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Yoga and Essential Oil Harmony

Do you know……..the United Nations (UN), declared June 21, as International Yoga Day in 2015, on the suggestion of India Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi. Yoga is not a religion, it is a spiritual and ascetic discipline, a philosophy which originated in ancient India about 5000 years ago. Yoga includes a group of specific bodily postures, breath control, simple meditation that is practiced for health and relaxation. The word ‘Yoga’ derives from Sanskrit (an ancient language of India, still spoken) that means to join or to unite, symbolizing the union of a person’s mind, body, and consciousness. Patanjali, is said to be the father of classical ashtanga yoga (the eight-limbed path), who wrote the Yoga Sutra, that also outlines eight limbs of yoga: Yamas (restraints), Niyamas (observances), Asana (postures), Pranayama (breathing), Pratyahara (withdrawal of senses), Dharna (concentration), Dhyan (meditation), and Samadhi (absorption).

Yoga and Essential Oil Harmony

Yoga was first introduced to the Western world by Swami Vivekananda (was an Indian Hindu monk, a chief disciple of the 19th-century Indian mystic Ramakrishna Paramahansa), more than a hundred years ago and is rapidly getting integrated into our public education, health care, and the workplace. There are several different styles of Yoga. Today, most people practicing yoga, do perform asanas, which is a program of physical postures that provide strength, endurance, improve circulation and energy flow, cleanse organs, and expand muscles, joints. Here are some practical benefits of Yoga, that people may experience:

Increased Flexibility and balance

Improved muscle strength and tone

Reduced Joint Pain

Increased Stamina and Body awareness

Reduced Stress, Relaxation, and better sleep

Strengthens Self-awareness

Encourages forgiveness

Aromatherapy and yoga are both ancient healing practices focused on physical, mental, and spiritual health. Aromatherapy is the art and science of using Essential Oils which are natural, volatile, concentrated extract of different parts of plants. Essential Oils are incorporated to enhance the practice of Yoga for their emotional and physical benefits. Based on their therapeutic properties, Essential Oils can be used in a diffuser, or by mixing several drops with water in a spray bottle, or by mixing with carrier oil for anointing students, with their permission, on the forehead, or cleanse and purify yoga classroom, as well as yoga mats. Some of the popular Essential Oils used during Yoga are: 

Lavender: decreases stress and anxiety, calming, anti-inflammatory, for sore muscles, anti-bacterial

Frankincense: grounding, balancing, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, astringent,  boost cellular regeneration, strengthens the immune system, and stimulates the lymphatic system

Eucalyptus: anti-inflammatory, decongestant, disinfectant, antiseptic

Myrrh: for immune system, anti-infectious, antiviral

Peppermint: energizing

Lemon, Orange, Grapefruit, Tangerine: calming, cleansing, purifying

DIY Yoga Mat Cleaner:

12 drops Tea tree Essential Oil

8 drops Lavender Essential Oil

4 drops Bergamot or Lemon Essential Oil

1 Tbsp Vodka

2oz Distilled water

In a 2oz dark glass spray bottle, add essential oils, vodka, fill with distilled water, close the bottle, mix, and label. Mix well before each use.  Spray yoga mat after completing the yoga session and putting the mat away. Use as needed.

Yoga, Meditation, and Aromatherapy all support the well-being of our body, mind, and spirit. Here is a beautiful quote from The Bhagvad Gita,

 “Yoga is the journey; of the Self, to the Self, through the Self.”

 

Om Healing………..Uma
(Founder of AromaWellness)
visit aromawellness.net, to order
Call 414-793-8645, to schedule your consultation appointment

Aromatherapy Aid to Shingles

Do you know……… Shingles is the common name of Herpes zoster, is an outbreak of a painful, itchy rash or blisters on the skin that is caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox, the Varicella-zoster virus. Shingles duration is most often between 3 to 5 weeks. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 1 out of every 3 people in the United States, will develop shingles. People most at risk for developing shingles include those:

