Aromatic Studies Blog
Adrenal Fatigue: Mythology, Physiology, and Resilience PART 1
Adrenal fatigue is seriously relatable. You’re overworked and wiped out, craving sweets and salty fats, stressed, depressed, sex drive on the fritz. Sound familiar? “Adrenal fatigue” is the notion that the adrenal glands get “overworked” from chronic stress and fail...
Cleansing, Mindfulness and Tending to the Garden of your Skin
Our skin is certainly not inert yet we often relate to it as if it was. From the way we are taught about our skin at school, to the way we are encouraged to care for it, it is obvious that our relationship with our skin has become very mechanical. No attention is...
Stilling the Mind with Aromatic Resins during Gemini Season
While in the full bloom of the Spring season in this month of May, there may be a sense of excitement and aliveness in the air, stirring waves of inspiration, creativity and impulses to get into projects, whether it may be planting in the garden, re-decorating your...
You Go to My Head: Essential Oils and the Blood-Brain Barrier
Life blood, it’s no joke. Blood delivers nutrients to all the tissues and organs of the body, eliminates carbon dioxide and metabolic wastes, transmits hormonal signals throughout tissues, and mediates peripheral immune activity. The vascular tree is made up of many...
Hormones: Friend or Foe?
Hormones just want to be friends. If our bodies and their different parts and pieces were all different characters in a fictional story, I propose that hormones would be the antagonists. Which would then make our brains the protagonist. But as in any good story, a...
Ayurveda and Immunity
Immunity is defined by the Google dictionary as “the ability of an organism to resist a particular infection or toxin by the action of specific antibodies or sensitized white blood cells.” Ayurveda, the ancient science of life and longevity, is the best place (in my...
Aromatic Rituals: Spring Cleaning & Detox for the Mind & Body
Springtime lends to a refreshing burst of new beginnings, palpable to our senses, energy level, and overall state of being. The early morning rise of cheerful chirps of birds, sounds of the woodpecker tapping into tree bark, and discovery of flower buds pushing their...
Rewilding: A Dandelion Monograph
Latin Name: Taraxacum officinale Family: Asteraceae Energetics: Cooling, bitter tonic Taste: Bitter, sweet, minerally In the early days of spring, Dandelions draw the eye with their tufts of golden petals perched on a single, hollow stem. Prolific is their nature. To...
Staying Healthy Through Seasonal Shifts with Ayurveda
That person, who always eats wholesome food, enjoys a regular lifestyle, remains unattached to the objects of the senses, gives and forgives, loves truth and serves others, is without disease. ---Vagbhata Sutrasthana, an ancient Vedic Text At the core of Ayurveda, the...
Aromatic Rituals: Aligning Essential Oils with the Spring Equinox
In what feels like our longest dormancy, the stimulation of “spring fever” is being activated by the shift and increase of sunlight, early sightings of flower buds and touches of warm weather in the atmosphere. March 20th marks the official launch of Spring along with...
Helichrysum in Skin Care
If I had to choose only one essential oil to work with for skin care purposes, hands down Helichrysum italicum would be the one. In a way it’s interesting to hear myself say this because it took me many years as a formulator to feel ready to incorporate this essential...
Essential Oils Enhance Sleep
“A Good Laugh and a Long Sleep Are the Two Best Cures for Anything”. -Irish Proverb Have you ever had a hard time starting a conversation with someone? Ask them about last night’s sleep and you should get an earful! Just ask me. So, last night’s sleep was good for me,...
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