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NEWS OF THE WORLD LEADER IN ESSENTIAL OILS

Volume 2.11 Nov 2012

Founder’s Message

Winter Harvest 2013

Learn About Oils Like Never Before During This Year’s Winter Harvest

A special surprise awaits at the St. Maries farm this year: a high-resolution gas chromatograph that will give distributors the chance of a lifetime to analyze oils that they’ve helped harvest and distill.

AT YOUNG LIVING we look forward with great anticipation to wintertime, when our balsam fir, blue spruce, Western red cedar, and pine trees are ready for harvesting and distilling.

The Winter Harvest is a time of transformation, when we work together alongside D. Gary Young to distill the world’s highest quality essential oils in the pristine, rejuvenating forest setting of our Idaho farms. Registration to join this unforgettable experience is now open!

From December 3–15 or January 7– February 2, you can become an integral part of the Seed to Seal® process for all

or part of the Winter Harvest at the Young Living farms in St. Maries and Highland Flats, Idaho. Immerse yourself in a variety of rewarding experiences, from harvesting the trees, to working with our eco-friendly horsedrawn teams, to helping distill the precious essential oils. With Gary and many of our leaders in attendance, the Winter Harvest is also an excellent time to learn from our founder and network with top distributors.

Gary has a special surprise for those coming to the Winter Harvest. A highresolution gas chromatograph (GC) will be available for the immediate testing of essential oils distilled at the St. Maries distillery. This is an opportunity of a lifetime for all distributors coming to the harvest, giving them illuminating insight into the testing and bottling of the very oils being distilled during the Winter Harvest.

Gary Young analyzes oils using the high-resolution gas chromatograph, The GC instrument, a machine distributors will use at this year’s Winter Harvest.

one of three normally housed in Young Living’s research and quality lab, will be set up for the volunteers to help analyze the essential oils that they help and distill from the harvest. The Agilent 6890N GC will be equipped with nonpolar and polar GC columns, each containing a unique interior “stationary phase” coating. These two GC columns separate the essential oil into different patterns to allow identification of numerous components that comprise each essential oil. The GC instrument will be operated by two experienced research scientists, who will demonstrate and train those who attend the Winter Harvest.

Come experience Young Living’s Seed to Seal process—planting, harvesting, distilling, and quality testing—and witness Young Living’s dedicated efforts to remain the world leader in essential oils.

Space is limited, so register as soon as possible! Visit youngliving.com to learn more.

See you in Idaho!

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What a year 2012 has been for Young Living and you! The company has changed; you have changed. I’ve heard from so many of you how by focusing on transforming your lives through Young Living, you are living better than ever before. How exhilarating!

With success in achieving goals and experiencing transformation comes a renewed sense of belief—belief in one’s self, belief in principles, and belief in something bigger than the individual. The power to believe is astonishing. It is bred through a cumulative process of simple, day-to-day victories where we overcome obstacles and reach heights higher than we ever could have imagined. Action, then, is key to believing.

So much of what we do or do not accomplish in life depends entirely on what we choose to act on. Each of us is an agent with the responsibility to act, not to be acted upon. Ours is the divine right to pursue with diligence happiness and freedom.

It is only through a dedicated pursuit of reaching our potential that we are filled with the powerful, motivating belief that we can achieve anything we put our minds—and muscles—to achieving. What a tremendous responsibility we have to ourselves!

A new year is quickly approaching. As you begin thinking about how you can continue your personal transformation, I challenge you, if you haven’t already, to truly begin to believe in yourself. Be an agent that acts; be somebody’s inspiration. The power to inspire resides in each of you!

Young Living believes in you!

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Long-lasting energy support* • Whole Ningxia wolfberries are traditionally used in China to support agility, longevity, and vitality* • Energises without the harmful effects caused by trendy drinks*

With cold winter weather quickly approaching for many Young Living members, we would like to remind you that low temperatures may affect NingXia Red® during shipping if you live in a cold climate. Low temperatures will not damage or freeze your essential oils, but they may change their appearance. For example, rose oil may thicken or gel when it gets too cold; placing the bottle under warm water or rolling it in your hands will help the oil liquify again. Citrus oils may become cloudy when cold, but this occurs naturally and you may continue to use them as usual.