With a weakened immune system

                 Aromatherapy Aid to Shingles

Older than 50 years of age

Under excessive stress

Have experienced major trauma

Recovered from recent sickness

Shingles can affect any portion of the body, including the eyes. However, it most commonly often presents as a band of blisters on one side of body, torso, neck or face. Be sure to keep the rash and blisters clean and dry, not to touch them especially, avoid popping or picking at them, keeping them covered as much as possible. The fluid from open blisters is infectious. Shingles is generally treated by medical intervention. Vaccines are available to older people (age 60 years and over), that can help to prevent the condition, though not entirely effective. Eating a diet high in vitamins, minerals and antioxidants strengthens immune system enabling it to fight the shingles virus. Researchers have found that certain essential oils with antiviral, pain-relieving properties and can boost immune system, can help to alleviate pain and itchiness associated with shingles, though further studies are needed. Essential Oils are natural, volatile, concentrated extracts of different parts of plants and have been used since centuries to cure various ailments due to their different chemical (therapeutic) properties. The following essential oils may help: Peppermint, Capsaicin, Geranium, Thyme, Lemon, Oregano, Tea tree, Chamomile, Frankincense

Acute Phase Spray Blend:

28 drops Lavender Essential Oil

12 drops Geranium Essential Oil

10 drops Chamomile Essential Oil

10 drops Frankincense Essential Oil

1oz (30 ml) Witch Hazel

1oz (30ml) Fractionated Coconut Oil or Rose Hip Oil

In a 2oz glass spritzer bottle, add essential oils, pour Witch Hazel and Coconut Oil, cover, label, and mix well. Spray (mix well before each use) on blisters twice or as needed for cooling, analgesic effect.

 

Om Healing………..Uma
(Founder of AromaWellness)
visit aromawellness.net, to order
Call 414-793-8645, to schedule your consultation appointment

Workshop: Self-care with Aromatherapy

Workshop: Self-Care in Daily Routine with Aromatherapy  

with Uma Bagadia from AromaWellness

During this informative, engaging presentation, Attendees will learn about:

  • What is Essential Oil?

      Self-Care with Aromatherapy

  • How to tap safely into the healing power of Essentials Oils through Aromatherapy?
  • How to incorporate Essential Oils for Self-care in daily routine with healing affirmation and intention?
  • What does Self-care mean; being selfish and arrogant or empowerment and believing in yourself?

Date/Time: Tuesday, June 18, 2019, at 7:00pm to 8:30pm

Venue: Village Wellness Brookfield, 18720 Pleasant St., Brookfield, WI 53045

Early-bird discount $25, until June 16. At the door $35

Uma is the Founder of Aroma Wellness. She is a Certified Clinical Aromatherapist, very passionate and dedicated to create practical awareness towards the natural remedies using Essential Oils for Chakra Balancing and resolving most persistent problems of human body, including stress.
Uma has 22+ years of experience in the US healthcare system, working as a Medical Technologist(MT-ASCP) for major hospital systems in Wisconsin. She accomplished her MBA studies from UW-Milwaukee and Masters in Genetics from India, with keen interest in teaching-learning, focused upon a key role of Aromatherapy as an alternative-holistic approach for cure of the recurrently growing day- to-day human health problems in the present stressful mechanized world.

 

Alleviate Muscle Soreness with Aromatherapy

Do you know…… Muscular aches, pains, and tightness can affect any part of the body caused by over exertion, sprain, poor posture, cold, damp, injury, stress-tension, running, or workout. It can also be related to rheumatism, arthritis, lower back pain or a slipped disk.

In case of extreme muscle soreness, Aromatherapy works great together with over the counter pain killer to relieve muscle pain. Aromatherapy is an ancient art and science of using Essential Oils to heal mind-body-soul. Essential Oils are natural, volatile, concentrated extract of plant parts with different therapeutic properties like; anti-inflammatory (reduce inflammation) properties, analgesic properties (relieves pain) and antispasmodic properties (help reduce muscle spasms). Based on the severity of pain, you might have to rest for 2-3 days, followed by hot baths and massage before recovering completely. Here are some of the best essential oils for muscle pain:

Alleviate Muscular Pain with Aromatherapy

Peppermint essential oil

Eucalyptus essential oil

Ginger essential oil

Vetiver essential oil

Black pepper essential oil

Sandalwood essential oil

Turmeric essential oil

Sweet marjoram essential oil

Wintergreen essential oil

Rosemary essential oil

Clove essential oil

Helichrysum essential oil

Lemon grass essential oil

Muscle Pain Relieving Blend:

10 drops peppermint oil

10 drops sweet marjoram oil

10 drops turmeric oil

5 drops black pepper oil

5 drops vetiver oil

2 oz Carrier oil (Sesame oil, or Almond oil, or Olive oil)

In a 2oz dark glass dropper bottle add essential oils, pour 2oz of carrier oil of your choice, cap tight, label, mix well by tipping bottle back-forth. Massage 4-8 drops on effected area twice a day or as needed.

