Recently, I’ve seen and heard people recommending adding a few drops of essential oil to their nasal rinse. WARNING! Did you know that doing this can damage your mucous membranes? In this post, I’ll explain WHY YOU SHOULDN’T ADD ESSENTIAL OIL to your Lota Nasal. Essential oils are derivatives of …
Homemade FLORIDA WATER This scented water is very popular amongst Native American shamans and healers as a cleanser and for sealing the psychic and auric fields. It was first introduced by Robert Murray in 1808 in New York. Nowadays, you can buy this ready-made water from the company founded by Murray and his …
🧘♀️ One of the modules in the first section of the AROMAYOGA® Training Course is a chapter dedicated to SELF-CARE 🛀 Why? Because we want YOGA to go beyond the mat, so that we can apply Patanjali’s YAMAS AND NIYAMAS. And specifically, one …
The distillation of essential oils is generally attributed to Avicenna (Ibn Sina), a 10th-century Persian known as the “Prince of Physicians”. However, there is evidence to suggest that distillation was known in the Indus Valley, in Iraq, in India, in China, in Egypt… and so on…
A.E. CARDAMOM. Clarity, Joy, Courage “Cardamom” is a term used to refer to the seeds of a group of aromatic species belonging to the genera Amomum, Aframomum and Elettaria. In cooking, we mainly use two species. Black cardamom (Amomum subulatum), also known as Nepalese cardamom, and green cardamom, or …
MOMENTUM. The thrill of discovery One of the things that fascinates me when an aromatherapy order arrives is experiencing a plant-based substance for the first time. In the case of essential oils, it’s the scent and the effect they have on me; with oils …
DO YOU KNOW ABOUT PINE RESIN? Commonly known as turpentine, our forests harbour a treasure that has been used for medicinal purposes for millennia. It is mentioned in the Bible and in ancient Indian texts such as the Mahabharata. When we talk about fumigating a room, these are usually very popular …
Years ago, I bought this essential oil in India simply because of its scent and the way it made me feel. I didn’t know what ‘Davana’ or ‘Dawana’ meant. Naturally, when I got back to the hotel, the first thing I did was look it up online to find out what I’d actually bought. It turned out to be Artemisia pallens. I …
3 GODDESSES VIBRATIONAL OILS These blends have been specially formulated for our ONLINE programme, “FLORESCENCIA. YOGA AND SELF-CARE”, but you can use them even if you are not enrolled on the programme. Each one possesses a very distinct vibration linked to the archetypal energy of one of the Goddesses. They are made with …
One of the wonders of learning about minerals and plants is being able to experiment and create marvellous blends. This morning I had time to enjoy my home laboratory, combining the energies of the mineral and plant kingdoms. In the photo, I’m showing a roll-on preparation made with a base oil, carnelian or …
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