Revitalising, total-body protection* • Over 50 percent increase in S-ORAC level to help protect against free radicals* • Now with patented and standardised grape seed extract

Fortifies the body and replenishes key nutrients* • Consuming 60-120ml daily delivers powerful polysaccharides and phytonutrients • Contains zeaxanthin, a well-studied carotenoid*

Seven times more pure, essential oil • Now with orange, yuzu, lemon, and tangerine essential oils that are traditionally known for their emotion-supporting properties* • Oil blend is 93 percent d-limonene a well-studied antioxidant*

Improved great flavour • New zero-calorie stevia sweetener • Proprietary Nutrient Guard processing • Flavoured with essential oils and a proprietary juice blend

Now Kosher and Halal approved

New custom glass bottle • Nonporous and impermeable glass ensures NingXia Red’s freshness and taste • No plastic or plastic-lined aluminum packaging

I love the expression “essential oils are Mother Nature’s cocktail,” and I am very excited that Young Living has a high standard and a determination to use these amazing and powerful gifts in all of its products.

I have received many questions regarding the use of Young Living skin-care products, so I have decided to start my articles in the Essential Edge News with the unique simplicity of the entire skin-care line.

As we get older, our skin changes; it may become thinner and more fragile, more susceptible to broken capillaries, broken lines, or sagging. Even though aging is natural, we all would like to prolong the youthful beauty of our faces to match the still-growing vitality, beauty, and confidence we carry inside. The unique skin-care ingredients, in combination with carefully chosen Young Living essential oils, may help you achieve this desired balance.

Young Living’s simple skin-care routine: 1. Cleanse (a.m. & p.m.)—Use A•R•T Gentle Foaming Cleanser for makeup removal or Orange Blossom Facial Wash for a refreshing feel and basic cleansing.

2. Exfoliate (2 times a week)—Use Satin Facial Scrub to help speed up your skin’s natural renewal process and keep the skin soft and glowing.

3. Tone (after exfoliating or using masques)—Use A•R•T Purifying Toner to refresh and keep your skin at a healthy pH balance.

4. Deep Skin Care (a.m. & p.m.)—Use A•R•T Renewal Serum, enriched with the powerful benefits of orchid flowers. The active ingredients have a lower molecular weight and are able to penetrate into the skin’s deeper layers.

5. Moisturize (a.m. & p.m.)—Choose from the wonderful collection of Young Living moisturizing creams, depending on your preference or skin type, ranging from the pleasantly scented Sandalwood Moisture Cream to the powerful Boswellia Wrinkle Cream; or use the A•R•T Day Activator in the morning to protect your skin and the A•R•T Night Reconstructor in the evening to help moisturize and soothe the skin.

*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.

These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

6. Special or Extra Care—Protect, beautify, and pamper your skin. Use A•R•T Beauty Masque 2 times a week and indulge in the benefits of the orchid extracts and the wisdom of Chinese herbalists, who for thousands of years have used these ingredients to create skin-beautifying formulas.

Use A•R•T Creme Masque 2-3 times a week to deeply moisturize, protect, and rejuvenate your skin with the powerful Hyaluronic acid, antioxidants, vitamins, and exotic blend of essential oils.

For the delicate area around the eyes, use Wolfberry Eye Cream; and for extra irritated and dry skin, use Rose Ointment or one of our Essential Beauty Serums. Use ClaraDerm and LavaDerm when you feel that your skin needs special attention or reviving; and to protect and moisturize your lips, use Cinnamint, Grapefruit, or Lavender Lip Balm.

Let your true beauty be revealed with our wonderful Young Living skin-care products!

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Young Living News from Around the World Singapore had a very festive first anniversary celebration on October 20, which was made even more special by guest Dr. Peter Minke. He did a remarkable job in sharing important knowledge about family first aid with essential oils, as well as essential oil chemistry. The Singapore office also brought Dr. Minke to Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 22– 23.

Watch out for the next big event in Singapore, which is the launch of the new NingXia Red® with Young Living director of training and education Doug Corrigan on January 19.

PERU

Young Living Peru is reaching new heights with growing support at the global headquarters and the introduction of NingXia Red. Nancy Yoshiwara was introduced in October as the marketing manager for Young Living Peru and comes with a great professional background and enthusiasm to take Peru to the next level of service and support. NingXia Red has been well received across the country by distributors who are enthused to have a new way of consuming oils and invigorating their health.

JAPAN

More than 600 distributors shared the excitement at the Japan workshop held in Osaka and Tokyo in October.

Slique™ Tea and Slique Essence™ were successfully launched, and many are setting goals and getting ready for the Slique Challenge. Gary’s presentation surely motivated Japanese distributors to achieve transformation. Four Japanese distributors also shared their stories about Young Living products and their businesses. Qualified distributors enjoyed the recognition dinner with Jared Turner, the new VP of international, who spoke about the vision and potential of the Japanese market. The event created great momentum that will take Young Living Japan to the next level.

MEXICO

Young Living Mexico has renewed energy that has been ignited by great leadership and great new products.

