Pennyroyal - A Great Clearer Of Disease Thoughtfields

April 27, 2008 by aromatherapy4soul

Pennyroyal aromatherapy essential oil

Pennyroyal is much maligned as being oh so dangerous - this is the same old story again about all the essential oils. It is no more dangerous than aspirin, which is sold freely over the counter, and in aroma energy work, we don’t take it internally nor do we even put it on our skin so that’s triply safe then.

With that out of the way, Pennyroyal, a member of the mint family, has some exquisite and extraordinarily useful energetic effects and actions.

It is extremely medicinal in a good sense - where Pennyroyal is, uncleanliness, disease thoughtfields and unhealthy attachments cannot be. Like matter and anti-matter, if you will. There is a HUGE component of psychosomatic responses to each and every illness known to mankind, physical or otherwise; placebo tests show this, and so do hypnotic phenomena whereby people all of a sudden get well for “no good reason” and others remain chronically ill or in physical and mental pain, also “for no good reason”.

Ladies and gentlemen, to say that is so unscientific, it hurts!

Of COURSE there is a good reason for these things, and a very good place to look around for these good reasons is in the energy system.

Especially thoughtfields play a big part in directing the energy system to work for us, or against us; a great example are those doctors who tell people “you have only four weeks to live” and the patient, shocked, scared and completely HYPNOTIZED in that moment, drops dead four weeks later - leaving the doctor to think they were RIGHT, rather than thinking, “Shit, what I did I do with my stupid post hypnotic suggestion?!”

Those are extreme cases but being hypnotized by thoughtfields relating to disease is much more common than that. I was for example told as a child that a cold “comes for three days, stays for three days, and goes for three days.” I manifested this exactly like that until I was 32, when I saw the light of day and now my colds take a different path altogether; mostly they are done with in a day or two.

“You’ll get a stiff neck from sitting in a draught …” - “If you get cold, you get a cold …” - “If you drink coffee, you get a headache …” Our world is STUFFED FULL with bad post hypnotic suggestions, thoughtfields, which make diseases that really happen much worse, and can even create them out of blue nothing, like stigmata manifest in the palms of hysterical believers.

And here we come to the good uses and fabulous services of Pennyroyal. It has the power to blow the cobwebs of such post hypnotic suggestions out of your energy field and replace them with thoughtfields of purity, of healing, of health, of cleanliness instead.

This gives then the immune system a fighting chance to do it’s thing and bring this disease process to a conclusion as quickly as possible.

Just put it on a cloth, carry it around with you, and any time you start “worrying” about your disease, take a few sniffs and let the power of this energetic disinfectant literally STOP you from making these diseased thoughtfields in the moment.

Physical processes are this thing that we can only encourage; I am a firm believer that we shouldn’t make things worse if we can help it, and one leverage point we do have is what we think, and what we think about. Here, we can do our best to think “clean thoughts” - and Pennyroyal will help with that, absolutely.

Aromatherapy - More Magic Than “Science”

April 11, 2008 by aromatherapy4soul

little aromatherapy bottles

I heard a report yesterday that 21% of the general aduult population had tried some form of aromatherapy. Aromatherapy draws people strongly towards it, being the most popular choice for alternative or complementary treatment and healing, but the amazing thing about this is that people have the LOWEST expectations of actually getting over their troubles with aromatherapy, as a study by Professor Suzanne McDonough of the University of Ulster shows.

74% of respondents who had received acupuncture thought it was definitely or probably very helpful; the least confidence was shown in aromatherapy in that 17% said it was probably or definitely not helpful.

What have we here?

I would say that we have a POWERFUL MODALITY in POTENTIAL that is not being used as it should be used.

I think people are drawn to essentials so magnetically because there is an innate sense, a hunger, for what they have to offer. And then it all goes wrong with the current treatment forms and the current practice of Aromatherapy “as taught by the local adult education college” and people end up disappointed and dissatisfied.

