After years working as a registered nurse, Madeleine identified a need to treat the person during their illness, rather than just their symptoms. In today’s lecture, she talks about all aspects of her work with palliative care patients from wound healing and infection control to the oils chosen by people to accompany them during their precious final moments.

In this lecture, we look at blends to get you in the mood to relax and enjoy great sex. Learn new techniques that enhance our enjoyment and receptivity to pleasure.

 Executive Producer and writer of film Uncommon Scents, Kristina Bauer, will be sharing some of the profound insights revealed in exclusive interviews with experts from across the field to empower consumers, practitioners, and the general public alike. 

In the UK figures for mental health problems are increasing as is awareness in relation to anxiety and stress, particularly work-related stress according to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) statistics. A significant proportion of those affected is female and possibly pregnant. Studies have shown stressful work situations in pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage, preterm labor and birth, low birth weight babies and pre-eclampsia. So in response to this, Sue wants to understand and explore the causative factors and discuss aromatherapy and the role of essential oils holistically to make the journey into parenthood easier and also to create strong roots for introducing new life into the world.

With the rise of the use of aromatherapy with both humans and their animal friends, it is important to be mindful of safe use for everyone, but even more so with animals. This presentation offers a view to exploring the use of hydrosols aka ‘gentle waters’ with our animal friends.

Marika has been working at Malta’s main oncology hospital for the past three years now. During this lecture we will discuss:

Grief, childhood trauma, and chronic stress influence how we think feel, and heal. The immune-mind connection is where the nervous and immune systems meet, responding to acute and chronic stressors, high and low emotions, and much more. Understanding the basics of this connection helps us to create aromatic wellness plans that are holistic and serve to complement the individual on their path towards healing.

This presentation explores how essential oils and aromatherapy can be combined with herbal treatments for added therapeutic benefits. It explores how to combine aromatic species in different forms according to concentration levels and extraction methods, how to combine herbs and oils according to therapeutic functions, and how to combine herbs and oils according to organ systems.

Digestion stands as the foundation plate of wellness. Despite its integral part to health, it suffers a delicate relationship with stress, with skeletal problems and organic dysfunction.

Understand what your dog is trying to tell you by using the shared aromatic language of essential oils and other plant remedies, and learn how to improve their behavior and physical health.

Aromatherapy lauds Frankincense as one of its finest medicines and yet few practitioners have knowledge of how to use the resins themselves. Many of the most efficacious molecules – such as Boswellic acid – fail to pass through distillation. In today’s lecture, Robin investigates how we can use the many frankincense, myrrh, elemi, and opopanax gums in our own therapy and practice.

In this presentation, Lora shares how you can enhance your aromatherapy practice with this useful tool and set yourself apart from other practitioners.

In this podcast, Linda Anne Kahn shares a lot of valuable facts about our lymphatic system and why it is actually important for us. She discusses amongst other topics the function of the lymphatic system, symptoms of the system’ problems that may occur and which ones we can address with aromatherapy.

Kim Morrison, an aromatherapist of almost 30 years will teach her audience not only the importance of self-love but HOW to do self-love through the healing power of rituals, essential oils, and Kim’s high popular Aroma Cards. 

Join Deby Atterby and Prashanti Lyree in a 50-minute discussion regarding all things Aromatherapy Australia. Deb will explore a variety of topics including the current status of aromatic medicine in Australia and the changes in legislation surrounding qualification and how we are approaching the ever-changing status quo.

Earth is undergoing its sixth extinction, meaning that threatened species – including essential and carrier oil-bearing plants, are being lost at a rapid rate that far outruns the origin of new species. Unfortunately, this extinction is one in which the human race is nearly entirely responsible. Research shows that at least 19 oil-bearing plants are threatened (critically endangered, endangered, or vulnerable) of which 37% are facing extinction primarily because of being over-exploited for their essential and carrier oils.

Aromatherapy changes from day to day. Every month new research opens our eyes even wider. Natalie ponders on the need and importance of continued education for therapists.

Throughout our aromatherapy journey, we’re very likely to come across advice or information that we disagree with – whether we find it unsafe, inappropriate or simply incorrect. It’s not always easy to know how to react in these situations. How should we deal with advice we disagree with? When should we step in and offer our opinion? What if it’s a friend promoting such advice? And what if it involves babies and children – do we have a duty to speak up? It’s a common dilemma that we all face at some point. The English Aromatherapist discusses her perspective on dealing with dissent and differences of opinion.

As someone who has identified as an aromatherapist for over a decade, Nyssa is beginning to consider herself less of an aromatherapist and more of a phytotherapist — one who works with all parts of the plant. When she realized that she was more comfortable with concentrated plant extracts than the plants she interacted with in her everyday life, she began a search to learn more about plants themselves.

Since the early 90’s Marge has been fascinated by the emotional and/or spiritual uses of the oils. When Liz asked her to share with you all, that seemed the obvious topic.

