Aromatherapy - Learn the All Natural Way to Relieve Stress and to Enliven Your Senses

March 21, 2008 | By Doug In Aromatherapy |

Aromatherapy‘>Aromatherapy - Learn the All Natural Way to Relieve Stress and to Enliven Your Senses
While this video may be titled Aromatherapy‘>Aromatherapy, it’s as much about self-massage as it is about treating yourself with essential oils. Valerie Ann Worwood is an excellent guide to the benefits of aromatherapy–using scents to soothe and heal–for the whole family, and the sections on how to give yourself a massage are alone worth the price of this tape.

Worwood begins with the mixing of oils. The video sleeve contains a guide to which oils work for specific desired results (for instance, lemon oil is good for the body and soul, for use as a sedative, and for increasing concentration), and she mixes a few concoctions to illustrate. She then moves on to first aid, healing cuts and burns, stimulating aching feet, and helping a young child fall asleep. Next is aromatherapy in beauty regimes. The face massage is soothing, and she claims it will help release tension, increase circulation, improve texture, and revitalize the face. Scents in baths and showers follow, and then the section on stress, tension, and self-massage. The self-massage is demonstrated slowly enough that it’s easy to follow. Who needs a masseuse? With Worwood as a guide, you can calm the aching muscles of your shoulders, neck, arm, breasts, hip, back, and bottom all by your lonesome (note: there is a bit of nudity in the demonstration). She finishes the video with environmental perfuming–scenting your living space. Warning: after viewing this video you may go overboard on purchasing the oils. But at least you and your home will be pleasingly aromatized. –Jenny Brown

Customer Review: Excellent!!!
This has to be the best aromtherapy DVD there is! I can’t begin to tell you how it has changed my life and understanding and knowledge of essential oils. The absolute best!

Customer Review: Massage and Aromatherapy‘>Aromatherapy
Valerie Ann Worwood is an expert on the use of essential oils and has written many helpful books on the subject. In this hour-long instruction DVD, she offers advice on the holistic use of a wide variety of essential oils.

Through watching this program you learn to make your own massage oils and then a demonstration is given for a full-body massage while a woman is wrapped in a towel. One section - for a few seconds - shows her from the back which may or may not offend viewers. Otherwise, she is mostly demonstrating arm, shoulder, back and leg massage.

The essential oils discussed include: Lemon, Rosemary, Lavender, Orange, Neroli, Petigrain, Ylang Ylang, Thyme, Chamomile, Clary Sage, Tea Tree, Eucalyptus, Rose, Grapefruit, Geranium, Palma Rosa, Bergamot, Frankinsense, Ginger and Spearmint.

Which oils can you use in a bath?

What will help aching legs or sore feet at the end of the day?

How can you make a healing cream for the entire family?

What will increase overall body tone?

Valerie answers these questions and more. There is a brief face massage section (with ideas on which oils to use for various skin types) and ideas for using sea salts and essential oils in the bath is also explored. This is probably one of the best introductions to using essential oils in every area of your life.

~The Rebecca Review

Aura Cacia Aromatherapy Car Diffuser 1 ct
Customer Review: Great car air freshener
I’m surprised this item hasn’t gone “mainstream” yet, it is still somewhat associated with health food stores. This air freshener is as strong or subtle as you want because you add the essential oils. And the fragrances are fantastic - you can find everything from citrus, cinnamon, floral, pine, and blends. This just plugs right into your car’s lighter outlet and is small and unobtrusive. I picked this up because I was tired of those tree and jar shaped car fresheners flapping around long after they had stopped emitting fragrance. Can’t recommend it enough!
Customer Review: better than air freshners
We use this product with essential oils to freshen the car and to keep us alert the natural way. There are no poisonous chemicals.(Since we drive alot ) A great mix for alertness is to add a few drops of cinnamon oil with a few drops of peppermint oil…it works great.