Aromatherapy for Physical and Emotional Healing

Aromatherapy is a form of alternative medicine that uses volatile compounds from plants known as essential oils. Essential oils are what give flowers and herbs their distinctive fragrances. When you smell something, these volatile compounds are what trigger the olfactory receptors in your nose.

The sense of smell is unique because it is wired directly into the brain. There’s an old saying, “the nose knows,” a statement that acknowledges how intimately your brain is connected with your sense of smell. In fact, smell has a more direct connection to the brain than any other sense.

This means smelling an essential oil can affect your mental outlook and emotional mood faster than anything you can ingest orally. So, if you’re experiencing irritability, anxiety, grief, brain fog, mental fatigue or other mental or emotional imbalances, aromatherapy can be a fast and effective solution.

Essential oils can also be used to solve physical health problems. For example, they are excellent infection fighters, possessing various degrees of antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal and in some cases, antiparasitic actions. They can stimulate various metabolic processes, resulting in wounds that heal faster, increased white blood cell counts, improved digestion, enhanced energy production and overall resistance to disease. They can also be used to ease stress, balance hormones, relieve pain, reduce inflammation, settle the stomach and enhance circulation.

Essential oils have day-to-day uses as well. They can be used for skin and hair care, in mouthwashes or lotions, as natural deodorants, disinfectants for household surfaces and as repellents for insects and rodents.

Resources for Learning More About Aromatherapy

Aromatherapy for Body, Mind and Home is one of the many webinars on emotional healing found in our member area. It will teach you many of the basics you need to learn to use essential oils effectively. You can watch it for free below and can access additional training in aromatherapy if you become a member.

Energetic Aromatherapy Chart

The Energetic Aromatherapy Chart chart shows the relationship between sixteen fragrance qualities divided into eight therapeutic categories. It also shows the twelve emotional energy centers used in my system of emotional healing. The back includes profiles of 47 essential oils, indicating their major uses, qualities, and categories, and which emotional energy centers they work on. The chart is available from Simplee Natural or Amazon.

You can learn more about the energetic system this chart is based on in my free class A Universal System of Herbal Energetics.

Energetic Aromatherapy Course with K.P. Khalsa

Energetic Aromatherapy is a class I teamed up with my fellow former president of the American Herbalist’s Guild, K.P. Khalsa, to teach a class on essential oils following the energetic wheel on the Aromatherapy Chart shown below. This class is available through the International Integrative Educational Institute. It consists of three lessons and teaches you how to use all the major essential oils sold by major essential oil companies.

Strategies for Health Book

Strategies for Health is a practical guide to natural remedies, that contains information on many essential oils and techniques for using them. It will help you solve your own health problems, help someone you love, and find answers to assist customers or clients in improving their health. It is available from Amazon and Barnes and Noble.