WELCOME TO THE SOUND DIFFUSER

If you are reading these words, it means you have already taken a huge, brave, and deeply sacred step: you have begun reading Heal Your Broken Heart: 7 Sacred Steps to Emotional Freedom. This means something very important: even though your soul is still going through pain, you are already safe.

Your decision to open the book is no small gesture. It is an act of self-love. It is the first step back to yourself. No matter how deep the break you are healing, today, by being here, you are no longer in the same place as yesterday. Today, you are on your way.

This guide is an extension of that book. It is not only read: it is breathed, felt, and lived. The Sound Diffuser is not a simple accompaniment. It is an intimate space where your senses and energy align to help you integrate the book’s message beyond words.

Here you will find aromas that caress your soul, phrases that awaken inner memories, and a sacred space to record your transformation.

This is your refuge. A gentle corner created just for you.

The healing Power of Aroma

Before being medicine or ritual, aromas were ancestral memory. They are linked to the most primitive emotions of the human being: safety, pleasure, love, and protection. Our limbic system, the part of the brain where emotions are born, connects directly to the sense of smell. There are no rational filters: when you smell, you feel.

Neuroscience studies have shown that certain essential oils activate brain areas that regulate mood, stress, and the feeling of safety.

For example, research published in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience confirms that inhaling lavender decreases cortisol levels—the stress hormone—and produces deep relaxation. Other oils like sandalwood or rose affect heart rate, blood pressure, and feelings of well-being.

It is no coincidence that ancient temples used incense, or that grandmothers scented clothes with flowers. The soul remembers what the body forgets.

And sacred aromas are bridges back to yourself.

Arimas for the Thousand Emotions within You

Here is a deep guide to essences you can use as living companions. Each is associated with a specific situation women experience—physically, emotionally, or spiritually—and deserves to be held with beauty and care.

Lavender: The Loving Mother

For when:

  • Menstrual pain, inflammation, or premenstrual tension days

  • When you are very tired but your mind won’t stop

  • When you need to cry in peace, without explanations

  • When you want deep sleep after an emotionally hectic day
    How it helps: Relaxing essence that regulates the nervous system, relieves muscle spasms, and improves sleep quality. Balances emotions related to hormonal cycles and calms an anxious mind.
    Suggested ritual: Place a drop on your pillow or your belly (diluted). Inhale deeply and allow your body to let go of control.

Frankincense: The Spiritual Guide

For when:

  • New moon or full moon rituals

  • When life feels lost or without direction

  • When you need to offer a prayer or hold onto faith

  • During meditation, deep journaling, or manifestation practices
    How it helps: Energy purifier, opens the crown chakra, helps gain perspective and release attachment to what no longer serves. Reduces existential stress.
    Suggested ritual: Light a charcoal and place a pinch of resin or a few drops in a diffuser. Breathe with eyes closed and say: “I am ready to receive clarity.”

Rose: The Alchemy of Self-Love

For when:

  • You felt rejected, judged, or not enough

  • Your heart aches for a loss or an old wound

  • You are making peace with your body

  • You need to reclaim your worth
    How it helps: Opens the heart, softens emotional hardness, raises vibrational frequency, and strengthens self-esteem. Helps you forgive yourself and remember your essential beauty.
    Suggested ritual: Place a drop on your wrists or the center of your chest. Accompany it with the phrase: “I treat myself with the same tenderness I long to receive.”

Sandalwood: The Silent Anchor

For when:

  • Overwhelmed by work and unable to disconnect

  • When you give too much to others and forget yourself

  • You need to return to the present and ground yourself

  • During therapeutic writing or long meditation practices
    How it helps: Deeply calming and centering. Relaxes the sympathetic nervous system, reduces mental noise, and facilitates introspection with emotional balance.
    Suggested ritual: Use in a diffuser while working or writing. Rub on the soles of your feet to sleep deeply.

Cananga Odorata (Ylang-Ylang): Embodied Pleasure

For when:

  • You feel shame about your body or desire

  • You want to reconnect with your sensual and creative energy

  • You are joyful and want to expand that guilt-free joy

  • In dance, pleasure, or sacred feminine reconnection rituals
    How it helps: Balances hormonal system, elevates mood, opens the sacral chakra, and awakens bodily joy. Helps you feel free and enough in your skin.
    Suggested ritual: Place a few drops in a carrier oil and massage your lower belly or hips. Dance. Breathe with intention. Caress yourself as a tender act of self-love.

