Welsh Herbal Remedies and the Physicans of Myddfai
Friday, June 18th, 2010Catch this report from the Guardian Welsh villagers market Myddfai as mecca for herbal remedies
Catch this report from the Guardian Welsh villagers market Myddfai as mecca for herbal remedies
Due to the success of the Aromatherapy Taster Day at Portmeirion in May we are moving counties and linking up with the wonderful Natural Harmony Centre, to offer those who missed out a chance to experience the Taster Day in September. We hope you can come.
Enjoy a wonderful and fragrant day discovering the joy of using aromatherapy.
Open to all, from the beginner to the qualified massage therapist.
It’s a wonderful day for anyone who would like to learn how to use aromatherapy at home. Also a great introduction to the Holistic Aromatherapy Diploma Correspondence Course and Aromacare course for carers, to meet Lindsay your tutor if you are interested in joining these courses in September.
Date: Friday 10th September 2010 Time: 10am – 5 pm
Price: £50 Venue: Natural Harmony Centre, Near Welshpool, Powys
Tutor: Lindsay Woodman
Special Promotions
If you decide to join our Holistic Aromatherapy Diploma Course, we will refund the price of your workshop fee! If you decide to join our Aromacare course, we will refund £25 of your workshop fee!
Discover the essential oils
Be informed, uplifted and inspired in this interactive workshop discovering how to use essential oils safely to aid your well-being and as first-aid, as well as benefiting conditions such as tiredness, aches, pains and stress. You will:
Study 5 essential oils
Enjoy using the essential oils in your home effectively & safely
Create a massage blend
Give and receive a relaxing aromatherapy massage
Take home your own aromatherapy bath oil or salts
Our organic and ethically sourced essential oils will be for sale
Here is a response from one person who came to last year’s Aromataster course-
‘Thank you very much for a wonderful day yesterday, I have learnt loads and can’t wait to start using my new found knowledge! It was a lovely relaxed atmosphere and fantastic to be taught by someone who obviously loves the subject. Trouble is I enjoyed it so much I would like to do some more…’
Get in touch soon for more information and to book your place through:
www.naturalharmonycentre.co.uk or phone 01938 820 663
The Welsh School of Aromatherapy had a beautiful and aromatic information stand with photographs of the work we do. Lindsay and Gwen a current diploma student was there to chat to interested people and prospective students and we were selling our lovely ethical and organic essential oils.
The event also had a wide variety of therapists with Taster Sessions of many therapies including massage, sound healing, crystal healing, reiki, and others.
There were free talks and demonstrations ongoing on the stage in the main hall, along with special workshop. We had a wonderful day networking, giving out information perusing the other stalls and seeing the work of the therapists in the Machynlleth area. Natural Harmony are organising more of these lovely days and we attend the ones we can.
See their website for dates www.WellBeingDays.co.uk .
Click on this link to view the May PH Online feature on us http://www.positivehealth.com/article-view.php?articleid=2798
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On our Holistic Aromatherapy Diploma students have to practice their newly gained massage and aromatherapy skills on friends and family. Initially the students worry that they will not be able to find enough of these ‘guinea pigs’ to practice for the 50 hours needed. Frequently, after the first few volunteers have experienced the lovely treatments the poor student has to manage a rush of enthusiasm so they do not get swamped!
This photograph shows Gwen, one of our 2009 - 10 Diploma students, massaging the hands of her ‘Taid’. He is obviously enjoying the experience, and from initially being less than keen he now enjoys a regular session. She says that they have now progressed to neck and shoulders, and that soon he will be happy to experience legs and feet being massaged. Nice one Taid!
I enjoyed the whole day! It was informative, peaceful, relaxing and what I’ve learnt will come in really useful.
I have developed most in being still and tranquil, breathing, listening, feeling and focusing on what I felt ‘physically’ and being in tune with that.
The first attunement I was quite apprehensive and self-conscious and only felt the benefits and insights later. The work done before the second attunement gave me confidence to open up and simple accept it.
My individual needs were being supported in every way. The pace of the course was good, and the tutor was very approachable and welcoming, with an infectious faith in the group.
I have developed most today in accepting healing and being on the receiving end.
The best part of the day was the atmosphere created by the healing, the wonderful people and of course such an enthusiastic and knowledgable teacher.
The Welsh School of Aromatherapy has created an Information Station Forum to help everyone link-up. Beautifully design by Stefhan Caddick our wonderful Welsh School of Aromatherapy website designer, it is simple to use and and easy on the eye.
Professional therapists, tutors, students, prospective students and home users of aromatherapy can enjoy sharing ideas, knowledge and experiences or simply to ask for information. Anyone interested in Aromatherapy, Reiki, Massage, Body Therapy, products or other associated themes is welcome.
This is your forum and you can link up with our ever-growing community of people who share your passion at any time, or just pop onto the forum as inspiration and read what others may be chatting about .
As a bigger picture this Information Station can play a part in helping Aromatherapy grow in 2010 and become massive in the next decade. Aromatherapy is a fast growing emergent therapy, and through information from clinical research to home use, we are increasingly discovering its power, join us to positively expand our knowledge and practice.