I am absolutely convinced that GOOD aromatherapy practitioners would agree that aromatherapy is far more magical than it is chemical medicine from the Newtonian clockwork universe.

That the results that come from working with the essences AND the client, how you do that, and what you are after to achieve, are highly dependend of the magic of the practitioner - their intuition, their reading of the client’s existing conditions, and matching the right frequency of essential to that.

With the right practitioner, aromatherapy can create quite magical changes. But you really do need to look beyond the chemical properties of the essentials, big time. And you do need to understand that an essential oil based ointment is not a steroid cream, doesn’t work like that, mustn’t be prescribed or handled or delivered like that, doesn’t affect THE WHOLE PERSON like that, is essentially OTHER THAN “modern allopathic “”"healing”"”.

With that many people from the general population being really interested and drawn to aromatherapy, there is every scope for creating whole new techniques and methods of USING essential oils in a very different ways than just sniffing and rubbing with little or no thought or intention, which will unlock the true magic of these amazing super-natural alchemical potions and will bring about changes that will not only make your head spin, but blow those kinds of statistics right out of the water.

Aromatherapy For Your Soul At EmoTrance 2008

April 10, 2008 by aromatherapy4soul

Just one week left to go - and I’m really looking forward to giving my Aroma Energy presentation at the ET08 conference!

It’ll be delightful, to say the least, to share my wonderful experiences with working with the energies of these radiant nature gifts in small bottles with the conference crowd.

EmoTrance is a brilliant modality that has at its heart joy, energy, and energized end states - unlike so many other forms of healing, ET doesn’t just stop when the pain stops. “Peace” isn’t the aim or target. ET is about celebrating life, about living life to the fullest, about having fun and enjoying ourselves.

The spirit of the essentials is a perfect match to that, and what’s more, EmoTrance already has a custom made place for this - the concept of energy nutrition.

EmoTrance says that we need to suck in vast quantities of all kinds of energies to keep our energy bodies healthy - that’s what makes you feel happy, young and alive. Now when we’re on holiday in a beautiful place and the sun’s shining, we drop shields and we suck these nature energies into our depleted selves - but then we go back to work, live in cities, stay indoors and that’s when we experience a SERIOUS shortfall of nature energies.

My wonderful discovery was early last year that you can literally bring the sunshine into your home and life at any time - courtesy of the wonderful essential oils as used in aromatherapy.

They are so concentrated, so immensely radiant, that even a total beginner won’t have any trouble feeling these energies, and with a bit of practice, learns to suck this energy into themselves and use it to delight and brighten any time, any day, no matter what the weather.

As all the essentials are different and have different energy contributions to make, there is also the fun to discover which ones affect your own energy system the strongest - the ones we hunger for most, and those will do you the most good.

Simple, profound, immensely enjoyable and working with essentials and their energies in this way opens up the door to a whole world of self healing, of restoration, of feeding hungers we’ve displaced onto all sorts of other things, people and activities, and simply making us HAPPY.

What more could you ask for in a remedy?

I LOVE IT - and I can’t wait to see the good folk at ET08 start to tingle all over, big grins coming into their faces and then that switch into delight and joy when the energy REALLY starts to flow - it’s wonderful.

I’ll post a full report after the fact!

Please Call Me Artemisia …

April 4, 2008 by aromatherapy4soul

Artemisia Absinthium, Wormwood Essential Oil

What’s in a name?

Lots … everything, even. When someone calls their new puppy “Satan”, how do you think it’s going to grow up? If you look at it over ten years, how is the dog called “Satan” going to beCOME so very different from exactly the same dog, but it was called “Fluffy” instead?

So, there is this essential oil and it’s really neat. It is instantly compelling, smells fascinating, green, alive, very powerful. It has this wonderful uplifting action and banishes the gremlins and the blues. It comes from a plant that was given to Chieron by Diana who told him that it would heal him of all ills. And it’s name is Artemisia, dedicated to the Goddess Artemis, who is the keeper and protector of all wild things, of nature, and of women.