Every year at the onset of cold and flu season, we see a plethora of information flood the internet on how you should be using essential oils to keep your children healthy. Unfortunately, we more often than not find suggestions that are either not appropriate for children or suggest using essential oils in a way that does not support the body’s natural defenses.

It can be very easy to get confused about how to use essential oils. Conflicting and overzealous data can make us nervous about using aromatherapy in our every day lives. I believe in keeping therapy simple.

The traditional English practice of aromatherapy has clearly evolved and seemingly faster than our definitions and understanding of what that evolution has evoked can keep up. Through this lecture, we will dive into our roots – from traditional English aromatherapy practice to French aromatic medicine approach – to understand our history and our foundation. We  compare and contrast blending approaches (e.g. morphology, chemistry family, chemical component, botanical family, etc.) to understand more deeply the pros and cons of these different approaches to the art and science of blending and formulating.

You may already know that essential oils can help with insomnia, but did you know that not all oils are for everyone? If you have ever followed a recipe that kept you up instead of helping you sleep, then you may need another approach. Emily Carpenter will walk you through a process to find the right oils to combine into a blend to help you fall asleep and stay asleep.

Sylla has lived a plant-aromatic-filled-life for 40 some years! She learned about essential oils early on as an LMT and began teaching in 1989. Since then we have seen the rise of MLM and injuries.  Some sources make it so scary people may be afraid to start. In this talk you will learn: 

When was the last time you truly felt the joy of being alive? Felt connected to the earth and her rhythms, or to yourself and your rhythms?

Asthma is a chronic condition involving the respiratory system in which the airways occasionally constrict, become inflamed, and are lined with excessive amounts of mucus, often in response to one or more triggers. With the modern environment being so polluted, asthma is becoming much more prevalent and so easy, on the go aromatherapy treatments can be immensely helpful in keeping the lungs healthy and viable.

The future of aromatherapy is clear…or is it? Join Registered Aromatherapist and R.N. Sue Pace as she discusses current and future trends in Aromatherapy. Topics will include the pros and cons of aromatherapy licensure, the role of the government, sustainability issues, and clinical research.

n Essence, everything that exists has a frequency or vibration, and part of the fabric of life; each cell, whether human, plant, animal or mineral has a unique signature. Biochemists can now confirm that a human cell is crystalline in structure, in fact, it is liquid crystal resonating with other crystalline structures to adjust our mineral balance. Plants too are calibrated at different frequencies ranging from high to low, this reflects their energetic function.

All of her life Rehne has lived with complex PTSD. After many years of therapy, she has found a way to live day to day and find essential oils a wonderful aid. Her practice now revolves around helping veterans and other sufferers find a way to navigate their way through the symptoms of the disorder. In this discussion, she talks about what it feels like to experience the confusion of flashbacks and other symptoms and how a therapist can help support a patient who so desperately needs their help

Trauma and PTSD are widespread in modern society. Trauma makes us feel ‘cut off’…from ourselves, our loved ones, our community, and Nature. Aromatic molecules, the Molecules of Connectedness can be a powerful approach to healing trauma and overcoming our sense of feeling cut off. Aromas work on the brain in multiple powerful ways and allow our psyches to rediscover our own healing abilities. In my practice, I have used aromas extensively for healing people with trauma and addiction issues. In this presentation, I will share some of my insights.

For several generations now, science has been attempting to catch up with traditional medicine in a bid to explain its successes.

Aromatic Kinesiology® takes you into the world of aroma with an emphasis on enhancing the spirit, look and feel of your life. This pioneering work on the psychological benefits of essential oils and how they affect the integration of emotional experiences is powerfully represented in the beautiful workshop series: The Paths of Beauty, Nurture and Stillness. Each seminar includes uplifting guided exercises and discussion, time for quiet reflection and explores how to use essential oils as potent, yet gentle, aromatic anchors to facilitate change and release unresolved stress. Within this framework, you will learn many practical techniques that blend aromatherapy with kinesiology, narrative counseling styles, acupressure, stress management procedures and how to reframe emotional issues.

Michelle’s teachers played an integral part in her education and philosophy, but they also helped her to develop her signature modality, Hippocratic Aromatherapy. Originally developed by Pierre Franchome and Patrick Collin. Hippocratic Aromatherapy is a method of pairing the chemical families of essential oils to each Hippocratic temperament. Under Michelle’s eye, this concept became a standard system, a significant aromatherapy modality that could be educational and healing purposes. She is going to share with you this unique and wonderful tool within the aromatherapy world.

In this troubled time, characterized by estrangement from the natural world and the light of spirit, Spiritual PhytoEssencing provides a way for one to deeply connect with, and hold on to, what is real and eternal within and to operate from inside the precincts of one’s real self and eternal soul nature. In so doing, an individual can, at once, continue to progress along a directional process toward wholeness of being and find a significant degree of shelter from the current storm.

Cathy will share about using aromatics for helping women through menopause. Menopause is not a disease but an initiation. Aromatics can empower women during this rite of passage.

