Aromatherapy
Seasonal Addictions
The season from Halloween through New Year’s Eve seems to be an addictive time of year. We first start with a sugar high from nibbling the left over Halloween candy, which when it’s gone usually leaves us in a sugar slump and depression, making us want more candy for that high again. Fall football games…
Read MoreSurviving the Flu with Aromatherapy
Every time the TV is switched on, there is some sensationalized news article filling us full of fear about the N1H1 flu. If we are to believe the hype, this is going to be the most virulent strain that will effect mass populations across America. But, if you read many of the “alternative” views of…
Read MoreThe Limbic System
We have all had the experience where a particular smell has brought us back to a time and place of memory. It could be a freshly baked apple pie transporting you back to childhood and the first time you smelled apple pie baking. Or maybe a cologne wafts by and wham, you’re thinking back to…
Read MoreThe Pumpkin Pie Effect
November begins the autumnal celebrations. The harvest has come in and the fruits of the summer’s labors are still bountiful. The many family get-togethers are being planned and food preparations are under consideration (and maybe debate). Knowing what we do about the limbic system, we can begin to understand how the various aromas associated with…
Read MoreThe Winter Solstice and Aromatherapy
The Winter Solstice begins December 21st, which is when the sun will be the furthest south in the Tropic of Capricorn. The sun will travel on its lowest arc in the sky, making it the shortest day of the year, (in that the length of time before sunrise and sunset is at a minimum for…
Read MoreWinter Worries
Winter can be very daunting for some and deep dark fears can be ignited by seemingly common occurrences. Will I get snowed in? What if I slip and fall? How long will the power be out? Why am I so depressed? All these little nagging unconscious thoughts that creep in during the dark snowy winter…
Read MoreAphrodisiacs
Cards, roses, jewelry, hearts, candy, secret admirers—yes, love is in the air again thanks to St. Valentine. So, in honor of this time, I thought it would be fun to explore in more detail the oils that are considered to have aphrodisiac properties. After all, we want to be “in the mood for love” on…
Read MoreColor and Essential Oils
Here in Virginia, the beginning of November still offers us a charming rainbow of colors to delight our senses. Especially in the mountains, the leaves change into the most magnificently vibrant arrays of colors from reds to oranges, yellows to greens, all set off against usually the clearest of bright blue skies. This is a…
Read MoreEmpowerment and Aromatherapy
There always seems to be so much to worry in these periods of difficulty and challenge. So many times the external situations of the world make us feel disenfranchised and helpless, not to mention hopeless in a lot of cases … One thing I’d like to revisit with this article is the idea that we…
Read MoreTemples of the Goddesses
When speaking of the Goddess, we are considering at a vast array of ideas, beliefs and cultural traditions as to how we as humans interpret the goddess form. And because it is such an all-encompassing subject, I’ll narrow it down in this article to a very specific energetic that I would like to explore, which…
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