Thursday, April 18, 2013

Aromatherapy for Health & Vitality

What is Aromatherapy?
Aromatherapy is a powerful therapy and healing art utilizing naturally extracted aromatic oils from plants such as flowers, bark, stems and leaves to improve physical and emotional health. These essential oils are 70% more powerful than the plants they were extracted from.

Using the body’s sense of smell to help benefit mind, mood and cognitive function, aromatherapy helps to both relieve stress and energize the body. The skillful use of essential oils can also help the body release stress patterns to create a more consistent a sense of calm.

Who Benefits?
Since the oils are custom blended to the needs of the client, anyone can benefit from this therapy. The treatment benefits anyone who is stressed or needs help balancing out their emotions while going through a difficult time in their life. Aromatherapy oils can be blended and used with manual lymph drainage massage to aid any detoxification program. People with autoimmune disorders can benefit from an aroma-massage.

If you have a sports injury, essential oils together with massage can assist in relaxing the muscles. People suffering from migraine headaches or cluster headaches can also greatly benefit from its use. Post surgically, an aromatherapy blend with manual lymph drainage can help heal bruises and scars and speed up the healing process. (This treatment is not a substitute for professional counseling or treatment).

Examples:

Insomnia: Sleep-promoting oils - including bergamot, chamomile, clary sage, frankincense, geranium, lavender, melissa, mandarin, neroli (orange blossom), rose, sandalwood, and tangerine - can be inhaled, rubbed on the skin with massage oil or lotion, or used in bath water.

Headaches: When inhaled, a variety of oils - including lavender, melissa, peppermint, basil, chamomile, lemongrass and marjoram - can relieve headaches of different origins.

Stress: Some oils - including bergamot, chamomile, lavender, lemon melissa, marjoram, neroli, petitgrain, rose, sandalwood, and valerian – relieve stress (even slowing brain waves).

Relaxation: Using chamomile, clary sage, lavender, lemon, lemon eucalyptus, lemon verbena, marjoram, melissa (lemon balm), myrtle, and petitgrain may help relieve pain through relaxation.

Depression: Antidepressant qualities are found in some oils such as angelica, bergamot, cardamom, chamomile cinnamon, clary sage, clove, cypress, lavender, lemon verbena, lemon, melissa, orange, neroli, petitgrain, rose, and ylang-ylang.

Stimulation: Many oils - including angelica, basil, benzoin (from a southeast Asian tree), black pepper, cardamom, cinnamon, clove, cypress, ginger, jasmine, peppermint, rosemary, and sage - will stimulate and keep you alert.

Special Offer:
If you want to know how aromatherapy can help you with your symptoms, book a free 30-minute consultation with our Clinical Aromatherapist & Founder, Linda-Anne Kahn today by calling us at
858-457-0191. (value $120)

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