Forgiveness
by Troie Battles
at YL Wisdom
How would you like to give yourself
an amazing gift? What if this gift
could truly change your life and who
you are? You may have to do some
hard things to obtain this gift, but in
the end this gift could help you to
experience peace and joy like you
may never have felt before. The gift
is forgiveness.
Learning to forgive those in your
life who have really hurt you is truly
a gift you give to yourself. When you
choose to forgive, you choose to live
in the present and the future instead
of the past. Forgiveness does not
mean you have to forget, but it does
mean you need to release the angry
emotions and go on. Choice is a very
important aspect of the forgiving
process because forgiveness doesn’t
happen on its own, you must choose
to forgive. Living your life refusing
to forgive can lead to constant feelings
of anger, resentment, and bitterness.
However, when you choose
to forgive it is literally a release from
the burden of anger and pain.
Young Living Essential Oils have
developed an amazing oil blend
called “Forgiveness” that can act as
a companion to help you through
the forgiving process. This blend
will help you to release hurt feelings
and negative emotions. It has also
been proven to help release negative
memories allowing you to move
past your emotional barriers. The following
is a small sample of what this
oil blend is all about:
The Neuro-Auricular Technique
(NAT) by David Stewart
The so called “Neuro-Auricular Technique”
(NAT) was originated by D. Gary Young.
Contrary to the implications of its name, it
has nothing to do with the ears, as the word
“auricular” would suggest. It does employ an
“auricular” probe, a little glass rod with a tapered,
blunted tip, about the size and shape
of a ball-point pen, whose original purpose
was to place oils precisely on the reflex points
of the ear. Gary has done several variations of
Neuro-Auricular Technique. Their common
denominators include use of an auricular
probe to apply oils along the occiptal ridge
(base of the skull) and cervical vertebrae of
the spine (back of neck).
The version presented here is the one Gary
originally used for Parkinson’s Disease and is
the one that has been done regularly in the
Nova Vita Clinic in Guayaquil, Ecuador. It
can be done with an auricular probe or a glass
medicine dropper. Young Living does not sell
the glass probes since they are considered to
be medical devices. Glass medicine droppers
can be purchased at any drug store and
work just as well. They use medicine droppers,
rather than the probes, at the Nova Vita
Clinic and it was an eye dropper that Gary
used at the YLEO Seminar in Guayaquil,
Ecuador, February 23-29, 2008, when he
demonstrated NAT to a group of Young Living
distributors. However, the version Gary
demonstrated and taught at the Guayaquil
seminar is not the version presented here.
(See additional comments near the end of
this article.)
Outline of the Technique
Using the six oils in the sequence given below,
the following seven-step procedure is
done with each one. When the term “probe”
is used, it refers either to a glass medicine
dropper or an auricular probe:
Oil Sequence
1. Frankincense, 2. Valerian, 3. Vetiver, 4.
Roman Chamomile, 5. Cedarwood, 6. Sandalwood
The client needs to be lying face down, preferably
with a head cradle on a massage table.
You as the facilitator will be sitting in a chair
at the head. This technique can also be done
with a client sitting backward on a chair leaning
forward on the back of the chair while
the facilitator sits behind them or stands in front.
Sandalwood are all mostly sesquiterpenes (for
oxygenation of the brain and ganglia and for
deleting misinformation at the level of cellular
DNA). Roman Chamomile is mostly
esters (for emotional releasing). The locus
ceruleus is a mass of more than 1000 nerves
at the base of the brain, highly pigmented as
a bluish bundle of nerves. Hence, its name:
“Locus” means “location.” “Ceruleus” means
“sky blue.” The locus ceruleus is the central
switching station of the body. Every nerve
impulse controlling our voluntary muscles as
well as our organs passes through this master
control station. A principal purpose of NAT
is to make sure this vital nerve junction is fully
functioning along with the rest of the brain.
The locus ceruleus or medulla is the only part
of the brain that cannot be operated on surgically.
It is the portal through which our vital
life energy flows into the body maintaining
physical life. If this energy flow is interrupted
even for a split second by a surgeon’s knife, or
by anything else, our spirits are immediately
disconnected from the body and jump into
the next world, which is spiritual, not physical.