 

Om Healing………..Uma
(Founder of AromaWellness)
visit aromawellness.net, to order
Call 414-793-8645, to schedule your consultation appointment

Aromatherapy Application for PTSD

Do you know……. Today, Monday, May 27th, we Americans across the country, will remember the brave men and women who sacrificed their lives for our country, for our freedom, for our safety, so that we can sleep peacefully. We salute and applaud our Military Personnel. “Memorial Day isn’t just about honoring veterans, its honoring those who lost their lives. Veterans had the fortune of coming home. For us, that’s a reminder of when we come home we still have a responsibility to serve. It’s a continuation of service that honors our country and those who fell defending it.” -Pete Hegseth

On this Memorial Day, I thought of talking about PTSD. What is PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)? It is a psychiatric disorder that can occur in people (of any ethnicity, nationality or culture, and any age) who have experienced or witnessed a traumatic event such as; a natural disaster, a serious accident, a terrorist act, war/combat, rape or other violent personal assault. PTSD affects approximately 3.5 percent of U.S. adults and women are twice as likely as men to have PTSD. Military personnel are among the most at-risk populations for exposure to traumatic events and combat-related stress disorders.

 

It is natural to feel afraid and be in emotional disharmony during and after a traumatic experience. Re-experiencing symptoms, from the person’s own thoughts, feelings, anger, distressing dreams, objects, flashbacks, or situations, could trigger the past and may cause problems in a person’s everyday routine, relationships. Not everyone exposed to a traumatized event is diagnosed with PTSD. Most people recover from initial symptoms naturally. Those who continue to experience problems may be diagnosed with PTSD. People who have PTSD may feel stressed or frightened even when they are not in danger. Negative thoughts and feelings about oneself or others (e.g., “I am bad,” “No one can be trusted”), ongoing fear, horror, anger, guilt or shame, less interest in activities previously enjoyed, feeling detached or estranged from other, being irritable and having angry outbursts, behaving recklessly or in a self-destructive way,  being easily startled, lack of sleep and concentration

There is need for comprehensive interventions based upon both Neuroscientific

               Aromatherapy for PTSD

information and new integrative care modalities. Individuals with PTSD are often  treated with psychotherapeutic drugs, but it should be handled in conjunction with other safe alternative healthcare approach like clinical Aromatherapy. Though, several research are being conducted to validate the effect of aroma on PTSD and emotional distress, we are familiar with the therapeutic properties of Essential Oils and their physiological effects on brain to heal the mind-body. Essential oils directly impact the brain’s Limbic system where Amygdala is located. This is the region of the brain that activates our fight and flight response at the time of danger and trauma. Special blends of essential oils as well as applying oils to specific points (acupoints) on the body help to calm the nervous system and to harmonize our Qi (energy or life force of the body) and Shen (cognitive and emotional life).

 Here are the most widely used essential oils for PTSD:

Lavender, Bergamot, Mandarin, Orange,

Rose, Chamomile, Ylang ylang, Clary sage, Frankincense, Sandalwood, Vetiver, Geranium

 Calming Emotional Trauma Blend:

3 drops Rose or Geranium Essential Oil
2 drops Frankincense Essential Oil
2 drops sweet orange Essential Oil
15ml carrier oil (Almond or Grapeseed Oil)

Add essential oils to a dark 15ml glass euro vial, pour carrier oil, close the lid, mix, label. Apply on pulse points like, wrist, temple, back of neck, or inhale directly 2-3X daily or as needed.

