Blending with Palo Santo

Blending with Palo Santo

The lovely Palo Santo is a very balancing, calming and grounding essential oil. It can help with feelings of stress and anxiety. It is also to enhance creativity and bring good fortune. The scent i...
The Importance of Relaxation

The Importance of Relaxation

It has been said that sometimes the most productive thing one can do is relax. While this can sound impossible when our to-do lists are long, and we have deadlines to meet, it is important to add t...
Natural Diaper Rash Remedies: Essential Oils & DIY Care

Natural Diaper Rash Remedies: Essential Oils & DIY Care

Being a new mom brings with it all kinds of stresses and strains. One of the most terrifying things must be that horrid vision of a sore bum in a diaper. While it can happen for so many reasons fro...
So Many Reasons To Love Ylang Ylang

So Many Reasons To Love Ylang Ylang

Ylang ylang so good they named it twice!  Born from a glorious tree in Madagascar, the locals use it in leis to welcome travelers and strew the flowers on marital beds.  The oil is sweet, narcotic ...
How To Do A Back Massage

How To Do A Back Massage

The back is arguably the most important structure of the body in terms of health. All the nerves of the body (except the olfactory nerves that run through the sinuses) travel up and down the body t...
Five Minute Shoulder Massage

Five Minute Shoulder Massage

Depending on your environment, you might want someone to sit forward on their chair, or backwards. When I take massages into schools and workplaces, I always get people to turn their chair round so...
Blending with Myrrh

Blending with Myrrh

Myrrh is often used in meditation and relaxation practices, it creates a calm yet warm environment. On a metaphysical level, Myrrh provides strength and acceptance of what is. It is one of the olde...
Blending with Peppermint

Blending with Peppermint

The fresh, crisp aroma of Peppermint is a popular oil. It can be uplifting, refreshing, stimulating and clarifying. It is a fascinating oil that when used in very low dilutions it can have a coolin...
How to Do A Foot Massage

How to Do A Foot Massage

If we stopped to consider what we expect our feet to do in a day, we would probably take better care of them. The truth is though, we probably all take them for granted until things start to go wro...
Essential oils for liver detoxification

Essential oils for liver detoxification

Stress affects so many aspects of health including the liver. Involved in over 500 different processes in the body, any dysfunction in this area can be considered seriously bad news. When people co...
Essential oils and Schizophrenia

Essential oils and Schizophrenia

I wrote this article to mark Schizophrenia Awareness Day however it has a broader context. There can sometimes be interactions between essential oils and schizophrenia and antipsychotic medications...
Activities to keep the kids quiet

Activities to keep the kids quiet

Summer holidays are here, and for some of us, that means finding new and exciting activities to do with the kids to keep them occupied. So what can we do with essential oils and other aromatics to ...