In other words, physical death is instant.
The vagus nerve originates from four areas
of the brain and exits through the vagal ganglion
at the center of the base of the skull in
the vicinity of the locus ceruleus (medulla).
The vagus nerve has thirteen branches that go
to all the vital organs of the body including
the esophagus, larynx, lungs, heart, stomach,
liver, large and small intestines, spleen, and
kidneys. It is through the vagus nerve that
the vital functions can still be maintained
in a person even though they be quadriplegic,
paralyzed from the neck down. The
vagus nerve is the largest of the twelve cranial
nerves. It’s name, “vagus,” means “wanderer”
because it wanders throughout the
organs of the throat, chest, and abdomen as
a direct wire to the brain in addition to the
spinal nerves that also serve these body parts.
The vagus nerve is principally involved with parasympathetic activity, which is largely involuntary
and often emotional. It regulates
heartbeat, is involved with the release of tears
in crying, controls digestion and peristalsis of
the esophagus and intestines, production of
many hormones, including insulin, control
of sphincter muscles, ovarian and uterine
function, prostate function, and sexual responsiveness.
It is the parasympathetic system
that functions during healing and is mainly
Sciatic Massage
with Essential Oils
By Tiffany Rowan
Last month a friend of mine asked
if I would give her a massage. Her
sciatic nerve caused her to fall as she
was leaning over putting a tack in
the wall. She had already been suffering
for five days and needed other
options that would get her walking
normally again. She was able to
walk when she took “heavy drugs for
pain”, as she called them, but when
they wore off, she couldn’t walk normally.
Because of the pain, she wasn’t
sleeping well either.
I gave her my advice and let her
make her decision from there. I explained
that the sciatic nerve starts
in the lower back, runs through
the buttocks and continues down
the leg where it finally branches off
into nerves with other names below
the knee. I would need to massage
where the nerve is the largest which
means from the lower back to the
knee. I used more urgency in my
voice when I advised enhancing the
effectiveness of the massage using
essential oils for inflammation and
pain. She was eager for relief so she
agreed to the massage and essential
oils. Five days is a long time to be
in pain, plus all her responsibilities
were stacking up. I couldn’t wait to
get her some relief.
Tiffany’s Sciatic Relief Essential
Oil Formula:
1 oz. Young Living V-6 Vegetable oil
15 drops of Copaiba essential oil
2 drops of Clove essential oil
She had a pain level of 5 when she
came to see me. The light in her eyes
was gone as pain is very fatiguing on
the countenance. She was walking
very slowly down the sidewalk and
used the hand rails on the deck. She
needed assistance from her sister to
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The addition of these two chemicals, as well
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was reportedly a reluctant decision made by the
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the National Toxicology Program (NTP). “The
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You can read the full report, entitled 12th
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The chemical industry was quick to denounce
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1. Apply oil (starting with Frankincense) liberally
across the occipital ridge (base of the
skull) by dripping it from the bottle and rubbing
it with your finger across entire occiput,
making sure to include the oils at the center
point, which is called the “locus ceruleus” or
“medulla”.
2. Place tip of probe on the locus ceruleus.
While keeping the tip of the probe on the
same spot, make clockwise circles a few times
with gentle pressure. Ask the receiver if the
pressure is comfortable or not. If not, then
lighten up.
3. Place tip of probe on right occipital bone
and move probe side to side (parallel with
ridge) working slowly toward the locus ceruleus.
Then repeat starting on left occipital
bone working, again, toward the center of
the base of the skull, ending both times at the
locus ceruleus with circular motions.
4. Apply same oil liberally on spine from
about T3 or T4 (upper thoracic, exact starting
point not important as long as it is in the
upper thoracic) up the cervical vertebra to the
atlas (top vertebra of spine next to skull) and
locus ceruleus. Drip the oil from the bottle
and smooth with your fingers to distribute
the oil.
