Aromatherapy can calm the stresses of life

Much has been written about the body's stress response and it's influence on the immune system.  Ask any college student if she's ever gotten a cold after doing an all-nighter to finish a research paper. Or how about when you got stomach flu after working 6 hours of overtime? Keep calm with Aroma de Terra's aromatherapy collection, which includes Still Mind, Chai and Lavender Pillow Mist.

Aromatherapy is regarded as a CAM or complementary and alternative therapy by many hospitals, hospices and mental health facilities.  Aromatherapy's main focus is in making the individual comfortable and relaxed.  It is believed that a relaxed body is more able to benefit from treatment.

For more information regarding aromatherapy as an integrative therapy used by many cancer patients, click here.

Relief for your sore muscles, headaches and hot flashes

Photo - © Aidan Jones "Sore Neck?"  License CC-BY-SA 2.0


Get warm speedy pain relief with Sore Muscle Rub.   What Headache is a little roll on you can carry in your purse or pocket to relieve tension headaches without aspirin. Hot flashes can melt away with a quick spritz of  Chilling.

Aromatherapy blends can boost your well being, beat stress and help you get comfortable!

Sleep, get happy and feel well.

The Sense of Smell

Did you know that the sense of smell is one of the first senses that an infant develops after birth?  Young babies cannot see well, but they know the scent of their mothers right away - without that, they wouldn't know where to find food! Aromas help us to identify both pleasure (think about the scent of cookies baking) and danger (like the smell of smoke.)

We gather clues about the world around us by inhaling fragrances. While it is common for the sense of smell to diminish with age, loss of the ability to identify scents can be a serious problem.  Keep your mind sharp by testing your ability to identify essential oils by the smell test alone. Without looking at the label, open bottles of essential oils, and see if you can recognize the scent.  You can build your sense of smell with practice, so even if you're not good at it now, keep trying.  

Anosmia, or the total inability to smell, can be really upset your life. I have met a few people who have lost their "smellability," and I can hardly convey the devastation this event caused.

Read an intensely descriptive episode of anosmia by Bonnie Blodgett, the author of Remembering Smell.

Lavender Hand Sanitizer

Made with Aloe and Vitamin E

Bye Bye Bugs!

 

Keep bugs off you without using DEET or other scary chemicals.

 

 

 

Still your Mind and Bliss Out

Not just for meditation any more, Still Mind can clear your head and help you focus.