March 2017 - Page 5 of 9 - Suzanne Bovenizer

Back to School with Aromatherapy

Summer is winding down—Labor Day has come and gone, this year’s summer vacation is just a memory and most children have already headed off back to school. By now in the northern parts of America, kids are probably buttoning sweaters as they wait for their busses on cool brisk autumn mornings and maybe the autumnal…

Essential Oils for Meditation and Ritual

Throughout the ages essential oils have been included in rituals and ceremonies of all kinds. In early Egyptian times, temple dancers wore a cone shaped headdress made of essential oil impregnated wax, and when they danced, the wax would melt and anoint their bodies with sensuous and enticing oils. Anointing was a practice widely done…

Facing Death with Aromatherapy

Morbid, right? Why would I want to write about essential oils for death? Well, lin Sept 2010 I had the honor of holding a healing space as a friend transitioned through to the Light. Although she was old and ailing, the actual passing had come more quickly than expected. I dropped by to visit and…

Fear and Essential Oils

September brings a time of change for many people. Vacations are over, the summer is beginning to cool, days are getting shorter and children are going back to school. For many children, returning to school can be a scary thing, especially if they are starting new schools or going away to college for the first…

Fighting Adrenal Stress

In this economic climate many people are feeling the proverbial pinch, and this year’s celebrations and gift giving may possibly have to be scaled back a little. Even if we try to take a positive attitude towards spending money, we can’t seem to get away from the financial doom and gloom that the news people…

Grief and Essential Oils

Grieving is a natural part of life. At some point in time, we all will lose someone close to us and begin the mourning process. Even a year after 9/11, on a global level, we still all have a sense of grief for the victims of that tragedy. Grieving allows the body to express the…

Aromatherapy for New Year’s Resolutions

We are at the start of a new year: a time of reflection and forward looking, a time of release and renewal. Each New Year’s eve we assess the past year’s positives and negatives and recommit to a new year’s set of resolutions. Often these are ones we have resolved to fulfill year after year…

Autumn Rituals

My mother had a ritual around this time of year that I have adopted, which is to wash and fold all the summer clothes and put them in the storage containers for the winter, having already removed all the winter clothes that had been put away last summer. It’s the semi-annual swap of the seasonal…

Celebrating with the Holidays

The holidays are always a time for wonderful celebrations. And oh, are there parties!!! Office parties, open houses, family gatherings, Christmas parties – there always seems to be a reason to celebrate at this time of year. Yet parties can be a crap shoot; getting the guest list right, finding the most appetizing foods, sorting…

Cold Remedies with Essential Oils

When the cold and flu season is in full swing, here is a review some of the more important essential oils and how we can use them to combat those winter bugs! My first advice is to keep your environment clean and free of germs. This can be easily done by burning an essential oil…