5. Starting with the lowest vertebra you have
chosen in the upper thoracic place probe centered
between a pair of vertebrae. Keeping the
tip of the probe on the same spot, wave the
probe up and down parallel with the spine
a few times. Then move up the spine to the
next vertebra probing the same way, then up
to the next, and the next, until you get to the
locus ceruleus (medulla) where you make a
few clockwise circles. Make sure your pressure
is comfortable to the receiver.
6. Then return to your upper thoracic starting
point and place the tip of the probe on
one side of the starting vertebra and rock the
probe back and forth perpendicular to the
spine a few times and then repeat on the other
side of the same vertebra. The probe should
be placed adjacent to the vertebral bone itself,
not at the gap where the nerve root exits from
the spine. It does not matter which side you
start on first. Then after doing both sides at
one location, move up to the next vertebra
and do the same. Repeat this process on each
vertebra through all of the cervical vertebrae
until you get to the locus ceruleus where you
do a few clockwise circles.
7. Hooking tips of the fingers along the occipital
involved with protection, conservation, and
restoration of body resources and functions.
The purpose of NAT is to fully awaken
and restore full capacity to the locus ceruleus
and vagal ganglion at the base of the brain
and to connect all of the synapses of the
brain and upper spinal cord, thus creating an
environment that facilitates optimal health,
healing, and bodily function. NAT can also
be used for emotional release by using oils
such as Rutavala and others, as Gary did in
Ecuador at the February 2008 Seminar. In
this instance, Gary focused mainly on probing
the locus ceruleus and vagal ganglionic
areas and also on the cervical vertebrae. However,
depending on information received by
the facilitator (Gary) from these probings,
Gary would move to other areas of the spine
with different oils, including the sacrum and
lower lumbar regions, according to where he
felt led by the client’s issues. The parasympathetic
nerves of the body include, not only
those originating in the brain such as the vagus
nerve, but also the ganglionic centers of
the sacrum.
According to Gary, the version of NAT
given in these notes has been effective in correcting
Parkinson’s disease. In this application,
Gary has also added Melissa Oil after Sandalwood
as a seventh oil to apply with the probe
in the same prescribed protocol. The version
presented here with the six oils is the protocol
done routinely in the Nova Vita Clinic
in Guayaquil, Ecuador. As a client there in
February, 2008, I received NAT every other
day while there. I also observed it several
times when it was performed on others and
took notes, which is the basis from which this
article is derived. The reason this technique
could work for Parkinson’s disease is because
Parkinson’s is due to failure of the locus ceruleus
to properly process neural messages and
of the vagal ganglion to properly transmit its
electrical signals. Since NAT is designed to
restore normal vagus nerve function as well
as that of the locus ceruleus, the symptoms
of Parkinson’s could reasonably be expected
to be reduced or disappear altogether when
these two neural organs regain their healthy
normal function. At this time, medical authorities
refer to Parkinson’s as “idiopathic,”
which is the medical term for “cause unknown.”
Doctors understand why compromise
of the vagal ganglion and locus ceruleus
regions would result in the classic symptoms
get on the massage table. She was
able to lay face down so we did the
whole massage prone.
1. I first took the foot from the painful
side and laid it across the opposite
ankle. This opens the muscles
that tightly weave in the buttocks
to create more space so the sciatic
nerve isn’t as pinched.
2. Second, I applied the Sciatic Relief
blend over her lower back, buttocks
and down her leg to the knee.
3. From now on, most of the work I
did was massage. I imagined all the
layers of muscle that tightly weave
around the hip and buttocks and
concentrated my massage on isolating
each muscle, applying moderate
palm and fist effleurage where
the muscle begins and ends (insertion
points and attachment points)
For the average person reading this,
that just means where the muscle
attaches from one bone and ends at
a different bone. So all the bones affected
by sciatica are the spine vertebrae,
top rim of hip bone which
is the lower back, the sacrum of the
hip bone, as well as the greater trochanter
knob of the leg. (If you place
your hands on your hips and run
them down the side of your body,
you will feel a knob where your hip
ends and your leg begins.) The last
bone affected is at the knee.
When visualizing and isolating
each muscle, I work my strokes the
direction the muscle goes. Imagine
the muscle like grain of wood, work
“with” the grain like you are sanding
wood, but with slow strokes
with your palm and later with top of
your fist. I may start my strokes going
from the top of the muscle to the
bottom of the muscle, then I’ll switch
and work from bottom to top. Later,
I work across the grain of the muscle
instead of “with” the grain.
