Tag Archives: aromatherapy

State of the World

Dear One Who Would Be Healthy, In this post-election environment, Newark, New Jersey, is the site of the State of The Black World Conference. I inquired as to whether  there would be a healing room or some attention paid to people’s mental health condition at the conference, but my email was not answered.     […]

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Cold Season!

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The moderator at African American therapists shares these tips on how to prepare for the cold(er) season of winter. You can still you these ideas if you reside in a warmer area, since nature has a way of letting herself be known through hurricanes, tornados and more, and comfort techniques are always good!  People come in hacking and struggling, […]

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Healing Ministry

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I received excellent training from the Healing Touch Spiritual Ministry Program,  organized in 1997 and online at ISHAHealing.com. I studied clinical aromatherapy under the HTSP founder Linda Smith, RN, MS, HNC, CHTP/I. All the letters mean she is an expert in using pure oils in hospital settings and practices and teaches Healing Touch, which is […]

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11 Reasons I Am Wedded to Oils

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I realize I am wedded to essential oils for the following 11 reasons, broken down in three areas: Spirit Reasons They keep me glorifying the Creator because I’m constantly in wonderment at how great pure oils are. They help me to focus on my soul’s connection to the Creator (See the frankincense post.) Mind Reasons They help me […]

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Emergencies–When the Stomach Responds

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From the time I was a child I noticed how emergency situations did not upset me, while others seem to be going nuts. I learned to react very deliberately to not add to the furor and to tone others’ heightened alarms down. Something within me would get still, and I was the one who became known as the […]

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Breathing Certification Class

  INDEPENDENT REPUBLIC OF BROOKLYN, NY, 10/16/16. I was honored to be a part of Sekou Ayo Handy-Kendi’s Power of Breath Tour. Sign up soon. In uncharacteristic fashion, I missed the first morning because it was a Friday and I just knew the class was offered on Saturday and Sunday. I was wrong. So driving […]

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Three Oil-Energy Perspectives

Did you know the entire world follows just three perspectives on the use of essential oils (EO)? Although the use of EOs as nature’s living energy has ancient precedents, in China, the Fertile Crescent, Africa and India, Western European nations have given us today’s most popular oiling techniques. (Note: Anointing using essential oils in the Christian Church is […]

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Lavender Blues

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(Free Ebook Below) The scent, flower and color lavender carry many connotations and each deserves a closer examination. By the way, there’s nothing really blue –meaning sad– about lavender. Its effect is quite the opposite! The blues in the title is a reference to one of the classical musics of the U.S.: The Blues. We’ll […]

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