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Volume 3.4 April 2013

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BELIEVE. FEW WORDS and con-cepts are more foundationally nec-essary or more powerful than this.

Belief in something is the key motivator to acting on, pursuing, and achieving the thing that you most desire or wish to become. With-out believing that we can first be-come something more or achieve something higher, we linger on a directionless path to nowhere in particular, constantly fatigued by unfulfilled potential. Yet, with belief—in ourselves, in God, in oth-ers—we steer our own course with purpose, abundance, and a dream for greatness.

The dreams each of us carry are vitally important to our happiness. We hope for them and focus our attention on them. At times they become so vivid that we can taste them. But dreams do not become re-ality through magic. Realizing them takes inspiration, determination, and hard work.

This June at our International Grand Convention, we will learn how to use our time wisely in build-ing a business and will discover the inspiration that it takes to un-derstand not only what it means to believe but also how to have the determination to actually believe. I am sure that you, at the conclusion of that remarkable week, will have an unrelenting belief in yourself and a pristine, clear vision of your future. If you have those things, you can realize your dreams and achieve greatness.

This year’s theme of “Believe” builds on last year’s theme of “Trans-formation.” Believe in your new, transformed self.

Please join us for this exciting week to learn how you can prosper and enjoy that success as you help take our mission to the world. The things that you learn at this year’s convention will be a guide to you for the rest of your life. Do not wait; reg-ister today and prove to you that you

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IMAGINE THE JOY that comes from a life of dreams ful-filled. Anything is possible when you believe! Greater wellness, purpose, and abundance can be realized when you discover the power of believing in yourself.

Empowered by the theme of “Believe,” this year’s convention will be your start to a lifelong journey of realizing the dreams you never thought possible. With inspiring presentations from our keynote speakers D. Gary Young, ND, and Wayne Dyer, PhD, as well as our expert workshop instructors, this year’s convention will accelerate your motivation to achieve every transformation you desire. We invite you to take part in the most powerful Young Liv-ing event of the year and discover what it means to truly believe!

The convention is an unbeatable opportunity for Young Liv-ing family members from around the world to learn, share, and celebrate everything essential oils! At this exciting event, you will:

Take part in the all-day Farm Day celebration at the Young Liv-ing Lavender Farm on Saturday, June 22—a festival unrivaled by any and that will make lasting memories for years to come! Be sure to tour the distillery to learn more about our proprietary Seed to

Seal® process and see how essential oils are grown, harvested, and distilled for your use.

Need a little more encouragement to join us at this life-changing event? Sign up before April 30 and you will receive $100 off registration. Register now at youngliving.com!

Enjoy Unmatched Education!

D. Gary Young, ND Wayne Dyer, PhD

Join Young Living Founder and CEOD. Gary Young, ND, and Wayne Dyer, PhD,

for must-see presentations

Join us at the Young Living International Grand Convention and Farm Day celebration for education, motivation, inspiration, and fun June 18–22 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Discover the latest in essential oil research as you hear experts speak on the natural healing properties of plants

Experience a variety of educational workshops to strengthen your product knowledge and business goals

Become enveloped in the sights, sounds, and smells of the Young Living Essential Oils Product Expo, where you can sample our most popular and newest products

Participate in special executive leadership training sessions led by Young Living Founder and CEO D. Gary Young

Pamper yourself and relax at the Young Living spa with healing Raindrop® treatments and massages

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FOLLOWING OUR RECENT Young Living Beauty School event, I received questions about the research behind our A∙R∙T® orchid line, which includes two wonderful products: A∙R∙T Beauty Masque and A∙R∙T Renewal Serum.

The benefits of both of these products, and specifically the use of the orchid flower, are based on thousands of years of Chinese herbal medicine. It is believed that orchids have the ability to absorb and retain moisture and adapt well to many extreme environments. The lon-gevity of the flowers is the key benefit that is utilized for skin care.

Orchid extracts are used for their in-tense moisturizing effect and for their ability to help delay senescence—or nat-ural aging—by supporting the strength of the skin’s main proteins.

