how to use essential oils for anxiety and sleep

Sandalwood is one of the most wonderfully calming scents. The aroma pacifies the nervous system and it is such a beautiful fragrance. In India sandalwood is also named Gandha and Gandha is also translated as fragrance. Sandalwood is definitely an aroma associated with India where it is used in carvings,...

We are talking about balance. Because most of us need a little (or a lot) more balance in our daily life. We are into trying to find balance. At yogandha we even created an essential oil blend dedicated to and named balance. Below you can read about some of our...

you're probably aware by now that there is a connection between our breath and our mental state. If we breathe properly we can literally calm our minds. this is what the kids call a 'life hack' It works like this:  1. the mind is very hard to control  2. if we just bring our...

so why are essential oils the most useful bio-hack for anxiety? and, while we're at it, what is the stress reflex? we all know that the stress hormones trigger the fight-or-flight response, which goes on to deliver a wide range of wildly inappropriate physical happenings:  - blood to the hands and feed  - digestion...

How's your sleep? Lockdown has - through general anxiety, feelings of loss of control and epic levels of screen - watching - messed with many people's sleeping. I believe that ritual can have a massive role re-calibrating sleep patterns. Because sleep is all about the state of the subconscious mind.  And the...

If you find getting to sleep pretty easy..but you tend to wake up at silly o'clock in the night and it's the 'wake-wake' type, where you find yourself cajoling your body....come on now, it's still night-time.." Well here are a few things that you can do to help this. 1....

with mental health awareness week in the UK, we want to share some of our 5 favourite essential oils for mental health and wellbeing. you can find some of these uplifting aromatic oils in our yogandha products. bergamot this beautiful light and fragrant citrus scent is sometimes called the anti-depressant...

In yogic philosophy, we know there is a connection between our breath and our emotions or mental state. if we breathe properly we can literally calm the mind. there are even certain breathing practises for specific purposes. western science agrees we want to share a specific technique that is an...

With yogandha ground, we invite you to get grounded, bringing your energy back to yourself and to the Earth. Each of our blends has a mantra - the mantra of ground is Apanam Dhehi  Apanam Dhehi invokes the qualities of getting grounded and nourished. It can be translated as: “may the...

Creating mindfulness rituals can be a simple way to bring more awareness and calm into your life. As the seasons change and we are moving into hibernation mode this is the perfect time to introduce nourishing and wholesome rituals into your daily life. They can be very simple. Sometimes simple...

We love to help you get a better night sleep with essential oils..but there's another set of ingredients we'd like you to consider.... You can imagine it...you have switched off your light, your head is sinking into the fluffy pillow as you wrap the duvet tighter…your eyes flutter shut.  you...