
Explore how essential oils affect body systems through scent and skin application, and why practitioners should understand the physical, emotional, and mental responses triggered by aromatherapy.
Explore the limbic system—amygdala, hippocampus, hypothalamus, and thalamus—and how scents trigger memories and emotions, bypassing the cortex to influence behavior and perfume marketing.
Explore how skin structure permits essential oil absorption through the dermis, influenced by carrier oils, circulation, warmth, and application on wrists and temples.
Diffuse through the skin into the bloodstream and are exhaled via the lungs at different times. Warmth and non permeable materials increase absorption.
Explore plant parts and essential oil distillation to understand how living plants yield oils for aromatherapy. Identify specific plant parts to grasp how oils work and their therapeutics.
Explore how essential oils draw from each plant part—from flowers to roots—and align with body systems, offering calming, uplifting, and grounding effects across nervous, respiratory, cardiovascular, lymphatic, and digestive health.
Learn how essential oils provide a quick life hack during pollen season by carrying a small bottle for a refreshed face and revitalization.
Learn to dilute essential oils in carrier oils to prevent skin irritation, using 1%, 2%, or 3% guidelines with carriers like coconut or olive oil.
Carrier oils dilute essential oils for safe skin application, avoiding irritation on infants, toddlers, or pets, and include carrot oil alongside olive, coconut, almond, and grape seed oils.
Olive oil delivers health benefits with 75% oleic acid, lowers LDL, raises HDL, and reduces insulin resistance. Unrefined extra virgin olive oil is best, extracted without heat or chemicals.
Learn essential oil safety guidelines, including diluting oils before skin contact and avoiding undiluted use, with pregnancy, children, and internal use guidance from a doctor or aroma therapist.
Store essential oils in a dry, dark place with tightly closed blue amber bottles. Avoid air exposure and heat; pure distilled oils can be stored without refrigeration.
Explore how essential oils can act as natural bug repellents for insects. Examine their natural porosity and practical applications for health and wellbeing.
Diffuse rosemary essential oil to boost blood circulation, especially in the head, and rub Rose-Marie essential oil into the scalp to address hair loss.
Discover how to use eight essential oils for health and well-being, with alphabetical lectures, a printable glossary, and a comprehensive on-screen test.
Welcome to the Accredited Professional Aromatherapy For Wellness And A Healthy Lifestyle 2 Course
We will recap the safety and mixing guidelines that you learnt in your previous course as these are fundamentally important to ensure you are correctly using the essential oils.
In this level of the training we will look at how you can use essential oils and aromatherapy techniques to aid health and wellness, the course is all about you!
For those of you who left school a long time ago (I include me in that) there is some basic human biology as well as basic essential oil chemistry, don’t worry it wont be too heavy and I like to make sure that all the learning will be fun.
We will look at common ailments and the recommended essential oils for those as well as looking at the vast array of essential oils and their methods of application and uses.
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New to this course is the Essential Oils and Pets section to help you work with your pets heath and wellbeing at home as well as a section dedicated to essential oils and children who are much more sensitive to the oils than us adults so need an adapted approach to dosage etc, we will delve into the magical world of essential oils and the Ancient Egyptians and finally we have added a “Fun Ways to Incorporate Essentail Oils and Aromatherapy into your lifestyle” section, with some great demo videos which we had great fun making!
You have extensive pdf notes with this course which you might like to bind to create a lovely reference book.
MEDICAL DISCLAIMER
The information provided in this course is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical advice provided by a qualified doctor. If you are at all concerned about your health you should always consult a fully qualified doctor.