Another valuable ingredient found in our A∙R∙T orchid line is Japanese knotweed—a polygonum that has been traditionally used for its wound healing properties and for its ability to support

healthy skin and provide protection against the effects of free radicals. The Japanese use this plant in order to pre-pare a tea called Itadori, a word that means well-being. This and many other properties that may help generate youth-ful-feeling and -looking skin are found in the A∙R∙T orchid line.

The effect of essential oils in both orchid products is very beneficial. Both blends—Stress Away™ in the Beauty Masque and Sensation™ in the Renewal Serum—provide calming and sooth-ing not only to the skin but also to the psyche and our emotions.

Use A∙R∙T Renewal Serum after cleansing your face morning and night. Be sure to follow up with your favorite Young Living moisturizer. Incorporate the Beauty Masque a couple of times a week to help promote a younger, health-ier-looking you.

Do you have questions for Dr. Luba? E-mail her at beautytips@youngliving.com.

Young Living Teaches, Helps Fund Ballet Scholarship in Italy

Make a Difference: Join Jacob’s Team

YOUNG LIVING FOUNDER and CEO D. Gary Young, ND, and Sabina DeVita, EdD, were recently invited to the prestigious Vancliffen Arts Foundation’s International Bal-let Competition in Italy to educate an audience of more than 300 dancers and guests on the many therapeutic benefits of essential oils that may help the dancers per-form with greater ease.

In addition to giving a keynote address, Gary Young

and Young Living were there to help fund a dance schol-arship for one young, talented dancer. The winner of the competition scholarship was Yuri Mastrangeli from Rome, who will now be attending the Salzburg Interna-tional Ballet Academy in Austria.

Like many athletes, a dancer’s career is often plagued with aches, exhaustion, and injuries. Dancers frequently push through intense physical stress in order to create

a visual masterpiece for the audience. It is common for dancers to be reluctant to seek medical attention for injuries in fear of losing roles. In some cases, taking pre-scribed medication becomes a career-ending addiction for the dancer.

The director and co-founder of the Vancliffen Arts Foundation, Dr. Fernando Milelli, hopes that the dancers, after hearing about the uses for essential oils, will seek more natural and healthy alternatives to help avert long-term harm to the body.

One dancer participating in the competition injured his shoulder while practicing for his routine. The perfor-mance scheduled that evening required several lifts of female dancers, and not performing would mean losing an opportunity for him to earn a scholarship.

“He came running to our table seeking relief; he couldn’t lift his arm without it hurting,” said Dr. DeVita. “I rubbed several Young Living essential oils into his mus-cles, including Idaho balsam fir, marjoram, wintergreen, and PanAway®. He later reported that he was able to suc-cessfully continue his performance.”

It is a privilege for Young Living to be associated with such a wonderful foundation that supports talented per-formers like these dancers.

Above: Dr. Fernando Milelli, Yuri Mastrangeli, and D. Gary Young at the Vancliffen Arts Foundation International Ballet Competition in Italy. Right: Yuri Mastrangeli performs during the competition.

IT IS OFFICIAL! The D. Gary Young Foundation (DGYF) is going to build a high school at the Young Living Academy in Chongon, Ecuador! In order for this to happen, we have launched a new fun-draising effort called Jacob’s Team. The DGYF is extending a personal invitation to you to view a video message from Ja-cob Young, the son of Gary and Mary Young, at dgaryyoungfoundation.org. In this message, Jacob and two students from the Young Living Academy share why you should be a member of this team and what a new high school will mean to them. For as little as $3 USD per month, you can be part of Jacob’s Team!

The DGYF also invites you to be part of a memorable day learning and contrib-uting in Indianapolis, Indiana, on April 20. The event, Take Charge: Wellness, Purpose, and Abundance, will be held at the Marriott North Hotel in Indianapo-lis, presented by Royal Crown Diamond Marcella Vonn Harting and DGYF di-rector Don Clair. To learn more and to purchase tickets, visit dgaryyoungfoun-dation.org. For just $65 USD, you will ex-perience a day you will always remember!

