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Natural Solution Revolution | Jeanne Marie Blodi | TEDxRanneySchool


hi so do me a favor if you’ve heard of
using essential oils please clap your
if you’ve used essential oils please
clap your hands if you use your oils
today please clap your hands oh that’s
awesome okay cool so if you had asked me
that question four years ago there would
have been no clapping there would have
probably been like crickets a little bit
of something you wouldn’t might have
heard but since that time four years ago
I’ve had so many compelling experiences
between myself and the people that I’ve
guided it all started when I had a
conversation with somebody and a friend
overheard me talking about how my
husband hadn’t slept more than two or
three consecutive hours for over 12
years and she told me to put a drop of a
certain brand of essential oil on the
bottom of his feet and to be honest I
thought she was crazy but on the other
hand we were desperate so I took it home
I didn’t tell him about it till bedtime
and he was into it
because he was desperate he had tried
some other interventions nothing really
worked so he put it on his feet and had
a nice night woke up in the morning and
imagine our surprise when he had slept
for over six hours so at that moment we
knew we wanted to know more I started to
learn all I could about using essential
oils for wellness and for strengthening
my foundational health strengthening my
immunity and I learned that you could
even support things like using it for
every day headaches serious things like
head injuries your mood stress feelings
of sadness anxiety depression overwhelm
and so much more
our essential oils magic I know at that
time that was kind of what I was asking
myself they’re not they’re just volatile
aromatic compounds found in the earth
and they’re really just the protection
for plants for us to use to support our
bodies and the beautiful thing is every
person that chooses to use an oil has
such a diverse and unique set of
circumstances and lifestyle and needs
that there’s virtually limitless
applications for you to use them to
support yourself but they don’t work
alone I tell my clients to please try to
make good nutritional choices eat the
rainbow cheese burgers are kind of brown
and so’s the french fries and the bun
don’t overdo it you kind of want to try
to make some other good choices like
don’t lay in bed and play video games
all day drink plenty of water try to
stick to like half your weight in ounces
of water a day obviously you want to get
restful sleep because that’s important I
learned you also want to try to get some
movement every day if you don’t belong
to a gym that’s okay
Park a little further away from the
supermarket or from your place of work
or school take the stairs instead of the
elevator you can do that but one of the
prevailing themes that I have
encountered with all the people that I
work with is stress no matter whether
someone is five years old
fifty-five years old or even 105 years
old everyone is dealing with some sort
of anxiety so it’s really important to
try to get yourself to a state of calm
every day whether you are choosing to
meditate or pray or color play an
instrument go walk outside in nature
there’s so many choices maybe you want a
journal the only thing missing from all
of those other wonderful lifestyle
decisions is adding in those beautiful
antibacterial antimicrobial antiseptic
antiviral aromatic compounds essential
so some people kind of say to me you
know what is this kind of fad thing yeah
I’m not really into it the thing is
they’ve been around for thousands of
years the Egyptians were using essential
oils in beauty products I don’t know
they called them products in beauty
products in their burial rituals their
religious ceremonies the Romans were
using them for bathing and for perfumes
Hippocrates was in Greece and was using
plants as medicine thousands of years
ago and in India Ayurvedic tinctures and
and elixirs were being used over 5,000
years ago and most of those are actually
still in practice today and in the 19th
century there was a gentleman whose name
was Renee get a fuss and he coined the
phrase aromatherapy it all went from
there so no it’s not a fad but it is
something that people are in need of now
people are looking for solutions natural
solutions I’d love it if everyone here
could have an oil experience I have some
helpers and they’re gonna walk around
and they’re gonna help you all to get
yourselves a spot of wild orange
essential oil you’re gonna put your hand
out and they are going to hand you a
bottle you’re gonna take a drop and put
it in your hand like this just to drop
and pass the bottle please rub your
hands together gently and go ahead and
take your hands put them together when
it gets to you cup your hands around
your nose and mouth and take a deep deep
breath how does that feel do you feel
that smile forming to feel the corners
of your mouth
turning up right it’s a beautiful thing
it smells like somebody just peeled an
orange right so how does that work that
tiny drop of oil is going into your nose
and it goes into your olfactory system
and it touches on a variety of receptors
in your brain one of which is the limbic
system which we also know is called your
emotional brain so knowing that it
explains my smells trigger emotions the
way they do and just by smelling
something it can take you back to
another place another time in your past
it’s such a beautiful thing how an
essential oil just it just as smell can
take you to a place so far away who
feels happier a little bit better now
that they just had that I know I do
so let’s talk a little bit about your
limbic system it’s part of your brain
and the cool thing about it is it
controls things like your heart rate
Minds working your heart rate your blood
pressure your mood your memory your
respiratory system and so many other
things so knowing that it’s easy to
hypothesize how that one drop of oil can
have such a profound effect on your
physiological and your psychological
wellness you may have even noticed that
your own mood has shifted since you just
inhaled that essential oil I know that
you may have come in here thinking you
know you had a little bit of stress or
what’s this gonna be like you know I
have somewhere to go in a little while
but tell me a little bit more energy
you’re smiling you’re thinking about how
cool that is and like it smells like
so another way to use an essential oil
aside from aromatically is topically so
many people have things like old
injuries I know I hit a certain age you
have that knee pain or that kink in your
neck all you need to do is take a
beautiful drop of oil that has an
analgesic effect and all essential oils
have different chemical constituents and
properties you’ll choose one that has an
analgesic effect go ahead and apply it
to your knee or your neck or any other
part of your body that has that
discomfort and it will easily absorb
into your skin and begin to aid and
repair right there under your skin and
