General Archives - Suzanne Bovenizer

Aromatherapy for the Golden Years

The senior years have always been considered “the golden years”, but let’s face it, it’s no fun getting old. From about the mid-fifties onward the body seems to start breaking down. Creaks are felt in the joints, eyesight grows fuzzy, fat appears where it once never was, things sag, and the mind just isn’t as…

Aromatherapy for Menopausal Women

There are many jokes flying around about menopause and how it affects women and unless you have actually experienced the physical and emotional changes that occur during this time, you wouldn’t understand the punch lines. This is a very profound time for women; their bodies begin to alter, their emotions become erratic, their memories can…

Aromatherapy for Ladies Only

In keeping with the categories of the last few months, I thought it would be fun to compile a list of women’s challenges in life and the essential oils that can help them through their struggles. I know some of these ailments have been covered in the past months, but I thought it would be…

Aromatherapy for Kids

What would the ideal child be like in a perfect world? As a baby, he would sleep happily without fussing. She would meet all the set goals in development. Later the child would sit down and quietly study with full concentration. The bedroom would always be neat… Well, I’m not going to say that using…

Aromatherapy and Pest Control

Essential Oils to the Rescue in the Garden In the summertime, gardens can be an absolute joy or can be such a frustration – especially if bugs are getting the better of your plants. I found a fun little book called *“1001 All- Natural Secrets to a Pest-Free Property” by Dr. Myles H. Bader* that…

Aromatherapy in the Workplace

So far this year we have explored how essential oils can help us during flu season , assist us in our love life, cleanse us internally and now how they can effect us both emotionally and mentally in the office. As discussed before, the olfactory bulb, which aligns to the brain, allows smells to travel…

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…