For most of us, the summer vacation month are coming to an end.  This doesn’t really mean that the end of the unbearable heat and stressful days are in our near future, though!

Aura Cacia is a Aromatherapy and Natural Personal Care company that uses pure essential oils to promote health and healing.  Their CHOOSE CALM campign is a great way to spread the word about how to relieve relieve stress and worries from traveling and the heat, naturally.

Aura Cacia Geranium Essential OilAs a labor doula, I work with many different essential oils (including Aura Cacia), and although I’ve never worked with geranium essential oil, I have found a love for this oil!  It can be used for a variety of things during pregnancy and labor (but ask your care provider before using!).

Geranium’s lemony, rosy scent yields a balancing aromatherapy benefit that helps modify emotions that are in a state of flux.

Not only did I find, through ChooseCalm.com that geranium essential oil is great for relaxing your muscles while traveling, but I also found that you can add add a couple of drops of geranium to a paper towel and put to at the bottom of your fruit basket for a fruit fortifier! Cool!  I suggest taking a visit to the site and finding more great ways to use geranium.

For your end-of-summer travels, you might want to try a few of these tricks to keep yourself calm and relaxed while traveling

  • Foot soother – place 2 drops of geranium and 2 drops of peppermint in each sandal (this feels great!)
  • Hotel room makeover mist – add 3 drops of geranium, 2 drops lemon, 1 drop tea tree oil per ounce of water in a spray bottle and mist throughout the room!

Choose Calm Aura Cacia

Aura Cacia Aromatherapy Car DiffuserMy personal favorite is the Aromatherapy Car Diffuser!  If comes with little pads for you to add your essential oils to, and all you do is add a few drops of your choice, and plug it into your lighter outlet.

The geranium can be a bit overwhelming right in your face at the car diffuser, so make sure you’re combining it with another oil, or you’re only putting a few drops onto the pad.  It’s great with a citrus scent, though, and my husband has already told me that he’s looking for orange and ginger for his rides to and from work.  His drive is an hour each way, and having essential oils is a great way to keep the road rage and stress at bay!

Other great product are the Comforting Geranium Body Oil (which is great during labor!), Comforting Geranium Mineral Bath, Comforting Geranium Bubble Bath, and my daughter’s favorite, the Cool Hottie Mist that you can spray all over your body and face to cool down.  You can even put it in the fridge to make it cooler!

Make sure you grab your Aura Cacia coupons!  You can choose from the following:

Don’t forget to check out Choose Calm Geranium page to find out how to make some awesome Balancing Geranium Facial Wipes!  They are so wonderful!

Disclaimer:  I was given an Aura Cacia Geranium gift pack for review purposes.  All opinions are my own.  I was not compensated for this post.