How can Aromatherapy benefit our health?

Aromatherapy Delights the senses, heals the body and uplifts the mind.

It has a powerful physiological effect on the body and the essential oils can influence blood pressure, regulate nerve function, aid digestion and have potent anti-bacterial properties.

Also can affect our mental and emotional well-being. We respond to smell more emotionally than we do to other senses, because the olfactory nerves pass directly from the nose to the limbic system, which is the emotional centre of the brain.

How does Aromatherapy Work.

Essential oils when used on a regular, daily basis can significantly increase our awareness and appreciation of life. Most essential oils are known to have antiseptic properties. When they are used in vaporisers, or as cleaning agents, will keep your home pleasantly aromatic and may also help to destroy any airborne bacteria.

The essential oils incorporated into your daily routine in the form of aromatherapy skin care products, bath products and massage oils is not only pleasurable but also a means of restoring and maintaining vitality and health.

Modern research has validated the essential oils ability to strengthen the immune system, and keep infections at bay. The essential oils are believed to work in such a way that they maintain vitality and balance in all the organs and systems of the body that are actively involved in fighting invading organisms and elimination toxins.

The skin, lungs, liver, kidneys, intestines, and lymph are the principal agents of detoxification and these can benefit from the cleansing and energising properties of many essential oils.

On an emotional level, essential oils can help bring to the surface suppressed feelings of anger, jealousy, fear, or resentment, which may eventually express themselves as physical health problems.

For essential oils to be used effectively, your body and mind will need to be in a suitably receptive state. Prolonged intake of refined and processed foods, tobacco and other pollutants, can cause toxins to accumulate in your body, a high level of stress and resultant muscular tension may impede the efficient flow of blood and lymph. Both these processes can lead to ill health.

To be of benefit, over the long term, aromatherapy needs to be combined with a relaxed and balanced lifestyle. Eating a wholesome, nutritious diet and taking positive measures to deal with stress are therefore vital if you are experience the full benefits and pleasures of preventative aromatherapy