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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…

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…

Detoxing After the Holidays

Feeling bloated, tired, snuffly, depressed and generally out of sorts? You could be experiencing the post-holiday blues. Over-eating, drinking too much, late nights and over stimulation can deplete the body and send the immune system into a downward spiral of toxic lethargy. When we over-do life for any length of time, our major organs become…

New Year’s New Beginnings with Aromatherapy

We all vow to start afresh every New Year, pledging to stay on a diet or to quit smoking or to stop spending so much money. All these are worthy resolutions, but we can go a lot further with beginning anew by choosing to freshen things up around us energetically. Essential oils, because of their…

Oils for the December Holiday Season

Thanks to our limbic system in the brain, we can spontaneously associate various events or emotions with different scents. Inevitably, during the holiday season, the limbic system is stimulated by aromatic delights and all those wonderful childhood memories are stirred up within us. One of my favorite limbic memories at Christmas is associated with fresh cut…

Recuperating After the Holidays

The festive holiday season is over and many of us are breathing a big sigh of relief. Memories of over-shopping, over-eating, late nights, too much partying and over-taxation of inner resources have hopefully been put away with the Christmas ornaments. January is a time when we feel a deep need to settle into our proverbial…