Stressed at work? Did you lose your focus on writing that proposal? Or is it the mid-afternoon slump that is causing your work performance to plummet?
The quick fix for many office workers is a trip to the staff room for a caffeine fix. For others, it’s a prescription pill that helps boost energy. Or maybe you’re one of a dying breed of smokers who goes out for a puff or two.
Chemical stimulants to help manage our stress, improve our mood, or focus our thoughts have been around for centuries. The problem is that they are a temporary and unhealthy solution at best.
There are healthier ways to manage your mood while you’re at work, such as the health benefits of aromatherapy, which uses natural essential oils to help manage mood.
Essential oils are distilled from the bark, flowers, or leaves of a plant and can provide physical and psychological benefits. They are more than a great addition to a relaxing massage or bath. Using essential oils can improve mood, decrease stress, help prevent illness, and decrease pain.
But aside from lighting an aromatherapy candle or plugging an aroma diffuser into the wall, the benefit of inhaling essential oils is a luxury that can be enjoyed at home or in a spa. The demand for fragrance-free environments has curved the use of scent dispersion in the office atmosphere to improve mood.
However, now there is an alternative. Aromatherapy is becoming portable. A new personal inhaler has recently come on the market that eliminates the dispersion of aromas in the air or the need to handle volatile oils. This new development will give aromatherapy a new level of access to people who recognize its health benefits.
The aromapod is a small, credit card-sized inhaler that delivers the health benefits of aromatherapy through an innovative inhaler that is small enough to fit in a pocket or purse. Essential oils are infused on a 100% cotton wafer housed inside the aromapod, so no liquids are present. They are discreet, non-intrusive and easy to use.
Simply slide the aromapod open, take 3-5 deep breaths and close.
“There’s a huge market for this innovation,” says Linda Ryan, a 56-year-old business executive who uses aromatherapy daily to help manage her mood. “With the aromapod, I can enjoy essential oils without having to deal with complaints about scent dispersion.”
Considered an alternative healing technique only 30 years ago, aromatherapy is rapidly gaining acceptance as research reveals the healing power of essential oils and their benefit to health and wellness. Aromatherapy is going through a huge growth phase with more and more companies adding essential oils to their product lines, including makeup, skin creams, hair products, and even cleaning products. Since essential oils are natural, they are considered a wise alternative to synthetic chemicals.
“Aromatherapy is about as green as it gets,” says Ryan. “It’s nature’s healing balm.”
Advertised as an alternative to chemical stimulants, aromapod inhalers last around 1-2 months of average use. The company that developed the product, The SOS Lab, has six common moods to choose from: Awake, Calm, Harmony, Focus, Energize, and Sensual. Several other blends will be available, including aromapods for anxiety, jet lag, PMS, and headache relief.
