◊ Aroha (love)
Our Aroha products are crafted to enhance emotional energy, promote self-confidence, and increase self-love. When used with our carefullycurated mindful Intention Cards, these blends will help your child love themselves more. X
The Aroha blend was created using organic oils of the highest quality, and will help to harmonise the nervous system, release unwanted emotions and bring a feeling of warmth, calm and strength. Marjoram, Bergamot and Ylang Ylang are oils used in these recipes, which are synonymous with releasing and resolving stuck emotions, relaxing the nerves, and alleviating anxiety and insomnia, helping to regulate breathing and heartbeat, and promoting emotional stability. Aroha elevates negative thinking and boosts optimism.
Childhood depression can stem from a variety of causes, such as pressure from school, homework, exams or tests, relationships with peers, family, social media, or simply managing conflict with a friend. There are many causal factors for tension and anxiety in a child’s life, and even though life may appear positive for your child, there are often hidden stresses.
Experiencing love, gratitude and affection makes us stronger and more connected with our own sense of purpose.
Our intentions when creating our Aroha range:
Beyond having our physical needs met, like food, water, shelter, and hygiene, we also need plenty of emotional and cognitive support, love, and nurturing. Expressing love and affection for one another is so important every day. Doing so helps us to feel safe, comforted, and included in a warm circle, creating brave and bonded relationships. Children and adolescents need this to develop into secure, confident adults. Young people need to be taught the skills in order to show vulnerability, and understand how to manage the myriad of emotions that comes with growing up. Empathy is the keystone to any healthy, successful relationship, whether that is a friendship or relationship with a family member. Such feelings of security actually increase children's capacity to learn and to develop mentally and physically.
Helping to reduce the risk of developing childhood depression, which is different to childhood stress, although toxic or extended periods of stress and anxiety can cause childhood depression. Depression is an extended and persistent period of sadness that does not go away. If your child is sad and their mood interferes with their daily life, it may be depression, and you should consult a reliable professional.
◊ DreamTime
Our DreamTime products’ strengthening and comforting effects promote healthy sleep habits and emotional security. We have researched essential oils that have a harmonising effect on the nervous system. Orange oil has a sedative and antidepressant effect, reducing irritability or excitement, which is the ideal state for a child to fall asleep, and stay asleep. Orange oil also has a positive and joyful influence on the mood, comforting their feelings and alleviating their fears. Sleep is important for restoring energy, for growth and development. There is increasing evidence that not getting enough, or experiencing poor quality sleep can negatively impact a person's behaviour, learning, health, well-being and weight.
A large percentage of school-aged children struggle to fall asleep, and then stay asleep all night. Quite often, anxiety is the culprit. When kids don’t sleep, parents don’t sleep, and the whole household becomes overtired.
For some children and teenagers, the major cause for worry is the fear that they won’t be able to sleep. Some kids even start worrying about sleeping hours before their bedtime, or they wake up in the middle of the night and start worrying that they won’t be able to fall back asleep, and so they don’t. Although it might be irrational for a child to think this way, but trying to talk reason into your child usually doesn’t work in this situation. Instead, break the worry cycle and help your child fall asleep with the help of our Intention Cards, mists and rollers before bed, creating a much healthier routine and set of habits before they hop into bed.
Treat the Intention Card each night like a bedtime story, or a meditation mantra. Support your child with learning how to release any negativity or worries before bed, by encouraging them to talk about their day and what could be on their mind. You can do this by using a new Luna Intention Card each night, spraying DreamTime mist and using our beautiful essential oil roller on the wrists, bottom of their or both. Send your child off to sleep with a restful mind and a peaceful spirit.
◊ Mindful
Our Mindful products help children get their mind, body and emotions back into a calm and balanced state.
Our Mindful rollers and mists, along with the Intention Cards, help children combat feelings of being overwhelmed, and prepares them for a positive, productive day. Daily use of the Mindful range actively encourages relaxation, whilst the Intention Cards aid in the development of thoughtful techniques and provide words of encouragement.
