Welcome back to Essential Oil Solutions with Dotaura.

At this time of year, when environmental threats are high,

we know that many of you are looking for natural ways to help support your immune system.

So we're excited to bring you the strong all-season education series.

These episodes will be focusing on all the ways you can keep your

body working the best it can so that you're able to stay strong all season.

Many are feeling extra stress because of worldwide health concerns and changes in our normal

daily routines. Stress can affect our overall well-being, including the way the immune system functions.

Our stress response is there to protect us against challenges and threats that are perceived.

And during an acute response, the body makes adjustments and floods the body with certain cortisol and

adrenaline these hormones that can affect the way our immune system works now when you have

persistent stress you can diminish the activity of certain organ systems the body

prioritizes those that are most vital to survival now when your body is flooded with this cortisol during a stress response,

it can reduce the number and also the activity of white blood cells in the immune system.

White blood cells are obviously very important because they are what are defending us

against certain things that are challenging our immune system.

Our research actually even shows that stress reduces the number of natural killer cells

which are a specific white blood cell that help to fight viruses.

So we need to collectively strive to reduce stress.

One way is to contribute to a calm environment by diffusing essential oils like balance or peace.

Balance is a very grounding blend and grounding to the emotions. It provides a warm,

woody aroma that creates a soothing and calming atmosphere wherever you're at. Also, you can

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