Aromatherapy is the use of pure essential oils to enhance physical or mental well being. Essential oils are distilled plant essences that may be used to make ourselves feel better. Aromatherapy is the process of diffusing pure essential oils, and thus plant essences, which then is absorbed through inhalation and our sense of smell. Online Aromatherapy Education
Explore the world of essential oils and aromatherapy. This workshop will introduce you to essential oils and aromatherapy. You will learn basic history, guidelines and ways to incorporate them into your everyday life. This workshop is perfect for wellness programs, home parties and community events. (Go to Events page for upcoming workshops)
Aromatherapy Workshops
Aromatherapy 1 Day Workshop is formatted to help you gain and utilize essential oils on a clinical or aromatic approach. 10 Essential oils are used in this class with guidelines; safety concerns; how to use the oils and blends to make products for yourself. A workshop that will leave you uplifited! (CEU's for LMT's)
Aromatherapy 2 Day Workshop is formatted to go on a deeper level of understanding on a clinical approach. 21 essential oils are taught in this class with guidelines; safety concerns; more in depth with blending and making products for yourself. A workshop that will leave you with a deeper understanding of oils. (CEU's for LMT's)
Aromatherapy Consultation will include a history intake of your medical condition(s); emotional; social; home and work. Depending on your factors a 1oz blend will be made for either your pain; stress or emotional situation; either in a creme; oil; spray or inhaler will be the product that will be blended for you.
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History of Aromatherapy
Aromatic oils in ancient civilizations were very different from the wide range of highly refined oils captured by modern methods of distillation. But the ancients are regarded as the true founders of aromatherapy.
According to archaeologists our predecessors had no knowledge of distillation. Most of their oils were prepared by placing aromatic plant material in vegetable oils or animal fats. These mixtures were left in the sun to infuse into the oils and were used for ceremonies and for their healing powers.
Greeks would decorate their heads with fragrant flowers, a form of psycho-aromatherapy. The perfumes and healing balms so popular with the Greeks soon became very fashionable in Rome. The Romans were the world's greatest bathers and enjoyed warm spa waters and aromatherapy massages.
Herbal medicines in China were used in conjunction with acupuncture and massage to treat a myriad of ailments. They were also involved with the quest for immortality through the practice of alchemy.
A Persian physician named Avicenna is credited with having perfected the art of distillation in the eleventh century AD. He was so advanced in his method that his apparatus did not change in 900 years. He also advocated massage, traction and a detoxifying all-fruit diet as part of his healing regime.
The art of aromatherapy arrived in Europe as a result of the crusades and with it came the art of distillation. Wealthy lords were able to distill essential oils for medicines and perfumes.
The Italian doctors Gatti and Cajola (circa. 1920) demonstrated the psychotherapeutic effect of smelling essential oils. They in a rudimentary way they concluded that "the sense of smell has by reflex action an enormous influence on the function of the central nervous system".
In the late 20th century professor Paolo Rovesti soaked cotton balls in essences and passed them to his patients. The aroma's, he said, helped them to evoke and release suppressed memories and emotions that were having detrimental effects on their psyche. Aromatherapy and essential oils have been with us for a long time and have provided effective healing powers on the mind, body and spirit for generations