Just click here to get to the ‘How to use the forum’ page http://www.aromatherapywales.org/forum/help.php
Or directly to Forum home page http://www.aromatherapywales.org/forum/
See you at the forum!
This was emailed to the school by a graduate of the Welsh School of Aromatherapy and I thought that it was worth posting up for all to enjoy.
(My son) D. has been down to London on his first week of in-house university lecture days (for a herbal medicine degree) and enjoyed it hugely. On the first morning, he was wandering around the streets, trying to find his way to the campus, when he was stopped by the police, doing their spot checks for drugs. It was all very amicable, but the little bottle of essential oils that I had provided Dafydd with, to help him concentrate, got them quite excited. The officers in question decided to test the oil like the drugs. (I had given D. Rosemary, Sweet Marjoram, Lavender and Chamomile, to also help keep him relaxed and free of headaches) Now, apparently, cannabis turns their tester blue, speed turns it red, ecstacy green…. but one drop of my oils turned it all colours of the rainbow…. and then they all simply disappeared! The police were amazed… D. was trying hard not to laugh. I thought that it was an absolute hoot when he told me, and I couldn’t wait to share it with you!
Love and blessings,
G.
We smell the invisible molecules of essential oils that flow into the air through evaporation, and these molecules affect the way we feel. Essential oils are often referred to as the spiritual essence of the plant, and so are particularly useful in healing our spirit, which makes aromatherapy combined with Reiki an exquisite combination.
An aromatherapy burner with water and a few drops of an appropriate essential oil will clean and perfume the air bringing the energy of its plant into the healing space. This is a more pleasant and generally healthier than burning joss sticks, which often contain a combination of unnatural and cloying fragrances with smoke. But if you prefer this method of scenting the room there are some Tibetan joss sticks available that contain only herbal substances or you could use natural incense with a small charcoal burner.
One drop of an appropriate essential oil placed on your palms before you work will bring additional healing energy. Juniperberry essential oil clears and protects both you and your environment. Simply put one drop of juniper in the palm of your hand, rub the palms of both your hands together gently. As the aroma rises use your hands to massage over your aura, not forgetting behind, above and below.
Try bathing in up to six drops of an essential oil before or after healing work to cleanse, focus and relax. Diluting essential oils when using them in the bath with a little shampoo or in full fat milk.
Rosewater sprayed in the healing space is very safe to use and wonderfully calming.
Frankincense creates spiritual release and releases past pain
Lavender calms
Lemon focuses the attention
Rose resonates with love
Orange and other citrus feed the soul
Vetivert earths electrical mental energy
Cedarwood gives confidence
The Welsh School of Aromatherapy is pleased to announce its accreditation in teaching AROMATOUCH and CARETOUCH courses. Ideal for people working in care homes, day centres, teachers, teaching assistants, nurses, health care assistants and any other caring professions. These qualifications in aromatherapy and or massage skills enable anyone in the caring professions to safely use aromatherapy skills in their working environment.
These brand new AROMATOUCH and CARETOUCH courses are distinctively modern in style, designed to improve the environment for workers and clients alike, whilst also increasing the quality of individualised care. For many years carers have become progressively worried about giving safe touch to their clients. Clients and patients may well have become increasingly deprived of positive physical contact, which could in turn have a negative impact on physical and emotional wellbeing. Children, adults and elderly people respond positively to appropriate, safe, sensitive, warm-hearted touch and care.
AROMATOUCH and CARETOUCH allow the carer and the cared-for to experience a positive change within therapeutic relationships. On successful completion of the course, carers will be trained to practice safely within the limited sphere of practice of their working environment. The simple, but valuable techniques are designed to work effectively, even during a busy work schedule.
Safety issues and litigation fears have, quite rightly prohibited many employers from allowing staff to practice aromatherapy in their work setting. The exciting development of AROMATOUCH and CARETOUCH has tackled this safety issue head on, by limiting the sphere of practice to very safe and specific application of aromatherapy and massage skills.
This training has been designed in association with the International Federation of Aromatherapy which is the longest-established governing body for Professional Aromatherapy in the world. AROMATOUCH and CARETOUCH trained carers will be able to access support, and insurance to practice as an associate member of The International Federation of Aromatherapy.
AROMATOUCH: Aromatherapy Skills for Carers (NVQ Level 3 pending)
Enables the carer to use specific essential oils, safe touch, massage skills professionally.
• Aromatouch 5 day course
• 35 hours unsupervised tasks and assignments
• 1-day presentation of assessments
OR
• 3 day Course (if completed as a separate module to Caretouch)
• 15 hours unsupervised tasks and assignments
• 1 day presentation of assessments
CARETOUCH: Massage Skills for Carers (NVQ Level 2 pending)
Enables the carer to use safe touch, massage skills and massage stories professionally.
• 2 day course
• 20 hours unsupervised tasks and assignments
• 1 day presentation and assessment
AROMATOUCH and CARETOUCH can be provided by request for 5 to 8 students at a suitable date at the Coleg Harlech Venue, or in an appropriate room in the work-place. The 2-day course can be run concurrently or on separate weeks.
Fees are £90 per person per day, which includes the Course Manual, all training by and assessment fees.
If you are interested please get in touch now.
Course dates soon to be announced for early 2010