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Aromatherapy. The first time I heard this word was a few decades ago. I was young and imagined some flowery woman floating around making people smell apple pie in a bottle so they’d reconnect with their childhood and magically be cured of all their ills. Now that I’ve worked with essential oils myself, I know this isn’t really the way it works. And, although I’m not an aromatherapist, I have yet to float around with flowers in my hair whilst working with my collection of essential oils. Whether you know know enough to enjoy tinkering with oils yourself, or are still unsure about what it all means, you’ll find Aromatherapy: A Complete Guide to the Healing Art
Aromatherapy gives more than just a brief history and a smattering of aromatic uses. They have built a fun-to-use manual loaded with information on everything from aromatherapy’s history and how the sense of smell works to essential oil use for health, blending your own perfumes, even chemistry! I loved learning all the how-to’s for blending different oils and using them therapeutically. And the history of perfume formulas, including an ancient recipe for anointing oil used by Moses? Fascinating!
I don’t distill my own essential oils, but someday I’d love to do so, especially if I can use some of the herbs I grow and wildcraft. Aromatherapy includes a section on extracting essential oils, and even provides the info on how to make a homemade essential oil still. This can be a rather complicated process, but it’s nice to get an overview of the different methods, perhaps try a little on your own, and decide whether or not you really want to delve into the craft even more.
This fantastic book is great for perusing, or if you want to get more serious, reading straight through. I found the information to be helpful, insightful, and downright fun to learn. The publishers of Aromatherapy: A Complete Guide to the Healing Art
Multiple Options for Multiple Entries:
1.) Just tell me what you’ve experienced with aromatherapy. Perhaps you only know a little and want to dig in deeper. Or maybe you’re considering making a career change and really digging in! Tell me about it. (You may enter once a day.) Remember, leave an interesting comment. If I cannot contact the winner, you might be chosen instead based on your comment.
2.) Blog about, Twitter, and/or Subscribe! Get an extra entry for each of these activities. Just leave a separate comment for each, giving me a link to your blog post, your Twitter name, and/or a note saying you’re a subscriber. SUBSCRIBE HERE!
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Feel free to do all four to gather multiple entries to win! You have until midnight EST on Thursday, June 25, 2009, to enter.
I have found lavender helpful for my migraines. Other than that, my aromatherapy experience is pretty limited, would love to know more!
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I am trying to use aroma therapy to improve my mood and health.
I love aroma therapy it relax me after a long hard day
I have just started to look into aromatherepy because my accupunturist uses some on me It has helped with my sinus’ and asthma
i want to learn more about aromatherapy because i’m very interested in natural cures, aromatherapy offers many!
Just starting. I enjoy bath scents, candles, etc and would love to learn more. Thanks for the chance
i’ve found that misting my bedsheets with lavender makes for a peaceful sleep.
I like mint aroma therapy it settles the stomach and cleanses the mind.
I really don’t know much about aromatherapy, I could use anything to help relieve stress
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lavendar in a bottle is great for anxiety!
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I have heard such wonderful things about Aromatherapy and want to try it.
I do know very little about aromatherapy and would like to know more (thus entering this book contest), but I do know that certain scents like lavendar, violet, rose and vanilla really soothe me!
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I love watching special programs about this subject. I am still at early learning stage. I would love to grow my own french lavender field on our property and distill essential oil to use for aromatherapy. Ready to learn much more on the subject.
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I am trying to use aromatherapy to improve my health, but I have a lot to learn.
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I’ve had candles that were aromatherapy, I liked the Lavender scent
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I have a diffuser for essential oils that I put on at night. I enjoy lavender, orange, peppermint (titled:refresh).
I also enjoy using a menthol one when I have a sinus headache or any headache. Lavender oil is also great for cuts and scrapes.
Big fan of aromatherapy and would love to learn more.
06/25 entry!
I would love to learn more about aromatherapy. All I really know is that it works for me! And I’m a complete skeptic about so many things. So I figure, hey, if it really works for me, maybe it works for a lot of other people too. So I’d like to learn all I can.
I would like to learn more about this!
I’d love to learn more about aromatherapy – I know very little about it. I’m a nurse and any holistic way I can learn about to help my patients is welcomed!
I know almost nothing about aromatherapy, but I would love to learn about it. I know that I tend to prefer fruity scents.
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I would like to feel better on the inside. Aromatherpy could help!
Pomegranate Gold Canyon candles and lavender baby wash or lotion calm me like nothing else! And sniffing peppermint(the candies or peppermint lip balm, whatever)helps me when I’m queasy!
I don’t have a lot of experience but would love to get into scents more!
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I’m not very knowledgeable about aromatherapy but I do look up things to learn from time to time. Thanks so much for this giveaway.
I don’t know much about aromatherapy, except that I love incense to pick me up when I’m feeling down!
I use lavender oil because it clams and relaxes. A few drops in your bath water is all you need. I also use an herbal eye pillow that has eucalyptus and lavender. It’s lovely.
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i have always been curious about aromatherapy i have had friends that love it I have just never really had a chance to learn enough about it but I would love the chance my favorite scent is lavender. I do use peppermint oil if I have a bad headache it always helps thanks eaglesforjack
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I have never done it but would love to.
I would love to learn more about it, it sounds interesting1
I had a wonderful doctor who “prescribed” me eucalyptus and spearmint oil when I was going through a stressful pregnancy. I used it while pregnant and when I delivered my baby I couldn’t get any rest. I felt like I was going to lose it so I took a hot shower and used the oils. It immediately calmed me down and let me relax enough to rest.
I also make natural soaps and only use EOs and herbs to scent them.
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I don’t know a lot about aromatherapy but I do know that certain scents trigger different moods when I smell them. I would love to know more. Thank you for the chance to win!
Aroma therapy helps me relax
I have read about aromatherapy. I have been thinking about incorpating it into my lifestyle. I believe it would be very beneficial.
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One of my favorite spa treatments is an aromatherpay scalp massage. So relaxing!
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I only know a little about aromatherapy and would like to learn more about it. Thanks for the great contest!
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