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Holistic
Aromatherapy
Holistic Aromatherapy at Golden Healing
As a part of nature, aromatic essential oils are tools of healing
and combined with the soothing power of massage have enormous therapeutic
benefits to the body. By their fragrance and absorption through the
skin, essential oils can also have subtle effects on the mind and
emotions, helping to give feelings of relaxation, balance and harmony,
a truly holistic therapy.
Aromatherapy is an excellent preventative treatment as it helps to
relieve stress and related conditions. It stimulates our natural immune
body mechanisms and particular oils have an affinity with certain
systems of the body helping to alleviate respiratory, digestive, circulatory
or hormonal problems. With aromatherapy massage the emphasis is on
smooth, flowing movements designed to assist lymphatic drainage. It
increases the nourishment and oxygen to the tissues easing muscular
aches and pains and helping with fatigue.
An individual blend of oils will be created for you at each treatment
and a holistic facial concludes this exceptional healing experience.
The treatment session is normally one and a half hours, this can however
be altered as required
Your therapist Estelle is an AC (Aromatherapy Consortium) Registered
Aromatherapist, and has been practising for six years. She uses only
the purest of ingredients, and can blend oils for you to use at home
between treatments. There are so many lovely combinations of oil blending
that help bring relief from everyday stress and can have a profound
effect on your well being.
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The Origins and Effectiveness of Aromatherapy
The value of natural plant oils have been recognised for more than
6000 years, for their healing, cleansing, preservative and mood enhancing
properties, as well as for the sheer pleasure of their fragrances.
The origins can be traced through the religious, medical and social
practices of all the major civilisations. The Ancient Egyptians used
incense for religious purposes, and oils and resins for embalming
and preserving corpses.
The Greeks and Romans used aromatics widely in rituals and ceremonies
and the oils played an important role in the rise in popularity of
baths and massage. However with the fall of the Roman Empire the use
of oils died out in Europe.
In AD 1000, Avicenna, from Arabia was the first to distil rose essence.
Arabia then became the Worlds centre of production of perfume, importing
raw materials from Egypt, India, Tibet and China, trading their products
internationally.
With the crusaders the art of perfumery was re-introduced to Europe
around the 12th Century. In these times aromatics were used as protection
against the plague and throughout the centuries were used to disguise
smells and ward off sickness.
In the 17th Century the therapeutic properties of aromatics started
to be recorded by the work of the great herbalists at that time, like
Culpeper. The modern use of Aromatherapy is said to have started with
the French chemist Rene-Maurice Gattefosse. In the 1900s he used Lavender
Oil to treat a burn on his hand, noticed how quickly it healed and
began to look further into the therapeutic qualities of oils. His
work was taken up by Dr. Jean Valnet, who found the regenerative and
antiseptic properties of oils effective for healing the wounds of
World War II soldiers.
Aromatherapy has become one of the fastest growing natural healing
arts in this country and is increasingly used in health and beauty
clinics and also practiced in hospitals, hospices and surgeries.
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What are Essential Oils?
Depending on the species of plant, essential oils are extracted from
petals, leaves, roots, buds, twigs, wood bark, resin or fruit. In
a few cases every part of the plant growing above the ground is used.
There are several ways of obtaining the oil, the most common being
‘steam distillation’.
The concentrated oils are mixed with a carrier oil for Aromatherapy
massages. Golden Healing uses only high quality, purest oils for treatment.
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How Essential Oils work
The essential oils work in two main ways, as an ‘aroma’
through the respiratory system and by absorption through the skin.
The odoriferous molecules of the essential oils are very volatile,
and their inhalation can activate very pleasant feelings, memories
and responses. When massaged into the skin, the essential oils also
permeate through the epidermis to the deeper skin layers, where they
infuse into the capillaries, and are then carried around the body
to organs, glands and tissue.
Individual essential oils are chosen which have an affinity with
certain systems of the body helping to alleviate respiratory, digestive,
circulatory or hormonal problems. When combined with a holistic massage
then our natural immune body mechanisms are stimulated.
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Potential Benefits of Aromatherapy
Can introduce a state of relaxation and rejuvenation
Relaxes tight and tense muscles
Aids natural quality sleep
Encourages the interchange of tissue fluids
Stimulates blood and lymph circulation
Reduces tension
Relieves pain, both specific and general
The therapeutic effects of essential oils vary. Some oils are stimulating,
whilst others are relaxing. Many oils are antiseptic, antibacterial
and antifungal such as Tea Tree and help to enhance the protective
function of the skin. Certain oils can calm and soothe the skin and
others such as Lavender help the skin cells to regenerate.
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Care to be taken
Essential Oils are powerful and should be used with care. Some oils
are contra-indicated for certain health problems and therefore advice
should be sought from a qualified Aromatherapist. Oils should always
be diluted with a carrier oil and not taken internally or applied
to the eyes.
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