Are you getting excited yet?

Do you want to buy this essential oil Artemisia?

Do you want to to try it, smell it, interact with this energy?

I’m guessing, yes.

You are interested, open and receptive.

But what if I told you that this self same essential oil is called …

… drumroll please! …

Wormwood.

Eeeouwh!

Wormwood???

It’s HIDEOUS!

It’s POISONOUS!

It’s so dangerous that only the few even stock it!!!

See what I mean about “what’s in a name” …

Let’s be reasonable now.

Artemisia Essential Oil comes from a plant that has so many beneficial and natural aspects to it, it was venerated by the greatest healers of the ages. With all the many plants to choose from, to give this one the name of the Goddess Artemis, that’s really a grand recommendation.

Artemisia plants have many unusual properties; one of those is a cocktail of many interactive components that get rid of worm infestations! In the essential oil, of course all the components are HIGHLY concentrated; that is so for all essential oils and why its just not a good idea to drink them in quantity!

For many, Artemisia’s greatest claim to fame is Absinthe. Folk are so enthusiastic about it, they’ve formed a Wormwood Society for disseminating information about the delights of drinking Absinthe, which is a mixture of Artemisia and other herbs delivered in alcohol and water.

Apparently, the drinking of Absinthe gives mental clarity and helps with artistic endeavours. I’d say sniffing the essential will do better than that, especially when combined with a spot of EmoTrance.

Indeed, the very name “wormwood” is thought to be a derivation of the Germanic “wermut” which some think may mean to defend the mind, and others think it is to defend the mother - either way, sounds a lot more palatable, doesn’t it.

So the moral of the tail? (The old wive’s tails - long, and scaley thought hey may be …!)

Artemisia Absinthium and Artemisia Afra essential oils (previously known as wormwood) are very powerful energetic devices that can do a lot for you in aroma energy work. Don’t drink them, don’t brush your teeth with them, and work with their scent and energy. Without fear and with expectation that they will drive out parasites and help the mind - or the mother …

What Is The Price Per Drop Of Essential Oils?

April 1, 2008 by aromatherapy4soul

One Drop Of Precious Essential Oil …

I strongly advise when working with aroma energy to NOT count the pennies. To the uninitiated it seems that some oils are very expensive, but you know, compared to what or whom?

What does a single session with a psychologist in New York cost these days? $100? $200?

A small bottle of Britney Spears perfume? $100?

And how much fun do you get from 25 applications of one drop of even the very most expensive of oils?

So this isn’t about saving money or making one oil more “precious” than another; it’s just a little exercise to compare prices as the different sizes and dilutions in which essential oils are sold make it quite difficult to get a real grasp of what costs what.

How Many Drops Are In A Milliliter?

0.05ml = 1 drop

1 ml = 20 drops
5 ml = 100 drops
10ml = 200 drops

This is approximate as one man’s drop is not necessarily another man’s drop but it’s a guideline.

I’ve taken some current prices from a midrange supplier; these are all the basic versions, so not the “doubly organic hand picked sun blessed sang to sleep at night” higher price specialist essential oils.

I’ve worked out how many ml, how many drops, and divided the price by this to arrive at a measurement unit for costing aromatherapy essential oils, “penny per drop” or ppd.

* These are UK pennies - double it if you are from the US to get cents per drop instead.

  • Citronella - 0.8 ppd
  • Basil - 2 ppd
  • Bergamot - 1.5 ppd
  • Black Pepper - 1 ppd
  • Eucalyptus - 1 ppd
  • Frankincense - 3 ppd
  • Marjoram - 1.75 ppd
  • Neroli - 22 ppd
  • Lavender - 1 ppd
  • Lemongrass - 0.7 ppd
  • Lime - 0.9 ppd
  • Orange - 0.675 ppd
  • Patchouli - 1.5 ppd
  • Rose - 20 ppd
  • Jasmine - 25 ppd

You can pay much, much more for connoisseur versions of even the cheapest oils, and some ultra expensive rare and precious oils.