In This Issue
Forgiveness
by Troie Battles
The Neuro-Auricular Technique
by David Stewart, PhD, DNM
Sciatic Massage
with Essential Oils
by Tiffany Rowan
Young Living Now Has
Kosher Certification
How Are Essential Oils
Different From Herbs and
Food Supplements?
by Joanne Schwarm
Disposable coffee cups, carryout
containers filled with
cancer-causing agents
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Cleansing Your Brain
Health Fairs – Hands On
Education of Young Living Oils
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ridge, pull headward gently several
times. If the client is sitting backwards on a
chair, you will have to stand behind the chair,
at the head, and pull upwards.
Upon completion of Step 7 above, go
back to Step One with the next oil and repeat
everything. Continue repeating the 7
steps above with each oil until all six oils have
been applied, ending with Sandalwood. (Valerian
comes after Frankincense, etc.) When
you get to Vetiver (the third oil) it is too thick
to readily drop from the bottle. Remove the
dropper cap and administer by pouring from
the bottle. There is no specific number of
drops or amount of oil to be applied in this
technique. None of these are hot oils. Just be
sure there is enough to cover the portions of
the spine involved and the base of the skull,
including the locus ceruleus. When you have
completed the above seven-step procedure
with each of the six oils in the order given,
from Frankincense to Sandalwood, you are
through. That is all there is to NAT.
Theory and Purpose of NAT
The purpose of the Neuro-Auricular Technique
(NAT) is to jump-start and reconnect
all of the synapses of the brain and upper
spine, particularly in the locus ceruleus
and vagal ganglia. The technique is applied
along the occipital ridge, particularly focusing
on the medullar area (center depression
at base of skull) and along each vertebra of
the cervical spine (the 7 vertebrae between
the skull and shoulders that comprise the
neck). There are 12 pairs of cranial nerves.
These are nerves that emanate directly from
the brain and not from the spinal chord. The
first 8 pairs go to the eyes and tear ducts, ears,
nose, tongue, facial and chewing muscles,
lips, mouth, teeth, and salivary glands. There
are 4 pairs that extend from the brain to the
throat, larynx, lungs, heart, liver, stomach,
large intestine, small intestine, and shoulders
that extend down and out between the top
four cervical vertebrae which comprises the
vagal complex. The fact that there is a pair of
cranial nerves directly from the brain to the
muscles of the shoulders explains why tense
shoulders can lead to headaches while stress
in the brain (worry, anxiety, fear, etc.) can
cause tense shoulders.
Notice the chemistry of the oils Gary
has chosen for NAT. Frankincense is mostly
monoterpenes (for balancing and reprogramming).
Valerian, Vetiver, Cedarwood, and
of Parkinson’s: viz. uncontrollable tremors,
stiffness of limbs, spinal rigidity, emotional
instability, drooling, and the stooped postures
of a typical Parkinson’s victim, but don’t
know the root causes of why these nerve centers,
themselves, stop functioning properly.
As for proximal causes, Parkinson’s disease
can follow bouts of acute encephalitis, carbon
monoxide exposure, or metallic poisoning,
as well as a consequence of some prescriptions,
especially Reserpine and phenothiazine
drugs. However, while knowing a proximal
cause can lead to measures of prevention,
such knowledge becomes less important if
you know a cure. In fact, knowing a cure
can reveal, not only a proximal cause, but a
deeper root of the problem. In addition to
possible benefits for Parkinson’s suffers, the
nature of NAT also suggests that there may
be benefits for any condition or malady due
to malfunctions in the nerve centers of the
locus ceruleus and vagal ganglion. Many
neurological disorders originating from these
centers could potentially benefit from NAT.
NAT is currently under development by
Gary Young, its creator. He may ultimately
refine and modify it considerably from what
we have presented here. Gary taught NAT to
a group of 340 Young Living distributors in
Guayaquil, Ecuador, the last week of February
2008. I was there and assisted him in the
training. What he did there was significantly
different, using different oils and with a different
purpose, mainly for emotional release.
