AROMAPROFILES

Lavender- Floral/Herbie

Lavendula officinalis, l. angustifolia

Character

Harmonious, Calming, Healing, Caring, Compassionate, Embracing

Use To Counteract These Negative Attributes

Anxiety, Irritability, Stress, Tension, Mental exhaustion, Panic, Hysteria, Shock, Apprehension, Fears, Nightmares, Insecurity, Lost Inner child,Restlessness, Moodiness, Distracted, Addition, Obessionalbehaviour, Trauma, Conflict, Emotional violence, Agitation, Jitteryness, Deoression, Psychosomatic illness, Nervousness, Worry, Over-excitedness, Burn-out.

Use Fot These Positive Attributes

Secure, gentle, Compassionate, Balanced, Reconciled, Vital, Clarity, Comforted, Acceptance, Inner peace, Relaxed and alert, rested, Aware, Emotionally balanced, Spiritual growth, Meditative, Visualization, Rejuvenated.

Lavender could be called the mother, or grandmother of essential oils, able to care for a multitude of physical and psychological problems and, like a mother, accomplishing several jobs at the same time.

Lavender is the most useful essential oil and is usually the first that any student of aromtherapy learn about. It is the preferred essential oil of the nursing professions, who use it more for its calming and sedative properties rather than for the anti-infectious ones.

Lavender is the most commonly used essential oil in aromatherapy treatments and aroma-psychology research. There are several species of Lavender which are distilled to make lavender essential oil, and there are subtle personality variations between them, but here we are looking at the personality of the lavendula officinalis or angustifolia, the most commonly used species.

Lavender is the perfect balance between the masculine and feminine traits that are within us all, and that all grande dames exhibit boldly. Lavender is completly mothering in its personality - electric, formidable, yet gentle ad kind, and the perfect embodiment of Mother earth.

Embracing lavender is direct, pure of thought, brave and humble. It makes men gentle, and women strong.

Even in times of hardship a lavender personality bravely continues overcoming obstacles that are placed in their way, having the ability to give generously of themselves - caring for others, often with gentleness and sacrifice.

This type will be the first to offer to hold the baby to lull it to sleep, and the first to come to the rescuein times of trouble when help is needed. lavender seem to have an an inexhaustible amount of energy to c all upon, which their own calm exterior belies , and are the ones who will sit and talk to your plants or feed your cats when you go away, and who'll do the shopping for sick neighbours, and are always ready to listen.

The Lavender personality loves the earth , the flowers and trees, and will fill their homes with living things if they can. True lLavenders have an in-built correctness and spitituality. Nurses, buddies and foster parents are just some of the roles taken on by people who have a fair proportion of Lavender in their makeup.

They're also found fighting for a cause , but one usually nearer home than the rain forest - such as for fcilities for nursing mothers, or the physically disadvantaged. Whatever they put their campaigning energies into, it will be for a home issue, in one form or another.

Lavender types are often subject to flights of fancy and are happy to search for the elusive solution to life's problems - which is an aspect of mothering to a certain extent.

A male lavender is often drawn to the Ghia principle and New-Ageism, and will go looking for the godess within himself, or may go into farming where the mothering instinctcan have expression in the care of animals and crops. Whether male or female.

Lavenders are very versatile, and if stuck in a city job they'll be drawn to volunteer jobs such as helping the homeless and otherwise dis-advantaged.

A negative Lavender will be highly nstrung, wound up, and absorbing energies off everyone, never discharging them. They won't disclose their problems or troubles to anyone as they believe they must always care for others, overdoing it, never resting or sleeping properly.

Unexplained headaches and migranes are conditions which afflict this personality, along with aches and pains - which go away as soon as everything returns to normal.
Lavenders are gentle men and women. These intelligent people often become teachers but whatever they do, they will be kind-hearted, benevolent, humane, worthy and valuable.

Reference:The Fragrant Mind: Valerie Ann Worwood