Discovering the Benefits of Essential Oils
Gary Young's mission began in 1973. Seriously injured in a logging accident, he determined to get his health back. Gary began studying alternative medicine and was introduced to essential oils. The oils proved a critical piece in Gary's personal recovery and inspired
A multiyear, worldwide search across three continents and a dozen countries to study the historical impact and forgotten knowledge of essential oils.
Gary believed he could produce pure, authentic, superior - quality essential oils, and started cultivating lavender and other herbs in 1989, on a one - quarter - acre plot in Spokane, Washington, US. He built his first distiller by welding two pressure cookers with copper pipe and began experimenting. The result: 100% pure essential oil and the beginning of Young Living Essential Oils.
Gary and his wife, Mary, eventually launched their own company to grow, prepare, and bottle therapeutic essential oils. The first Young Living office was in Riverton, Utah, where a small group of employees worked to fulfill the growing demand for essential oil products. Soon, the company's first stationary distiller was built on land purchased in St. Maries, Idaho, US. The Youngs later purchased more than 2,000 acres in Utah and Simiane - la - Rotande, France.
Still, the growing demand for mass quantities and different varieties of oils eventually required Gary to build partnerships with other suppliers. These efforts created the unmatched global network of essential oil expertise that is the modern Young Living. Today, Young Living ships essential oils products to hundreds of thousands of members around the world.
A History of Stewardship
- The Essential Oils Desk Referenceis based largely on Gary Young's past and present research.
- In 1991, Gary performed some of the first clinical research on oils with helichrysum.
- In 2004, Gary partnered with Brigham Young University researchers Rex Cates and Nicole Stevens, to study the anticancer effects of therapeutic - grade essential oils, including Young Living's sandalwood and frankincense.
- Palo Santo essential oil was the subject of a paper by Gary Young - the first on the subject - published in theJournal of Aromatherapy.
- Young Living is the first and only company to bring Palo Santo and ruta essential oils to market; Gary first distilled these plants while living and researching in Ecuador.
- Gary Young's essential oil blend Thieves (R)has been the subject of clinical studies on its ability to kill airborne bacteria and black mold.
- Gary's research has allowed Young Living to offer more than 75 single oils and 75 oil blends - the largest essential oils line available.