When I was younger I had this obsession with witchcraft.
My friends and I would gather during recess and instead of eating we would write fake spells in our self made Book of Shadows and brew potions using a combination of mineral water, mum's stolen perfume and crushed flower petals.
Of course, our thick muggle blood prevented anything magical from happening and over the years we found something else to be interested in (eg. Jesse McCartney) and stopped practicing our version of witchcraft altogether.
One thing stuck though.
My love of brewing potions.
That's when I discovered essential oils!
Before my friends got me my very own oil diffuser, I would use one of the old fashion oil burner.
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| Something like this. |
It was amazing how a few tiny drops of lavender oil could fill the whole entire living room with such a soothing aroma!
Despite my interest, my knowledge about oils in general is rather limited and I've always wanted to know more about the different uses and benefits of oils beyond what Google has to offer.
That's why when I was offered a ticket to attend Young Living Malaysia's talk by Jen O' Sullivan, I got extremely excited and said yes as soon as I could.
In true paranoid and overly excited fashion, I arrived at Sunway Pyramid's Convention Centre a bit early so the place was pretty much empty.
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| Soon the crowd started forming |
Since it was my first time attending a talk by Young Living, I didn't know what to expect but I remember being pleasantly surprised over the diverse set of audience.
Mothers from every age group, their husbands, young working adults and even teenagers. It's like nobody could feel out of place.
Even awkward old me!
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| A little healthy snack for the talk |
The minute the hall started filling up with people I realised that everyone and I mean everyone smelled amazing.
Some smelled like lavender and some smelled like roses and there were other scents that I didn't even know existed in my whole 25 years of living.
I was just sitting there subtly sniffing everybody and getting rather giddily happy with the aroma when I noticed that everyone carried a bottle of an essential oil in their handbags.
They would occasionally take out a bottle and place a few drops of oil on the palm of their hands, rub it together and bring it close to their face to inhale.
I was dying to try it!
Part of me wanted to tap one of the lovely lavender smelling ladies on the shoulder to ask if I could have a few drops but I chickened out.
You'd think after spending 9 months in a legal firm dealing with intimidating judges and criminal offenders I would be able to pluck up the courage to approach kind looking mothers but no.
Still a chicken.
The talk was given by the famous Jen O' Sullivan, also known as "The Oil Lady to the Oil Ladies". She shared with us her journey of how she slowly incorporated the use of oils in her daily life and how there is a perfect oil you can use for just about everything!
It was interesting how there were so many things that I didn't even know that I didn't know. Does that make sense?
Like for example you can use oils like lemon and copaiba for emotional support ( I should have bought those) and how frankincense helps with maintaining a youthful complexion.
Which makes sense because it is also used in the process of embalming.
There were also some essential oils that need to be diluted with carrier oils because they were too strong and she demonstrated how a single drop of oil could make a hole through a styrofoam cup!
Imagine just purchasing an oil and rubbing it on the palm of your hands without knowing the actual damage it could do. Yikes!
All in all it was a very educational experience!
It was wonderful to see so many people coming together and discussing something they are deeply passionate about.
I could tell to some extent the oils definitely did have an influence because throughout the whole talk none of the babies and toddlers cried or squirmed to be released! I saw a mother rubbing oil at the back of the toddler's neck so that must be it.
They just sat there happily and patiently waiting.
Now that's magic.
