The Sweet Smell of Stress Relief!

The Sweet Smell of Stress Relief!

Even after 8 years of practicing aromatherapy, I am still amazed at the profound reaction I have to some smells. Clay and gravel transports me back to childhood summers in Minnesota. New wool brings me to the fall of my freshman year in high school. Lilacs are Mothers...
What in the World Is a Flower Essence?

What in the World Is a Flower Essence?

Flower essence therapy has been a part of my practice for several years now. But in the end, I provide this therapy for very few of my clients. Why? I am thinking because it is a broad concept that is just hard to explain. So let me try in my own words. We human...
The Gift That Keeps on Giving

The Gift That Keeps on Giving

Have you received essential oils as a gift recently? Were you excited to open the bottles, smell them and admire their amazing scents? Were you then completely perplexed about how to use them? As a practicing aromatherapist, I am very passionate about getting...
Making the Turn

Making the Turn

I was thinking back to what was on my Christmas list when I was 10…not a Barbie or roller skates but a long list of fragrances. Nothing else. So we are talking late ’70s fragrances like Love’s Baby Soft, Babe, Enjoli and Wind Song. Anyone remember those? I was...
Take Time to Smell the Roses

Take Time to Smell the Roses

This idiom can be defined as the ability to relax, to take time out of one’s busy schedule to enjoy or appreciate the beauty of life. But have you ever stopped to think about just what smelling a rose can do in your life? In botany, as in aromatherapy, Rose...