Om Healing………..Uma
(Founder of AromaWellness)
visit aromawellness.net, to order
Call 414-793-8645, to schedule your consultation appointment

Increase Power of Reiki with Aromatherapy

Do you know……..Reiki is believed to have originated in Tibet over 2500 yrs. ago, rediscovered by Dr. Mikao Usui in Japan in early 1900s. Reiki is a Japanese word meaning “universal life-force energy”; the “Ki” in the word is the same as the Chinese word Chi or Qi and is an energy-based form of alternative healing modality.

   Enhance Reiki with  Aromatherapy

Reiki treatments offer many benefits to the recipients. Like:

Relaxation

Tension and stress reduction

Boosts the immune system

Reduces blood pressure

Increases energy

Aromatherapy is the science and art of using Essential Oils to promote healing on the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual levels. Essential Oils are natural concentrated liquid extract of different parts (such as leaves, fruits, flowers, root, bark) of the plants. They can be used before, during and after the reiki session to bring a deeper level of healing. Individual essential oil correlates with our chakras and energy fields to promote healing along with the Reiki. Essential Oil aroma enhance the experience, add ambiance to the environment and can help the client relax, and get deeper into receptive state before the Reiki session. Following Essential Oils could be used during Reiki session:

Frankincense (Boswellia carterii): cleanses the aura, ceases mental chatter

Lavender (Lavendula angustifolia): brings a sense of relaxation and nurturing

Juniper (Juniperus communis): is good for cleansing the room before and after

Sandalwood (Santalum album): helps accept others with an open heart, warmth and understanding

Rose (Rosa damascena): brings a sense of comfort, allows you to trust and love again

Sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) or Peppermint (Mentha piperita): can help slowly bring a client back to the Reiki room after a deeply relaxing session.

How to Use the Oils with Reiki During a Session
Diffuser –You can create a blend using 2-3 essential oils and placing 4 drops of the blend in the diffuser before the session to induce a feeling of relaxation and energetically cleaning the room.

Spray Mist – Place 12 drops of appropriate essential oil/s in a 60ml (2oz) spray bottle, fill with distilled water, Close, label. Shake well before each use and spray in the room before and/or after Reiki session.

Tissue – Put 2 drops of your blend on a tissue and place it beside the pillow.

Hands – Place 1-2 drops of appropriate essential oil or blend in the palm of your hand, rub hands together, have your client inhale deeply the aroma before commencing reiki.

 

Om Healing………..Uma
(Founder of AromaWellness)
visit aromawellness.net, to order
Call 414-793-8645, to schedule your consultation appointment

Boost Energy with Essential Oils

Do you know……..Energy boost doesn’t mean, you want to run a marathon, it simply means that you want to maximize your efficiency and productivity at work as well as at home without being completely exhausted. You want to spend more play time with your kids, or exercising, or cooking delicious meals for the family, or have time to work on your favorite hobbies, etc. There are simple, natural steps that will help to accomplish these goals without any unwanted

                      Boost Energy with Essential Oils

stimulants or caffeine:

 

Keep body hydrated: with regular sip of warm water

Consuming healthy food: to keep mind sharp

Walk in nature: that will boost alertness by the release of feel good chemicals; serotonin and dopamine

Exercise regularly: to stay healthy and active

Write a gratitude journal: thank the Almighty or that Super – Power, up above for all your blessings and what are you grateful for

Read your favorite book instead of watching TV: as reading forces to process information and helps to get energized

Clean up your living space, whether at home or at the office: let new energy flow through to uplift your mood

Walk and sit up straight: to have adequate flow of oxygen in the body

Do Gardening: besides making your garden look beautiful, gardening keeps you active, keeps your mind sharp, reduces stress levels, and mental fatigue. This in turn helps prevent heart disease, obesity, and other lifestyle associated ailments. Also, eating the nutritious foods from your own garden is very satisfying and heart healthy. Engaging in physical activity during gardening will tire you and will help you snooze better.

