Emotions Wheel

Shifting Emotions

Thanks to Cole Woolley, PhD for these amazing tips!

Emotion Wheel - Physical Response

STEADY - that’s where we spend most of the day, in an active, physical state during waking hours.

STEADY is a great state of being. We work, play, study & learn in the STEADY state.

ALERT state activities are: Sports, Driving on the Freeway, giving presentations, etc

RELAXED state activities are: Sleeping, Napping, Reading a fun book, re-watching old movies, listening to relaxing music, etc

You can find your current physical state somewhere along this line.

You can add certain essential oils to trigger your physical self into a more alert or more relaxed state.

ALERT OIlS: peppermint, wintergreen, pine, fir, spearmint, cinnamon, clove, cassia…

RELAXED OILS: orange, tangerine, copaiba, cedarwood, clary sage, lavender, rose, geranium…

The physical RESPONSE TIME after smelling these essential oils is roughly 3-5 SECONDS!

The physical ACTION TIME after smelling is about 3-5 minutes for a one-time “sniff”, but can be extended hours by TOPICAL application or DIFFUSING the essential oils.

Cole Woolley, PhD.

Emotion Wheel - Hormone Response

HAPPY HORMONES and ADRENALINE can be a daily result of smelling essential oils.

Try rubbing peppermint essential oil on the back of your neck, across your chin, or across your forehead. It’s a rush. Maybe even a slight adrenaline hormone rush.

The same slight adrenaline rush can come by smelling wintergreen or jasmine essential oils. They make you feel Alert and Attentive.

Try rubbing Lavender, Copaiba or Rose essential oil on your wrists and taking deep inhalations. Relaxing? Yes, but this is NOT an adrenaline rush. You may be feeling a surge of Happy Hormones coursing through your brain.

Happy hormones include Serotonin, Dopamine and Oxytocin. They make you feel: happy, loved, rewarded, empathy, belonging, and joy. These 3 often work together when you “FEEL GOOD” about what you are doing - smelling essential oils.

The good habit of smelling essential oils can daily release this Happy Hormone response. If you enjoyed it the first time, you will enjoy it a second, third & fourth time.

This hormonal response to essential oil aroma is the best! Good Habits yield Good Characters. Here comes THE WHEEL.

Emotion Wheel - 6 Major Emotions

You have felt all six of these emotions.

You are one self: physical, hormonal, emotional and spiritual.

I call the 3 emotions north of the physical response line as Pleasant Emotions. We would all like to stay Pleasant all day with JOYFUL, POWERFUL or PEACEFUL emotions. Essential oils can help with that.

The 3 south of the physical response line I call Unpleasant Emotions. At times (hopefully not all day) we find ourselves acting out Unpleasant Emotions: SCARED, MAD or SAD. It is healthy to feel these unpleasant emotions, but not 24/7.

Essential oils can help you Shift from Unpleasant to Pleasant emotions. It works nearly 100% of the time.

FEELING SCARED: Close your eyes, take 5 deep inhalations of Orange oil.

FEELING MAD: Close your eyes, take 5 deep inhalations of Cedarwood essential oil.

FEELING SAD: Close your eyes, take 5 deep inhalations of Lemongrass oil.

Essential oils act to TRIGGER a shift in your current Emotions. They will nearly always shift you from Unpleasant to Pleasant emotions.

Find the essential oil that triggers your EMOTIONAL SHIFT.

THIS is the TRUE POWER of essential oils. Simply inhale and you FEEL WELL.

Emotion Wheel - Inward, Steady, Outward

These are 3 words (Inward, Steady, Outward) that describe the types of emotions we experience.

Inward Emotions: Peaceful, Sad

Inward refers to emotions that we express when our bodies are relaxed, ready to go to sleep or waking up from sleep.

Shift Inward with 5 deep inhalations of Copaiba!

Steady Emotions: Powerful, Mad

Steady refers to emotions we exhibit most of the day in our steady physical state. We are active, thinking and doing.

Shift into Steady with 5 deep whiffs of Lemongrass!

Outward Emotions: Joyful, Scared

Outward Emotions typically occur when our bodies are Alert with interactions with people, activities with people, intense planning and integration, and peak physical/mental activities

Shift into Outward with 5 whiffs of Neroli or Ylang Ylang!

We all need our Inward moments of peace, quiet and privacy (especially at bedtime).

We also need our Outward moments of communication, activities, and friendships.

We need our Steady emotions for most of our daily activities

We'll walk through INWARD, STEADY, and OUTWARD emotions and the essential oils that you can use to Shift your Emotions from Unpleasant to Pleasant.