The Awaken to a Healthy Living event, held recently in St. Louis, was a wonderful success. More than 100 people attended the educational sessions on March 2. A wonderful dinner auction was held the evening before the classes and was a lively and wonderful experience for all those at-tending as they bid on items from around

the world. Not only did participants open their hearts and pocketbooks to help the DGYF, but they were also richly rewarded with a wonderful opportunity to learn from some of the best educators in the field of oils, supplements, emotions, inte-grative medicine, and business leadership.

This event netted more than $13,000! The DGYF would like to extend our apprecia-tion to each of our presenters and attend-ees; we could not have done this without you!

Finally, Pamela Hunter and her team made a $2,000 contribution to the DGYF from a recent fundraising event. Thank you, Pamela! It is dedication like yours and so many like you that continues to move our mission forward.

If you would like to learn more about how your team can hold a fundraising event to help the DGYF, send an e-mail to info@dgaryyoungfoundation.org.

Together we can make a difference!

DGYF and Marcella Vonn HartingPresent

Take Charge: Wellness, Purpose, Abundance

A one-day spectacular with all proceeds going to the DGYF!

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SINGAPOREYoung Living Singapore has been proac-tive in creating brand awareness through-out the country with a yearlong public relations campaign. Recently, General Manager Will Halterman was featured in Channel News Asia’s live morning talk show, where he talked about the thera-peutic benefits of some oils from the Ev-eryday Oils collection. Local print media is also gaining interest in Young Living’s won-derful essential oils and oil-infused prod-ucts, with recent features in Next maga-zine and Canopy Avenue, an online site.

Our recent partnership with Singapore Press Holdings Health Convention also gave Young Living Singapore the opportu-nity to distribute products to the conven-tion’s huge audience. We are hopeful that there will be many new faces joining our ranks in the coming months.

Members from the region are also pre-paring themselves for an all-new learn-ing experience with Tamara Packer at the Raindrop Technique® training in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on April 24; Manila, Philippines, April 25; and a full-on workshop in Singapore on April 27. Please visit the Singapore website for full event details.

EUROPEYoung Living Europe has had a fantas-tic first quarter, with exciting product launches and successful tours across the continent. In April the northern countries will see a rise in activities: The country manager for Sweden and Iceland, Ca-tarina Griffin, will organize meetings in Östersun, Umeå, and Luleå; and Artemis, a Diamond from Australia, will be holding various meetings April 12–15 in Iceland.

We are also enjoying working on the Germany Grand Opening in Nuremberg on May 11. Most inspiring of all the of-ferings at this event is sure to be D. Gary Young sharing gems of information on es-sential oils. Please refer to the Young Liv-ing Europe website for further information and registration.

PERUYoung Living Peru’s central office contin-ues to be a haven for distributors to meet, train, and help build each other’s knowl-edge of the oils and the vision of Gary Young. General manager Yail Simon and his staff are providing trainers and experts to teach the people of Peru about the company, the products, and their own health and well-being.

MEXICOYoung Living Mexico was energized in March with the two-week tour of Dia-mond Judy De La Rosa. Judy organized meetings and events across the country in Leon, San Luis de Potosi, Guadalajara, and Queretaro. Her knowledge and energy enthused crowds in each city as she edu-cated the people about her favorite oils for health and wellness.

JAPANJapan’s Leader Retreat was held March 7–10 in beautiful Guam. Twenty-eight qualifying Japanese leaders attended this practical and fun event. Jared Turner, Young Living’s chief global sales officer, gave a presentation on what is expected of Young Living leaders. Participating distributors also discussed how they can work together to grow their businesses even faster. Three leaders also had the opportunity to share their testimonials, giving everyone the opportunity to learn how to grow their Young Living business. In addition to the meetings, everyone en-joyed Guam’s warm sun and sandy beach-es, including a fun night with a Polynesian dinner show.

AUSTRALIAYoung Living Australia recently com-pleted its business training tour, which covered the eastern seaboard of Austra-lia. Distributors from western Australia and northern Queensland also attended. Participants were trained on mindset and behavioral changes that will help them take advantage of the new compensation plan, as well as on a helpful three-prong strategy for business growth.

