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Healing through Aromatherapy
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
The science of aromatics and the science of breathing or pranayama are inter-related. There is no way we register scents and smells but by our breath. It is when we inhale our breath that we are able to distinguish different aromas and changes in the atmosphere.
Some aromatics in our environment are toxic and objectionable enough to interfere with our instinctive respiratory process. It is a factor that can cause asthma, hayfever and allergies. But through therapeutic use of natural essential oils and quality scent and perfume, we can also heal respiratory ailments, substituting safe, natural and attractive inducements to help inhale more deeply and to re-establish our healthy state and eagerness for life.
The science of aromatherapy is based upon two main factors affecting treatment. The first is the psychological factor and the benefit directly to the brain and nervous system when a perfume is first inhaled. The other is through directly massaging essential oils into the skin. From the skin, oils are absorbed and relocated by what seems yet a mysterious process, to the part of the body in need of correction.
Aromatherapy is coming to the fore now that modern scientists have established a satisfactory basis for its acceptance as a legitimate therapeutic method of altering and correcting irregular conditions of the body, emotions and the mind.
The skill and training of an aromatherapist first is directed towards developing the ability to select the appropriate aroma and determining the manner of treatment application. It is essential to have sound knowledge of body physiology, sufficient to allow massaging skills to be applied to appropriate muscle groups and sensory or nerve ganglia. The most subtle skill lies in olfactory sensitivity as well as an ability to teach basic principles of breath control. Add to these requirements a further skill that will help to achieve success in healing, is the experience and understanding of people. All in all it is easy to conclude that aromatherapy it is a demanding profession.
Find a good aromatherapist and you will want to visit the clinic for treatment time after time as it is a totally pleasant therapeutic method that encourages a feeling of total well being.
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AROMATHERAPY – USING ESSENTIAL OILS
Friday, February 26th, 2010
We have the benefit of the availability of the finest essential oils and produce the world offers on the market for those interested in perfumery and in use of oils in aromatherapy. They are in regular use in beauty parlours, healing clinics, churches and homes. Our practical use of perfume and incense is varied and interesting, not forgetting the personal use of in both male and female toiletries.
When we want to screen unpleasant odours we can use one of the many, but often unpleasant chemical sprays on the market. Or we can use natural scents such as eucalyptus, lavender, lemon and thyme and many others that have a beneficial nature and do not cause allergic reactions. It is good to walk into a home and our first breath is a pleasant one that sets a good atmosphere.
In Australia one of the most popular is the outdoor burning of lavender or sandalwood sticks to reduce the smells at barbeques. It proves helpful in reducing insect problems and also offers a particularly pleasant atmosphere.
Those who use incense for meditation find Church incense is often the best source of sacred and quality resins that are used in devotional or church ritual.
In aromatherapy, healing oils such as peppermint are used in aromatherapy with great success in massaging sore muscles around the spine and inhalation of lavender demonstrates positive relief of nervous strain and stress.
In therapy it is interesting to study the subtle healing influences of the essential, or pure, natural oils when they are applied externally or inhaled. They are now regularly used in naturopathic clinics and by physiotherapists, aromatherapists and in conjunction with massage in beauty parlours.
Many scientists are attracted to research into the effect of essential oils upon the brain and are exploring their potential for psychological benefit as an alternative treatment to controversial psychiatric drugs. In conjunction with their positive findings are also the tests that demonstrate the negative results of inhalation of various toxic smells and fumes. This indicates the care we should employ when deliberately or even unconsciously inhaling the atmospheres of our immediate environment.
So enjoy the delights and have confidence in the benefits of inhaling the perfumes of nature’s wealth of influence in pure, vital, essential oils.
Seek further information from your aromatherapist.
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