Cardamom Helps Digest Trauma
Cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum) is in the Zingiberaceae family like tumeric and ginger. I have always liked cardamom. I remember making my first curries as a young student and crushing [...]
Rosemary brings grace to challenging periods
Cathy and I have really enjoyed and learned a lot from doing individual consultations. I wanted to share an experience from one of our consultations a few days ago that [...]
6 Essential Oils for Anxiety
Things have been extremely intense and unprecedented lately on this beautiful planet what with Covid, world politics, ecology...you name it, it’s anxiety provoking. Many people are not only feeling [...]
Midwifery of the Soul with Essential Oils
Florian and I met through aromatics and since we have been together, we have developed through a fusion of our experiences the AromaGnosis system of healing using aromatics as [...]
Essential Oils for PTSD Symptoms 1
5 Essential Oils to help you drop into your natural rhythm of life Trauma and PTSD can have long lasting effects on many of us and I feel [...]
5 Reasons You’re Not Getting the Results You Want from Essential Oils
We use essential oils at AromaGnosis for mental, emotional and spiritual healing. In short, we could say for ‘soul healing’. It is well known that aromatics have a powerful [...]
Blending Essential Oils for the Whole Psyche
Florian and I have been developing the work of AromaGnosis mainly by using individual essential oils as ‘simples’, meaning one aromatic ally at a time. This method has really [...]
Ginger Lily helps us through the Dark Night of the Soul
Ginger Lily, also called Kapoor Kachri, helps us through the dark night of the soul and replaces Palo Santo, which is critically endangered. Kapoor Kachri (Hedychium spicatum) is commonly known [...]
Mitti Attar grounds and reconnects us
There are many different grounding oils. In my experience they all have their own tonality and type of grounding that they help us with. In this article, I am [...]
Marigold connects us to the ancestors
A well-trodden path, Marigold connects us to our ancestors. Marigolds (Tagetes erecta) are a powerful symbol for many people in the world. The plant is native to Mexico, even [...]