Become a Member of Young Living Essential Oils!

"Being successful at Young Living is all about relationships. When you focus on helping others build their businesses, you will find success. By helping others you help yourself. It is all up to the individual. With Young Living Essential Oils, you can go as far as you are willing to go and can achieve as much as you are willing to work for." ~ Richard and Shauna Dastrup

Here are some FAQ about Young Living Essential Oils:

Q: Is it possible to have a successful business with an established company like Young Living? I have heard that becoming a distributor for a network marketing company within its first year greatly increases your chances of financial success. Is that true?

A: The truth is that most newly-minted network marketing companies launching this year will go bankrupt in the next five. Industry experts say the most important determining factor for success in our industry is to join a stable company that has made it past those tenuous "start-up" years. Having few people in your up line is irrelevant; what matters is how effective you can be at adding people to and building people in your team. The likelihood someone will be successful increases by joining a company with a unique product and story, great mentors, solid training, fair compensation, and a strong front office. With respect to each of these factors, there has never been a better time to be with Young Living.

While creating and defining the essential oils category over the past fourteen years Young Living has achieved impressive and steady growth and continues to improve its position as the world leader in essential oils in the rapidly expanding $16 billion market for natural health solutions. Distributorships are growing at a record pace, and our impressive compensation plan and training programs are helping distributors earn rapid, residual, and record incomes. We attribute our success to our founder’s relentless search for new and innovative essential oil therapies, our intensive commitment to quality, and aggressively reinvesting capital into research and development. Not only do we have a solid financial base and a staff of experts with unequalled enthusiasm and knowledge, Young Living is also on a mission to transform the world and the lives of everyone we touch.

Here are six key elements that make Young Living different from any other firm in the world:

1. We own natural herb farms and custom-built essential oil distillation facilities on three continents.
2. We have one of the largest libraries of scientific review papers on essential oils in the world.
3. We have a president who has devoted almost a quarter century to studying and growing therapeutic-grade essential oil, has studied essential oils at nine foreign universities, and has spoken at the United Nations conference and numerous other conferences on essential oils.
4. We have company leaders who have published twelve research papers and nine books on the therapeutic benefits of essential oils and herbs.
5. We have a staff of essential oil experts who regularly travel the world searching for the finest essential oils being produced, as well as searching for and researching new aromatic plants.
6. We offer totally unique and natural products that get immediate results.

Young Living established the term therapeutic-grade and the standard and we guarantee the products we deliver remain undiluted from seed to seal and are the best quality essential oils available. Our emphasis is on helping people renew their lives through novel phytoconcentrates providing an unmatched power to guarantee quality, provide validating research and change lives through our research relationships with medical professionals,hospital, clinics and philanthropic efforts.

Q: Does Young Living adulterate, dilute, or cut its oils in any way?
A: We do not dilute, cut, or allow any adulteration to our single oils or the single oils used to make our oil blends, supplements, or other products, nor do we fractionate (isolate or distill out specific components) our essential oils. We harvest, distill, and sell only 100% natural, pure essential oils that meet the Young Living therapeutic-grade standard.

One of Young Living’s defining attributes is taking quality so seriously that we actually own and operate our own farms and steam extraction equipment. We have operations on three continents, including Europe, South America, and North America that produce the finest essential oils on earth. Whether an oil is produced on a Young Living farm or secured from a qualified, trusted supplier, every oil is tested for compliance with Young Living’s therapeutic-grade standard and rejected if it does not comply. Again, no other vendor is more fanatical on quality, nor is there any other company which consistently delivers such a quality product.

Young Living's founder, Gary Young, has spent twenty-three years acquiring knowledge on herb cultivation and proper essential oil distillation and has worked with the foremost world experts on essential oils, including Daniel Penoel, MD, Jean-Claude Lapraz, MD, Radwan Farag, PhD, and many others.

Moreover, Young Living’s Chemistry Lab, Research and Development department, and Quality Assurance department have spent more than a decade working with Gary Young and other researchers to refine and develop the unique Young Living therapeutic-grade standard. Every year, Gary and Young Living staff travel across the world to personally inspect essential oil distilleries and herb cultivation to ensure the highest therapeutic quality.

Young Living annually rejects about 72 percent of all essential oils received for analysis. These oils are found to be extended, adulterated, or sub-therapeutic. It is a sad fact that all of these rejected oils will eventually be sold and marketed by other less discerning companies, sometimes at a lower price, sometimes not.