High attendance at this event is further proof of the strong demand for educa-tion about how to build a solid income. Attendees were excited to experience the new strategies, tools, and systems that will simplify and support them on their Young Living journey to wellness, pur-pose, and abundance.

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Lavender Essential Oil: An "Adaptogen"?

STEVIA (REB A) IS AN all-natural, zero-calorie sweetener extracted from the Ste-via rebaudiana plant, a member of the chrysanthemum family. Native to Brazil and Paraguay, stevia leaves have been historically dried and used as tea sweeteners by native inhabitants.

Stevia extract’s water solubility, metabolic, and intense sweetening properties fit perfectly with NingXia Red’s new formula. Stevia is 200–300 times sweeter than sugar, and through its use, Young Living’s researchers were able to lower the overall Brix (sugar content in an aqueous solution) score from 17 to 11 without sacrificing NingXia Red’s naturally delicious flavor.

The key to stevia’s non-caloric claim is found in the way it is metabolized by the body. Reb A isn’t metabolized until it reaches the colon. Once there, it is broken down into stevioside and releases a glucose molecule. This molecule is not absorbed by the body; instead, it feeds colon bacteria. The remaining stevioside is eliminated from the body by the liver and kidneys, thus yielding no calories to the body. Unlike many sugar alcohols, stevia causes no gastrointestinal or stomach discomfort.

Sweetened with stevia extract, NingXia Red is a delicious superfruit beverage that delivers wholesome goodness the entire family will enjoy.

THE TERM ADAPTOGEN has many meanings: to have a “normalizing ef-fect,” to adapt or adjust ( from the Greek adapto). An adaptogen that has differ-ent results depending upon the need seems to be an unusual meaning of the term. Lavender essential oil is the per-fect example for the two opposing ad-aptations we discuss below.

Lavender is known worldwide to calm and relax. Babies crying with colic were soothed by abdominal massage and lavender oil in a study conducted at the Department of Pediatric Nursing at Pemukkale University in Turkey1. Den-tal patients in London who nervously awaited appointments were found to be calmer and less apprehensive after lav-ender was diffused in the office waiting room in a randomized-controlled trial2.

Additionally, in a Thai study to assess the effects of lavender oil on emotional states and other bodily systems in healthy adults, the group that inhaled lavender oil catego-rized themselves as “more active, fresher, relaxed than subjects just inhaling base oil.”

But what happens to lavender’s famous calming and relaxing abilities when given to people who are experiencing a bone-weary fatigue? This is where the “Swiss Army Knife” of essential oils earns its nickname. Researchers at Sanyo Hospital in Japan gave fatigued subjects aromatherapy, a footsoak in warm water containing lavender for 10 minutes, and reflexology with jojoba oil containing lavender for 10 minutes. Fatigue scores im-proved significantly.

No matter how you define “adaptogen,” lavender seems to be able to adapt to the needs of the person who uses it.

References1. Centinkaya B, Basbakkal Z, Int J Nurs Pract. 2012 Apr;18(2):164-9.2. Kritsidima M, et al., Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2010 Feb;38(1):83-7.3. Sayorwan W, et al., J Med Assoc Thai. 2012 Apr;95(4):598-606.4. Kohara H., et al., J Pallit Med. 2004 Dec;7(6):791-6.

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Years ago when I first moved to South America, I did not know much Spanish. In fact, I can honestly say that I didn’t know more than a small handful of words. However, since the country I was living in was predominantly Spanish speaking, I soon found myself getting frustrated at my lack of ability to communicate. Unfortunately, no matter how hard I tried to learn the language, I could not seem to pick it up. I remember walking down a dusty street one day full of market stalls and noticing that a dog had stolen some meat off of one of them. The owner of the stall loudly scolded the dog as the animal skulked away. The thought occurred to me then that although I could not understand a single word the owner was yelling at the dog, the dog understood every one. Hence, the dog knew more Spanish than I did! The thought was so embarrassing that I resolved then and there to learn the language. I was not going to simply study more, or memorise a few new words, but I was going to really learn it. This was my first true goal.

