Aromatherapy Massage
Aromatherapy Massage
Can anyone suggest some good books to help with aromatherapy massage?
I am starting college in September and will be doing a course in aromatherapy massage. Could anyone suggest some good overall books that I could buy to help me? Or suggestions on what I could buy to help me with the course.
Thanks
Here are links to the ones I own: (I am studying aromatherapy massage myself but it’s just a 10 week taster course; which can lead on to the diploma)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Aromatherapy-Massage-You-Step-Step/dp/184483087X/ref=pd_bowtega_1/202-8884653-9017433?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1182503484&sr=1-1
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Aromatherapy-Z-Comprehensive-Guide-Published/dp/009190661X/ref=pd_bowtega_2/202-8884653-9017433?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1182503556&sr=1-2
Both are very very good. The second one concentrates on the uses of the oils and how to treat various ailments, it doesn’t go into detail about massage technique.
And here is a list someone created of good aromatherapy books for students of any level
http://www.amazon.co.uk/My-favourite-aromatherapy-titles-levels/lm/1BRJYXL40XKXN/ref=cm_lmt_srch_f_3_rsrssi0/202-8884653-9017433
I hope you enjoy your course, which qualification is it? I’m thinking of doing the VTCT Diploma.
Also lot’s of websites do student aromatherapy starter sets, it would be worth speaking to your tutor beforehand and finding out which oils you will be covering so you know which to buy. They only last around 6 months once you open them so it’s best not to go overboard; the tutor should have all the oils there to use if you haven’t got them all. Woods and simply supplements are good.
Also buy some small bowls and baby wipes to use on the course. Have fun, if you’re anything like me you’ll really enjoy it!
Feel free to email me if you want to ask me anything else.
Love and Light
K
Aromatherapy Massage
How would you treat a new client using aromatherapy and massage?
The client uses oils at home but they tend to be irritating to her skin. She may also be pregnant.
On advising the client of the contraindications she has since carried out a test and is not pregnant.
Any suggestions as to how i would compose a consultation and treatment plan for her.??
Never, EVER use any Essential Oils (EO) on pregnant women, not even the so-called “safe” ones like lavender etc. and warn your client against their use at home and until the child is 6 or 7 years old.
Sorry, but that’s the way it is.
The long-term effects of EO’s has not yet been fully researched. EO’s are extremely powerful and act on the hormone system and the nerve system. Some are clearly neurotoxic and abortive, but even the “safe” ones can have long-term adverse effects on the baby.
What is difficult to understand for most people is that when a person develops MS or another neurological disease at the age of 20 or 30, no one thinks of asking if the mother used EO’s during the pregnancy or around the baby/child. No one would ever think of linking the two – and yet … new research is pointing that way, therefore we must exercise all caution until we are sure.
Keep off EO around children (not even burned in a room in the same house) until the age of 6 or 7 when the hormone and nerve systems are better developed and can no longer be damaged.
EO’s are very powerful. Cats are very sensitive to them and can die of exposure to some EO’s.
EO’s in the same room as homeopathic remedies contaminate them and destroy their effect. They are so volatile that they penetrate inside the tube of homeopathics and you might as well throw away the contaminated remedies as they become unsafe.
It’s good that this particular client developed a skin irritation to EO’s. She may well be saving her baby from neurological damage before it’s even born.
You will become one of the best-liked and most successful aromatherapists if you warn pregnant women and women with babies and young children and are able to explain the dangers to them.
Wishing you and your clients all the best!
Aromatherapy Massage