The health and wellness of many has been invigorated by the introduction of Progessence Phyto Plus™ and Slique Tea. To add to these exciting products, we are proud to introduce the new NingXia Red in November with three celebrations across the country.

Power of YL Events Dear Young Living,

Thank you for taking us to the heart of Australia.

What a magical location you selected for the leadership experience. What a fantastic mix of group activities: dinner under the stars, sunset at two spectacular locations, and beautiful walking tours. Other companies simply don’t go to these extreme lengths for their leaders.

We’ve been so fortunate to have spent time with Young Living leaders at other Young Living events.

We were pleasantly surprised and pleased with the noticeable bonding that occurred, which was facilitated by this opportunity. The intimate nature of the small group offered countless benefits.

We cannot express the significance of the confidence and faith shown to us at this event. We already know Young Living is our future; it fills us with pride to know that you see that in us too.

Sincerely, Sharon and Andrew Wild

AUSTRALIA

The 2012 holiday catalog is now available. The catalog is filled with exciting kits to share with your friends and family this holiday season.

Not only does it include wonderful packaged presents, but it also features new and special products that will be available only during the holiday promotion. These include great Young Living-branded oil carriers, polo shirts, aprons, and shoulder bags, as well as two new oils, The Gift™ and Idaho blue spruce. This is also the first time the Vitassage™ massager is available for sale in the Australian market.

ECUADOR

Ecuador is looking forward to hosting Young Living’s Gold and Platinum leaders for the Master Leader Retreat in November. The Ecuador farm and Nova Vita spa will be the highlights of the event and will help demonstrate what makes Young Living the world leader in essential oils.

EUROPE

An exciting and active month in October saw Europeans welcome the launch of the new NingXia Red and a number of other new products. The successful launch of the European holiday catalog also offers a wonderful selection of gifts and ideas for sharing during the festive season.

Marc Schreuder visited European headquarters and Sweden, where he spoke to an enthralled audience about Europe’s Young Living products, including the new NingXia Red, Progessence Phyto Plus, and Slique Tea. Product presentations and training were also held in Austria with guest speakers Doug Corrigan and Dr. Olivier Wenker.

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Germany Founders Meeting: More than 400 Attend Historic Celebration quarters’ general counsel, Shawn Stewart; associate general counsel, Matt French; and the manager of global regulatory affairs, Colin Booth, on stage to show Young Living’s commitment to the new and flourishing market. They will all John Doughty, general manager of Europe, joins other Young Living executives on stage during the Founders Meeting in Nurnberg, Germany. be key in supporting and influencing YOUNG LIVING EUROPE was proud the growth and and excited to host Europe’s first opportunity in this already thriving official Founders Meeting, held Sep- market. tember 22 in Nurnberg. More than 400 New and established Founders leaders joined together in celebrating Meeting guests from Germany, Austria, the official commencement of Young Belgium, Czech Republic, Romania, Living in Germany.

Switzerland, the UK, and the United The event, hosted by John Dough- States represented their nations and ty, general manager of Young Liv- shared in supporting this historic day ing Europe, brought the European for Young Living. The international management team and global head- congregation not only provided a

buzz and energy for the day but also Opening: May 11, 2013, with special a platform for building networks and guest D. Gary Young, founder and sharing an affinity for Young Living.

CEO of Young Living!

Guests enjoyed a full day of introWith more than 81 million inhabitants, ductory, informational, and educa- Germany is the most populous memtional presentations from host speak- ber state and the largest economy in ers and key members. Testimonials the European Union. It represents a were given by some of Europe’s brightest leaders, including Crown Diamond Barbara Ochsenhofer, Diamonds Gabriele Hauser and Markus Idl, and German leaders Roswita Heitmann, Ursula Belgart, Rudolf The excited crowd of more than 400 distributors and friends celebrate Pieknik, and Aditya the arrival of Young Living in Germany.

Nowotny.

Many special announcements were wonderful opportunity for Young Living made during the event, including spe- distributors to spread the message of cial promotions and incentives for wellness, purpose, and abundance. distributors living in Germany, special The rewards that lie ahead as we conrecognition for all Founders members, tinue to share with more new friends and last but not least, the date of the are inspiring! official Young Living Germany Grand

Upcoming Global Events

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Experience Winter Harvest

School of Nature’s Remedies November 10 Denver, Colorado Master Leader Retreat November 12–16 Ecuador

December 3-15 January 7- February 2

School of Nature’s Remedies December 1 Houston, Texas

Register now at youngliving.com

Young Living’s Distinguished Horses Win Big During Summer

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YOUNG LIVING, THE world leader in essential oils, is also a leader in sustainable planting and harvesting techniques on its farms across the globe. Exemplifying this commitment Essential Edge News

to the environment is the company’s large herd of award-winning draft horses—something unique in the essential oils industry.

