Have essential oils ever triggered emotions for you?

21.10.2025

35 years ago I had a life event which took me on a deep emotional journey. Prior to then, I was a very reserved, polite young woman who was trying so hard to be liked.

But once I delved into that mysterious, limitless landscape which is our emotional field, I discovered so much depth within me, and so much capacity for both joy and pain. I learned how to release my pent-up frustrations and pain through screaming and sobbing. Both emotions took me places I’d never ventured before. And through that journey, I was brought to the modality of rebirthing (now known as breathwork) as a means of connecting with emotional insights. 

So I’m a rebirthing practitioner from years ago….that is, until I discovered our Young Living oils.

After all, buried emotions lie underneath many (if not all) of our physical illnesses and injuries.

Working with the Young Living oils to release buried emotions is so much simpler than a rebirthing session. It’s something we can use on ourself, to connect and reconnect with our inner child and our inner wisdom. 

If you find this concept curious, make sure you’ve read my blog about how essential oils work on our emotions and our Spirit. 

Of course there are times when we can benefit from an experienced practitioner holding space for us, and guiding us into the areas we may be avoiding. That’s why I took Gary Young’s teachings and evolved them into the Egyptian Emotional Clearing Technique, which I teach each year in Byron Bay (Australia) as a 7 day retreat.

Yet even without the gift of a session with an experienced practitioner, you can guide yourself into your own depths with our beautiful oils. Just reach for whatever oil is calling you intuitively, and place it wherever you feel drawn to on your body. It’s that simple! The results can be completely profound. Scroll down to read some of our incredible experiences. Enjoy!


Nicole Y. writes:
I was about to present my first Young Living workshop at our Sydney head office. My mum was there, and she said something right before that triggered me.

Nicole B. writes:
I believe that our family (and the people we are close to) are in our lives to help us to learn and grow. But gee it can be challenging sometimes!

I remember a particularly hard time I was having with my mother-in-law, and I was so upset… I was out walking, trying to calm down amongst the gum trees. This particular day I was so worked up that

This particular day I was so worked up that I ended up phoning my friend to try and talk it through to help release the BIG FEELS (notice the word release, yes, our oils are named perfectly, aren’t they)?

Anyway, luckily my friend is on my Young Living team and knew exactly what to suggest. I was too worked up to think of it myself, but she was right.

Once I was calm, I walked home, put on some Forgiveness oil and came back to a place of being able to see things from where she was coming from. I may not agree with how she does things but we are all doing the best we can in life. I am so incredibly grateful for these oils and the emotional support they give us.

How lucky are we to have these magic formulas that can help us to go from GGGGRRRRR to calm? Thank you Gary, thank you Young Living.

Lorna R. writes:
In 2010 I was suffering a particularly severe bout of sciatica, and my myopractor suggested it was emotionally based as he had performed all movements that should have relieved it.

The next day after my 3rd myopractor appointment, I did a meditation and asked what the sciatica was caused from…and it came to mind that I believed I was ‘not good enough’. 

I have never suffered from sciatica pain since. To me, this confirms my myopractor’s comment that the root cause was indeed emotional, and the oils helped me shift the underlying feelings of not being good enough. We’re so blessed by the power of these oils!

Artemis writes:
I was on my first trip to Ecuador. Although I was sooooo excited to connect with Gary Young and his vision for changing lives in Ecuador, I found myself sitting with some Young Living friends in a cafe in Ecuador, and just not feeling like myself. 

Within about 10 minutes, tears began pouring down my face. I suddenly realised that I was being triggered by the look and smell of Ecuador.

I’d spent 3 years in Indonesia in my mid 20’s, and felt right at home there. My Dad had been born in Indonesia, and so it really was part of my heritage. There I was with my first husband, happily ensconced in expat life. But that’s when the unexpected occurred. Suddenly my husband’s work contract got cancelled, and we were given 2 weeks to pack up and leave the country. It wasn’t only our “home” we were leaving, and the people who worked for us – it was all the beautiful animals and pets I’d gathered during my time in Indonesia. 

It was such a traumatic experience to leave all of that behind, and I realised I’d not fully released the grief of that time. Because this was my first time being in a third world country since leaving Indonesia, the poverty and smells of Ecuador were stirring up the pain for me from the past. Trauma Life oil allowed me to reconnect with those emotions, and release them. What’s really interesting is that I’ve been to Ecuador another 4 times since then, without any repeat of the emotions. It was all cleared in that first visit, thanks to Trauma Life oil blend. This is a very powerful oil blend for bringing buried emotions to the surface.

Ann writes:
I was feeling especially “down” one night. I had been invited out to a party, but nothing in me wanted to go. 

About 12 years earlier I had broken my neck in a horse riding accident, and ended up in hospital in traction for 3 months. The oil brought the emotions of being “broken” to the surface. 

After 10 minutes of sobbing, all of the emotion had passed. Not only did I feel happy again, but I found myself really wanting to go to this party…and so off I went, able to smell the roses once more. It was such an amazing experience that has given me a deep appreciation for our oils.  

Ragnhildur A. H. writes:
My biggest emotional experience happened just the other day. The Feelings Kit protocol has always been a very emotional experience for me, especially when it comes to using Forgiveness oil.

But it was a bit different the other day, when I had an extreme emotional release while using Inner Child oil blend. I don’t think I have cried this much since I was a child.  


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