Essential Oils: are another great natural way to get you out of this slump. Essential Oils are the natural, volatile, concentrated extract distilled from different parts of the plants, used holistically to alleviate several physical and emotional ailments. When Essential Oil(s) inhaled directly or applied topically, they can influence areas of the brain that control feelings of tiredness and stress, thus leaving you feeling more awake, focused, and ready to roll. Some of the following Essential Oils are used for boosting energy:

Peppermint Essential Oil

Citrus Essential Oils (Lemon, Grapefruit, Orange, Neroli)

Cinnamon Essential Oil

Lavender Essential Oil

Eucalyptus globulus Essential Oil

Geranium Essential Oil

Black pepper Essential Oil

Rosemary Essential Oil

Cedarwood Essential Oil

Ginger Essential Oil

Instant Mood Lift Room Spray:

10 drops Grapefruit Essential Oil

10 drops Frankincense Essential Oil

4 drops Peppermint Essential Oil

2 oz (60ml) Distilled Water

Add essential oils to a 2oz glass spray bottle, pour distilled water, close, mix, label. Mix well before each use, Spray as needed.

Om Healing………..Uma
(Founder of AromaWellness)
visit aromawellness.net, to order
Call 414-793-8645, to schedule your consultation appointment

Scientific Name Importance in Aromatherapy

Do you know…… Scientific system of nomenclature is a system of unique name, used by scientists to identify an organism and plant based on their common traits and their origin. It consists of Genus (a generic epithet ), followed by species (a specific epithet). Unlike common names, these scientific names are important, because they allow people, scientists, researchers throughout the world to communicate ambiguously about animals and plants and usually come from Latin or Greek. For example, the scientific name of, narrow leaf firethorn is Pyracantha (Greek for fire) angustifolia (Latin for narrow leaves).

Swedish botanist, Carl Linne (Linnaeus, 1707-1778), devised Binomial System (two name naming system) of precise identification of plants called Taxonomy, which is used internationally. The Binomial name consists of a Genus, which is always written first and capitalized and followed by a species which is in lower case and the entire name is italicized. Here are the levels of highest to lowest classification as follows:

Kingdom

Division

Class

Order

Suborder

Family

Genus

Species

In Aromatherapy, which is the science and art of using natural, volatile essence of different parts of plants, called Essential Oils, extracted usually by Steam Distillation. Each Essential Oil possess different chemical component giving it different therapeutic properties that is utilized to harmonize our physical and mental well-being. There still, remains much to be discovered through research and experience. Since, Essential Oils are derived from the plant kingdom, it’s important to identify them by their scientific names for their proper therapeutic properties. In Aromatherapy, generally Family, Genus, and Species is used, eg;

Lavender (true English or French Lavender) – Lavandula angustifolia

Variety (var), is used for subdivision of species for the variant of horticultural origin or importance, eg; Bitter orange

Citrus aurantium var amara

Chemotype (ct), is visually identical plants from a single species, but produce essential oils with different chemical components giving it different therapeutic properties, eg; Thyme

Thymus vulgaris ct. linalol
Thymus vulgaris ct. thymol

Some more examples of Scientific names of Essential Oils:

Lavender (true English or French Lavender) – Lavandula angustifolia

Lavender, Spike – Lavendula latifolia

Lavandin – Lavendula x intermedia (hybrid between Lavandula angustifolia and Lavandula latifolia)

Tea Tree– Melaleuca alternifolia

Rosalina– Melaleuca ericifolia

Cajeput – Melaleuca leucendendra

Melaleuca Quinquenervia (Niaouli) – Melaleuca quinguenervia

Neroli (Bitter Orange, orange blossom) – Citrus aurantium

Sweet Orange (Orange peel) – Citrus sinensis

Orange leaf (Petitgrain) – Citrus aurantium

Tangerine rind – Citrus reticulata

Thymus vulgaris ct. linalol
Thymus vulgaris ct. thymol

Thymus vulgaris ct. geraniol

Essential Oils are very potent, concentrated extract, therefore it’s important to gain full understanding of these oils for their best effective use as a complimentary, holistic Aromatherapy with conventional medicine.

