A little stress and tension are useful to help you achieve your goals and can be inspirational for creative work. If you are too relaxed, it feels as if you are resting or on holiday, and this can make it difficult to accomplish your tasks. However, too much stress is a common complaint these day, and when stress and tension become overwhelming you need to have some techniques to help you relax.

Essential oils are volatile, which means that they evaporate as soon as they come into contact with the air. So whichever method of applying essential oils is used, a certain amount is always inhaled. Because body massage is the main method of applying essential oils, this suggests that the lungs and the skin are both of prime importance in the way essential oils get into the body and do their work.

Essential oil are highly concentrated, as you can deduce from the fact that it takes thousands of rose petals to produce a single drop of rose essential oil. This potency must be respected, and the way you handle and use essential oil is important. Following the guidelines given below ( and elsewhere in this book) will ensure that you use essential oils safely and effectively.

There are many different benefits of aromatherapy that help people find health and wellbeing. Perhaps the most important are the completely natural qualities of aromatherapy, the emphasis on preventative measures and on clients learning to take responsibility for their own health care.

Essential oils are living and dynamic rather than inert substances because they contain the active life force of the plan from which they come.....