This past month I had the amazing opportunity to go to dinner with the winners of the Circle of Abundance program that we held last year. It was great to be with so many people who had made goals in their Young Living businesses, and had the determination to accomplish them. Congratulations to each of you! I encourage you to make more goals in your Young Living businesses, and work to accomplish them as well.

I also want to encourage everyone to make a goal to become a leader and attend the SE Asia Regional Leadership Meeting in Phuket later this year. We had a great time in Bali last year, and shared a lot of great information with each other that has helped move forward Gary Young’s vision of sharing oils with every household in the world. By becoming a leader of your group not only do you enjoy the benefits associated with leadership, but you are able to share and to give so much more back to others. The true value of leadership is not in what we can get, but is in what we can give and share with others around us.

It took me almost two years to learn Spanish sufficiently to consider my goal met. Since then I have made many goals. Some I have accomplished, others I haven’t, but I have learned that even those goals I have not accomplished have improved my life in some way. What are your goals? Are you setting targets to work toward? If not, I encourage each of you to find something that you want to accomplish in life, and go for it!

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If anyone asks us if it is worth the effort to focus on Young Living as our main source of livelihood, we will certainly say YES!! And we are so glad we did! We had the opportunity to meet so many open-minded, creative

and courageous people on this planet, not afraid to face themselves and embrace personal growth! We have also met and coached people we deeply admire to help them achieve better health, financial freedom, quality family life, building schools and contributing to charitable causes. We also greatly appreciate the many Networking Marketing Professionals’ untiring work to elevate the dignity of this profession. Through Young Living’s offerings of Wellness, Purpose and Abun-dance, we can now choose to make better lifestyle choices successfully, even more so when we can also help others create positive changes in their lives on a multi-dimensional level: spiritually, emotionally, mentally and physically.

Let us share how it began for both of us. In 2009, we felt physically and emotionally drained, trapped in the corporate rat race of 80-hour weeks trying to meet deadlines with an ever-increasing workload, and no time for our kids and family. We also suffered from frequent bouts of common illnesses, skin challenges, severe eczema and various diseases faced by our

kids, chronic symptoms and syndromes which had no cure according to the doctors but to rest... Without any experience in this industry to begin with, starting in a totally cold market, we faced many obstacles and challenges in the first year especially when our savings start to deplete. We then realise we first need to be settled first in our own mind, body and spirit such that the products we promote, the company we represent and the industry as a whole not only feels right for us – it also feels right for everyone who desires to join in this journey of amazing transformation. As we believe we can do it and hold onto our dreams and beliefs, investing our time and resources in personal development courses and also learning from the right mentors, our persistence in sharing the message of health and wellness by recommending lifestyle changes supported with Young Living products slowly came to fruition. Nowadays, we are happy to share that we have more than replaced our corporate income with the holistic income we receive from Young Living and much much more.... We have also learnt to communicate better with each other and the people around us by becoming truly interested in them and putting their needs ahead of ours. Simply by not making assumptions on each other’s understanding and confirming the message that we have received, we have learnt to communicate more effectively with each other and also with our children, coming into better alignment with our family and friends in this journey of inner transformation. Of course, we used a lot of Abundance, Clarity, Transformation and NingXia Red! We created www.aromacompass.com with the vision to Empower Souls, Link Hearts, Enrich Lives Globally! We feel Young Living provides a platform to us to fulfil our vision to build a COMMUNITY of committed, caring and courageous LEADERS. By community, we mean a warm community of friends who make a stand for one another and together, we can combine our strengths to serve a bigger cause for the universal good. By leaders, we believe through Young Living, people can be coached to become great leaders and live a rich and fulfilling life that can help and inspire others. When successful leaders continually develop other successful leaders, it is just a matter of time before this whole community of leaders will make an unimaginably huge impact, way beyond the Young Living business. And it doesn’t matter whether leaders are sidelines are downlines or uplines as we all share a common vision. In fact, if there is such a word as competition, all the more we can also help our competitors succeed as success is not about competition but creating something beautiful together. As such, we look forward to see even more members in Young Living achieve even higher ranks than us and marvel in your successes!

