Anella (Breathe)

Grapefruit • Geranium • Lavender • Cedarwood • Frankincense • Peppermint • May Chang

ANELLA is an essential oil blend created as a ritual for finding space.

Inspired by that feeling of stepping outside on a spring day, when the air feels different somehow. Flowers are beginning to bloom, everything feels a little lighter, and without even thinking about it, you take a deeper breath.

For the days that feel a little too full.

When thoughts tumble over one another, when everything seems to need your attention at once, or when you simply haven't stopped long enough to notice how you're feeling.

Anella is an invitation to pause amongst it all.

Not to clear your mind completely. Not to solve everything that's waiting for you.

Just to create a little space between one thing and the next.

To breathe.

And perhaps, for a moment, to feel a little more like yourself again.

About the Essential Oils

This is one of my own essential oil blends, created slowly and instinctively until each oil found its place.

Geranium & Lavender — soft and beautifully floral, forming the heart of Anella and giving the blend its feeling of flowers beginning to bloom
Grapefruit & May Chang — bright little bursts of citrus that appear through the florals, bringing lightness and freshness
Peppermint — a cool, clean breath of freshness that moves through the blend like crisp air on a spring walk
Cedarwood & Frankincense — warm, woody and quietly grounding, sitting underneath the brighter notes and giving Anella its depth

Together, they create a fragrance that feels like stepping outside on a beautiful spring day.

Floral at its heart, with unexpected little hits of grapefruit and cool mint appearing through the scent, before settling into the warmth of cedarwood and frankincense beneath.

Fresh air. Flowers beginning to bloom. A little sunlight.

And room to breathe.

A Ritual for Creating Space

Light your candle and find somewhere comfortable to sit.

Before doing anything else, notice your breath.

Don't change it.

Don't try to make it deeper or slower.

Just notice it.

Notice the inhale.

Notice the exhale.

Notice the tiny space between the two.

Then, when you're ready, take one slow breath in.

Imagine creating a little more room inside yourself as you do.

As you breathe out, allow something to leave with it.

A thought.

Some tension.

The need to know what comes next.

You don't have to decide what you're letting go of. You don't even have to give it a name.

Just breathe.

With each inhale, make space.

With each exhale, soften.

If your thoughts wander, let them. When you notice, simply come back to your breath and the flicker of the flame.

You may choose to repeat the following words, aloud or inwardly:

I make space for what I need.

I breathe in this moment and let the rest wait.

Stay here for a few breaths more.

The world outside this moment hasn't disappeared.

It will still be there when you're ready.

But for now, there is space.

And there is breath.