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Sleep Genetics and Essential Oils
Genetics indicate our sleep tendencies while lifestyle, environment, and nutrition determine our epigenetic expression defining our actual sleep habits & quality. Many turn to essential oils to help with sleep.

Essential oils are the current “rage” among many who seek wellness. The quality of the essential oil & the method by which it is delivered are of paramount importance. {to be addressed in an upcoming blog}

The Top 3 Essential Oils to Help you Sleep:
1 – Lavender Oil Is the most popular essential oil known to cause relaxation and assist with insomnia. It has a calming effect that can help day or night, but its anti-inflammatory properties can also strengthen the immune system and enhance blood circulation.
2 – Ylang Ylang Oil Known for ages as a strong sedative, you’ll find yourself drifting off to its lovely flowery scent in no time. Ylang Ylang has been used to treat depression, stress, tension, and anxiety, which are a few of the issues that can keep people awake in the first place.
3 – Frankincense Oil Commonly used in ancient times, this essential oil holds properties that can benefit the most stringent insomniac. It balances the mind, calms emotions, and helps support the body’s healing responses.
Essential oils cannot be contemplated without being informed of and observing the safe use of these oils.
Great information on essential oil safety:

The key to optimizing you sleep is complex; with optimal results coming from understanding your sleep related genetics, and having a lifestyle plan developed that enables you to optimize this key component of wellness & longevity.

19 May