 

Om Healing………..Uma
(Founder of AromaWellness)
visit aromawellness.net, to order
Call 414-793-8645, to schedule your consultation appointment

Aromatherapy for Health Maintenance

Do you know……Just the other day, someone sent this message on WhatsApp:

“Medicine is not Health Care, Medicine is Sick Care. Good food, Vigorous exercise, Great friends, Sound sleep, Mental stimulation—That’s Health Care.” Write Yourself a Prescription……Marc Middleton

I thought of sharing with you all because as a Clinical Aromatherapist, I too believe in Holistic approach to our health care. In this technologically driven modern world, we are forgetting to interact with our natural surrounding and not reaping the healing benefits which our ancestors did. We are damaging our own health by breaking the law of nature and by breaking our relationship with mother nature. Now, researchers are recognizing the healing and nurturing properties of combining the alternative health care modalities with conventio

nal allopathic medicine for our mind-body-soul healthy maintenance. As a result, natural medicine and prevention is gaining popularity in dealing with chronic disorders. Fortunately, our body is a self-maintaining, self-repairing, and self-healing machine, as long as we take good care of it.

Unlike in the Western tradition, in Chinese medicine, they consider the interdependence of physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of a patient. So, for the whole person to be healthy, the sum of its parts must be healthy. For the maintenance of optimum health, prevention is the best practice by following healthy diet, exercising, hygiene, proper rest, and resp

ecting our environment. Similarly, Ayurveda, which means in Sanskrit, ‘knowledge of life’, originated in India more than 5,000 years ago from the ancient Vedic culture and is often called the “Mother of All Healing”, places great emphasis on individual body’s physical constitution, emotional nature, spiritual outlook, and balance in one’s life.

Aromatherapy is the art and science of using Essential Oils, that are aromatic

, volatile compounds extracted from various parts of plants to improve physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being. Essential oils affect our physiology, emotions, and behavior by stimulating hormones and neurotransmitters and should be used correctly often by inhali

ng, or by diffusing, or by applying topically with proper dilution (refer to aromawellness.net). Aromatherapy can be used as an alternative, holistic treatment together with conventional medicine or with other complementary treatments like; massage, acupuncture, acupressure, crystal healing for the maintenance of our healthy body and alleviating certain conditions. Like:

Stress, anxiety

Chronic Pain

Easing Nausea

Soothing Sore Muscles

Trouble Sleeping

 

Om Healing………..Uma
(Founder of AromaWellness)
visit aromawellness.net, to order
Call 414-793-8645, to schedule your consultation appointment

Welcome Spring with Aromatherapy

Do you know…….It’s Spring now. We all survived long nights, frigid temperatures, drying indoor heat, cold-flu, and fading tan lines. Spring is the time for new growth, new beginning, fresh potential, and spring cleaning. It is ‘Kapha’ time of the year.

According to Ayurveda (Ayu=life, Veda=knowledge, is a comprehensive system of healing), universe is composed of 5 Elements:

Ether, Air, Fire, Water, and Earth

These five elements combine to make three Doshas, that controls all the function of our mind and body:

Vata(Air and Ether) –Fall-Early Winter, Later life

Pitta(Water and Fire) –Summer, Adolesent-Middle age

Kapha(Water and Earth) –Late winter-Early Spring, Birth-Puberty

Without going into details of Kapha characteristics and imbalances, I will talk about Aromatherapy, an alternative-holistic healthcare approach, is the art and science of therapeutically using Essential oils to alleviate variety of ailments. Essential Oils are pure, natural extract of different parts of plant with individual aroma and chemical properties. Together with consuming balanced healthy diet,  Essential Oils that will be beneficial in this season to restore balance of heavy, cold and wet nature of excess Kapha dosha and to achieve abundant health, are warm, spicy, and invigorating ones (aromas). They are used to massage, or in bath, or to diffuse, or to inhale. Some of these Essential Oils include: Cardamom, Cedar, Cinnamon, Ginger, Black Pepper, Clove, Frankincense, Rose, Marjoram, Eucalyptus, Tea Tree, Clary Sage, Bergamot, and Tulsi

Good Carrier oils to make dilution:  mustard seed, almond and grape seed

Aromatic All-purpose Cleaner recipe for your daily cleaning:

Add 12 drs each of Lemon and Tea Tree Essential Oil to 4oz (120 ml) of distilled water in a 4-6oz of spray bottle, close, mix well, label. Spray on countertops and wipe dry to naturally disinfect as desired and enjoy the fresh aroma.

 

 

Om Healing………..Uma
(Founder of AromaWellness)
visit aromawellness.net, to order
Call 414-793-8645, to schedule your consultation appointment