Q: What is Young Living’s therapeutic-grade standard, and how does it compare to standards such as AFNOR and ISO?
A: When Gary Young started researching essential oil quality in the early 1990s, a patchwork of different independent standards existed including "Grade A," "AFNOR," "ISO," German Commission E, and others. Many of these standards were designed for the perfume industry and did not necessarily correlate with the health benefits of the essential oils. About nine years ago, Young Living created a special category of essential oil quality known as "therapeutic-grade" that incorporated elements of these standards into a new benchmark and linked essential oil composition with its therapeutic effects. Since then, other companies have begun using this term to describe their oils. It is important that consumers not confuse these oils with the Young Living therapeutic-grade standard. Some oil sellers would have you believe that there are other laboratories, organizations, or associations qualified to certify an essential oil as therapeutic-grade. This is not true. There is no one other than Young Living qualified to certify an essential oils as therapeutic-grade. Gary Young and Young Living have spent nearly two decades defining the Young Living therapeutic-grade standard based on:

• Clinical research on essential oils involving medical professionals
  
• Reviews of thousands of single patient anecdotal reports
  
• Personal experience of hundreds of thousands of users
  
• Investigation of historical and traditional uses
  
• Analysis of thousands of peer-reviewed scientific studies of essential oils
  
• Gas chromatograph analysis of the thousands of batches of oil provided to Young Living.

To date, Young Living’s library of university peer-reviewed research papers on essential oils encompasses thousands of articles stored and is one of the largest—if not THE largest—in the world. For simplicity we illustrate Young Living’s therapeutic-grade standard with our "Four P's" philosophy: Plants, Preparation, Purity, and Potency.

1. Plants ~ Young Living’s therapeutic-grade standard begins with selecting the correct family, genus, and species of an herb and ensuring it is grown in the correct soil, altitude, and weather conditions. For example, a number of different species of frankincense resins are collected in different regions of Africa, India, and the Middle East. Some of these species include Boswellia frereana, Boswellia serrata, and Boswellia carterii. Each species has very different therapeutic activity.
   
   Moreover, even among trees of the same species (i.e., carterii), resin and oil quality varies dramatically depending on where the trees are grown. Are they located in a wetter coastal area or an interior, semi-arid location? At what altitude do the trees prosper? Is the tree located in Arabia, India, or Africa? All of these factors are critical in determining the selection of a truly therapeutic-grade frankincense essential oil. In the case of frankincense, only the true frankincense of Biblical origin—Boswellia carterii—that is grown in select coastal locations, contains therapeutic-grade oil. In fact, B. carterii is the exact same species that was studied at Harvard Medical School and the University of Maryland Medical School for its immune modulating effects (Chevrier et al, 2005). In contrast, the other species of frankincense, including B. sacra and B. serrata ("Indian frankincense"), have no Biblical antecedents and have not been studied at this level of university study. Gary Young spent years visiting Africa and Arabia to source the correct locations of this true frankincense, the only species capable of producing oil with noted historic and medical research value. Using analyses such as gas chromatography, optical rotation, and specific gravity, Gary identified frankincense with the optimal immune-modulating, antitumoral, and anti-depressive properties.



2. Preparation ~ Even the best herbs can be ruined or damaged if they are not harvested and distilled properly. Plants must be harvested at the right time and then masterfully distilled. Once distilled, the oils must be handled carefully to protect their living energy and volatile components. For example, the distillation of frankincense is a closely guarded art that is handed down from generation to generation. The sticky gum resin must be distilled in a specially designed steam extraction chamber using unique techniques that keep the gum resin from becoming glued to the walls of the equipment, burning or scorching, and producing inferior grade oil with little therapeutic effect.



3. Purity
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4. Potency ~ Every batch of essential oils, whether distilled on our own farms or obtained from a trusted outside partner, is subjected to state-of-the-art analysis at the Young Living Chemistry Lab. With more than a half million dollars worth of the most advanced equipment in the world, biochemist Sue Chao and her staff subject every incoming lot of essential oils to a battery of tests including gas chromatagraphy, mass spectrometer, heavy metals analysis, optical rotation, organoleptic, and other advanced assays. Oils that exhibit even the slightest hint of possible tampering or adulteration—even if provided from a trusted supplier—are either rejected outright or sent to outside laboratories for even more in-depth dissection using techniques such as carbon isotope analysis. Our recent experiences with Helichrysum italicum essential oil demonstrate our commitment to this standard. Recently, Young Living rejected and returned several million dollars worth of helichrysum, even though this oil was badly needed and is very difficult to find and produce. While this batch of Helichrysum italicum was nearly identical to the helichrysum preferred by Young Living, two compounds did not match the profile for a truly "therapeutic-grade" essential oil. At best, the oil could only be classified as "sub-therapeutic" and thus it was rejected. Frustrated distributors often ask why a product is not available. This is because we refuse to sell inferior oils. Indeed, it is becoming increasingly more difficult to locate genuine therapeutic-grade essential oils that have not been extended or tampered with. Moreover, many essential oils are only distilled once or twice a year, and the temptation to adulterate is becoming more rampant. The bottom line is: First-hand knowledge of growing, harvesting, distilling, and analyzing oils gives us a complete understanding of every aspect of production. From seed to seal, our efforts focus on the true Young Living therapeutic-grade standard. And the proof is in the oil.