if there’s a reason you can’t get to
that knee or that neck or something
while you’re
having that discomfort you could get
that same repair if you will by just
applying that same oil to the bottom of
your feet the bottom of your feet is the
least sensitive skin on your body so you
know that you won’t have any sensitivity
to the oils there but in addition to
that a lot of your nerve endings meet
there has anybody ever stepped on the
light oh we know that feeling right
there’s an oil for that
ouch so anyway at the bottom of your
feet is a great place to use the oils
but over time it’s going to help to
support your body on a cellular level
from the bottom of your feet it goes
right into your bloodstream and it gets
to where it needs to go in just a couple
of minutes sometimes even shorter but
the thing is while it’s on your skin
whether it’s the feet or on that area of
concern it’s also having a profound
effect on other things like your
oxygenation your circulation and even
repairing and supporting your organs and
sometimes depending on the oil even has
effect on your neurotransmitter activity
so let’s say you can’t use an oil
aromatically the way you just did but
you’d like to support your mood on more
of a regular basis you will take that
essential oil and you’ll put it on the
bottom of your feet every day morning
and night like a regular habit let’s say
you’re gonna tie that habit to say
something you try to do at least twice a
day like brushing your teeth hopefully
everybody here does that so you’ll take
that oil and you’ll put it on the bottom
of your feet morning and night and over
time you’re going to see those benefits
to help increase your mood it will have
a very profound effect on you over time
on such a beautiful cellular level you
will not even remember what it was like
before another great way to use
essential oils isn’t
I personally have used basil to add
flavour to a pot of tomato sauce on a
Sunday and I use lime and cilantro for
adding some flavor to my guacamole which
I’m very proud of and if you have a
digestive issue you might want to add a
drop of peppermint oil to a cup of
boiling water to support that digestion
but did you know that one drop of
essential oil is the equivalent to
twenty-eight tea bags so it just gives
you an idea of how powerful using those
oils can be you definitely don’t want to
use more than a drop in any in any food
applications but with that let’s say you
want to use oils internally to support
your wellness to help to build your
immunity let’s say somebody you know has
a virus that rhymes with the blue you’re
gonna take oils that have constituents
that can help support you with
antibiotic and antiviral benefits
something like oregano oil and basil
rather not basil but Melaleuca oil put
them into an empty vegetable capsule and
take that four times a day maybe every
four hours or so so what will happen is
you’re going to be supporting those
symptoms and protect yourself so whether
you have the blue or someone near you
has it you’re going to speed along those
symptoms as well as help to protect
yourself and those around you from
getting it if you can’t swallow a pill
you could use those same exact oils in
just an ounce of water and throw it back
like a shot that same way and you’ll
still get those same exact benefits you
should know that your body is meant to
heal itself these essential oils are
just aiding your body in that process
these molecules have the ability to
cross your blood-brain barrier in a way
that most synthetics cannot do so guys
the thing is I feel so passionate about
helping anyone and everyone learn how to
support their health their foundational
health
their immunity and so many other things
using essential oils I know I was meant
to do this when I help someone and when
a child sees me from across a place and
says there’s that oil lady she help me
sleep better I was nervous about going
away to sleepaway camp and she gave my
mom this crazy roller and I took it and
it worked I can’t tell you how much joy
that brings me but I also know that the
people that invented prescription drugs
their intentions are amazing they want
to help people feel great they never
really suspected that the things that
they put out there might cause a cascade
of side effects possibly negative but
did I mention too that there are very
few contraindications for essential oils
so the beautiful thing is you can use an
essential oil to support something like
that kink in your neck or your knee and
suddenly you realize that stuff that
used to really bother you isn’t even
bothering you anymore you have this
other amazing positive side effect
you’re not annoyed by little things it’s
just a beautiful gift
is this your better future you better
believe it is so imagine this you’re not
feeling great you go to the doctor and
the doctor is listening to your chest
you have this tightness a call for just
not feeling great and you know you’ve
had this before you’re going to leave
there with a prescription you know that
it gives you a little bit of jitters you
don’t sleep great you get a little
sweaty if you want to feel better kind
of in a conundrum what if there was
another choice what if you could go to a
clinic nearby and that same MD that
medical doctor would hand you a bottle
of essential oil instead and had a
dropper bottle on the top of it and said
to you go ahead and put a drop of that
under your tongue every four hours or
put it on the bottom of your feet to to
support you guys that’s already
happening and it can come to a city near
you
but in the meantime don’t wait you don’t
need to wait
you can feel empowered to make it your
business to learn everything you can
about using oils to support your own
wellness and that of your family how
would you feel if you went to work one
day knowing you’ve done such an amazing
job this last year the boss calls you in
and says hey you’ve so much more
productive than you were last year
you haven’t had many sick days you
haven’t had any sick days what’s going
on except for when you had vacation
you’re a great attitude you’re so much
more productive I’m gonna increase your
raise and I’m gonna give you a bonus you
are on cloud nine you go home you’re
psyched you’re telling your family about
it and your kid comes home and says I
aced my test I haven’t missed one day of
school this marking period I’ve made all
the lessons I did all my homework
I used my oils to study and to keep me
well I didn’t catch all those things
that all the other kids in my class
caught and I feel fantastic and it’s
because we used oils and you’re yes this
is happening people all over the world
are sharing these experiences in online
forums every single day and you can be
one of them you don’t need to sit on the
sidelines and watch this happening you
can be empowered to do this as well get
on the train and ride along with us this
is a natural solution revolution and I’m
inviting you to take the ride this is
your better future thank you very much [Applause]
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