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Life-changing Aromatherapy and Adventures on Crete
I started using essential oils in my early twenties, that was in the 1990s. As perhaps like many of us, I would start with lavender and citrus oils in an oil burner to create a relaxing environment in my apartment, enjoying fresh lemon breeze, or creating a warm and...
What are Essential Oils?
Essential oils are highly concentrated aromatic extracts that are distilled or expressed from a variety of aromatic plant material, including flowers, flowering tops, fruits/zests, grasses, leaves, needles and twigs, resins, roots, seeds, and woods. Through the...
The New York Institute of Aromatherapy
In 1991, I founded the School for Aromatic Studies, one of the first in North America, a pioneering institution dedicated to providing high-quality education and training in the field of aromatherapy. Through the School for Aromatic Studies, I have had the privilege...
Essential Oils and the Gut Microbiome
No Guts, No Glory: The Impact of Essential Oils on the Gut Microbiome The gut microbiome -- everybody’s talking about it, everybody’s gulping down yogurt, everybody’s popping probiotics like their lives depend on it. And in a way… they do. Trillions of microorganisms...
Ticked Off: Essential Oils for Pest Control
Welcome, friends. We’re here today to discuss everybody’s favorite topic: bloodsucking arthropods! And not just any old arthropod. I’m talking about those loathsome emissaries of infectious disease -- and the heebie geebies in general - ticks. Infectious disease has...
Energize Your Environment for Spring Equinox!
"Equal dark, equal light Flow in Circle, deep insight Blessed Be, Blessed Be The transformation of energy! So it flows, out it goes Three-fold back it shall be Blessed Be, Blessed Be The transformation of energy!" - Night An'Fey, Transformation of Energy March brings...
Winter Solstice Aromatic Ritual
“So the shortest day came, and the year died, And everywhere down the centuries of the snow-white world Come people singing, dancing, To drive the dark away.” Susan Cooper The Winter Solstice is the shortest day and the longest night of the year. It is also...
Galenic Medicine: What is it?
Galenic Pharmacy and the Pharmaceuticalization of Essential Oils by Camille Charlier We’ve been hearing the catchphrase “Galenic medicine” tossed around in the aromatherapy world quite a bit lately. In conversation, it’s one of those expressions that you sort of nod...
Clinical Aromatherapy Certificate Course: A Physiology-Based Integrative Approach
A New Generation of Aromatherapy Education Clinical Aromatherapy Certificate Course: A Physiology-Based Integrative Approach - Level Three Certificate Program The School for Aromatic Studies has created a comprehensive level three clinical aromatherapy certification...
Aromatic Support for Honoring Change
“They say the fit survive, But I invoke the spirits of the lost.” D.H. Lawrence, Cypresses The end of October and early November is a time when many cultures honor the connection between the living and the dead. Samhain, Day of the Dead, and Halloween are different...
Painful Periods: Dysmenorrhea and Essential oils – Part II
Modern Treatment Strategies Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are the first line of treatment by clinical specialists for Primary dysmenorrhea (PD). The most commonly used NSAIDS for menstrual pain are aspirin, ibuprofen, mefenamic acid and naproxen. They work to...
Painful Menstruation: Dysmenorrhea and Essential Oils – Part I
Dysmenorrhea Dysmenorrhea, the term for painful periods, is derived from the Greek words dys (difficult, painful, or abnormal), meno (month), and rrhea (flow). Cathleen Morrow and Betsy Naumburg, authors of the excellent chapter “Dysmenorrhea” in Women’s HealthPrimary...
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Introduction to Aromatherapy
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