Aromatherapy (Mind, Body, Soul Series)
Aromatherapy‘>Aromatherapy (Mind, Body, Soul Series)
Customer Review: Nice music for relaxation and healing
Llewellyn’s aromatherapy music album is nice for any relaxing healing modality. While it is soothing music, the melodies and instrumentation are merely solid, not quite exceptional. I really enjoy Llewellyn’s albums that I’ve heard, as they adroitly merge Celtic elements with “New Age” instrumental components and nature sounds that are relaxing and useful for background music in many situations. Perhaps this album would be even more enjoyable when accompanied by the sensual aromas of essential oils - which are the inspiration for this composition.
Customer Review: This CD will transport you to land of relaxation!
I loved it! Very soft and gentle music, particularly relaxing after a stressful day at work! The cover says that the music was composed to accompany an aromatherapy massage, but I put it on at night as I drift off to sleep. A treasure!
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The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Essential Oils: The Complete Guide to the Use of Oils in Aromatherapy and Herbalism (Illustrated Encyclopedia) 
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Customer Review: Excellent Book for Diploma Level 3 Holistic Courses
This book is clearly illustrated and was an invaluable book for our level 3 Holistic Therapies VTCT course. There are illustrations of all the associated plants/herbs/fruits etc. as well as details regarding therapeutic properties, uses and origins.
Customer Review: My review
This beautifully illustrated book is an essential reference book for people interested in aromatherapy. It is suitable for patients, practitioners of complementary and conventional medicine, pharmacists, and all students studying relevant subjects. After a few introductory pages and the start of many excellent colour illustrations, a history of aromatherapy is covered. Worth looking at for the illustrations alone! The next section covers safety and contra-indications. This section should be read through by any potential patient or practitioner before using the remedies. Then various body systems are considered in turn with a list of effects and a list of oils which produce that effect. There is also an indication about treatment for a specific condition. As before, well illustrated and a good starting point for both patient and practitioner. A chapter on how to use the herbs for health and beauty follows. This covers massage, skin lotions, compresses, hair care, baths, flower waters, vaporisation, inhalation and douches. Some information about blending and extracting follows. A therapeutic index indicates various conditions and which oils are useful with their applications. Then follows a major section of the book. The oils are listed in alphabetical order according to latin name. One page is one oil. This is set out as follows: - * safety data * family of plant and related plants * Herbal/folk applications * Extraction details with actions and constituents * uses - including non-aromatherapy uses * Distribution of the plant * other species of the plant A general glossary follows, followed by a botanical classification list. An index using the English names is next. This is followed by references and a bibliography. A list of useful addresses ends the book.
Aromatherapy‘>Aromatherapy: Essential Oils in Colour 
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Customer Review: Good oil summary book
I have only recently been introduced to this book and for its price it is excellent. It gives useful overviews of most of the commonly used essential oils but it is most useful if you want an easy introduction to the chemistry behind them. In conjunction with the Caddy Blending Calculator (CD) this can greatly assist in the understanding of synergistic blending.
Customer Review: Don’t leave home without it.
This is an excellent book for students and qualified aromatherapists. Very handy and easy to understand. The lay out is great and very colourful making it “idiot-proof” when chosing aromatherapy blends. I keep a copy of this in my bag when I see clients just in case I want to double check something. In fact, it was that good, that I bought a second copy to keep in the office as well for those unexpected phone calls!
Encyclopedia of Essential Oils: The Complete Guide to the Use of Aromatic Oils in Aromatherapy, Herbalism, Health and Well Being 
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Customer Review: Well recomended!
Was recommended this book by a friend. It's the most complete one I've seen! Very good for reference too. It's so easy to understand what can be mixed with what and how to use the oils and even extract the oils! I'm a beginner at all this but this is a great alround book! The only down side I would say is that I use another book to make sure that the plant I want is correct for there is no colour in the pictures. Hope this helps. Take care all!
Customer Review: well structured
a well desingned and structured book also interesting for herbalism. all oils are listed in alphabetical order by their commen name but can also be found by the plants latin name. it includes herbs which should not be used in aroma therapie for information purpose only which can be usefull for general herb use and herbal remedies. very good book.
The Directory of Essential Oils 
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Customer Review: Good reference
While this is not the most comprehensive guide to essential oils it is a good and detailed book for the most common ones and some less common ones. I have had the book for over a year now and I have constantly referenced it.
Customer Review: Highly informative, well laid-out, but has some limitations
In this book Sellar has profiled 83 essential oils in quite a lot of depth, devoting two pages to each oil. After the usual list of names in English and Latin, extraction method and so forth, the categories listed are: aroma, features of the plant, history and myth, chemical constituents, properties, precautions, effects on mind, body, and skin, and good blending partners. This is pretty much the entire book, although there is a brief glossary at the end which runs along the following lines: Antidontalgic: Relieving toothache. Cajuput, Cinnamon, Clove, Nutmeg, Peppermint, Pimento. There are also a couple of charts showing blending families (citrus, herbs, spices and so on) and suggested oils for skin types. For someone who already has a basic working knowledge of aromatherapy, this is a very useful book, combining each of reference with impressive depth. I would not recommend it as the first book for a beginner, however. Sellar assumes that her readers already know how to use essential oils so does not provide any information on blending, carrier oils, methods of application, massage and so forth. In addition, the referencing tends to be one-way: it is much easier to look up an oil in this book than it is to look up a symptom. So if you want to find a good oil for, say, PMS, this book will be much harder to use if you do not already know that you should be looking at lavender, geranium, clary sage etc. The glossary at the end is of limited use and certainly does not constitute a materia medica. I find this book most useful when used in conjunction with other aromatherapy books, so that I can cross-reference, usually by looking up symptoms in other books and then turning to this one to find out more about the oils that have been suggested.
Natalia Prenatal Bodycare Box 
This Natalia box is ideal for use while your mum-to-be’s body is really changing and needs support especially on her growing and stretching tummy, breasts and legs. Use in the 2nd and 3rd trimesters. Contains: Prenatal Anti-Stretch Oil (60ml), Prenatal Leg Relief Gel, Prenatal Massage Oil (100ml), Organic Flannel, Pregnancy Massage instruction booklet