Aromatherapy: Restoring Emotional Balance

Materials

• Text - 191 pages
• Multiple-choice test
• Certificate upon completion

Description

The first aromatherapy guide to synthesize Eastern and Western approaches to restoring emotional and mental health. Learn how to help clients improve a wide range of emotional and mental complaints through the application of essential oils. This course describes oils' subtle energies and psychotherapeutic properties combined with Traditional Chinese Medicine principles, including the 5 elements and acupressure. The course text explains the esoteric and energetic healing properties of 40 essential oils and shows how they can be used to manipulate qi, the body's vital energy, to stimulate healing from negative emotional and mental states.

In this course, you will:

• identify essential oils that should not be used under any circumstances
• learn precautions for providing aromatherapy to infants, children, pregnant women and people who have sensitive skin
• find the best methods of purchasing and storing essential oils
• recognize how essential oils work on the brain to affect the mind and how they complement massage and bodywork
• review the basics of using essential oils along with Oriental Medicine and astrological principles
• identify the therapeutic properties and most valuable uses of some popular essential oils
• learn how to blend oils for restoring emotional and spiritual balance
• determine the essential oils and bodywork techniques that are recommended to relax the nerves, settle the mind, calm and reassure, improve thinking and memory and boost morale
• determine the essential oils and bodywork techniques that are recommended to reduce anger, empower and uplift the spirit and encourage love and connection

Easy-to-reference charts and full-color illustrations teach simple aromatherapeutic massage and acupressure techniques that restore balance to the body and psyche.

Course Objectives

1. Name the essential oils that should not be used under any circumstances and list the recommended precautions for providing aromatherapy to people who have sensitive skin, infants, children and pregnant women.
2. Identify the best methods of purchasing and storing essential oils.
3. Recognize what essential oils are, how they get into the body, how they work on the brain to affect the mind, and how they complement massage and bodywork.
4. Recognize the basics of using essential oils along with Oriental Medicine and astrological principles.
5. Identify the therapeutic properties and most valuable uses of at least 10 popular essential oils.
6. Recognize how to blend oils for restoring emotional and spiritual balance.
7. Identify the essential oils and bodywork techniques that are recommended to relax the nerves, settle the mind, calm and reassure, improve thinking and memory and boost morale.
8. Identify the essential oils and bodywork techniques that are recommended to reduce anger, empower and uplift the spirit and encourage love and connection.

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Instructors

Sharon Burch, MSN, RN, NCTMB

Sharon Burch holds a Masters Degree in Nursing and has been practicing as a nurse since 1974. She is currently a Registered Nurse in the state of Arkansas. Additionally, Ms. Burch studied under many of today's leaders in massage therapy and bodywork during the 1980s, became Nationally Certified through the NCBTMB in 1993 and holds a professional membership with the AMTA.

As founder of Health Positive!, Ms. Burch has created over 60 home study nursing and massage continuing education programs, performed over 65 public, live educational presentations, has written two published books, served as a member on the NCBTMB Continuing Education committee and was a founding member of the National Association of Nurse Massage Therapists.

Sharon is an instructor on many of the Institute's programs and has authored and co-authored various ethics courses and additional titles such as Touch for the Seriously Ill, Stress Reduction Through Bodywork, Staying Well – Naturally, Cardiopulmonary Health and Illness, Chronic Pain Management, Marketing Massage in Four Easy Steps, Preventing Medical Errors, HIV Update for Massage Therapists and Bodyworkers, Understanding HIV, Massage for Edema and more.