Did you know there is more than one type of lavender? Did you know that you can make many products using lavender? In the upcoming Virtual Aromatherapy Class with Pat Molter, you will learn more about lavender, learn how to make lavender bath salts, and learn to make a room/body spray. You will also get a handout with many recipes and ways to use lavender.
“To recharge our tired and failing batteries and bring the blush and bloom back to our cheeks, to have the charm of life and graciousness in our movements, it is necessary that we get all the vitamins and minerals back into our bodies that we burn out in everyday living. When we look at the food – devitalizing processes in the commercial world today, we can definitely see how so many people become unable to live or work at their marriages and I would also add – relationships by eating these lifeless foods.” -Dr. Jensen’s Nature Has A Remedy
Just as healthy eating is important, what we put on our skin is also very important. Our skin is the largest organ we have.
Essential oils are 100% natural.
What is Aromatherapy?
Healing therapy using oils distilled from aromatic plants (herbs, flowers, resin, wood, and roots). Aromatherapy stimulates the body to heal itself. Essential Oils (EO’s) are the aromatic molecules in plants making them both fragrant and giving them many medicinal properties.
Lavender, or Lavendula Angustifolia: The name comes from the Latin word “lavare,” or to wash.
Research shows that:
EOs can wipe out an infection without harming the surrounding healthy tissues
EOs heal emotional problems as well as physical
EOs have no chemicals
EOs can kill microorganisms
EOs relieve pain
EOs tone digestion
EOs repair cells
EOs stimulate immunity
EOs heal wounds
EOs improve circulation
Essential oils are the fragrant principle of the plants. They are the chemical component that gives a plant its characteristic fragrance.
Soil types, climate, harvesting time, genetics, chemotypes, type, and age of leaf, all play a role in the quality of the oil.
Resources:
Aromatherapy Soothing Remedies to Restore, Rejuvenate and Heal by Valerie Gennari Cooksley, R.N.
*The Essential Oils Book by Colleen Dodt
Aromatherapy for Dummies by Kathi Keville
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Essential Oils by Julia Lawless
Aromatherapy An A-Z by Patricia Davis
Lavender Expert Advice by Jo Waters
NAHA is a good website to check out
Auroma essential oils
Mountain Rose Herbs
Oshadi essential oils