November 29, 20210Comments

Holiday Spices: Warming, Uplifting Medicines for Cold Winter Months

Bring Warmth To Your Holiday Season With Aromatic Kitchen Spices Fall and winter are the time to get cozy, nourish yourself with warmth, and support your body through the changing seasons. Warming

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Aromatherapy

Human/Plant Connection

Sustainability

November 22, 20210Comments

Being A Conscious Essential Oil Consumer – Resist the EO Marketers!

This holiday time of year, there are great deals everywhere and multi-level marketing networks working overtime to sell essential oils. Don’t get me wrong – essential oils are amazing aromatic

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Incense as Medicine

The Art of Incense

September 24, 20211Comments

Incense Crafting: A Path to Healing & Personal Fulfillment

The Art of Incense CraftingImagine walking through the depths of the forest; it’s so quiet that all you hear are the treetops swaying from the light breeze, it smells like

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Topical Medicine

September 15, 20213Comments

How Carrier Oils Do More Than Just Carry

In the herbal and aromatherapy world, you might often hear the phrase “just use a carrier oil” with no explanation. But what does that mean? Herbalists, aromatherapists, and crafters of

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Aromatic History & Lore

Human/Plant Connection

Ritual

July 19, 20210Comments

Smudging: An Issue of Ethics and Sustainability

Have you ever scrolled past a social media ad with an image of someone burning a smudge stick of White Sage with the caption reading something like, “Say Bye-Bye to

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Alchemy

Aromatherapy

Topical Medicine

June 21, 20210Comments

Hydrosol & Flower Waters for Healing, Beauty, & Enjoyment

What’s in a Hydrosol?Hydrosols, Hydrolats, Flower water, Floral water, there are many names that over time have all come to refer to generally the same botanical product: aromatic and botanical

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Ritual

Topical Medicine

April 10, 20210Comments

Aphrodisiacs – More Than Just Sexy

Aphrodisiacs have a strong reputation for influencing our sexual desires. While this may be true, they can do so much more for you! Herbal aphrodisiacs also support our sexual health, self-love, and

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Bio-Regional Aromatic Medicine

Human/Plant Connection

Ritual

April 5, 20210Comments

Speaking the Language of Plants

By Melissa Szaro Can You Communicate With Plants?There are many ways you can learn about plants. But there are also many ways you can learn from plants. Learning about plants through

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Aromatic History & Lore

March 21, 20210Comments

The Spirit of Aroma & The Sacred Sense of Smell

The other night I had a super weird thing happen between my dream life and waking life that was the inspiration for this blog. In my dream I was smelling

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Ayurveda

March 2, 20210Comments

Herbal Smoking as Medicine

Article written by Melissa Szaro You might never have thought that smoking can actually have positive effects on your health, but this may be the case, depending on what you’re smoking.

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