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Aromatherapy Education–Heads or Tails?
February 17, 2010
Aromatherapy Education-Heads or Tails?
Several months ago a client gave me a little poem which I found delightfully amusing as well as true in many ways.
What do you think?
We have two ends
With a common link
With one we sit
With one we think
Success depends on what we use
Heads we win
Tails we lose.
I would qualify that with ‘it depends on why we are sitting and does it involve our head?’
Don’t you think that sitting for a class that expands your knowledge, stimulates your brain, fascinates you, gives you information to save you money and time, and increases your joy is a win/win situation?
So come and sit on your tail and open up your head to the wonder of essential oils! Primal Hints Aromatherapy has many education classes to choose from with varying topics, costs and flexible scheduling. Whether you want to study aromatherapy to become a therapist, learn to care for you skin with non toxic products, deepen your spiritual connection, or just do something ‘fun and different’—I guarantee you we have a class for you!
Take you tail and head to www.primalhints.com and win!
Blessings,
Cheryl
February 17, 2010
Grief
February 2, 2010
February, 2010
Grief—The Lonely Walk
This past November I was painfully reminded just how lonely and emotionally numbing grief can be when you lose someone you have loved your entire life. Like any form of depression, words just do not seem to help and the ability to describe the pain is ineffective as well as too labor intensive to attempt.
Unlike some other forms of depression, the grief comes like ocean waves—sometimes gentle and almost sweet and often as huge swells that knock you off your feet.
We vacillate between not sleeping and not being able to wake up. Sometimes we are ravenous and other times we cannot eat. It just seems to be all or nothing.
I have found that anything that requires a great deal of creativity and concentration on my part is on the back burner. Time alone to ponder is required and I am just not interested in the activities I usually love.
In time I know I will return to my usual routine and ‘old self’, but not exactly the same as before, which will be a good thing. I know that when I hear someone has lost a loved one, I will realize the tremendous pain they may be going through. I will give them space and time to heal. I know their energy field, creativity and concentration will be temporarily disrupted but in time they will return and they will heal. And I will ask their angels to guide them and help them.
It is true “life will go on, so let’s move on”, yet for a time in throws of grief, we are often unsure of our footing and of the path.
To all of my friends and love ones who have supported me, I am so grateful!
I also wish to thank the earth for it’s healing trees and plants—myrrh, ginger, orange, peppermint, rosemary, eucalyptus, skullcap and passion flower—and its healing, supportive energy.
Wishing you angels when you need them and sacred gifts from the earth which are always there for you.
Blessings,
Cheryl
Owner, Primal Hints Aromatherapy
Our Healing Environment
December 10, 2009
Our Healing Environment
The environment in which we live, the place we come home to at the end of our day, is created by anything that reaches our senses. It includes but is not limited to colors, pictures, lighting, furniture, floor coverings, sounds, smells and space itself. These things coupled with our own personal energy and the energy of others who live with us or visit periodically create a place in which we find solace, joy, peace, respite and ultimately healing of our mind, body and spirit.
When you walk through your door, what do you feel in the space around you?
We are in harmony with our ‘home’ when we feel relaxed and comforted in the space. It is not related to size or even location as we can create a healing environment any where.
Changing our environment to promote relaxation and peace occurs with changing the simplest things and we have much more control than we often realize. An abundance of money and space is not required and even the slightest change can increase contentment.
Here are some suggestions: trade items with friends, check out garage sales, thrift stores and the curbside—some people discard somereally good ‘junk’!
Move your furniture around to facilitate energy flow.
Add some plants (many of which are on sale this time of year) such as spider plants, peace lily and snake root, all of which are low mantainence and all absorb toxic substances from the environment.
Create your own pot pourri from dried garden flowers, herbs, pine cones, pine needles, and any seed pod and gum balls—all free! Add some essential oils to your mix to enhance relaxation, energy movement and air cleansing and place your creation in small containers in strategic locations around your ‘home’.
If you live in a place where you cannot make any changes for the present, think about creating a “Table of Hope”. Fill your table with things you love, things such as pictures, mementos, rocks, and shells, anything that inspires you toward creating your own space when the opportunity arises.
Avoid buying fragrance items (different than essential oils) such as scented candles, store prepared pot pourri, scented plug ins and such. Also avoid scented detergents, dryer sheets and soaps (unless the label says ‘essential oils, not fragrance oils) as they only aggravate allergies, asthma and hormone imbalances.
Visit your famer’s markets for bees wax candles and scent them yourself with essential oils.
Tips for success in making changes: make a list of what you want to accomplish; change one thing at time; don’t accept a change until you are completely happy with it!
Even though you cannot change every thing, the smallest change can make a big difference as you create a little piece of heaven no matter where you are!
For class information on creating your own products with essential oils and other tips, please contact Cheryl.
Blessings,
Cheryl
Cabarrus County Spring Herb & Plant Festival
December 10, 2009
Title: Cabarrus County Spring Herb & Plant Festival
Location: Piedmont Farmer\’s Market, 518 Winecoff School Rd. Concord, NC 28027
Link out: Click here
Description: Over seventy-five vendors offering common & unusual herbs;perennials;annuals;vegetables;pottery;iron works;essential oils/soaps; handcrafted & painted items and much, much more.
Start Time: 0800:00:00
Date: 2010-04-17
End Time: 1700:00:00
The Varied Uses of Peppermint
October 1, 2009
One afternoon while checking out of a local store, I noticed my sales person looked tired and in pain. When I asked her if she was feeling alright she responded that she had a headache and upset stomach.
Would you like to try a little essential oil of peppermint? I asked to which she said yes. So I placed several drops on a tissue and handed it to her to inhale. By the time I was ready to leave the store, her pain and nausea had decreased significantly and she was smiling and grateful for the oil.
Sometime later when on a snorkeling adventure in Mexico, a member of our group developed extreme motion sickness and was struggling to keep her lunch. A member of my family found the bottle of peppermint in my purse and offered it to her to inhale, which she did. Within minutes her nausea subsided and the look of anguish receded from her face. Although she was very grateful for the nausea relief, I cannot say she truly enjoyed the afternoon on the boat!
My grandson Brandon suffered from car sickness when he was younger and peppermint quelled his nausea while traveling which made our trips most pleasant.
Peppermint, Mentha Piperita, which is steam distilled from the plant’s leaves and flowers, is in my opinion, a must have essential oil. It is rare that I go anywhere without my emergency oils and peppermint is surly one of them! Peppermint is also excellent as a decongestant and an anti-viral. Due to its centering yet stimulating qualities, it is an excellent oil to diffuse in cars and research shows it to be effective in decreasing Road Rage.
As wonderful as Mentha Piperita is, there are several precautions to note. First, it is far too strong for children under 6 years of age. Remember that essential oils should never be applied undiluted to the face but especially with children with special caution in the nose and mouth area. Strong oils applied under the nose can cause respiratory arrest in children.
In addition, use peppermint with caution (that is in small, highly diluted doses) with those with epilepsy and high blood pressure. Peppermint should be avoided with those with enzyme deficits which prevent the liver from detoxifying menthol.
So whether you are in a car, boat, plane or on dry land, think of Peppermint, Mentha Piperita, and add it to your list of important essential oils because you never know when the varied uses of peppermint will come in handy!
Blessings,
Cheryl