We are grateful to Gary and Mary Young for their vision in creating this journey of wellness, purpose and abundance. We are also grateful to Will Halterman and his wonderful team in Singapore office for their amazing support and guidance. Our heartfelt thanks to our mentors and our team members without whom, we will not have achieved this significant Platinum rank milestone! We offer our sincere gratitude to all Young Living oilers from whom we have learnt so much till today. Finally our overwhelming apprecia-tion for the support and care our family members have given us and the special meaning to life given to us by our children make this all possible! On a final note, may we share this quote from John F. Kennedy: “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”

Congratulations to Our Newest Platinums!

I started on this journey of discovery & learning about natural healing therapies in year 2000. These 13 years of continual learning and application has culminated in my surprise discovery of the Young Living Essential Oils. What an amazingly enlightening journey it has been! It didn’t take me long to sense that there was something truly special with these essential oils especially since I’ve used so many other different types of herbs and remedies including homeopathy, Chinese & Western herbs, tissue salts, flower essences, acupuncture and various energetic healing modalities.

For those of you who know me, have heard that my world mainly revolves around taking care of my 2 young children (ages 8 & 6 years ), ensuring that they are healthy & happy in mind, body & spirit. From the time they were born, I used to scour the country for the best foods, best supple-ments, best remedies for first-aid and common childhood ailments and later best holistic education. To achieve this I would keep up-to-date on leading-edge information so as to give them THE BEST! In Young Living, I believe I HAVE found THE BEST in therapeutic-grade essential oils, oil-enhanced supplements & personal care products. Through research, visits to 2 of Young Living farms and in meeting with Gary & Mary Young, interactions with researchers, doctors, veteran users of the oils, and of course USING the products myself (proof IS in the pudding as they say), I felt confident in turning to Young Living for almost all of our health & personal care needs. Convenience was not my priority – QUALITY & Knowing the Source of where things come from were my TOP PRIORITY!

So, as I experienced the many benefits of using the oils & products, I started sharing with great BELIEF & PASSION with friends and anyone I met. I saw in the oils and products a way to help people achieve better health & happiness. I wanted to change people’s mindsets that popping a pill was not the only way out of their physical and emotional problems. The more I worked with people with the oils & products, the more encouraged I got as I would get lovely testimonials of gratitude that their child has been relieved of what seemed to be a “lasting” disorder or that “ the number of visits to the doctors have reduced significantly” or how they were able to overcome life-threatening disease and major surgery with surprising ease. This is all very heartening and encouraging. Along the way, of course I faced challenges through oppositions and doubts but my lesson has been - through PATIENCE, DETERMINATION & PERSEVERANCE I will continue to share the benefits of the Young Living Thera-peutic Grade Oils & products to whoever is keen & committed to achieving improved Health & Wellness for themselves and family.

In the process, I have also had the good fortune of working with groups of people who are eager to learn or replicate what I do - to share and educate others on the benefits of the oils. I have found that if I am able to inspire and share my passion for improving people’s health & wellness, we can create a ripple effect and change the world one person at a time and eventually reach many groups of families. For this – I feel so grateful and humbled to be able to do this work – to INSPIRE INDIVIDUALS to WELLNESS, PURPOSE & ABUNDANCE!

I am grateful to Gary Young for his Passion for setting unwavering standards in bringing God’s Gifts to us.

I thank Frances Fuller for always telling me BELIEVE in myself and the oils. Thank you Frances for your inspiration & mentorship; I am fulfilling my dreams of helping others find greater health & wellness.

I thank my many downlines who have shown such commitment and drive in sharing the benefits of the Oils – you have all inspired me in so many ways!

I am grateful to the many visiting teachers, researchers and users of the YL Oils – I gained so much knowledge & inspiration through your sharing.

I thank the staff of YL Singapore for their help and support.

To all of you reading this – I wish you wellness & success in your endeavors, and may you find immeasurable joy, fulfillment & fun as you work with the oils!

Patricia GweePlatinum since March 2013