Aromatherapy: Nature's Healing Communication


Anyone who has ever experienced waking up in the morning to fresh mist


and dew drops sprinkled


lightly over delicate green leaves and blossoming flowers knows that the experience can be energizing, transformative, and can awaken the senses to sights and smells never before noticed. The experience can also be peaceful, and can transport you


to another encounter place, with the another


moment, or bring to mind someone not thought of for quite some time. This


sights,


sounds and especially smells of nature allows us to escape the usual preoccupations of life, and brings us one step closer to ourselves, to an inner world all too ignored in the hustle of the day. Many people seek the chance to reconnect with an inner sense of self, of direction, of inspiration, yet do not know how to find it. Long ago, human beings were so connected to nature that


they experienced it almost


as a dream, intuitively, where as these days, we seek to become consciously aware of the secrets and gifts that nature holds for us. Either way, connecting with nature on many levels permits that subtle, indescribable connection, allowing us to feel refreshed, recharged, and ready for the world. What is this natural phenomenon that keeps us connected, and allows nature to be so healing? It consists of multiple aspects, all of which have a parallel between man and nature: the cleansing waters that work like the world’s own circulatory system, the life-sustaining oxygen produced by forests reflecting our respiratory


system, the network


of micro-organisms and fungus at work in the Earth to balance and metabolize the nutrients, much like our own digestive system, and in particular the mysterious life of plants, which among other things produce


the aromas that work


deeply within our psyche to affect our thoughts, our emotions, and our profound well-being. These aromas are the substance of Aromatherapy, the science behind using essential oils for therapeutic benefits. Here we will explore how Aromatherapy facilitates the subtle communication between plants and humans, the physical and emotional effects of Aromatherapy, and the quality of essential oils. Aromatherapy has been in existence


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since humans appeared on Earth, and even before if we consider the innate understanding of medicinal herbs in the animal kingdom. When the earliest humans observed their surroundings, they saw the way animals interacted with the plant world in order to understand the benefits and dangers. They experimented with aromas in plants through the use of fire, finding that through smoke, the essential qualities of plants could be liberated, transformed and harnessed. transforming


the plant into


By a


gaseous form, transported through air, its aroma was perceptible. The word “perfume” is derived from the Latin word, “per fumus”, meaning “through


smoke,” and it was


through this interaction with smoke and fire, and their observations of the different effects created by the plants, that early cultures began to understand the secrets of the aromas. The practice of plant-based medicine was the key to health throughout human history, with traditions developed in each region of the world, many with similar bases, such as Chinese and Mayan traditional medicine.


Among the main practices of early plant-based medicine was the use of resins, oils and extracts of certain plants to achieve physical, spiritual and emotional effects, the basis of what we now call “Aromatherapy.” Aromatherapy was used as an important and widely appreciated art throughout the ages, right up until the development of synthetic and chemical aromas - when the perfume industry was born - and prior to the initiation of the modern science


of aromatherapy in the


1920’s with the studies of French scientist Rene Maurice Gattefosse. Therapeutic use of aromas is more than just using pleasant smelling sprays and creams. Aromatherapy becomes therapy when the actual messages from plants are delivered to the body, and when the body understands them. There is a subtle communication that goes on where the plant substance speaks and


our bodies respond. This


communication is essential, because so often communication on a human level is one-sided - we speak to be heard, but we do not listen actively to


understand what another is


saying. With Aromatherapy, there is www.spaprofessionalmexico.com


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