But still, it’s a bargain in my opinion.

I have a small cloth with one drop of osmanthus and 3 drops of hyssop on it which I’ve been sniffing on all day to keep me focused and working well.

What is that worth in practical terms?

Priceless!

Getting High On Salvia …

March 27, 2008 by aromatherapy4soul

Salvia Divinorum

It’s funny how the world works …

I love Sage essential oil. I LOVE it. I roll around in it like a cat in catnip and make sage tea. All sorts!

Yesterday, I phoned Jonathan Hinde from Oshadhi UK and ordered some replacements. When it came to Sage, he said, “Which one?

“Spanish Sage? Wild Sage? Triloba?”

I said, “Send ‘em all. I’ll have a Sage party!”

The packet arrived the very next day and I did have my Sage party. What a trip! The three Sages were very distinct and it was as always incredibly interesting what they were doing to me and my energy system, my thoughts, my head, my state.

Gorgeous …

So today I thought, let’s have a look what other kinds of Salvias there are out there.

I started to search the three - Salvia Lavendulifolia, Spanish Sage; Salvia Officinalis, Wild Sage; and Salvia Triloba, also known as Sage Triloba.

As soon as I put in the word “Salvia”, the search engine exploded with references to Salvia Divinorum, of which, I admit, I hadn’t heard a thing.

But Divinorum sounds good!

Turns out it grows mostly in Mexico and if you smoke it, you have out of body experiences.

And that it was used to predict the future by shamans.

Cool …

Where is the essential oil of Salvia Divinorum?

Of course, it’s nowhere to be found as a gram of the ground plant goes for $25 or thereabouts to the happy smokers who are looking for a pot alternative. Drat. And the US legislators got their knickers in a twist over it to the degree that it’s illegal now in dozens of states …

Illegal plants. Somehow that doesn’t jive with me at all.

But still. A Salvia by any other name is still a Salvia.

I concur with the shamans of old that all Salvias strongly affect the psychic circuitry; I certainly swoop like an eagle on a bit of Sage, whatever the variety.

Let’s not get too wound up about smoking the plant. Practise your energy awareness every day and you can get high as a kite on some plain, simple Sage - a drop on a handkerchief will do. If you have some Project Sanctuary experience, you can direct your vision quest anywhichway you want and remain in total control, using the extra lift from the Salvia/Sage to get you further and pick up more detail, keep your concentration longer.

Let’s enjoy it whilst essential oils of Sage, any variety, are still so plentifully and cheaply available.

Have a great trip …

The Sage Page

Which One Shall I Be Tonight?

March 26, 2008 by aromatherapy4soul

I thought tonight when I was choosing my aromatherapy companions for the evening (God I love this trip! It’s been going on for a year and shows no signs of abating. Every time I think I’m done with it, something else comes along!) …

… if I was an aromatherapy oil, which one would I want to be?

As you know, I’ve given them evocative names like the Ghost Hunter and The Champion and so forth; it gives them a shape my human neurology can deal with and make relationships with; and I do think of the essences in terms of angels, companions, friends, if you will.

So which one?

Tonight, I choose Elemi - Coloured Lights.

[An aside - I have The Magic Bottle as a shortcut on my desktop and use that to go to the site when I want to. On this occasion, I was going to look up Elemi and post the link to it for this message. The Magic Bottle said "China Star Anise" and I nearly passed it by to go to the A-Z, but then I didn't and that's what that said:

Aniseed China Star is good for people who have abandoned their bodies; builds compassion for the body, rekindles good body feelings, helps with eating disorders and sexual problems. A major component of romantic love potions.

Aromatherapy Story Start

There once was a hermit who wanted to be a holy man and decided he had to find God in the desert. So he went and lived in the stony desert by himself; and he lived there for so long that the sands and winds and heat and cold blew all memory of why he was even there, what he was called or why he had come from his mind. He became a wild thing that wandered about and one day, he wandered close to the home of a woman who had build a house at the edge of the desert, near a fine spring, where she grew fruit and flowers and many healing herbs as well.

