Roberta Wilson - Aromatherapy PA

To my readers , I offer my gratitude for your patronage over the years. Your curiosity, your quest for knowledge, your passion to improve your lives, your desire to take care of yourselves and others, and your support of aromatherapy and essential oils inspire and motivate me forward on this fragrant path that I chose to follow. I feel blessed that your needs and desires allow me to combine two of my great loveswriting and aromatherapy. I thank you for the opportunity to have an impact on your lives. You validate my endeavors to educate, to share, and to make the world a healthier and happier place. You help me keep the flames of hope and faith burning in my heart that someday, somehow, we will live once again in a paradise where peace and harmony prevail.

The field of aromatherapy attracts many wonderful people who are willing to share their time, expertise, and experiences with others. I especially appreciate the gracious assistance and patience of Robert Gaffney and Nicole Syme at Omega Nutrition, and Kurt Schnaubelt and his staff at Pacific Institute of Aromatherapy. Your integrity and your commitment to quality and consumer education symbolize the aromatherapy experience for me.

I thank my family for always supporting me and for indulging me when necessary. Being a writer is challenging, but I suspect having a writer in the family is an even greater challenge. I especially am grateful to my mother and my sister for helping me prepare the revised manuscript for publication.

I am forever indebted to the many pioneers of modern aromatherapy, who revived the almost lost art of aromatherapy. Without their tireless efforts, none of us would reap the rewards of using essential oils. In my work, I strive to keep alive their life work and to fulfill their dreams of sharing with the world the value of true aromatherapy using essential oils.

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Aromatherapy isthe practice of using naturally extracted essences of aromatic plants to promote the health and well-being of your body, mind, and emotions. These essences, called essential oils, contain the vital life force of fragrant botanical plants. Pure essential oils are the key to success with aromatherapy. They can restore balance and harmony to your body and mind, while adding depth, dimension, and definition to your life. The use of pure essential oils characterizes and distinguishes true aromatherapy, which always substantiates the work and supports the intentions of pioneers in aromatherapy.

USES AND ACTIONS OF ESSENTIAL OILS

You can use essential oils in a variety of ways. Inhale them directly from the bottle. Use them for skin care, hair care, and body care, as well as for numerous other beauty purposes. Use them for personal hygiene and oral hygiene. Take aromatherapy baths. Soak your tired, aching feet in a foot bath fragranced with essential oils. Dangle your fingers in a delightful hand bath. Give and receive aromatherapy massages. Breathe in aromatherapy blends to relieve congestion, clear your head, and make your breathing easier. Make delightful fragrances with essential oils.

While essential oils are the primary tools of aromatherapy, other plant derivatives can benefit you as well. Smelling a fragrant flower or an aromatic herb is aromatherapy, simple and honest. Crushing peppermint leaves between your fingers releases some of its essential oil. As you breathe in its exhilarating essence, you experience healing qualities of the herb. Spraying rose water or lavender water on your face freshens your skin as it disperses the soothing properties of the plant onto your skin. Floating a sprig of rosemary or a handful of orange blossoms in your bath releases skin-softening and emotion-balancing properties into the warm water. Burning dried herbs such as sage smudge sticks or using fresh herbs in homemade potpourri allows their aroma to waft through your home. Pouring boiled water over herbs for a facial steam bath releases aromatic essences that you can smell and feel immediately. When you squeeze a lemon or lime wedge into a glass of water, its aromatic molecules escape into the air. Eating fresh basil or fennel seeds in your food releases their healing attributes into your body.

Aromatherapy can help prevent or ease an assortment of ailments. Essential oils can boost your immune system and help you stay well. You can treat aches, pains, and injuries with essential oils. Essential oils can also help you reduce stress, lift depression, and restore or enhance emotional well-being. You can even disperse essential oils in the air throughout your home or office to help improve your productivity, alter the atmosphere, or modify your moods.

In this book, you will discover hundreds of aromatherapy blends, each designed for a specific purpose, as well as many different ways you can incorporate aromatherapy into your life. You will also learn how to choose and experiment with essential oils on your own. You can learn how to listen to your body and trust your innate instincts to take care of your body, mind, and spirit. Aromatherapy offers a natural approach to wellness that can infuse your life with a new sense of vitality, vibrancy, and pleasure.

WHAT IS NOT AROMATHERAPY?

The practice of using essences that did not originate from an aromatic plant that was once alive is not aromatherapy. No regulations restrict the use of the word aromatherapy. Anyone can sell anything and call it aromatherapy, and plenty of companies are doing exactly that. The result is that about 95 percent of the products sold as aromatherapy are counterfeitspseudo-aromatherapy. Their aromas derive from synthetic scents, and they offer no therapeutic value whatsoever. True aromatherapy never uses synthetic aromatic substances.

Pseudo-aromatherapy relies on synthetic petrochemicals that merely smell but have no healing qualities. Simply having an aroma doesnt make something aromatherapy; fragrant man-made chemicals can never qualify as true aromatherapy.

Every day, thousands of consumers unknowingly purchase pseudo-aromatherapy products as mass marketers strive to gain a greater market share of the aromatherapy trend. In fact, aromatherapy is not a trend. For more than 5,000 years, people have been practicing aromatherapy as a sincere healing practice. Many mass-market merchandisers have corrupted the category and robbed the word aromatherapy of its original meaning and its authenticity.

In their confusion, and through misplaced trust, millions of people mistakenly purchase aromatherapy products they believe will improve their health and well-being. If deceit was the only offense, it would be bad enough, but these petrochemical impostors possess the potential to seriously harm the health of the people who seek healing from them. Another sinister side effect is that these potent petrochemicals numb the senses to the subtle aromas of nature.

Below are some considerations to help you detect pseudo-aromatherapy products and petrochemical impostors:

Place of purchase. Dont expect to buy quality products containing pure essential oils at department stores, discount stores, drugstores, national or international chain stores, or supermarkets. Rarely, if ever, do these products contain pure essential oils. Likewise, your chances are slim of finding pure essential oils or true aromatherapy products in the bath and body boutiques in shopping malls or at most beauty salons. Nowadays, even few health-food stores offer products that contain pure essential oils.