Pain freedom with essential oils

Technique being taught has varied the sequence of the oils. It should be: Valor, oregano, thyme, basil, wintergreen, cypress, marjoram, peppermint, and AromaSiez.For those of you new to the oils, the Raindrop Technique, created by Gary Young , is a method of applying a set of oils to the back and spine in a very specific way, and it's absolutely profound for people with back pain. You can learn how to apply the oils in this way by either watching the DVD that comes with the set of oils, or by attending a training. While I've seen Gary Young give at least 20 Raindrops over the years, no two were exactly alike because he always like to adjust it slightly for the needs of the person he is helping. This past year, Gary taught the Technique in a slightly different way, varying the sequence of the oils, once again.Over the years we've observed several things. One is that while the method is beautiful, we've gotten very similar results by just having an untrained person rub these particular oils on the spine for their friend. While the method is terrific, I've told many people, "Worry less about the technique and just get the oils on," if they were worried about whether they would be able to do it perfectly.We also observed that we could use the oils on other parts of the body - a shoulder, a knee, an ankle, a foot, etc., anywhere where someone might have sustained an injury, and, again, the results were profound. When applying the oils to these areas, there's not a technique involved - it's just a matter of gently rubbing 3-4 drops of each oil over the area, one after another. Deep massage does not seem to do well with the Raindrop oils, in my opinion. Let the oils do the work, and just smoothly and gently apply them to the entire shoulder, foot, etc.While there is a method to the sequence, the main thing is that we use Valor first to balance the electromagnetics of the body, then oregano and thyme to clear off receptor sites and prepare the body to receive the wonderful healing molecules available in the other oils. In he past, we've gone back and forth between using oregano first and then thyme, or thyme first and then oregano. I'm not aware that there's really a difference as to why we would choose one of them over the other to use first. It's whatever Gary chooses at that time. In his most recent training, he chose oregano. And we generally finish up with peppermint, as it drives in the other oils. AromaSiez is a blend which actually contains some of the oils in the Raindrop Technique, so I believe that Gary Young found it redundant to use them again, so it can be optional, although I still use it, anyway.If I'm adding other oils in such as frankincense, chamomile, PanAway, Trauma Life, lavender, or helichrysum, I add them in somewhere after the oregano and thyme, and before the peppermint. If I'm adding them in while working on the back, I use the same feathering technique used to apply the other oils. If I'm adding them in while working on a shoulder or knee, again, I'm just rubbing the oils on.The only caution I would give to a person trying it for the first time is that the oregano, thyme, and wintergreen can be warm on the skin. I usually use less of the oregano and thyme (no more than 3 drops) if it's someone's first Raindrop, and I keep the V-6 massage oil close by, and if it feels too warm to them, I apply 2-3 drops of the V-6, and it cools down within a few minutes. We have to be careful of the oils rolling down into two areas - one is the top of the neck. If the oils pool there, they will heat up and may be uncomfortable. The other is under the armpits, which are usually moist, and since water drives in oils, if the oils roll down into the armpits, they may be too warm there, also. And again, if that happens, just apply some V-6.I hope this is more clear than my last response. The main thing I want everyone to know is that in my 30 years in the natural healing field, the oils are absolutely the most profound thing that I've seen so far. And in the nearly 14 years that I've used oils, the Raindrop Technique is the most profound thing I've seen. And I want you to be brave and just apply the oils to the backs of people who are in pain - you will help them so much! Don't wait for a training, and don't be afraid of doing it wrong. It's much more important to get the oils on the person's body than to worry about the exact technique.