Writing Inspired by Nature

Common Basil growing in the late August garden

Plant Talk with Basil Essential Oil

There is much to know and love about Basil. This Plant Talk article features Sweet Basil’s many virtues, highlighting Basil essential oil and how to incorporate it into essential oil blends and life overall!

Dilution Rates and the Concentrated Nature of Essential Oils

Ever notice how dilution rates are often cited in aromatherapy formulas and recipes yet it is often vague on how the rates were derived? This has always gotten to me so I decided to look into it.

Blending Essential Oils: Synergy, Additivity and Antagonism

Have you wondered if an essential oil (EO) can “cancel out” another essential oil when blending 2 or more EOs? It’s a question that often arises when someone embarks upon the art blending! The answer is multivalent just as an essential oil and the practice of aromatherapy is. My fun

A herbal tisane featuring a blend of elderberry, rosehips, hawthorn berries and other immune boosting herbs.

Gloriously Aromatic Herbal Teas

Let’s get right to it. We know we need to stay hydrated, and THE best way is through drinking water and eating fruits and vegetables. Yet sometimes we need a little bit more, sometimes we need to drink herbal tea. A client said we were “drinking flowers” (!) when I

How to Smell an Essential Oil

Aromatherapy. Essential Oil Therapy. What do those mean? How do you start to learn about essential oils? This video takes you through a journey of scent recognition, memory formation and aromatic molecules’ impact on mood and physical states including the nervous system. But that’s not the main reason for the

Plant Talk with Ylang Ylang Essential Oil

Oh Ylang ylang! Often times called “flower of flowers” and “poor man’s Jasmine” it is one of the few aromatic flowers that can be distilled to obtain an essential oil. Many floral “oils” of aromatherapy and natural perfumery are technically “absolutes”, which are traditionally solvent extracted. Why is this so?

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