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Young Living recently unveiled two new diffusers—TheraPro Premium Diffuser and Aria Ultrasonic Diffuser. One of these two diffusers will fit your style of diffusing Young Living essential oils. In this post, I really like the TheraPro diffuser.

TheraPro Premium Diffuser
If you’re after serious therapeutic diffusion, TheraPro is the best choice.

The engineer who partnered with Young Living created this all-in-one model, making sure the oil droplets coming out of the atomizer are the smallest ever—between one and three microns. Small micron size means quick respiratory absorption for quick therapeutic action. To test it out, simply slip in a 15 ml bottle of any eucalyptus Young Living essential oil in and experience the difference.

The atomizing diffuser in the TheraPro is a real work horse. I turned on four TheraPros at maximum capacity in late December 2009, hoping to burn out the motors after a few weeks of continuous work. Guess what? Those four diffusers are still going after more than six months, with no sign of slowing down. I’m completely impressed with its solid construction.

The TheraPro is revolutionary because there is no mess and no wasted oil. Your 15 ml bottle of oil simply screws right into the atomizer; the atomizer sucks up the oil, disperses the vapor into the air, and returns the unused oil right back to the bottle. Amazing!

On the back, the TheraPro has an interface that gives you complete control of the amount of oil diffused and for how long. If you want more oil, just turn up the air volume. Don’t want it on continuously? Simply use the duration controls.

Young Living’s TheraPro is the best diffuser to buy if you want extras. It comes with a free 15 ml bottle of Thieves essential oil blend.  There are also two atomizers included in the TheraPro box. Oh, yeah, if you want to get more atomizers, just give Young Living Customer Care a call and, they’ll hook you up with an  pack of three accessory atomizers.

For a quick demonstration, check out the demo video for this diffuser.

Toby Palmer
Product Manager—Essential Oils

A lot of people ask me why Young Living is so special, and this is what I share with them:

Let’s say that the scent oil industry is represented by a triangle. In the bottom rung are the synthetic oils. These oils represent all of the artificial aromas that go into shampoos, cleaning products, perfumes, etc. These oils are of the lowest quality and some are even not safe. The middle area represents all the oils that are produced with “natural” in mind, but come from companies that are more interested in high product yield and fragrance. The top portion is reserved for therapeutic essential oils. For each level of oils, I’ve seen therapeutic-grade claims—but this is a term that companies often use without verification.

Young Living essential oils lie atop this quality triangle. Young Living’s products are special because we produce essential oils from beginning to end, or from Seed to Seal™. This is how we maintain the integrity of nature’s living energy. The process of Seed to Seal is:

• Seed: Verifying the most beneficial seed species.
• Cultivate: Farming the land ourselves to truly understand the art of agriculture.
• Distill: Extracting oils with our own distillers.
• Test: Verifying the quality of each essential oil with state-of-the-art equipment and top-notch experts.
• Seal: Bottling the final product and carefully shipping worldwide.

Understanding the most beneficial variety of every plant species we bottle, their optimal harvesting conditions, plus how to expertly distill, verify, seal, and ship them worldwide, allows Young Living to ensure each essential oil will deliver the therapeutic results expected and is what makes us the world leader in essential oils.

—Toby Palmer

Product Manager, Essential Oils

If you ever get a chance to come and visit the Young Living warehouse in Spanish Fork, Utah, be sure to take the time and tour the laboratory up on the second floor. I recently spent some time with the staff learning about the different tests conducted on every batch of incoming essential oils, whether from Young Living farms or from partner distilleries.

One of the tests is called Gas Chromatography (sometimes referred to as a GC test). I’ve written about this test in a previous post. Another vital test is the Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometer (the acronym for this is GC MS). These two tests work together to ensure the optimal levels of plant compounds are present in every bottle of essential oil.