Eucalyptus: The Necessary Breath

For when:

  • Feeling oppressed, trapped, or with a closed chest

  • In moments of grief, silent sadness, or emotional congestion

  • During internal cleansing or physical detox

  • When you need mental clarity for decisions
    How it helps: Clears respiratory pathways and dense emotions. Expands the chest, clears mental noise, and relieves accumulated emotional burden.
    Suggested ritual: Inhale directly from the bottle for three deep breaths. Use in facial steam or diffuser while journaling or meditating.

How to Integrate Them into Your Rituals

Sacred essences are not just aromas: they are living presences. When used with intention, they become allies in your emotional healing, bridges between your body and soul. Here are simple but powerful ways to incorporate them into your daily life, especially while reading Heal Your Broken Heart: 7 Sacred Steps to Emotional Freedom.

  • Before reading: Place a drop of the chosen essence on your wrists or behind your ears. Inhale deeply three times, allowing its vibration to prepare you to receive the book’s message with openness and calm.

  • During your reading: Diffuse the essence in the air with a diffuser or place a few drops in a bowl with hot water. Let the subtle steam envelope the space, turning your environment into a healing temple.

  • At night: Before sleeping, place a drop of lavender on your pillow or take a brief conscious inhalation. This helps your body process during rest what your soul has begun to release through reading.

  • In moments of integration: Use them at the end of a chapter that touched you deeply. Apply the aroma, close your eyes, breathe slowly, and note what you feel. This anchors you in yourself and helps you avoid floating in the pain.

  • Deeper rituals: Prepare a bath with warm water and some drops of essence (diluted in plant milk or carrier oil). Immerse yourself with intention, visualizing how water and aroma cleanse and rebalance your energy field.

The key is not to do too much. It is to do it with soul.

Activating Phrases – Living Keys for Your Ritual

Each essence is a threshold. And each phrase that accompanies it is a vibrational key that awakens something within you.

Use them while inhaling the aroma, beginning your reading, or in moments when something within you asks to be held. These words are designed to touch specific places in your soul.

They are not empty affirmations: they are seed phrases. Their intention is to remind you what you already know… but sometimes forget.

Lavender: When the world overwhelms you

I inhale tenderness, I exhale tension. I give my body permission to rest. I am safe in this moment.

Frankincense: When you need spiritual clarity

I breathe light, I exhale confusion. I connect with the voice that has always lived within me. I am being guided, even in the unseen.

Rose: When you felt rejected or hurt

I inhale my worth, I exhale wounds that no longer define me. My tenderness is strength. I am worthy of love, unconditionally.

Sandalwood: When you gave too much and forgot your center

I inhale presence, I exhale dispersion. I return to my axis with firmness and softness. I do not need to prove anything to deserve rest.

Ylang-Ylang: When you have lost connection with pleasure

I inhale joy, I exhale guilt. My body is an altar, and joy is my prayer. I claim the right to feel alive.

Eucalyptus: When there are things you haven’t been able to say

I inhale space, I exhale what I haven't said. I open my chest without fear. My truth has a place in the world.

Precautions for Safe and Conscious Use

Working with sacred essences is an act of connection but also responsibility. These fragrances are living concentrates of plants, flowers, and fruits, and their power deserves to be honored carefully.

Before applying, keep these in mind:

  • Essential dilution: Never apply pure essential oils directly to the skin. Always dilute in a carrier oil like jojoba, sweet almond, or fractionated coconut. A safe proportion is 1 drop of essential oil per 5 ml of carrier oil.

  • Sensitivity test: Before using a new essence, do a patch test on a small skin area (like the inner forearm). Wait 24 hours to check for adverse reactions.

  • Avoid delicate areas: Do not apply oils near eyes, mucous membranes, or open wounds. Some essences may increase sun sensitivity, like citrus oils. Avoid direct sun exposure after use.

  • Special care during pregnancy: If pregnant or breastfeeding, consult a specialized therapist before using essential oils. Some essences are contraindicated in certain stages.

  • Store your bottles in sacred places: Protect them from heat, direct sunlight, and humidity. Close tightly after each use. Imagine you are caring for small plant oracles.

Remember: essences are teachers. They don’t need to be used excessively to do their work.

One drop, with intention, can transform a moment.