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Positive Mind, Mood & Emotion - Alertness

Alertness

Twenty thousand years ago, being alert was the difference between life and death. You couldn't wander around the country side ignoring the sound of a twig cracking behind the bush (an animal about to charge) or the site of a plant crushed on the groung ahead (potential dinner nearby). Well you could, but you might not have lasted very long or had much to eat.

Being alert is a survival mechanism , now as ever. Women walk down the street late at night acutely aware of the footsteps behind them, and alert to shadows in the alley upahead.

Drivers are alert to the vehicles in front and behindand mothers are alert to their children's movements in the playground. We are all alert, to greater or lesser degree because our life or someone else's life might depend on it.

Also, our future and job might depend on it and managers make sure they're alert in meetings while students must be alert to what the tutor says if they want to stay on the course. Certain jobs require more alertness than others.

If a pilot, air-traffic controller or train-driver are not alert, just for a minute, a major disaster can result.

Being alert is more than vigilance and attention, like soldiers on a guard. It's about mental responsiveness,being alive in the head. Alertness extends beyons our physical surroundings, it's about being alive to the people around us too.

Can we hear the twig breaking and can we sens what people are feeling? Alertness is not just about staying alive, it's about being alive - on the ball, in the game, sensitive.

Essential Oils That Help To bring About Alertness

Basil, Black Pepper, Cardamom, Coriander, Cinnamon, Juniper, Petigrain, Thyme, Eucalyptus, Peppermint, Rosemary, Pine, Grapefruit, Bergamot, Lime

See methods of use Chart 5.1 for oils which should not be used in the baths.The following two blends can each be diluted into 30ml base oil and made into stimulating massage oils, or made up into a synergistic blend

Using these proportions and use 5 drops in the bath, or 1 to 3 drops in inhailations, or 8 drops in one of the room methods.

Alertness Blend 1

Juniper 14 drops-Pine 8 drops-Rosemary 8 drops

Alertness Blend 2

Grapefruit 10 drops-Lime 10 drops-Black pepper 5 drops-Peppermint 5 drops

The following blend is for use in diffusers only. Again, it is stimulating and helps make one alert.

Diffuser Blend Alertness

Eucalyptus citriodora 15 drops-Peppermint 5 drops-Basil 5 drops.

Reference:The Fragrant Mind: Valerie Ann Worwood