{"id":415,"date":"2016-04-13T13:45:36","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T13:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/universitycollectionsvolunteers\/?p=415"},"modified":"2016-04-13T13:45:36","modified_gmt":"2016-04-13T13:45:36","slug":"just-breathe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/universitycollectionsvolunteers\/2016\/04\/13\/just-breathe\/","title":{"rendered":"Just breathe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As part of our ongoing mission this term to let students know we care, we have been\u00a0using some essential oils to help students relax today!<\/p>\n<p>Aromatherapy has been around for a long time, for example in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baldwins.co.uk\/blog\/8-fun-aromatherapy-facts\/\">China and Egypt<\/a>, where oil and incense have been used for up to 6000 years. A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com.ezproxy.is.ed.ac.uk\/science\/article\/pii\/S0883941715000576\">recent study<\/a>\u00a0by Lee Redstone, published by the\u00a0<a class=\"cLink\" title=\"Go to Archives of Psychiatric Nursing on ScienceDirect\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com.ezproxy.is.ed.ac.uk\/science\/journal\/08839417\">Archives of Psychiatric Nursing<\/a>,\u00a0has shown that\u00a0essential oils can enhance mindfulness therapy by reducing stress and anxiety levels.<\/p>\n<p>We hope that students felt the effects of our soothing blend of Lavender and Eucalyptus oil today &#8211; hopefully they had more luck smelling it than this statue from our collections would!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-416 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/universitycollectionsvolunteers\/files\/2016\/04\/aromatherapy-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"aromatherapy\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/universitycollectionsvolunteers\/files\/2016\/04\/aromatherapy-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/universitycollectionsvolunteers\/files\/2016\/04\/aromatherapy.jpg 519w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Gandharan sculpture fragment: Head of Buddha, 1st century, EU1343. See it <a href=\"http:\/\/images.is.ed.ac.uk\/luna\/servlet\/detail\/UoEart~1~1~73279~164060:Head-of-Buddha?qvq=q:nose;lc:UoEcha~4~4,UoEcar~3~3,UoEart~1~1,UoEcar~1~1,UoEgal~5~5,UoEecp~1~1,UoEwmm~3~3,UoEsha~5~5,UoEcar~4~4,UoEgal~2~2,UoEwmm~2~2,UoEcha~1~1,UoEart~2~2,UoEhal~2~2,UoEsha~3~3,UoEsha~4~4,UoEgal~6~6,UoEcar~2~2,UoEsha~1~1,UoEsha~2~2,UoEgal~4~4,UoEwal~1~1,UoEwmm~1~1&amp;mi=24&amp;trs=25#\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We will be popping up regularly next week during revision time and in the exam period following that. We have organised\u00a0some very exciting events to help students relax, and also plan to celebrate a certain someone&#8217;s very special 400th birthday, so keep an eye on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/crc.edinburgh\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/crc_eduni\">Twitter<\/a>!\u00a0Also look out for our table in the Main Library Foyer, which will have aromatherapy as well as mindfulness activities for students to try!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Remember, your library loves you!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of our ongoing mission this term to let students know we care, we have been\u00a0using some essential oils to help students relax today! Aromatherapy has been around for a long time, for example in China and Egypt, where oil and incense have been used for up to 6000 years. 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