Young Living’s hard-working horses

Winter Harvest December 3–15 January 7–February 2 St. Maries & Highland Flats Farms School of Nature’s Remedies January 19 Mexico City, Mexico

recently competed in several competitions across the United States and received distinguished honors. Some of the more notable awards Young Living’s horses earned are as follows:

of the largest in the country • A 3-year-old mare won Jr. Shomanship at the Iowa show • A team won third place in the two-horse hitch at the Iowa show

• A farm-raised foal won first place in the halter class (in-hand confirmation class) at the Minnesota State Fair, an A-level show • A 3-year-old mare won second place in the halter class at the Minnesota State Fair • A 4-year-old mare won her class in the halter class at the Minnesota State Fair • A team of horses won second place in the six-horse hitch at the Britt, Iowa, Draft Horse Show, one

In addition to their awards, these horses are valuable members of the Young Living team, as they routinely help with harvesting and planting operations at Young Living farms in Utah and Idaho.

AIRASE: Essential Oils vs. Biofilms, Part I You need to know about biofilms because . . . ?

Perhaps these words may give you a reason to read on.

VEYSEL BERK, A postdoctural fellow in the Department of Physics and the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences at U.C. Berkeley reported on a new imaging technique using super-resolution light microscopy to investigate bacterial biofilms in the July 13, 2012, issue of Science. In a

Berkeley article, Berk stated: In their natural habitat, 99.9 percent of all bacteria live as a community and attach to surfaces as biofilms; according to the National Institutes of Health, 80 percent of all infections in humans are related to biofilms.

Andre Levchenko, PhD, Johns Hop-

kins University, wrote: “There is a perception that single-celled organisms are asocial, but that is misguided.

When bacteria are under stress . . . they team up and form this collective called a biofilm. If you look at naturally occurring biofilms . . . They are like cities with channels for nutrients to go in and waste to go out.”

If you have ever had a dental cavity, it’s the result of biofilm on your teeth—commonly called plaque.

People with medical implants—pacemakers, stents, artificial joints—may have experienced a bacterial infection because of a biofilm.

The U.C. Berkeley article reported on Veysel Berk’s microscope: “He discovered that over a period of about six hours, a single bacterium laid down a glue to attach itself to a surface, then divided into daughter cells, making certain to cement each daughter to itself before splitting in two. The daughters continued to divide until

they formed a cluster . . . at which point the bacteria secreted a protein that encased the cluster like the shell of a building.”

Knowing now that most bacteria live almost entirely in colonies (biofilms), the next important fact to learn is that while a single bacteria “may be susceptible to antibiotics, the films can be 1,000 times more resistant and most can only be removed surgically.”

If this is not daunting enough, biofilms are found not just in humans but throughout our environment.

They clog pipes and watersheds and contaminate food and food processing surfaces. Biofilms in hospitals are particularly deadly. Biofilm research is vital for the safety of patients with urinary tract infections, catheter infections, children’s middle-ear infections, and dental plaque and gingivitis.

Next week in Part II: How essential oils get through biofilm armor.

Young Living Essential Oils Used in Kent State Nursing Program YOUNG LIVING ESSENTIAL oils play a key role in an exciting new partnership between Donna Karan’s Urban Zen Foundation, the Kent State College of Nursing, the Nursing Self-Care Consortium Schools of Cleveland State University, and the Ursuline College Breen School of Nursing. Urban Zen faculty members are training the schools’ nursing students in integrative therapy modalities, which include essential oils, as part of the “Care for the Caregiver” program.

Essential oil therapy is a vital component of Urban Zen’s Integrative Therapy (UZIT) Program, along with

therapeutic yoga, Reiki, nutritional instruction, and contemplative care. UZIT is designed to complement traditional medical techniques and offers substantial benefits to both the recipient and the caregiver. Pure Young Living essential oils such as lavender and peppermint are used topically and in an aromatherapeutic manner in UZIT. Young Living recently made a large donation of essential oils to the college. Kent State and the Nursing Self-Care Consortium nursing students have been enthusiastic and receptive to the integration of essential

oils in their training, and the college plans to continue to use Young Living oils as part of its ongoing student curriculum.

Overall, I believe the use of Young Living essential oils has helped our students become more open to the different UZIT modalities,” says Tracey Motter, director of Kent State’s undergraduate BSN programs.

“I’ve also noticed that the oils have benefited our students by helping them to decrease their stress levels and cope with the high-paced curriculum.”

November 2012

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