Relaxing Diffuser Blends: 3 Recipes

I have a few favorite relaxing diffuser blends that I come back to again and again. . .

. . .but I'm always blending and coming up with new recipes!

Sometimes an oil will surprise me with how soothing it is, and I'll  wonder why I've never used it in my relaxing diffuser blends before. Then I have a whole new set of ideas for blends to make! If I'm diffusing essential oils in a candle diffuser, I usually stick to about 5 drops. If I'm using an electric diffuser, I'll use more—about 10 drops.

Once I find a diffuser blend that I love, I often make a little stock bottle of it. I keep the stock bottle right near the diffuser, so I don't have to keep all the oils in the blend right there.

Here are three relaxing diffuser blends I've been loving recently. The drop count here is for one use in an electric diffuser. That way you can test out the recipes, and if you like one then you can make your own stock blend. To make a stock blend in a 5 ml bottle, just increase the recipes below four times.

Meditate and Smile (you can call this the Smiling blend!)

• 6 drops Frankincense Oil (Boswellia carterii)
• 2 drops Orange Oil (Citrus sinensis)
• 2 drops Patchouli Oil (Pogostemon cablin)

So your stock blend for this would be:

• 24 drops Frankincense Oil
• 8 drops Orange Oil
• 8 drops Patchouli Oil

Floral Heaven

• 5 drops Lavender Oil (Lavandula angustifolia)
• 1 drop Ylang Ylang Oil(Cananga odorata)
• 4 drops Palmarosa Oil(Cymbopogon martini var. motia)

Calm and Earthy

• 4 drops Vetiver Oil (Vetiveria zizanoides)
• 3 drops Patchouli Oil(Pogostemon cablin)
• 3 drops Orange Oil (Citrus sinensis)

If you'd like to see how I make stock blends for diffusers, you can watch me in this YouTube video. The video is actually for an energizing diffuser blend, but you can just follow the same process with different oils to make your relaxing diffuser blends.

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