Essential Oil Essentials

Massage therapy is a form of alternative medicine that involves the physical manipulation of the muscles to relieve tension and stress. This specialized treatment is often used as part of physical therapy regimes and is also effective in relieving and preventing several other serious medical conditions.
Massage therapy has been used to treat arthritis, depression, [...]

Both aromatherapy and massage is effective in achieving many things for both the body and mind and knowing how to combine the two properly will result in great benefits for you and also whoever it is that you are massaging.
There are many benefits to be had from aromatherapy and massage and one of the most fun [...]

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Organic essential oils are the pure extracts of plants that offer the full scent and taste of the plant. Organic essential oils may be taken from the flower, leaf, seed, fruit, root or bark of a plant, depending on the plant variety.  These concentrated oils are used for massage as well [...]

By Rebecca Noel
We are well into summer now and swimsuit season is in full swing. One of the major concerns for practically every woman during swimsuit season is the dreaded C word…cellulite…that lumpy, dimpled, orange-peel texture that seems to target skin on thighs, bottom and backs of arms and is the shame and embarrassment of [...]

It seems that there is an appropriate aromatherapy scent for your every need. No matter if what you need is to alter your mood, achieve a sense of well-being or relieve minor health conditions, there is a corresponding scent to do the job well. The following are 5 of the most popular scents.
Chamomile
The flowers [...]

By Ann Marier
Aromatherapy is a scented form of soothing and relaxation treatments. All different types of essential oils are used to achieve different degrees of aromatherapy.
Essential oils are naturally occurring volatile oils that are obtained by cold expression or steam distillation. The oil will have the characteristically familiar aroma from the plant part from which [...]

By Juliet Cohen
Essential indicates that the oil carries distinctive scent of the plant. Essential oils are highly concentrated liquids that can be harmful if not used carefully. Essential oils are generally extracted by distillation. Other processes include expression or solvent extraction.
Essential oils should never be used undiluted on the skin. There are instances when experienced aromatherapy [...]

By Rebecca Noel

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In aromatherapy Lemon essential oil has an amazingly wide range of uses. The lemon conjures up images of freshness and cleanliness and sunshine and lemonade.
Research by Jean Valnet, M.D., showed that vaporized Lemon essential oil can kill meningococcus bacteria in 15 minutes, typhoid bacilli in one [...]

This video from Zen Living is a great introduction to essential oils and to how aromatherapy works.

How Aromatherapy Works

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By Emily’s Oils & Essentials
This is a general index of the chakras. The essential oils suggested can be used in aromatherapy, massage, baths and other therapies.
1 – Root chakra
The Root chakra is about being physically present. Feelings of stability, safety and stamina are held here. This is the foundation chakra and [...]