We all need to establish ways to stabilise our mind and body, especially in childhood. Children and teenagers need to learn how to respond to negative emotions and thoughts, without simply getting stuck in them.
Mindful is a blend of woody and herbal therapeutic grade oils for courage, feelings of protection, love and affection. Use at any time of the day.
◊ Little Warrior
Bravery and courage aren’t magical ‘things’ that just happen inside us to make us ‘not scared’, although it is critical that we need to push through fear, self-doubt, and anxiety, to do the things that feel hard, risky or frightening. Sometimes, courage only has to happen for seconds at a time – just long enough to be brave enough. Hello Luna’s Little Warrior blend contains oils such as Cypress, which promotes emotional security, used for its strengthening and comforting effect, and Juniper, which is known to help ease nervousness and reduces intellectual fatigue, as it is a mental and psychological detoxifier.
Children need to know that it’s okay to hang in while they’re uncomfortable, or while they’re moving through hard or complex situations. It is essential for parents to help their children fan their brave spark, and know it’s always inside them. When this time comes, it won’t always feel like readiness or certainty. However, this will develop bravery, and will help to bring out that little bit of much-needed magic.
It may take some bravery for a knight to battle a dragon, but it equally takes that same strength for a shy child to walk into a new classroom each day.
Anything that will help to nurture the truth of life that they are strong and powerful, that they can cope, and that they are not as fragile as they might feel sometimes, will help to nurture their brave hearts.
Little Warrior is a careful blend of woody and flowery therapeutic grade oils, helping children to feel strong and capable. Use against self-doubt, anxiety and fear.
◊ Uplift
Uplift is a citrusy, fresh, and invigorating blend of Lemon and Geranium oil, which are used for their many benefits, such as creating a sense of calm, strength, security, and emotional balance, and Kanuka oil, which is commonly used to relieve nervous tension, stress and mild anxiety.
Being emotionally secure, and confident has a substantial influence on the cognitive processes in humans, including perception, attention, learning, memory, reasoning, and problem-solving.
Hello Luna’s Uplift is a bouncy blend of citrusy and spicy therapeutic grade oils helping to restore emotional energy and create an up-lifting effect. Having a light and bright spirit helps us to feel positive about life and the world. Uplift gives your child the vitality and enthusiasm for the lives they deserve. This focusing mist and roller will help to restore emotional energy, will assist in reengaging with others, and will uplift their little hearts.
◊ Angel Wings
Emotional safety enables us the freedom to collaborate, dream, be wildly creative, share bold ideas, feel increased compassion, and express ourselves openly with one another.
Angel Wings is a woody and floral therapeutic grade oils blend, that helps reduce tension, worrying feelings and negative emotions. The Jasmine and Palmarosa oils that are used in the Angel Wings, diminish fear and help enhance self-confidence.
Use Angel Wings to combat feelings of insecurity and negative thoughts, as the soothing blend will produce strengthening and comforting effects for your child.
◊ Calm
Our Calm range is a gentle mix of earthy and floral therapeutic grade essential oils. Lavender is an key component in this blend, which is valued for its harmonising effect on the nervous system, helping to increase a sense of comfort, and alleviate fears.
When kids are anxious, just like adults, they experience a fight, flight, or freeze (acute stress) response, which is a physiological reaction in response to something they perceive as scary. After the feeling of the threat has gone, it can take 20-60 minutes for the body to return to normal levels. This naturally affects every aspect of life.
Research tells us a relaxed child is better able to think more constructively and positively. We all need the space to step back to reflect on issues, and if we can help our children develop this space, we will see significant behavioural changes.
Our Calm blend, as well as our Intention Cards have been designed to combat feelings like mental fatigue and over-thinking. Using this blend will have an anti-depressive and comforting effect on your child.