Are you ready to start living? Please choose from one of our Start Living Kits listed below:

Start Living Kit ~ Item 3693 ~ Investment: $40

Reap the benefits of becoming a distributor and receive wholesale pricing with the purchase of our new Start Living Kit. Specifically designed to support your needs as a new Young Living Independent Distributor, the Start Living Kit contains materials designed to familiarize you with our products, services, sales aids, and training materials. This kit includes:

• 1 ~ Welcome Letter
  
• 1 ~ Start Living Brochure
  
• 1 ~ Diffuser Coupon for 50% Off (only one per enrolling account)
  
• 1 ~ Essential Rewards Brochure
  
• 1 ~ Restore Your Core Brochure
  
• 1 ~ 5-Day Nutritive Cleanse Brochure
  
• 1 ~ Thieves Booklet
  
• 1 ~ Everyday Oils Booklet
  
• 1 ~ Essential Oils User's Guide
  
• 1 ~ Product Guide
  
• 1 ~ Price List
  
• 1 ~ Policies & Procedures
  
• 1 ~ Roadmap for Success Booklet
  
• 1 ~ Creating Abundance Booklet
  
• 1 ~ Compensation Plan Flyer
  
• 1 ~ Team Performance Flyer
  
• 3 ~ Distributor Application/Agreement
  
• 3 ~ Customer/Preferred Customer Form
  
• 1 ~ NingXia Red DVD
  
• 1 ~ Gold of the Ages DVD
  
• 1 ~ A·R·T DVD
  
• 1 ~ 5 ml Lavender
  
• 1 ~ 5 ml Peppermint
  
• 3 ~ NingXia Red Singles

Start Living with 5-Day Nutritive Cleanse Kit ~ Item 3685 ~ Investment: $300

In addition to the product information, service explanations, sales aids, and training materials included in the Start Living Kit, this exclusive enrollment offering also contains two of our most popular nutritional collections, the 5-Day Nutritive Cleanse and Core Essentials Complete, to provide new distributors complete nutritional support for their first 35 days.

A great way to begin your Young Living journey, our 5-Day Nutritive Cleanse facilitates gentle and effective cleansing to improve overall health and well-being. A minimum of four, easy cleanses a year with our 5-Day Nutritive Cleanse and continued nutritional maintenance will help balance the extremes of the modern diet. The ideal follow-up to the Cleanse, Young Living's Core Essentials Complete products focus on strengthening the building blocks of total body wellness and provide the ongoing nutritional maintenance healthy bodies need.

The 5-Day Nutritive Cleanse/Core Essentials Complete enrollment kit provides everything you need to professionally and confidently share Young Living's proprietary nutritional products with others, all at a $28 savings over individual product pricing. This kit includes:
5-Day Nutritive Cleanse includes:

• 1 ~ 1 liter NingXia Red
  
• 1 ~ Balance Complete
  
• 1 ~ Digest + Cleanse
  
• 1 ~ 5-Day Nutritive Cleanse Brochure

Core Essentials Complete includes:

• 1 ~ 1 liter NingXia Red
  
• 2 ~ Balance Complete
  
• 1 ~ Core Supplement Pack

And also contains 1 Start Living Kit (see contents above).


Start Living with Everyday Oils Kit ~ Item 3700 ~ Investment: $150

In addition to the product information, service explanations, sales aids, and training materials included in the Start Living Kit, this exclusive enrollment option also contains nine of our top-selling essential oils and essential oil blends. The specially-selected oils in this collection offer ongoing benefits for your health, home, and body. Enjoy the relaxing benefits of lavender and Peace & Calming, the cleansing power of Thieves and Purification, the comforting touch of Valor and PanAway, and more!

The Everyday Oils enrollment kit provides everything you need to professionally and confidently share Young Living's therapeutic-grade essential oils with others, all at a $10.00 savings over individual product pricing. This Kit includes:

• 1 ~ 5 ml Frankincense
  
• 1 ~ 5 ml Lemon
  
• 1 ~ 5 ml Lavender
  
• 1 ~ 5 ml Peppermint
  
• 1 ~ 5 ml Purification
  
• 1 ~ 5 ml Panaway
  
• 1 ~ 5 ml Peace & Calming®
  
• 1 ~ 5 ml Thieves®
  
• 1 ~ 5 ml Valor®
  
• And also contains 1 Start Living Kit (see contents above).

