Aromatherapy 101

by Karen Downes

Overview

In this beautiful little gift book, you’ll learn everything you need to know about aromatherapy. It's long been known that Mother Nature provides us with an extensive medicine cabinet, and aromatherapy lets us use her gifts in an empowering way. From her flowers, trees, bushes and herbs, oil is extracted and used to treat a wide range of ailments, and it's the use of these essential oils in our everyday lives that can uplift our moods (and senses), provide first aid, and assist us in getting closer to ourselves through greater awareness.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781401933456
Publisher:	Hay House Inc.
Publication date:	05/01/2000
Sold by:	Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format:	eBook
Pages:	296
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

Karen Downes, author of Aromatherapy 101, has co-authored five other aromatherapy/lifestyle books, with more than 500,000 copies sold worldwide. She works as an activist with The Hunger Project; and as a consultant travels extensively, conducting lectures and programs that help to empower women to live their lives fully. Karen lives in Melbourne, Australia, with her husband, Jeffrey; and daughter, Rebecca.

Read an Excerpt

Chapter One

Aromatherapy—What is it?

    As the word implies, aromatherapy uses "aromas" to aid healing and well-being—aromas we smell every day in Mother Nature's garden. It's long been known that Mother Nature provides us with an extensive medicine cabinet, and aromatherapy lets us use her gifts in an empowering way. Oil is extracted from her flowers, trees, bushes, and herbs, and is used to treat a wide range of human ailments—in some cases, those of our pets. It's the use of these essential oils in our everyday lives that can uplift our moods and senses, provide first aid, and assist us in geeing closer to ourselves through greater awareness.

Essential Oils—What Are They?

    The greatest dilemma that many people face today is the speed of change. Coinciding with the dynamics of change is often a sense of separation and isolation. However, there is help at hand.

    Since time began, human beings have looked to nature as a resource. The cycle of the seasons can be depended on; the regeneration of plants can be trusted. The medicine provided by thousands of plant species to heal

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