Marina Lando, MS, RM, 1059 CRP

Single oils:

* Bergamot – uplifting
* Chamomile for relaxation
* Clary sage – natural antidepressant
* Dalmatian Sage – balancing and uplifting
* Frankincense – balancing, natural antidepressant
* Geranium – balancing
* Grapefruit, mandarin, sweet orange, lemon – uplifting
* Jasmine – emotionally warming and uplifting, natural antidepressant
* Melissa – natural antidepressant
* Neroli – natural antidepressant
* Peppermint – uplifting
* Rose – calming, uplifting, natural antidepressant
* Rosemary – uplifting
* Rovensara – balancing
* Sweet thyme – relaxing
* Tea-Tree – uplifting
* Ylang ylang – sedative

Blends:

* Mix lavender, marjoram and clary sage to ease anxiety.
* Blend grapefruit and ylang ylang for a lift.
* Blend bergamot (uplifting) with vetiver (known in India as oil of tranquility) and rose

More advice:

“Lavender plant is the best. You can carry a piece of it in your pocket and smell it when you’re stressed. Also Lavender Oil drops mixed in with any Lavender spray. I spray my pillows and myself with it!!”, – suggested Rachel Lynne

Or

“Cook something with lemon and basil then take a nice calming bath with lavender and eucalyptus”,- wrote Kasey Marie

So what to choose? It is simple. Trust your senses. Choose the smell you like most and enjoy your life.

Contributors:Marina Lando, Heather Thomas, Angela Jane Adams, Farida Moolla, Rachel Lynne, Kelly Finbow, Ewa Majchrzak, Kasey Marie, Renee Zepeda, Barbara-Lynn Freed, Cherie Tice. Farida Moolla, Jam Chang

More info:

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Marina Lando, MS, RM, 1059 CRP

Once upon a time practitioner found a REAL deal on Rose essential oil.

Oh, boy WHAT a deal! … The oil developed slight, tiny-winy, insignificant glitch in a few months, but it was not very important. No honestly, do you see any problem if Rose oil smells like a fish?

In aromatherapy quality, integrity and potency of essential oil is a paramount.

Many expansive oils are faked by blending cheaper one together. They are also diluted with base oils to make bigger profit. The smell might be similar, but therapeutic properties are very different. Cheaper oils might also cause irritation and photo-sensitivity.

The distillation process is also very important: essential oils must be distilled from organic material under very low temperatures without use of harsh solvents.

How to find a reputable supplier?

The simplest way is to ask your favorite aromatherapy practitioner about his/her favorite brand.

Or you can follow these easy rules:

1. If all essential oils are approximately of the same price – it is a fake.
2. If essential oils sold in clear bottles (not dark brown or blue) – it is a fake. Light kills essential oil.
3. If it is too good to be true – it is a fake.
4. If it is too cheap – it is a fake.
5. If it is sold in plastic bottles – it is a big fake.
6. If all bottles are the same size – it is a fake.

Local (Raleigh/Durham, NC) businesses where you can have an aromatherapy session and get advice about essential oils:
Harmony Life – Raindrop, Reiki and Aromatherapy sessions
Ayurvedic Bodywork Center – Ayurvedic massage
Healthy Steps – Raindrop
Aromatherapy Celebrations - Spiritual Healing with essential oils

For more info on aromatherapy:
Aromatherapy Facebook page
Purchase therapeutic grade essential oils

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Marina Lando, MS, RM, 1059 CRP

There is a lot of confusion about the quality of essential oils.

So to simplify your life you need to know that….

Essential oils can be of:
1. Food grade
2. Perfume grade
3. Therapeutic grade

The production of food and perfume grade is focused on keeping the smell/taste constant from year to year and from batch to batch. It is a little tricky: essential oils as wines are different from harvest to harvest. Unfortunately, some of the health benefits are lost due to production process.

Therapeutic grade essential oils produced under lower temperatures from organic plants without the use of harsh solvents. They are more expansive, because the process is less “efficient”.

So which one you have to use?

The answer is simple:
1. If you want to make food with essential oils and do not intend to get any therapeutic result besides pleasant taste and smell, go with “food grade”. As usually these oils have a label that says “food grade” – it means they are safe to consume in small quantities.
2. If you just into creating your own perfumes or air freshener go with perfume grades.
3. If you are looking for therapeutic results – find a local aromatherapy practitioner. She/he already made all the research, fell in love with some reputable company, uses oils that produce results and will choose essential oils that will work for your particular case.

To learn more read Part II

Local (Raleigh/Durham, NC) businesses where you can have an aromatherapy session and get advice about essential oils:
Harmony Life – Raindrop, Reiki and Aromatherapy sessions
Ayurvedic Bodywork Center – Ayurvedic massage
Healthy Steps – Raindrop
Aromatherapy Celebrations - Spiritual Healing with essential oils

For more info on aromatherapy:
Aromatherapy Facebook page
Purchase therapeutic grade essential oils

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2. Effective Prevention of Swine Flu (H1N1) with Essential Oils.
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Marina Lando, MS, RM, 1059 CRP

Reiki, a Japanese complimentary medicine therapy, can be called “the most misunderstood and misused therapy of the last one hundred years”. Its bad luck started with the introduction to the West at the worst possible time. The war between the USA and Japan was inevitable. Everything remotely Japanese was rejected with revulsion. Very few people knew about Chakras, Yoga, Tai Chi, Chi Gong, Ayurveda, Martial Arts or Feng Shui – all these systems and practices that are based on the understanding of the circulation of energy or Chi within the human body.

To make Reiki more acceptable, the ancient teaching of Chi was slightly modified to fit the Western mentality and in the process many important points were missed. To make the situation even worse Reiki was banned in its native Japan along with Acupuncture and other Eastern healing traditions during the American’s occupation in 1945.

With its roots cut, Reiki led an odd life and was used for many things that it was not intended.

Reiki Session

Let’s clarify some history: Reiki was discovered by the person who practiced Chi Gong, an ancient Chinese tradition of bringing Chi energy into harmony in order to help body to heal itself. Reiki is the next step in a long tradition of energy balancing, not a completely new discovery. Now everything falls into place and we can explain what it is and what it is not:

• Reiki CAN balance Chi in human body – yes, Chi energy exists and can be measured by AcuGraph ;
• Reiki IS NOT a religion;
• Reiki CAN balance Chakras, Marma points and Meridians – those who claim that the human body produces no energy field might also stop using the EKG; in 1929 the Nobel Prize was awarded to W. Einthoven for the discovery of heart’s electricity and as we know electricity produces an energy field;
• Reiki CANNOT make you fly or become rich;
• Reiki CAN help with pain management – 15% of American hospitals use Reiki;
• YouTube or any other video CANNOT attune you to Reiki or heal – the frequencies of the recordings are different from Chi frequencies or any other healing frequencies;
• Reiki CAN help to increase your energy level – some experiments shows that the level of hemoglobin in students increases after Reiki attunement;
• Reiki Master level CANNOT be achieved by a novice with just a weekend class – there are three levels of Training:
  • it takes at least ten hours class and four attunements to achieve level 1;
  • then at least a month to learn basics of energy and develop skills at the first level;
  • then another ten hours and two attunements to learn level 2;
  • it takes even more time to master level 2; and another class to get to the master level and endless hours of practice and teaching to become a Reiki Master;

For more info:
Reiki Research – links to independent studies
Science behind Reiki - flash video
Harmony Life - Reiki sessions and classes
Diana Henderson – Reiki master
Steve Long – Reiki master
Rachel Galper – Reiki master

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