For support on how to release old trauma held in the face and head through our Natural Facial Rejuvenation Program we now have a new Home Study Program at www.RejuvenateMyFace.com

And now Essential Oils for Rejuvenating Your Skin by guest author, Rufina James

Essential oils and beautiful skin are natural companions. Ancient civilizations knew the nourishing and restorative powers of essential oils for skin and used them in their highest quality cosmetics and skin care formulations. In the centuries since, very little can match the versatility, regenerative abilities and effectiveness of essential oils on the skin.

The skin is the body’s largest organ. It is the “armor” that protects us from pathogens and excessive water loss, as well as help insulate the body, regulate temperature and provide the sense of touch. Perhaps it is because we have so much skin that most of us take it granted, until it begins to show signs of aging, especially in the face.

The face tends to show the effects of aging more than anywhere else in the body perhaps because it is exposed to the elements more than other parts. Another reason is because, of all the skin on the body, the areas under the eyes and around the eyelids have the thinnest skin. These are typically the first areas to show signs of aging, in the form of sagging skin, “crows feet” and wrinkles.

The good news is, aromatherapy skin care provides natural skin restoration, can reduce fine lines and wrinkles, diminish age spots, even out skin tone and increase the elasticity and density of skin.

Essential oils work so well for the skin because of their inherent properties. Unlike most chemical molecules, essential oil molecules are small enough to absorb easily into the skin.
They are soluble with the lipids in the skin and renew the skin by penetrating all the way down to the dermal layer where new cells are generated.

Skin problems can occur for several reasons, including:

• The skin being stressed and drying out
• Build-up of bacteria, pus, or excess sebum, as in acne and rashes
• Issues related to the liver, colon, and/or digestive process
• Hormonal imbalances
• Normal aging

Each of the above conditions requires a different approach that can be summed up as a yin or yang approach. Essential oils considered Yin are soothing and calming to the skin, while Yang oils are cleansing and energizing.

Yang Oils:

When skin conditions arise from bacterial or fungal infections, yang oils that help reduce inflammation and combat infection are needed, such as:

• Eucalyptus radiata – Antimicrobial and antiviral, very helpful with acne.
• Frankincense – One of the oldest oils in use from antiquity, frankincense is helpful and supportive to the skin in every way, from smoothing wrinkles to helping balance oily skin to preventing acne to regenerating the skin and helping heal scar tissue.
• Geranium - Balances sebum, helps cleanse oily skin, revitalizes skin tissue, restores and enlivens pale skin. Has been used for centuries for skin care.
• German Chamomile – A gentle but powerful oil that promotes the regeneration of the skin and reduces nflammation. It helps support digestive, liver and gallbladder functions.
• Helichrysum – Well-known for its ability to regenerate tissue and nerves, as well as improve circulation and skin conditions.
• Lavender - Ideal for skin care as it prevents the build up of excess sebum and helps with acne, dermatitis, eczema, psoriasis, rashes and stretch marks.
• Melaleuca – Can prevent the recurrence of breakouts and blemishes. Has been shown to be as effective as benzyl peroxide in combating acne (acne vulgaris).
• Mountain Savory - A strong anti-infectious, antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, antiparasitic oil that a powerful energizer. Must be diluted when used on the skin, and only use on skin in when an anti-infectious oil is needed.
• Oregano - A powerful anti-infectious, antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, antiparasitic oil that an immune stimulant. Must be diluted when used on the skin, and only use on skin in when an anti-infectious oil is needed.
• Palmarosa - Antimicrobial, antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral. Stimulates new cell growth, regulates oil production and moisturizes skin.
• Rosemary Cineol – Antifungal, antibacterial and antiseptic, this oil stimulates and supports endocrine gland balance.
• Thyme – Highly antimicrobial, antifungal, antiviral and an immune stimulant. Must be diluted when used on the skin, and only use on skin in when an anti-infectious oil is needed.

Yin Oils:

When skin conditions stem from drying out or stressing the skin, yin oils that soothe the skin and rejuvenate are best, such as:

• Blue cypress – Excellent in skin care – helps circulatory system and lessens scar tissue
• Clary Sage – Helps with balancing hormones (especially female) and is helpful to dry skin.
• Davana – Stimulates the endocrine system, improves hormonal balance and soothes rough, dry, and chapped skin.
• German Chamomile – A gentle oil that promotes the regeneration of the skin and reduces inflammations. It helps support digestive, liver and gallbladder functions.
• Lavender – Ideal for skin care as it prevents the build up of excess sebum. Also promotes tissue regeneration, is calming and relaxing and nourishes stressed or sunburned skin.
• Myrrh – Has been used in Arabia for centuries for many skin conditions, such as chapped and cracked skin and wrinkles.
• Patchouly – Very beneficial for the skin and may help prevent wrinkles and chapped skin. Although it is anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial, is has a sedating, calming and relaxing effect.
• Rose – Used for the skin for thousands of years, rose oil is anti-inflammatory, prevents and reduces scarring and highly nourishing to
• the skin
• Rosemary Verbenon – Milder than rosemary cineol due to its lower camphor and higher verbenon levels, rosemary verbenon is ideal for skin care.
• Rosewood - Helps create skin elasticity and tissue regeneration. Gets rid of candida of the skin and slows the aging process.
• Sandalwood – Can hydrate and repair dry or damaged skin and has the ability to repair DNA, helping reverse the signs of sun damage in the skin.
• Spikenard – Although it is antibacterial, antifungal and anti-inflammatory, is has a relaxing effect on the skin and is often used as a skin tonic. It is known especially for helping treat allergic skin reactions.