Life expresses itself through breath and odors. Everything breathes in the relative world of existence. Even plants breathe – yes, even stones. The breathing of plants on our “Planet Plant” prepared the breath of all organic vital expressions on Earth. Without plant oxygen, we would have no air to breathe, no food to eat, no life on Earth.

In this presentation, Amy will explore 7 essential oils, looking specifically at their therapeutic actions for facial care. She will also explore a selection of carrier oils, their individual therapeutic components and share how to formulate an effective face oil through the lens of an aromatherapist.

As a gardener, grower, and forager I live by the seasons understanding the importance of being able to identify the plants, when they grow and when to get the best therapeutic benefits from them. As aromatherapists and essential oil users, we need to understand the plant to fully engage with the essential oil. By working through the markers of the year and utilizing seasonal essential oils we can bring the body, mind, and soul into true balance with its surroundings.

Reactions to certain smells are like a mirror of the Soul. They carry long lost memories, emotional response, and biochemical patterns. Martin's Fragrance Circle serves as a tool to discover needs and blockades. It also helps to find holistic blends, – balancing mind and body. More than twenty Years of experience allow a safe and responsible use of this Counseling technique. It is focussed on the natural fragrance and phenomenological approach. 

Essential oils are a collection of complex components, all having their own properties and benefits. Chemistry makes it possible to isolate these for closer study or to leverage some of their extraordinary capabilities. Over the past few years, Dr. Pappas has been studying and isolating popular and useful constituents such as beta-caryophyllene so production formulators can create even more targeted preparations for their businesses. In this podcast, he speaks about these to Elizabeth from a road trip in his car!

Mark will be discussing three topics:

How sweet it is to blend by AromaChemistry! So many times we choose to blend by top, middle, or base note, or for a specific scent or fragrance – have you ever tried blending by AromaChemistry?

Sensory deprivation is an ailment of modern society. While our visual senses overdose on information, the emotional senses of touch and smell are neglected. Indulgence and pampering provide the natural counterbalance. Hence to dismiss cosmetics and perfumes as superficial fashion accessories are to ignore their ability to satisfy basic cravings for a multisensory experience. The creation of materials that touch our skin or enhance our smell should be designed to stimulate pleasure and indulgence.

Making Artisan Soap by Tracy Carlin was designed to delve into the soapmaking world so that readers understand how artisan soap is crafted in small batches.

Perfumery blending is Suzanne’s passion and she adores the processes of finding oils to create a signature blend for her patients. In this podcast, we discuss ways to tap into your intuition to mold essential oil mixes into sublime creations.

Shirley’s philosophy and indeed that of Fragrant Earth is to get good results through purity; which means sourcing and using the finest active ingredients not the cheapest and not packing the product full of things that look good on the label but are in such tiny quantities as to be meaningless. It also means they use the best in technology to make their products and keep quality controls tight. 

Many of us understand the need for dilution when it comes to essential oils. However, too many individuals have taken charts to be a very literal guide for essential oil use with how aggressively our industry has grown. It is my hope to help share the true intent of charts – as guidelines for some essential oils. I think it is important that our users understand a little bit more about the essential oils that just don’t fit into a one size fits all guideline and I hope to address a few of those that don’t fit into a general chart or set of guidelines and why they don’t.

Qualified aromatherapist, qualified herbalist, and longtime natural skin care formulator Li Wong will discuss some common myths and misconceptions in aromatherapy, herbal, and natural formulation.

“Everyone is unique! The essence of traditional aromatherapy is to capture this uniqueness. Holistically blending for individuals. The fragrant pharmacy is continually growing. So as a bespoke blender who creates for large companies along with individual clients, how do I capture the pure essence of aromatherapy and still provide a pre-blended product that will represent the commercial needs of a business without it being just a one size fits all creation? It’s possible, believe me. It’s a signature fragrance a bespoke blend created for the beating heart of the company. Her secrets will be revealed.

How to understand and use up to over 600 essential oils in blending for personal care, healing the physical, for spiritual practices, personal perfumes and in therapeutic formulations?

Greg would like to take you on his journey of finding, assessing, growing, harvesting and promoting 2 new native Australian essential oils which have a remarkable new type of aroma and also some remarkable properties these 2 new essential oils appear to have.

Bulgaria is recognized worldwide as the country of roses. Rose is the national symbol of Bulgarians. Bulgarian rose oil with over 350 years of history and tradition is a key ingredient in the flavors and fragrance industry. Nowadays, it has found its place and has a growing impact in the aromatherapy, cosmetics, foods, and pharmaceutical industries. Filip in his presentation will introduce you to Bulgarian history, tradition and culture. He tells us about the Bulgarian rose and the rose oils production. You will find great information on the process of harvesting, distillation, and why Bulgarian Rose is no.1 in the world. You will also learn about the uses of this oil, the challenges of adulteration, climate change, and other aspects producers face nowadays. Finally, he is going to introduce us to the workshops and study tours they organize for professional development or just for the love of the plant and its extract.