Shift to Peaceful

Peaceful refers to emotions that we express when our bodies are Relaxed such as:

Private

Self-centered

Serene

Getting ready to sleep

Just waking from sleep

Calm

Loved

Meditation

Creative thinking

Times of inspiration

This is the Target - Peaceful Emotions

Use essential oils as Triggers for Peaceful emotions:

Orange or Tangerine
Cedarwood or Copaiba
Rose or Geranium
Lavender of Clary sage

Make blends for Peaceful:

CITRUS: 20% Orange, 20% Tangerine, 20% Bergamot 40% Copaiba

FLORAL: 20% Lavender, 20% Geranium, 20% Orange, 40% Cedarwood

The HEAVY notes from Copaiba and Cedarwood help to maintain the peaceful feelings for hours and hours.

The science of Essential Oils as Emotional Triggers is well documented.

Shift to Powerful

Powerful refers to emotions we exhibit most of the day in our Steady physical state:

Active

Content

Pleased

Working

Content

Reading

Walking

Communicating

Achieving goals

Confident

Use Essential Oils as Triggers for Powerful emotions:

Lemon
Lime
Lemongrass
Citronella
Fennel
Anise

I recommend 5 deep whiffs of these to get your feeling Active for your daily tasks.

Emotion Brain Frequency

Your Brain runs at different frequencies depending on physical and emotional activity.

LOW-BRAIN FREQUENCY

Deep Sleep

Light Sleep

Ready to Sleep

Awake from Sleep

Ready for action

RELAXED body

PEACEFUl emotions

MEDIUM-BRAIN FREQUENCY

Awake and active

Reading news

Reading posts

Studying

Playing

STEADY body

POWERFUL emotions

HIGH-BRAIN FREQUENCY

Group meeting

Leading discussion

Planning activities

Evaluating relationships

Alert body

Joyful emotions

You know the essential oils to trigger emotions: Peaceful, Powerful, Joyful. Now you know the Brain Frequencies for these emotions and activities.

These Brain frequencies have been measured by scientists for nearly 100 years using Brain EEG. EEG monitors various parts of the brain based on your Activity level. GREAT science!

Shift to Joyful

Joyful Emotions typically occur while interacting with people and alert:

Friendly

Performances

Peak physical activities

Cheerful

Peak focus activities

Leading people

Hopeful

Planning

Persuading people

Integrating relationships

Dancing & Parties

Elated

Excited

Want to feel JOYFUL Emotions, use these oils:

Peppermint or Spearmint
Wintergreen or Clove
Cinnamon or Cassia
Eucalyptus or Rosemary
Jasmine or Ylang Ylang

Try it now and see how you FEEL.

Oils Build Habits & Character

Now you have the tools.

You can build good Emotional Habits and Quality Character.

Use Essential Oils to trigger Pleasant Emotions.

Use the Emotion Wheel to understand when you feel Sad, Mad or Scared emotions.

1. Choose the oils for your target emotions.

2. Create daily habits of emotions.

3. Carry your oils

4. Do it for 60 days to develop Emotion Habits

5. Congrats, you have Pleasant Emotional Character

Got to love those oils!

Cole Woolley, PhD.

Other General Info About Oils and Their "Notes"

Thanks to Frances Fuller for these notes!

LIGHT NOTE OILS: Orange, Lemon Lime & other CItrus Oils, Pine, Fir, Hinoki, Frankincense, Thyme, Marjoram, Dill, Celery, Angelica, Hyssop, Spearmint, Goldenrod

Use LIGHT NOTE-rich essential oils when you want to make a "splash" in the air around you.

MEDIUM NOTE OILS: Lemongrass, Lavender, Geranium, Tea Tree, Cypress, Cinnamon Bark, Melissa, Eucalyptus, Peppermint, Spearmint, Helichrysum, Roman Chamomile, Rosemary

Use MEDIUM NOTE-rich essential oils for their floral aromas. Great body perfumes. Most of your favorite blends contain their Floral aromatic Medium Notes.

HEAVY NOTES are the long-lasting aromas of essential oils. One bottle may last many years because of the concentrated aroma.

HEAVY NOTE OILS: Cedarwood, Taiwan Red Hinoki, Copaiba, Myrrh, Vetiver, Valerian, Black Pepper, Elemi, Ginger, Ylang Ylang, Blue Cypress, Patchouli, Sandalwood

Use HEAVY NOTE-rich essential oils as a base for body perfumes and body cologne blends and sprays. Few drops are necessary. Helps enhance your body aroma.

Each oil vibrates differently and supports us in its own unique way.

By understanding different Notes, you can play with these frequencies yourself. The more we learn, the more it all makes sense.

Sandalwood is a Heavy Note oil and it vibrates at the frequency of 96 MHz.

Lavender is a Medium Note oil and it vibrates at the frequency of 118 MHz.

Frankincense is a Light Note oil and it vibrates at the frequency of 147 MHz.