She saw the man and became fascinated; over many days, she befriended him like a wild animal and eventually he came close enough to take some food from her hand. He looked so lost and thin that the woman had a great feeling of compassion flow over her - she couldn't help herself, she stroked his face. He didn't draw back, but stared at her - her touch reminded him of many things that were now coming back to him.

It took a long time but eventually, he became a husband and then a father, and finally learned what holiness is really all about.

======== hm ....]

Anyway. Elemi.

http://silviahartmann.com/aromatherapy/elemi.htm

Yes, I want to be Elemi tonight.

Which one do you want to be?

Elemi aromatherapy essential oil

Orange And Lavender Essential Oils Reduce Anxiety

March 24, 2008 by aromatherapy4soul

In my travels on the web, I came across the following study:

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Lehrner J, Marwinski G, Lehr S, Johren P, Deecke L.

University Clinic of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.

The goal of this study was to investigate the impact of the essential oils of orange and lavender on anxiety, mood, alertness and calmness in dental patients. Two hundred patients between the ages of 18 and 77 years (half women, half men) were assigned to one of four independent groups. While waiting for dental procedures patients were either stimulated with ambient odor of orange or ambient odor of lavender. These conditions were compared to a music condition and a control condition (no odor, no music). Anxiety, mood, alertness and calmness were assessed while patients waited for dental treatment. Statistical analyses revealed that compared to control condition both ambient odors of orange and lavender reduced anxiety and improved mood in patients waiting for dental treatment. These findings support the previous opinion that odors are capable of altering emotional states and may indicate that the use of odors is helpful in reducing anxiety.

PMID: 16095639 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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An interesting choice of essential oils I thought. Lavender and Orange are both good life affirming, straightforward and helpful essentials and in their own way, can certainly reduce anxiety. My hot tip for or rather, against anxiety is Lemon Verbena, but as they are both cheap and widely available, by all means, pack some Lavender and Orange, together or by themselves, to keep you calm when you’re not just at the dentist’s.

NB: For young people and children, a cloth imbued with Litsea Citrata can be just what the doctor ordered to lift the mood and give more confidence.

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—- -Orange ===—-Lavender ——Lemon Verbena Litsea Cubeba

Breathing In Aroma All The Way

March 24, 2008 by aromatherapy4soul

Just sniffing an aromatherapy essential oil is fab - wonderful sensations, instantly being transported to another time, another place, cares drifting away, energy movements all over your body …

Aaah ….

Can it get any better?

Try this:

Draw in your breath r-e-a-l-l-y slowly and follow with your intention as the breath you have drawn in begins to travel all through your body, down to the very last tips of your hair, your fingers and your toes.

And there it rushes out as you breathe out fully and completely - beautiful!

In and of itself, this is already fun. When you add an essential oil of your choice, this is carried by your breath into every part of your body and then through and out, leaving you amazingly tingly and fresh, clear - rejuvanated.

Remember on the outbreath, you are only breathing out through your mouth that what wasn’t used - that what was used leaves forward and outward, through your skin, all around, an ongoing energy transmission that keeps your body always clear and alive.

Wonderful!

Caution! Tattoos Cause Holes In The Aura

March 24, 2008 by aromatherapy4soul

An interesting story I came across the other day was a reference that using Helichrysum essential oil was particularly good for “repairing the holes in the aura caused by tattoos”.

I hadn’t thought about it, but it makes sense to me that this might be the case.

There may also be a case for some people putting tattoos on places where there are already disturbances in the aura or in the energy body in general. Often, people choose protective symbols like power animals, crosses, skulls and crossbone and so forth which would work as warding off to certain energy forms.

It’s an interesting thing. But either way, if you feel you have weak spots in the aura, try some Helichrysum - whether you have tattoos or not.

Helichrysum Essential Aromatherapy Oil

Aromatherapy Helichrysum Essential Oil