INHALING AROMATICS
Our sense of smell is directly related to our respiration. Inhaling a delightful scent makes us impatient for the next breath! Perfumes increase our sensory enjoyment of life and beautiful ones make us smile. On the other hand if we sense an obnoxious odour, we frown, and tend to feel disturbed until free of its influence.
One aspect of the function of olfaction is protective in warning us of danger. Another aspect is to increase our awareness of nature and to add sensory enjoyment of beautiful scents and perfumes. This enriches our appreciation of life, particularly natural life. We would feel it a loss if we could no longer inhale the perfume of a rose or enjoy the freshness of the forests.
Aromatics are intimately connected with the memory centres of the brain which file away previous sense memories and experiences. Different scents can unconsciously or consciously affect or trigger our moods, our deep emotions and our thoughts, depending upon our associated experiences.
But this is not the only power that aromatics possess. They are found to have unique qualities of their own that can be employed for our physical and mental benefit through inhalation and absorption by our brain and body tissues.
Essential oils and natural perfumes have a positive value in healing disturbances of the mind and emotions as well as the body. This establishes aromatherapy as a subtle method and Osmics as a proven, although subtle science. Many practitioners now employ aromatics in the art of healing both physical and psychological stress and strain.
To improve our enjoyment and the benefits of subtle perfumes, aromatics and essential oils we must cultivate our breathing and particularly learn to deepen our inhalation.
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