Tranquil is a harmonising oil you can use to help calm your nervous system • balance emotions • relax your body • and aid stress, anxiety, depression, inner turmoil, sadness, and grief.

Aromatherapy has been used for thousands of years to aid health and healing.

The influence of fragrance on our brain and central nervous system is well documented.

It’s why we created Tranquil.

TO BE TRANQUIL

The lotus flower symbolises the peace and calmness that arises when we overcome inner pain and suffering.

To be tranquil is to be free from disturbance, free from agitation of mind, heart, or spirit.

Close your eyes.

Gently breathe into your lower belly.

And as you breathe out, consciously relax your muscles.

Let all troubles and tension float away.

Feel the peace. 

Breathe consciously.

Relax.

Be tranquil.

INGREDIENTS

ACTION & TRADITIONAL USE

Bergamot

Calming oil • reduces anxiety and nausea • anti-inflammatory • relieves depression and other mood disorders by signalling the brain to release dopamine and serotonin • improves sleep quality • sedative.

Lavender

Calming and uplifting oil • elevates mood • alleviates stress • relieves anxiety disorder symptoms • sedative • calms central nervous system • antidepressant • calms aggression • promotes quality and duration of sleep • relieves dysmenorrhea • alleviates premenstrual syndrome (PMS) • helps focus and attention.

Sweet Marjoram

Calming oil • reduces stress and anxiety • alleviates depression • releases melatonin • calms mind and body • promotes deep, peaceful sleep • sedative • calms nervous system • used to comfort distress and grief • anti-inflammatory • muscle relaxant.

Rose Geranium

Relaxing and uplifting oil • antidepressant • powerful anti-inflammatory • neuralgic pain  • peripheral neuropathy • antimicrobial • antiviral • balancing effect on hormones • calms the brain and central nervous system • calms agitation, restlessness, anxiety and chronic stress.

Palmarosa

Mentally uplifting oil • neuroprotective • relaxes muscles • reduces fatigue, depression, anxiety, stress, nervousness, agitation, irritability, and grief • anti-inflammatory • analgesic effect on central nervous system • balances emotions.

Amyris

Harmonising oil • lowers cognitive and social stress • relaxation • stress recovery • calming and uplifting • sedative • relaxes muscle tension • improves sleep quality. 

Ylang Ylang

Calming oil • deep relaxation • mood balancing  • relieves stress • alleviates anxiety and nervous afflictions • antidepressant • improves sleep quality • calms anger • soothes headaches • sedative • nervine. 

HOW TO USE TRANQUIL

Tranquil is a beautiful blend of essential oils that can help you balance your inner state of being.

You can diffuse Tranquil essential oil to create a soothing and uplifting environment.

You can gently inhale Tranquil directly from the bottle or a diffuser to help balance and calm your nervous system.

You can add Tranquil essential oil to cold-pressed almond oil for massage therapy and reflexology.

You can add Tranquil to a relaxing magnesium bath.

You can make your own beautiful rollerball perfume oil and surround yourself with calming aromas.

Before bed, you can apply Tranquil massage oil to your chest, belly, feet, and down your spine to relax your body and promote restful sleep.

HOW TO DIFFUSE TRANQUIL

There are all kinds of essential oil diffusers. However, coldwater ultrasonic diffusion is considered safe and effective.

Ultrasonic diffusers come in different sizes, and it’s best to follow the manufacturer’s directions.

As a general rule though, you can use the following:

100ml diffuser – use 3 to 5 drops of essential oils.

150ml diffuser – use 8 to 10 drops.

500ml diffuser – requires about 15 to 20 drops.

You don’t need to diffuse essential oils all day long. They are powerful.

It’s recommended that you diffuse essential oils for one hour and turn your diffuser off for an hour. 

Also, make sure you have proper ventilation in the room.

TRANQUIL BATH RECIPE

Begin your tranquil bath by turning your bathroom into a calming sanctuary.

Light some candles.

Turn on some healing music.

Grab a glass of water or relaxing herbal tea.

Fill your bath.

As the bath fills, throw in a handful of magnesium flakes to relax your muscles.

Then place a small amount (about a teaspoon) of natural liquid soap into the cupped palm of your hand. 

Lavender, rose, or sandalwood castile soap is gentle and soothing for your skin.

Add 15 drops of Tranquil essential oil to the soap and mix together with your finger. 

