Hello,
Being mindful of things that you need to clear from the past year and having them coming to your awareness has 4 key points of the Lorrie Method Self Care Check list:
- Mindful Breathing
- Find the Stagnate Energies – Have a Pen and Paper
- Formulation & Application of 4 Essential Oils (Orange, Ginger, Clove and Nutmeg) for Clearing the Stagnate Energies & Restoring Your Energy
- Reframing Exercise: Clear the Stagnate Energies and Restore Your Positive Outcome
Mindful Breathing
- Find a comfortable position.
- Relax your body completely.
- Close your eyes
- Inhale with deep a breath like you are sniffing a rose
- Exhale like you are blowing out a dandelion
- Repeat it two more times
- Keep your eyes closed.
Find the Stagnate Energies
- With your eyes closed – Start scanning your body from the feet up for any stress, pressure, tension.
- When you come to an area where there is any stress, pressure, or tension – Check in with yourself and ask where this is coming from?
Write it down.
- Is my stress, tension, or pressure; emotional, mental, physical, or spiritual?
- Trust your connection between your mind and body.
- Write it down.
- Now ask what is the solution?
- Write it down
Now it is time to make the Constipation essential oil blend and apply it. I bet you are wondering why I am using a formulation for Constipation? When you are constipated you are not clearing things out of the mind and body. You are holding onto old ideas, old hurts that aren’t helping you to move forward and be in the present. These old ideas and hurts are only hurting you no one else. So let’s clear it out with my Formulation for Constipation:
5 drops Orange (Citrus sinensis L Persoon (CH.) – helps the body to move the fluids and balancing the microbiome in the gut with a chemical constitutent that it contains called limonene. Emotionally, Orange warms & energizes the heart and makes us feel joy and happiness. for more on Orange
5 drops Ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe – reduces inflammation (read more) and warms the stomach for better digestion. Emotionally, Ginger revitalizes the energy of the mind which propels you to take action.
2 drops Clove bud (Syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merr. & L.M.Perry – known for its antiseptic and antibacterial properties coming from a chemical constituent which contains contained eugenol. Clove is also known for its positive impact on our minds and re-energizes the mind and body. Read more
1 drop Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans Houttuyn) like Ginger it is anti-inflammatory, and has antibacterial properties like Clove due to its eugenol content. Nutmeg relieves a stressed mind and pain (read more)
4oz. Olive oil or Castor Oil
Cotton Flannel
In a small pan, warm the Olive or Castor oil to room temperature. Then add essential oils and stir well. Run the cotton flannel through the Constipation formulation. Lay the cotton flannel on the across the belly button and let it rest there for 15 minutes.
Apply daily for 28 days.
Find this Formulation in my book, Common Scents, A Practical Guide to Aromatherapy on page 22.
Reframing Exercise: Clear the Stagnate Energies and Restore Your Positive Outcome
As you have your Castor Oil Pack on.
- Relax your body
- Close your eyes
- Do your Mindful Breathing Technique 3 times
- Then imagine your solutions and the positive outcomes it will bring with all your senses: See it, Feel it, Hear it and Smell it.
- And so it is.
I am looking forward to you being with me to learn more Mindful Techniques with Essential Oils & Flower Essences for you to Fulfill Your 2026 Wishes.
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Better Health and Happiness in 2026,
Lorrie
The metaphor of stagnation has long served as a bridge between physical sensation and emotional experience across diverse healing traditions, where the sensation of being blocked or immobilized resonates in both bodily and psychological dimensions without implying direct causation. Historical approaches to vitality often turned to botanical allies such as citrus and warming spices not as mechanical interventions but as symbolic participants in rituals of renewal and release. These aromatic substances entered cultural practice through slow accretion of observation and meaning, their limonene and eugenol constituents later becoming subjects of analytical inquiry while their traditional associations with warmth and movement persisted in folk understanding. Contemporary individuals navigating questions of personal wellbeing encounter an intricate landscape where ancestral plant wisdom coexists with modern clinical frameworks, each demanding thoughtful discernment rather than passive adoption. The digital age further complicates this terrain by offering unprecedented access to diverse health narratives ranging from historical formulations to pharmaceutical contexts where one might read more about Generic Levitra customer experiences when bought online without prescription requirements at this link while exploring broader questions of autonomy and informed choice. Such abundance of pathways ultimately returns the individual to the quiet responsibility of interpreting their own experience within multiple overlapping systems of knowledge and belief.