The best essential oils for meditation depends on the intention and style of your meditation practice. The appropriate choice of oil can enhance the the benefits of mediation.
Still, most meditiation practices are similar in a number of ways.
Most meditation methods aim to:
- release stress,
- calm the mind and body,
- balance the mind and body, and
- encourage the meditator to listen to the inner voice or deeper self.
Essential Oils and Mediation
Subtle aromatherapy (vibrational attributes of aromatic plants) and essential oils that facilitate stress release, calm the mind and body, and open your perspective are typically appropriate for meditators.
Beyond this, it’s a matter of setting an intention, selecting the best type of practice, and adding essential oils that support the specific intention and practice.
For example, a clearing energy meditation can be pared with specific essential oils such as white sage (Salvia apiana) and/or juniper berry (Juniperus virginana), both of which poscsess significant energetic clearing properties. And for a meditative practice that aims to also raise your vibration such a Joshin Kokyu Ho Reiki meditation, you might want to add @@@@@@EOs
Best Essential Oils for Meditation
Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) is one of the most well-known essential oils for releasing stress and calming the mind and body, but there are many essential oils that could be used including Roman chamomile (Chamaemelum nobile), bergamot (Citrus bergamoia) and clary sage (Salvia sclarea) just to mention a few. Both clary sage and patchouli (Pogostemon cablin) quiet an overactive mind. They also improve the circulation of life force energy or chi (also known as prana and ki).
Many meditators aim to raise their vibration and expand their auric field. This is common for spiritual practices, as is making a connection to a higher source or universal energy. Some good essential oil choices are frankincense (Boswellia carteri), sandalwood (Santalum album), galbanum (Ferula galbaniflua or Ferula gummosa) and mastic (Pastacia lenistcus).
To raise the vibration or expand the auric field and/or take oneself out of the body, it’s a good idea to add an essential oil that grounds such as patchouli, vetiver (Vetiver zizanoides), tarragon (Artemisia dracunculas), cedar (Cedrus altantica) and petitgrain (Citrus aurantium) are some of the essentials that ground.
Application of Essential Oils for Meditation
The best way to incorporate subtle aromatherapy and essential oils into your meditation practice is to diffuse supportive essential oils in the room where you meditate. You can use a diffuser or add some essential oils to a candle, that is if you use one when you meditate. To add scent to a candle, light it, let the wax melt, blow out the flame and add just a few drops to the melted wax. Then relight it. Take extra care with the candle because essential oils are volatile.
Aromatherapy personal inhalers can ground, center, and instill relaxation, putting you in the right state of mind for your meditative practice.
Smudging (energetically clearing) removes negative energy from the meditation space and creates a clean and supportive environment for meditation. Smoldering herbs, liquid smudge, or diffuser oils derived from appropriate plant species can all provide energetic clearing.
