another stage, for now simply know that they are there, ever present just like the inhale and the exhale.

// Ujjayi is one of the most accessible pranayama practices we can learn and experience.

// Broken down, the word ujjayi means a sense of power, upwards or superiority. Jaya means victory or success.

// Therefore Ujjayi can translate to the ‘victorious lengthening of ones breath.

// Ujjayi is a Pranayama practice and pranayama (in yoga) is the regulation of the breath through certain techniques or exercises.

Prana means life force; as its related to the breath whilst also being a word of a wider meaning, relating to the life / energy of all living things including our world.

You can also use this breath technique during the day as tool to help you calm your nerves and bring your energy closer to your body.

STEP EIGHT

Breath Synchronised Yoga // Earth Element

Recorded 9 April 2020

A practice for you to enjoy, be well every one.

STEP NINE

Breath Meditation: Circling the Spine

Recorded 10 April 2020

Shashumna Nadi* is the Sanskrit name for our Spinal Column, the central energy sytem of our body.

*nadi is the name of the energy lines in the body, in traditional Chinese medicine they can them meridian lines..

Here is where our body and mind communicate.

Your central spinal cord, the governing body of our central nervous system is where all of the nerve roots for our entire bodily organs emanate from.

Using the conscious breath we can paint the length of Shashumna Nadi, we do this for a couple of reasons;

a) deepen our experience of breathing. In our minds eye we watch and feel for the breath traveling down our spine to lengthen the breath and to open the lungs and our diaphragm. This allows for more oxygen to enter our body and our brain helping to relieve tension, anxiety and fatigue.

b) become familiar with any resistance or blockages we may have in our Chakra’s. We may feel the breath challenged to pass through the heart space, or through the mid-region ~ with patience and consistence practice, we may be able to move any stuck energy from that is dis-empowering us from fully receiving life.

I invite you to try this breathing practice today with a journal and pen nearby, your body may give you clear signals, sensations or visions of what that blockage may be. We could use the energy of Good Friday to recognise parts of ourselves, outdate stories or beliefs that no longer serve us and allow them to come up to our surface for resolution and to be let go of.

STEP TEN

Chair Yoga

Recorded 16 April 2020

Take a chair with a high back and your Patchouli oil (aka the oil of physicality ~ perfect for easing us into the healing gifts of solitude and grounding us into our body + a wonderful ally for those that loose time daydreaming and bring creative projects into fruition) and join us for 30minutes of quiet time in yoga.

STEP ELEVEN

Breath Meditations: Diaphragmatic Breathing

Recorded 17 April 2020

One of my favourite breathing exercises ~ Diaphragmatic Breathing aka the two part yogic breath.

Please have your Frankincense oil on hand

In this video you will get a brief description about how the diaphragm is related to our stress response and muscular action of our jaw / tongue, belly and our pelvic girdle.

By practicing how to relax your diaphragm we help our body to move into the parasympathetic nervous system which is where we can rest and digest our life’s experiences.

This process also helps us to enhance feelings of safety, feeling grounded and at peace with our lives.

Not to mention fill our body with Prana infused oxygen (our life force) giving us more

vitality
stamina
focus
presence

PLUS, we can have a positive affect on the aging process due to the increase of oxygen to our cells and the reduction of the stress producing hormones ~ why wouldn’t you want to learn how to improve and lengthen your breath?!

Here we are exploring how we can navigate our breath into different focus areas expanding our inner surface area and direct breath to different regions of our body.

We are using Frankincense for a number of reasons including it’s ability to support us moving into the parasympathetic nervous system, reduce inflammation of our respiratory system and calm the nervous system.

Here are some links to interesting blogs and articles you may like to read.

https://www.doterra.com/…/blog/spotlight-frankincense-oil

https://www.rheumatoidarthritis.org/…/diet/essential-oils/

https://draxe.com/essential-oils/what-is-frankincense/

STEP 12

Breath Meditation : Nadi Shodhana

Recorded 25 April 2020

Alternate Nostril Breathing

Requirements: Please have your Lemon oil on hand.

This video contains a live demonstration on how to practice Nadi Shodhana along with providing a detailed explanation as why we do this, when the best time of the day to practice is and some more information about the nadi system in the body ~ especially along the spinal column.

All of our other classes have led us to this point.

If at all during practice you feel unsteady, unsure of your breath or loose focus please simply stop the practice, let your breath return to it’s natural rhythm and then begin again.

Your nervous system is the most important thing we are wanting to care for, your breathing practices should support you in feeling calm ok?

We are using Lemon as it is the oil of focus + it is also a cleansing oil supporting us in releasing any stagnant energy. You can also use your Balance oil for grounding or something uplifting like Peppermint or Easy Air to support your airways if you prefer.

Enjoy your practice!

UNIT NINE - Ongoing Education & Classes

Specific oil education helping you to learn more about using your oils to support you and your family in this area.

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