The only similarity in what is presented here
and what he did there was in the use of the
auricular probe or medicine dropper along
the occipital ridge and upper spine. However,
in that version he used completely different
oils and probed other areas of the spine from
the sacrum up by which he was able to effect
some emotional releasing.
The protocol given here is what they have
been doing in Gary’s clinic in Ecuador (Nova
Vita) since its founding in 2007 and apparently
is Gary’s original version. I personally
received this technique, as given in these
notes, more than a dozen times administered
by clinic staff. It was from them that I learned
it. It was Gary Young that told us that this
version is the one, in his experience, that had
been effective with Parkinson’s disease.
Check out Dr. Stewart’s website at:
www.raindroptraining.com
for articles like this one.
5. Action plan. There always has to
be an action plan. The body goes
awry for a reason. So we need to stop
doing the things that cause the body
to go awry. Since her sciatic pain
was not caused by an injury, tumor,
spinal problems or something like a
disease, then she caused her body
to go awry. Her action plan was to
take it easy for a week to allow the
inflammation in the body to recede.
She was to continue her stretches
three times a day to keep the muscles
open allowing enough space for the
sciatic nerve so it didn’t get pinched
again. Lastly, she was to avoid foods
and beverages that cause inflammation
and pain. She made it a goal to
quit sodas (diet or regular).
Sodas are known for robbing the
muscles and bones of precious calcium
and magnesium. Without these
two precious minerals, muscles cannot
flex and extend properly. Soda
also causes the body to become
acidic, disrupting the healthy pH
of the body. So the body pulls even
more calcium from the bones to
neutralize the acid in order to restore
healthy pH. This causes achy bones
and joints. Foods containing aspartame
such as jello and other items
that require no sugar are harmful to
muscles and bones. Water is a great
source of calcium and magnesium.
It keeps muscles staying fluid so they
move easier.
Results:
She hopped off the massage table
without her sister’s help. She immediately
lifted her knee to her chest
showing us her improved range of
motion. She walked normally back
to her car. She didn’t even need the
hand rail when going down the steps
of the deck. Needless to say, she was
a very happy client!
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CLEANSING YOUR BRAIN
Have you ever considered cleaning out
your brain? Think about it. We spend
so much time keeping the exterior of
our bodies in great condition. What
do we do to keep our brains functioning
at top level? Many of us complain
about not being able to think clearly
and having a hard time remembering
things. So, why not clean the brain?
Consider a few suggestions that would
be helpful for your brain to be able to
function at a higher capacity.
SUGAR: Although we love it, sugar can
be detrimental to brain activity. Every
Mother knows that Halloween and the
days following are some of the hardest
as a parent. The result of oodles
of candy usually leads to children that
are bouncing off the walls. Researchers
have found that parents who clean
up their children’s diets and limit
sweets, have seen a drastic decline in
hyperactivity. Work on changing your
diet and the diet of your family. As
you eat healthier foods, you will enjoy
a brain that is calmer and able to perform
better.
CAFFEINE: Caffeine has been shown
to decrease blood circulation in the
brain. A study conducted by Wake
Forest University School of Medicine
showed that the average U.S. citizen’s
daily consumption of caffeine was the
equivalent of just over 2 cups of coffee
per day. Consuming just 2 cups of
coffee per day constricted blood vessels
in the brain and caused a reduction
in cerebral blood flow. Obviously,
maintaining adequate blood flow by
avoiding caffeine would be one good
way to keep your brain clear.
ESSENTIAL OILS: Essential Oils are excellent
for brain function because they
are able to go through the blood-brain
barrier and carry oxygen to the brain.
Try taking Purification oil by mouth
and see how much clearer your thinking
becomes. Also, Clarity blend, Brain
Power blend, and Present Time blend
have proven to be very effective in
improving mental alertness. Another
great source of brain food is Essential
Omegas. Omega 3-rich fatty acids,
such as fish oil and flax seed oil are
essential to nourish the brain. Your
brain works hard for you everyday.
Take the time to learn what you can
do to keep your brain functioning at
its highest potential.