Because Young Living oils are developed as therapeutic grade essential oils, they are effective on several levels of our being to promote healing. Below are a few ways that essential oils work in our body:

• The aromatic nature of oils goes directly to the Limbic System which is the sight of emotions, smell, reason and memory
• Essential oils work on a physical level because they are absorbed into the bloodstream bringing oxygen to tissues and removing toxins
• Essential oils have a frequency or vibration so they are compatible with our electrical frequency

Human beings have a frequency of about 62-78 MHz. Valor's frequency is 47 MHz. It was designed to balance and align the physical body.

I like to think of Valor as jumpstarting our "sparkplugs". You know when your not working on all your cylinders, well, Valor helps to get that internal electrical system moving.

Valor is best used on the soles of the feet because the pores are large and the oils will be absorbed faster. (However, other areas such as over the heart, throat and wrists is also effective).Place 4-6 drops in your palm & stir clockwise 3 times. Place that oil on one sole then repeat on the other foot. Cross your forearms so that your right palm is on the right sole and your left palm is on the left sole. If you are not comfortable crossing your arms, simply turn around (you will be facing away from your client) and place your hands on the soles that way.

Hold the feet until you feel a change whether that is an energetic pulse, change in temperature or intuitively you know it's time to move on. This could take anywhere from a few moments to 5 or 10 minutes. Be patient while waiting, your client will greatly benefit.

Often times clients will report a feeling of tingling or movement down their legs. This is a normal response as the frequency of the oils is opening up the electrical channel in the body.

The oils contained in Valor are:

• Rosewood which is calming & relaxing to the mind
• Spruce which is grounding
• Blue Tansy which is liver cleanser
• Frankincense which is high in Sesquiterpenes, which helps to oxygenate the pituitary & pineal glands.

The color of Valor is a rich blue indigo and the aroma is so grounding, peaceful and spiritual- it's ethereal.

If you'd like to gift your clients (and yourself) with the aligning properties of Valor, click on the link below.

Place your credential sticker on one side and the $10.00 off sticker on the other (see photo). Once you have your stones made up, give a client 2 stones. Tell her to use one stone the next time she comes in and to give the other one to a friend.

This is the good part- your client will return and take advantage of the $10 off, AND she will give the other one to a friend. When the friend comes in she'll hand you the stone, get $10 off and enjoy your massage. Before she leaves, give her 2 more stones. Invite her to use one the next time she comes in and to give the other one to a friend.

Guess what happens next? She returns, gives the other one to a friend and you are on your way to building a new client base. This really works! Sure you'll deduct many $10, but you will also make a lot of new friends.

Return address labels come 80 to a page. Think of all the new referrals you'll have if you use up 80 stones. It may take you a few months or a year to use them all, but referral business is solid business.

If you are unable to print out the labels, I will be glad to print them for you for a mere $6.00, that includes shipping. Just email the information and mail a check and I'll have them to you in a jiffy.

Good Luck and let me know how you did.

Here's all you do:

• Stand at client's hip facing their head.
• Drape client so that only the lateral hamstring, butt, and lower back are exposed.
• Start your stroke from lateral hamstring, IT band or lower butt and rhythmically effleurage over sacrum and into the lower back and QL's using both hands

Simply go over that area for a few moments and repeat on the other side. Your pressure should be comfortably firm, not deep. And rely on the name of the technique "Lower Back Soother" for the tempo.

Our rhythm as we work will either lull our client's into the parasympathetic phase or it will keep them on alert. This technique adheres to the former.

I usually finish the back with this stroke. I promise you, it's easy on your hands, your clients will love it and you've added another tip to your Million Dollar Massage tool box.

I got to a point where I was so fatigued I'd wake up, have a cup of tea and HAVE to go back to bed. I had fatigue like I have never experienced before. I just wasn't functioning like I was used to.

I could understand a couple of days of that or perhaps even a week, but this went on for almost 3 months. I'm a meditative person so I went inward as much as I could to try to find answers but to my dismay, nothing was coming. I went to a couple of doctors, had my blood tested and there was nothing medically wrong.

This was becoming annoying and I didn't even have the energy to fight the annoyance. My sister told me about Suzanne Somer's book, "The Sexy Years" and how hormones become depleted as we age. I thought, "that's it, my hormones are off. I'll have a hormone panel done and go on bio-identical hormone replacement therapy". Well, there aren't many well versed doctors in regards to bio-identical hormone therapy in NH.

However, there is a place called, The Women to Women Clinic in Yarmouth, Maine that Suzanne Somers recommended.

Women to Women has a program of medically grade vitamins and progesterone cream and I can tell you that after 2 days I started to feel alive again. It takes about three weeks to really benefit from the program, but boy was I happy to start feeling good again. The second approach I took was to start drinking alkalizing greens which is made up of 49 different grasses. It was developed by Robert O. Young a biochemist. The regimen is to put a teaspoon of the alkalizing greens and 16 drops of pH into 32 oz water. I drink 3-4 bottles a day. I feel energized and I know that I'm hydrated.

I'm sharing this with you because my goal is to pass on information that I have personally benefited from. And because this is The Million Dollar Massage newsletter. If you are not feeling like a million bucks (like I wasn't), you won't be able to give a Million Dollar massage. If not for yourself, perhaps this information will be helpful for a client, friend or family member.

If you would like to read more about either of these remedies, click on the links below. If you have any questions, please feel free to email me.

Several times in the summer (remember, I'm in NH, we only get about 3 1/2 months of good summer weather), I'll get phone calls from clients requesting to re-schedule their appointment because they are sunburned. Instead of canceling the appointment encourage them to come in and try your sunburn remedy.

This works best on flatter surface areas of the body (i.e. the back, hamstrings, calves, upper chest, belly and quads). Let's say the affected area is the back. You will gently apply some aloe vera gel, then place the top sheet or a very thin towel or pillow case over the back. Next, place chilled marble stones over the back on either side of the spine.

Allow the stones to rest on the area at least 10-20 minutes. If their lower legs are sunburned as well repeat the process. If their legs are unaffected you will massage the legs and feet and perhaps the scalp.

If the sunburn is on the back of the neck, simply place small round marble stones in a thin nylon sock, tie a loose knot at the end and place over the neck while client is supine.

If their face is the area affected, place small marble face stones or moonstones to help cool it down.

This is beneficial in so many ways:

• you'll be effectively treating a painful condition that is soothing and non-invasive
• you & your client have avoided re-scheduling which can be a hassle
• your increased knowledge has improved your job satisfaction
• your client thinks you're brilliant and tells all her friends about you

I hope that you don't have to use this because that means another person has had too much sun exposure and is uncomfortable, BUT, now you have a remedy for both personal & professional use.

For those who don't use cool stones yet, this works great with flexible ice packs as well.

And if you are interested in learning the magic of blending hot and cool stones to really do some powerful work, feel free to contact me or the LaStone Therapy website, see links below.