Both the GC and GC MS are about double the size of a typical microwave. Next to the machines are large gas tanks filled with a mixture of helium, hydrogen, and nitrogen. These gases help split up the essential oil into individual plant compounds. To use the machine, the laboratory places an oil sample inside and the oil shoots through a long section of copper tubing. Because different compounds have different weights, each stops at a different point within the tubing—the lighter compounds stop at the beginning and the heavier compounds stop near the end. Once they stop, a computer can then measure various aspects of the plant compound.

The two tests are useful in different ways. The GC MS identifies and measures individual plant compounds over time. This is important for when Young Living receives a new essential oil and wants to study the key constituents. Once enough data is collected, Young Living creates an internal specification, which documents the highs and lows of the plant compounds. Once documented, Gary Young and his team of researchers determine what levels of that oil to either accept or reject.

Once an essential oil becomes part of the Young Living family of oils, the laboratory performs the GC test on every batch that enters the warehouse. The GC tests the levels of plant compounds against the Young Living standard. If the GC shows the batch doesn’t have the optimal levels of plant compounds, the oil is rejected.

Young Living is the world leader in essential oils because of its unmatched commitment to providing the highest quality products that really work. The GC and GC MS are only two of the tests used, but play an important role in guaranteeing the highest therapeutic quality. “Test” is a vital part of Young Living’s Seed to Seal™ process and one of the many ways we ensure you’re getting the most authentic essential oils possible.

—Toby Palmer,

Product Manager, Essential Oils

I wanted to share an interesting article that was passed on to me from a Young Living member.

According to the article, researchers in Greece are discovering the anti-microbial powers of essential oils—especially thyme and cinnamon. Those of us with Young Living don’t have to wait for empirical evidence to tell us that blends like Thieves® (cinnamon) and Ortho Sport® (thyme) have the optimal levels of Young Living Therapeutic Grade™ oils that work, but it is fun to see the rest of the world discover what we already know.

Click here to view the entire article.*

—Toby Palmer

Product Manager, Essential Oils

*By making this link available to users, Young Living is not endorsing the content of the link. Young Living provides this link for informational purposes only. Always follow the usage directions given on Young Living product labels.

Young Living Founder and President, Gary Young, recently returned from an incredible adventure retracing the legendary Frankincense Trail. Gary and his team traversed the historical route from Oman to Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Israel—a journey that was captured for his upcoming frankincense documentary. Participants even joined Gary in a recreation of an ancient camel caravan on the Frankincense Trail!

This colorful incense burner was purchased during Gary’s travels at a market in Salalah, Oman. In Southern Arabia, local people burn frankincense resin in their homes as a sign of hospitality and to freshen the air.

So how can you utilize Young Living Therapeutic Grade™ frankincense essential oil? Here are a few tips:

• Diffuse: Frankincense can be used for congestion and voice loss, as well as to calm the mind, reduce mental strain, cultivate internal peace, and place past obsessive states into perspective.

• Massage: Frankincense can be blended with massage oil or diluted in the bath for circulatory support, respiratory support, exhaustion, and nightmares. It also has a good astringent effect on the skin; perks up older, more mature skin; and may assist the body in healing itself of wounds, sores, and ulcers.

• Creams and Lotions: Frankincense can be added to a base cream or lotion to help with general skin tone and condition while reducing oily skin, rejuvenating more mature skin, and at the same time helping wounds, ulcers, and sores heal.

• Wash or Compress: To assist the body in healing and to lessen the appearance of scars from wounds, add a few drops of frankincense to the water when washing a wound. For other applications, apply diluted oil directly onto the affected area or use as a compress.

Gary Young has traveled extensively throughout the Middle East researching the historical uses and significance of frankincense essential oil. This hands-on approach to researching and sourcing oils ensures Young Living’s status as the world leader in essential oils. Make sure to join Young Living in June for International Grand Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah. You’ll get a gripping account of this journey from Gary himself, learn more about the incredible Frankincense Trail, and be there in person when Gary reveals the “One Gift.”