Some oils have both yin and yang properties and are found on both lists. These oils can be used alone or in blends. Combining these oils with more yin oils can make them more yin, while combining them with yang oils can bring out their yang properties. In certain combinations, a yin oil can tame a yang oil, and vice-versa.

A well-blended combination of essential oils can do wonders for the skin, as in Essential Oil Beauty Serum.

Essential oils can also be incorporated into natural bases and creams with additional ingredients such as rosehip seed oil and wolfberry seed oil for additional moisturizing and nourishing. For example, the A·R·T® Essential Oil Skin Care System utilizes an advanced system of skin restoration that combines premium essential oils for skin, a proprietary anti-aging peptide complex and advanced enzymatic DNA skin reconstruction technology.

When using essential oils on the skin, make sure that you use only the highest quality oils. Otherwise, you’ll get none of the regenerating or rejuvenating effects and will be left disappointed.

Rufina James,M.M. is a natural health blogger, publisher and consultant. She has been the editor of The Real Essentials Health News for over 12 years and has first-hand experience with many chronic conditions as well as female problems and the most effective natural solutions to them.

Rufina loves using pure, therapeutic-grade essential oils on her sensitive skin. See Essential Oil Skin Care for more blends and creams incorporating essential oils that restore the skin.

Go to RejuvenateMyFace.com for our Natural Facial Rejuvenation Program or take our Home Study Program – at your own pace!

In Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine we have a term called “Shen”. This is the spirit of the Heart. When it’s healthy it shines in the face and sparkles through the eyes.

What we’ve noticed after teaching our Natural Facial Rejuvenation Programs was that a whole lot more was happening to our students than simply looking good. They were contacting parts of themselves that had been longing for connection; old injuries seemed to be melting away, old walls seemed to be coming down, a greater sense of openheartedness and sharing seemed to arise.

So students may come to these classes simply to learn more skills for their professional practice, or to rejuvenate and regenerate themselves, and perhaps… at the same time to heal deep parts of themselves.

Join us at: http://www.RejuvenateMyFace.com

We’ve had many different types of students come to take the Natural Facial Rejuvenation program – not just medical doctors and psychologists, acupuncturists, massage therapists and bodyworkers but also performers from the entertainment industry, attorneys, internet entrepreneurs and those in high level business positions wanting to rejuvenate their personal life and their professional world.

Sometimes their issues may come from deep old hidden events such birth trauma, old forgotten accidents or injuries, dental trauma or even old emotional wounds that have been buried for decades. These stagnant energies may have been forgotten and lost from consciousness, but they will be impeding the flow of healthy energy to the face and therefore contributing to the aging process.

Other issues that show up in the face can be digestive issues or allergies, for example.

Botox, fillers, cosmetic surgery, chemical peels or even makeup cannot cover up these old traumas and imbalances.

And no one is talking about this.

But through the process of gentle listening touch and laser touch, a unique synergy of biodynamic craniosacral therapy, Chinese facial acupressure and facial massage, energy blockages are able to start resolving. And then the face can change, uplift and become more luminous.

Sometimes old feelings of alienation and disconnection come up for healing as the heart connects with the body and a new sense of re-connection occurs. The Shen blossoms from the heart and flowers into the face and the eyes. We call this Radiance.

Take a look at some of these pics in the video above. Let us know what you think and join us at http://www.RejuvenateMyFace.com

(CEUs and CE hrs are available for Acupuncture, Massage, Bodywork and Nursing.)

Natural Facial Rejuvenation Home Study Course with CEUs

Big News!! Our new Home Study Course (or Distance Learning) has now arrived!
This is our Level One Course in Natural Facial Rejuvenation, natural facial massage and facial acupressure.
Currently it is being approved by the California Acupuncture Board for CEUs, and then we apply to NCCAOM (the National Certification Commission of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine) for CEU approval for Acupuncturists, nationwide. We are also approved by the NCBTMB (National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork)   for 15 CE hours for Massage Therapists and Bodyworkers, and for Nurses.

We are very excited about this and also offer our apologies to those of you who have been so patiently waiting for our Home Study Course in Natural Facial Rejuvenation to actually materialize. We do hope that even though you will now be able to take Level One at home that we will still see many of you at our Live Workshops in Los Angeles.

Our next Natural Facial Rejuvenation Live event will be in Los Angeles in April 21-24, 2012 and it includes both Levels One and Two with CEUs. For more information on learning natural facial massage and facial acupressure easily and effortlessly through a synergistic blend of acupressure and biodynamic craniosacral techniques go to http://www.RejuvenateMyFace.com