Next, place your soap-filled hand under the running tap water to create aromatic, cleansing bubbles.

Mixing any oils you use with liquid soap is a great way to disperse them into the bath water so that they don’t cling in clumps to your skin or the sides of your tub.

Turn the overhead lights off.

Close your eyes as you soak your muscles.

Breathe gently and deeply into your belly.

Breathe out.

Relax.

MASSAGE & REFLEXOLOGY OIL RECIPE

Ingredients

100ml of Sweet Almond Oil.

3ml (approximately 60 drops) of Tranquil essential oil.

Instructions

To create a calming massage oil, add 3ml of Tranquil essential oil to a 100ml bottle of sweet almond oil. 

 Shake the bottle well to disperse the essential oils into the almond oil.

Store in an amber glass bottle in a cool, dark place. To prolong the life of cosmetic oils, store them in the fridge.

We recommend sweet almond oil as the carrier oil because it is rich in vitamin E to nourish your skin and is an excellent source of the muscle relaxing mineral magnesium. 

TRANQUIL ROLLERBALL PERFUME RECIPE

You can use Tranquil essential oil to create a natural roll-on perfume – plus you gain the added calming benefits of the ingredients.

Tranquil has beautiful floral accents that are ideal for perfume-making.

Ingredients

Tranquil essential oil – 20% of your perfume recipe.

Essential Therapeutics Sweet Almond Oil – 80% of your perfume recipe.

9ml black glass rollerball perfume bottle. Black glass is perfect for protecting essential oils.

Instructions

Step One

Pour 7ml of sweet almond oil into your rollerball bottle. This is your carrier oil.

We chose almond oil in this recipe because of its calming qualities, but you can also use jojoba oil as your carrier.

You can also use a glass dropper to transfer the almond oil into your perfume bottle. 

How many drops you need will depend on the oil.

Not all oil drops are equal. Differences in the thickness (viscosity) of different oils will impact the amount of oil in a drop.

To make this recipe easy – if you are going to use a dropper to transfer almond oil into your perfume bottle – fill the bottle about three-quarters full. You can always top up at the end.

Step Two

Then add 20-36 drops of Tranquil essential oil to your carrier oil.

Start by adding 20 drops of essential oil.

Shake well until the ingredients are combined.

Test the scent and increase the drops until you reach an aroma level you love.

When you are making perfume oil, use no more than 20% of essential oils in your carrier oil – the maximum level recommended for safety.

There are approximately 20 drops of essential oil in 1 millilitre.

That means in a 9 ml perfume blend you’re going to need 1.8 ml (20%) of essential oil, which is equivalent to 36 drops.

Don’t forget to write down the number of essential oil drops you use so you can recreate your recipe.

How To Apply Your Perfume Oil

To relax and calm your body, you can apply this beautiful harmonising oil whenever needed.

Stressed, tense, anxious, irritable, or worried – apply to your inner wrists, inner elbows, temples, forehead, between your eyes, and to the back of your neck.

Sad or depressed – apply over your heart region.

Tense muscles – apply wherever you hold tension – including your neck, shoulders, abdomen, and leg muscles.

Insomnia – apply to your wrists, the back of your neck, behind your ears, the top and bottom of your feet, and your inner ankles. To relax your body further, massage your feet.

HEALTH NOTES

Do not consume essential oils. 

If you suffer from allergies, or chronic illness, you are pregnant, or you take drug-interactive medications, please check with your health practitioner before using essential oils.

Essential oils can be toxic to animals. Please check with your vet before using essential oils near your pets.

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Never give up on you!

Jin Shin Jyutsu (JSJ) is beneficial for many conditions including pain and inflammation, high blood pressure, immune function, fatigue, stress, anxiety, sleep quality, and promoting metabolic health. 

Techniques are also taught so you can continue working with JSJ at home for self-care.

WHAT IS JIN SHIN JYUTSU?

Jin Shin Jyutsu (pronounced jin shin jitsu) is an ancient Japanese healing art (712 C.E) that releases stress and tensions, unblocking and harmonising the flow of energy in your body. 

JSJ is based on the understanding that illness—mental, emotional, and physical—develops from blockages in energy flow. 

Our bodies contain energy pathways that feed our cells. When one or more of these paths become blocked, there is damming effect. 

Energy blockages (stagnation) will not only disrupt the local area but will continue and eventually disharmonise complete paths of energy flow.

