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SMELL YOURSELF WELL

Posted in Aromatherapy, Scents, medicine, tagged , , , , , , , on February 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »

I found this article and wanted to share it. A lot of what is said here is what aromatherapy is all about, and then, amusingly enough, prof. Jacobs (halfway through the article) calls aromatherapy nonsense…this I call ignorance. True, some claims to what aromatherapy can do are not realistic and there tends to be [...]

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Automatic Aromatherapy to Keep Drivers Awake | Popular Science

Posted in Aromatherapy, Product information, Scents, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on February 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Some years ago I was part of a scientific group concentrating on olfaction. I was invited as an aromatherapist to join the group in their endeavours to unravel the mysteries of scent and what scent does to us. The other members of the group were chemists, biologists, physicists and reps from the culinary and artistic [...]

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VALENTINE

Posted in Aromatherapy, perfume, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

My grandfathers name was Valentine. My father in law died on Valentines day, I found it sort of beautiful; he was so ill – and old – that his passing actually became an act of love. My mother in law said it was because he hated the whole thing, and she was probably right, but [...]

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AROMATHERAPY & CEREBRAL PALSY

Posted in Aromatherapy, Scents, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The use of aromatherapy, especially in combination with massage, can be extremely helpful for individuals (all ages) suffering from any kind of handicap. As I said before, touch transgresses everything as do the essential oils. They reach into the very deepest part of a person to balance and sooth. I want to tell you about [...]

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BBC – Earth News – Blue tits embrace ‘aromatherapy’

Posted in Animals, Aromatherapy, tagged , , , , , , on January 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

It’s well known that plants use the essential oil to attract insects for pollination or to protect themselves from bacteria (or fungi as presented in an earlier post on Oud) and other attacks. Some plants even use the essential oil to take more space from surrounding plants.
I have written earlier about the pheromones and how [...]

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AROMATHERAPY & CHILDREN

Posted in Aromatherapy, Babies & Children, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »

I have quite a few children brought to me for different reasons, ranging in age from 5 to 16 years old. There are plenty of reasons why a child / adolescent would need to see a therapist not least because of stress. Growing up is not so easy and there are so many different signals [...]

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“MELTDOWN” training/diet

Posted in Aromatherapy, Lifestyle, Personal development, Wellness, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on January 12, 2010 | 7 Comments »

Now I will tell you about this training/diet program I am following. I chose to do it for my health; I want to stay strong, lean and fit so I can better enjoy my life. I know it’s only up to me, so when I was offered this chance, I grabbed it to “kick-start” myself. [...]

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SWINE FLU & AROMATHERAPY

Posted in Aromatherapy, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

So now I am finally going to address this latest hysteria. I have been watching the development and the debates with raised eyebrows, wondering what all the drama was about. I also watched two of my children having the swine flu, and I must say I don’t get the fuss. It is an influenza, that’s [...]

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ESSENTIAL OIL & SCENT HISTORY part 4

Posted in Aromatherapy, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on November 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

During the 16:th to 18:th centuries the art of distilling plants had grown to become an every-day matter. Every mansion had its own distillery and the pharmacies of the time distilled essential oils for medicinal purposes. The doctor would make out a recipe, and the pharmacies would blend the medicines.
In this time herbal medicine grew [...]

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AROMATHERAPY & CHILDREN

Posted in Aromatherapy, Babies & Children, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on November 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I have quite a few children that come to me for different reasons, ranging in age from babies to adolescents, usually they are between 5 and 16 years old. There are plenty of reasons why a child / adolescent would need to see a therapist not least because of stress. Growing up is not so [...]

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