Land of Enchantment
We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us. - John Muir Koi at the Southwest [...]
Supporting Chronic Lyme Disease with Reflexology and Aromatherapy
Chronic Lyme Disease can present with a wide variety of symptoms ranging from neurological (brain fog, parasthesia, acute to chronic fatigue, headaches), to psychological (irritability, depression, bi-polar-like symptoms), to musculo-skeletal inflammatory conditions [...]
10 Epic Essential Oil Myths and Dangerous Uses of 2014
2014 was a doozy of a year for rumors, myths, and really dangerous essential oil use ideas. Did you fall for any of these? 1. Essential Oils for Ebola? During the height [...]
Aromatic History: Gattefosse’s Aromatherapie
French chemist René-Maurice Gattefossé (1881-1950) is credited with coining the term aromatherapy (aromatherapie): which is the therapeutic use of essential oils. His contribution to aromatherapy includes a personal story - burned in [...]
What Every Mom Needs to Know About Essential Oils
Who ran to help me when I fell, And would some pretty story tell, Or kiss the place to make it well? My mother. ~Ann Taylor Moms are amazing healers, aren't they?! [...]
{Giveaway} I Love Lavender
Do you love lavender? Do you love a giveaway? Then you're in the right place! I am raffling off this beautiful 'I Love Lavender' tea towel to one lucky guy or gal. [...]
Can Reflexology and Aromatherapy help your insomnia?
Most of us can list a dozen amazing things about living in Austin without skipping a beat. But living, and sleeping, in any large city can chip away at our ability to [...]
Why essential oils are not water flavoring agents
About once a month or every three weeks I have a client complaining of right-sided abdominal pain, lethargy, joint pain, and indigestion. At some point they mention they've been adding essential oils [...]
Petrichor, Aromatic Molecules, and the Grand Canyon
Earlier this year we were all blown away to discover that the human nose can detect some trillion different smells so it won't surprise you to read that my nose was working [...]
A tale of two lavenders
As an aromatherapist I have been trained to look to the chemistry of essential oils to best determine what their therapeutic actions will be. Essential oils are sent off to a lab [...]