Back to Basics - For the many new essential oil customers out there, welcome to this e-newsletter. Love having you here.

I thought this would be a good time to send you all to Essential Oils 101 classes. I'd like to offer these easy classes free to new members in the future, and you would be a wonderful bunch to try them out on. What do you say?

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Enjoy Class, I promise we'll keep it fun. Yvonne Lewis

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The information provided here is for educational purposes only and is not intended as diagnosis, treatment, or prescription for any disease. The decision to use, or not to use, any of this information is the sole responsibility of the reader.

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In this issue:

1. Essential Oils 101 - Class One
2. Eyes on Lemon
3. 4 day Essential Oil Convention for only $50!

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1) Essential Oils 101 - Part 1

DO YOU REMEMBER YOUR CHEMISTRY?

Yikes. Let's get this out of the way fast, and start with the very smallest part of an essential oil.

The molecule - the smallest portion of a substance that retains all the properties of the substance as composed of one or more atoms - Webster's Dictionary.

Essential oil molecules are made up primarily of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms.

Different molecules determine the characteristics and fragrance of the essential oil.

Compounds are a collection of atoms with different moleculair weight. This is how we get to combinations like CO2 (carbon dioxide), H2O (water) and C6H12O6 (glucose).

BUT WHAT IS AN ESSENTIAL OIL?

An essential oil is a volatile liquid and aromatic compound distilled or pressed from plants.

The liquid may come from oil glands, hairs, ducts, bark, stems, leaves and flowers of the plant and is really not oily feeling at all.

Because of the distillation process you have a liquid that is many more times concentrated and much more potent than fresh herbs. A little goes a very long way.

Don't be thrown off by the word OIL. In contrast to fatty oils which are obtained from pressing nuts or seeds,

• essential oils do not go rancid
• essential oils are not greasy or slippery in nature
• essential oils are volatile, meaning they evaporate

IT IS CALLED ESSENTIAL BECAUSE WITHOUT IT THE PLANT WOULD DIE.

There are some great similarities between the action of the oil of a plant and human blood in our body. This may be why essential oils assimilate so well with our system.

• both fight infection
• both have anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and anti-viral actions
• both protect and close a wound after a cut on the surface
• both provide nutrients and oxygen for cell regeneration

STAY WITH ME FOR JUST A TINY BIT MORE CHEMISTRY

Essential oils contain hundreds of different constituents, some of which have to this day not been identified by chemists.

All these constituents act together in harmony, supporting each other to make an oil truly therapeutic.

Certain constituents can be harmful when you isolate them, for instance in the lab or creating the ingredient synthetically.

In the case of essential oils, constituents harmful in isolation may actually be very beneficial together with other constituents

This is what makes an essential oil unique, pure and therapeutic. They cannot be duplicated in the lab without loosing therapeutic value.

Start messing with the constituents in an oil, by adding synthetic chemicals, overheating during the distillation process, or dilution, and you can say goodbye to therapeutic, gentle, alive!, oils that work!

SO HOW COME THEY SMELL SO GOOD?

Fragrance is present in gases, not in liquids.

Because essential oils are volatile (evaporate) there is fragrance.

At the base of our brain, all the way up the nose sits our olfactory bulb.

Think of a bulb with tiny hairlike nerve extensions.

These odor receptors are stimulated by fragrance molecules flashing into the air.

The molecules and receptors fit together like a key in a hole. This opens "the door" to your brain and creates some serious magic.

Messages are sent to the Limbic system of your brain which contains such glands as the Amygdala - center of emotions, the Pituitary - one of our endocrine glands, the Hypothalamus - director of our hormone system, and the Pineal gland - which produces melatonin.

You can see we have put a connection between essential oils and how they affect you just by their fragrance.

Simply smelling them, breathing them from the bottle or diffusing them in your home can change your brain chemistry.

We are talking AROMA-THERAPY now!

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See you next month for Lesson number 2!!!

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2) Eyes On Lemon Essential Oil

You'll never run out of ways to use this multipurpose essential oil, from cooking and cleaning to creating a fresh atmosphere in your home.

Here are some easy ways to incorporate lemon into your daily routine:

• When diffusing stronger-smelling oils, try adding a touch of lemon to freshen the aroma
• Diffuse lemon from a tissue or diffuser for a boost to the emotions, or the help promote mental clarity
• Try adding lemon to a variety of beverages as a natural flavor enhancer
• Use lemon to spot clean everything from household surfaces to clothes and skin
• Diffuse as an air deodorizer and freshener
• Add 5 drops of lemon and 2 drops of peppermint essential oil to 1 cup of pure water, shake and spray for freshening
• Add lemon to foods like vinaigrettes and sorbets for additional flavor and gentle internal cleansing
• Add three drops of lemon to a bowl of water to clean anything from berries to broccoli. Let the food soak a few minutes and give it a final rinse
• Use lemon to clean up chewing gum, it dissolves in front of your eyes!

Lemon is so versatile that you'll quickly find you can't go a day without it! You'll find this powerful Young Living Therapeutic Grade™ essential oil in a variety of popular products:

• Thieves® line of products
• NingXia Red®
• Joy™ essential oil blend
• Gentle Baby™ essential oil blend
• Citrus Fresh™ essential oil blend

Did you ever visit our lemon page?

Citrus oils are expressed from the rind of the fruit, which makes it so important you have a true, organic oil in your bottle. The rind is exactly where all pesticides collect.

Citrus oils are photo-sensitizing! Meaning you should not wear them if you are going out in the sun, they will turn the skin brown.

By the way, perfumes are highly photo-sensitizing also. If you have ever wondered why you have darker skin on the sides of your neck, consider your perfume spray the big culprit!

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3) Four Day Essential Oil Convention for only $50

Once a year Young Living holds a four day company convention. Every time I go I come away in awe of the magnitude of these events and the amount of new information I absorbed.

I have learned among other stuff:

• how essential oils are tested
• seen pictures of the Hunza people who routinely get to be 100 years old
• newly discovered essential oils
• essential oil applications
• how to deal with depression using essential oils
• new products containing essential oils
• listened to chemists discuss therapeutic grade
• listended to fantastic motivational speakers

And on and on and on.

2009 Annual Grand Convention

When you attend this year's annual grand convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 16–19, you'll experience four educational and entertaining days full of hands-on business and product training, the chance to see and hear Young Living founder and president, Gary Young, limitless networking opportunities, and more.

Here's the big news:

As a new member and distributor (for those who sign on with Young Living between July 1, 2008, and September 11, 2009) You will pay only $50 for this event (Non-refundable- Non-transferrable)

For everyone else:
Registration: Before September 11, 2009 ............$125
Price includes: Convention registration

Late Registration: After September 11/at the door...$175
Price includes: Convention registration

Meal Tickets (three lunches) September 17-19.........$50

Kids Oil Camp (per child) September 17-19...........$50

Extravaganza Tickets (per person) September 19..... $15

Click here : to sign up Now