Start Living with NingXia Red Kit ~ Item 3696 ~ Investment: $185

In addition to the product information, service explanations, sales aids, and training materials included in the Start Living Kit, this exclusive enrollment option also contains the energizing benefits of NingXia Red, Young Living's naturally delicious nutrient infusion in a value priced 4-pack. Rich in wide-spectrum antioxidant activity, NingXia Red has the highest levels of naturally occurring, age-defying S-ORAC activity to help support immune function, cardiovascular health, and nourish the eyes. Whole Ningxia wolfberries and other nutrient-dense fruit juices, like blueberry and pomegranate, make NingXia Red the prefect choice for optimizing wellness. The NingXia Red enrollment kit provides everything you need to professionally and confidently share this terrific product with others, all with $21.90 in savings over individual product pricing. This kit includes:

• 4 ~ 1 liter NingXia Red
  
• 10 ~ NingXia Red Singles
  
• 1 ~ NingXia Red Booklet
  
• And also contains 1 Start Living Kit (see contents above).

Start Living with Thieves Kit ~ Item 3694 ~ Investment $150

In addition to the product information, service explanations, sales aids, and training materials included in the Start Living Kit, this exclusive enrollment offering also contains the purifying action of Thieves essential oil blend in a variety of products for the home. Featuring our newest addition to the renowned Thieves product line, Thieves Foaming Hand Soap, Young Living's Thieves enrollment kit ensures the benefits of this revolutionary essential oil blend are always on hand. The Thieves enrollment kit provides everything you need to professionally and confidently share Young Living's revolutionary Thieves product offering with others, all at a $67.58 savings off of the retail price on individual product pricing. This kit includes:

• 1 ~ 15 ml Thieves Essential Oil Blend
  
• 1 ~ Thieves Dentarome Ultra Toothpaste
  
• 1 ~ Thieves Fresh Essence Plus Mouthwash
  
• 2 ~ Thieves Household Cleaner
  
• 2 ~ Thieves Foaming Hand Soap
  
• 2 ~ Thieves Spray
  
• 2 ~ Thieves Hand Purifier
  
• 1 ~ Thieves Booklet
  
• And also contains 1 Start Living Kit (see contents above).

Join us as we fulfill Young Living's mission to honor our stewardship to chamption nature's living energy, essential oils, and hope to inspire individuals to wellness, purpose and abundance. Our vision is to take essential oils into every home in the world empowering every individual in their health and well-being! And I am grateful to you and welcome you into my Young Living family. Please click on this link to start living today!

I also recommend that you invest in the Essential Oils Desk Reference book which will empower you to learn how therapeutic grade essential oils deliver balance and harmony to each cell, which oils to use for various scenarios, research information and more.

Now that you are a Young Living Distributor, I highly recommend you enroll in our Essential Rewards Autoship Program to ensure you always have the benefits of your favorite Young Living products on hand.

The Essential Rewards Advantage

• Guaranteed monthly shipments of your favorite Young Living products
  
• Discounted pricing on exclusive product packages
  
• Reduced shipping rates
  
• Points for free products earned on every Essential Rewards order
  
• Additional compensation and bonus rewards
  
• Product training and support CDs
  
• Members-Only Benefits

Discounted Shipping
All Essential Rewards orders qualify for reduced shipping costs. Members pay a $7.75 US/$9.75 CAN flat shipping fee on the order's first five pounds and just $0.70 per additional pound for ground and IGD shipments to Canada and the US. For air shipments to Alaska and Hawaii, Essential Rewards members pay a $12.50 flat shipping fee on the order’s first five pounds and $1.25 for each additional pound.

Discounted Pricing
Get savings exclusively as an Essential Rewards member with Essential Rewards packs for NingXia Red®, Everyday Oils™, Thieves®, A·R·T®, Core Supplements™, or Core Essentials Complete™ at a substantial discount off regular wholesale prices.

Bonus Qualification
Essential Rewards members who are also Independent Distributors can access exclusive bonuses. The Matching Bonus, Team Performance Bonus, and Star Performance Bonus are just a few of the ways Essential Rewards members can access additional cash rewards. Learn more about Young Living's Compensation Plan.

Essential Rewards Points
Earn points toward future product purchases with every Essential Rewards order. As your months with Essential Rewards increase, so do your rewards!

For example, place an Essential Rewards order in the first six months of your membership with 50 PV and earn 5 points to redeem for free products or discounts. The more you order, the more points you can redeem for free Young Living products. To get started, simply log in to Virtual Office or contact Distributor Network Services where a live operator can assist you. Enroll now and enjoy knowing that the products you use and share most often will be on hand. Simply select your products and your order is shipped hassle-free from our door to yours on the date you choose!

If you have any questions about any of our products, the company and/or business, or would like more information, please contact me by phone at 407.399.8562 or by filling out my contact form.





One of my favorite quotes:

Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in ones favour all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. I have learned a deep respect for one of Goethe's couplets: 'Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it! Boldness has genius, magic, and power in it.'" — WH Murray

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