HISTORY OF JSJ

In the early 1900s, Jiro Murai organised the oral teachings of Jin Shin Jyutsu into a system of healing, after using JSJ to recover from a life-threatening illness. 

One of his students was a Japanese-American woman named Mary Burmeister, who is responsible for collating his teachings into several books and sharing the knowledge with students all over the world.

HOW JSJ IS CONDUCTED

A typical Jin Shin Jyutsu session lasts about an hour. The client lies face up on a comfortable padded table, remaining fully clothed during the entire session. 

The practitioner gently places their hands on various ‘safety energy locks’, which are concentrate energy sites in the body.

Two energy locks are held simultaneously until the tension or congestion is released and the energy can flow again. 

Then one or both hands moves to another energy lock and along areas of the body where there is tension. 

There are 26 energy safety locks, and the specific sequences of movements used are called ‘flows’. 

Each energy lock can take seconds to minutes to release and re-energise.

THE BENEFITS OF JSJ

The effects of Jin Shin Jyutsu are unique for each person and each session. The most common effects include a reduction in pain, deep relaxation after the treatment, and feeling refreshed.  

A huge benefit of Jin Shin Jyutsu is its ability to reduce stress and stress-related disorders including heart disease, inflammation, digestion issues, Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), obesity, tension headaches, high blood sugar, asthma, skin conditions, memory impairment, depression, and sleep dysfunction

And the ongoing self-care techniques give you a way to calm your body, mind, and emotions.

STUDIES & TESTIMONIALS

Studies conducted in hospital settings have shown JSJ is effective for pregnant mothers with preeclampsia, for women diagnosed with breast cancer, as well as easing pain and side effects during treatment for multiple myeloma, and even stress reduction in nurses working in busy hospital environments.

Clinical studies have also demonstrated that JSJ can help improve the health and quality of life outcomes for children with special needs, as well as people living with HIV/AIDS.

Testimonials also verify the benefits of harmonising energy using Jin Shin Jyutsu.

But perhaps the greatest testimonial comes from Mary Burmeister herself when she said – I am my own testimony.

Her words are a wonderful reminder that we are the evidence of the lives we live. Mary wanted all of us to know a truth she discovered through JSJ – that within each one of us lies the power to cast all misery aside and to know complete peace and oneness – to know ourselves.

KEVIN FERGUSSON

Kevin offers Jin Shin Jyutsu and meditation to teach people how to create a state of harmony within themselves.

His joy is helping people understand energy and release what undermines their health and wellbeing.

If you would like an appointment with Kevin, you can book online or contact us directly at the clinic.

References

Mardiyanti, I. and Anggasari, Y. (2018). Effectiveness of JSJ (Jin Shin Jyutsu) Massage and Acupressure at Points of LR 3 (Taichong) and LR 2 (Xingjiang) in Reducing Blood Pressure of Pregnant Mothers with Preeclampsia. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium of Public Health – ISOPH, ISBN 978-989-758-338-4; ISSN 2184-3643, pages 122-125. DOI: 10.5220/0007510101220125

Millspaugh, J. et al. (2021) ‘Jin Shin Jyutsu® Self-Help Reduces Nurse Stress: A Randomized Controlled Study’, Journal of Holistic Nursing, 39(1), pp. 4–15. doi: 10.1177/0898010120938922.

Searls, K. and Fawcett, J. (2011) ‘Effect of Jin Shin Jyutsu Energy Medicine Treatments on Women Diagnosed With Breast Cancer’, Journal of Holistic Nursing, 29(4), pp. 270–278. doi: 10.1177/0898010111412186.

Clancy, D., Matthews, M., & Shlay, J. C. (2009). Jin Shin Jyutsu acupressure to improve the quality of life in people with HIV/AIDS. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Therapies 2(3), 173-175. https://doi.org/10.1089/act.1996.2.173

Maduri, Sudha & Kanikkannan, Lakshmi & Lakshmanan, Shanmugamurthy. (2016). A Clinical Study to find the Efficacy of Healing Children of Special Needs by integration of Brennan Healing Science with Jin Shin Jyutsu®. Ancient Science. 3. 10. 10.14259/as.v3i1.181. 

Shannon, A.R., 2002. Jin Shin Jyutsu outcomes in a patient with multiple myeloma. Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, 8(5), pp.128-128.

Jin Shin Jyutsu International: https://www.jsjinc.net/index.php