Aromatherapy Massage

• Eases muscle tension (soothing aching muscles helping you feel more relaxed)
• Boosts circulation (helping the blood & oxygen to circulate the body)
• Menstrual and menopause challenges
• Fibromyalgia
• Skin disorders
• Encourages lymphatic drainage by helping to reduce fluid and toxin build-up
• Stimulates the body’s immune system helping to protect itself from illness
• Feeling of deep relaxation (relief from stress and anxiety)
• Improved mood
• Improved sleep
• Increased sense of wellbeing

To ensure the continued well-being of each client the treatment will begin with a full consultation, the aromatherapist will carefully select a small number of essential oils to suit your individual needs.

The essential oils chosen are blended with an organic vegetable oil, known as a carrier oil, such as sweet almond oil. Aromatherapy massage lasts for approximately one and half hours and towels will be used to ensure your modesty.

Aromatherapy is suitable for most adults. Therapies do not claim to be a cure and should never be used in place of conventional medical care that is why in some instances your doctor’s permission may be required before treatment can commence, for example, heart conditions, diabetes, epilepsy.

Many people have found that, to some extent, they have been helped by treatment. Aromatherapy is a preventative treatment helping towards maintaining good health. Regular treatments help to maintain homeostasis (a state of balance).

• Your body temperature can drop during and after a treatment make sure you keep warm.
• Drink plenty of liquids, water or herbal tea to flush the toxins through your system and keep hydrated. Avoid stimulants such as tea, coffee, alcohol & smoking as these are toxins.
• Avoid exposure to the sun in the hours immediately after your treatment
• Try to keep your meals light, healthy and easily digestible.
• Try to relax after your treatment and avoid strenuous exercise, if you feel tired plenty of rest or an early night will do you the world of good.
• Everybody’s reaction after a treatment is different however you may experience rebalancing effects sometimes after your treatment, please do not worry as they can be a sign of an effective treatment these may include:
  
  • Feeling very relaxed & lightheaded
  • Change in sleep pattern
  • Increased need to go to the toilet
  • Slight erythema (redness) bruising
  • Headache
• Avoid other complementary therapy treatments for 24 hours
• Treatments are not a substitute for medical care always continue with all current medical treatment plans
• If you experience any adverse symptoms after your treatment, they are temporary and should go within 24 to 48 hours, however if they persist please do not hesitate to contact me or seek medical advice
• Many people have found that, to some extent, they have been helped by treatments. Regular treatments can help to maintain homeostasis (a state of balance). Therapies do not claim to be a cure and should never be used in place of conventional medical care. Always consult your doctor or other health professionals for medical attention and advice.

If you experience any of the above symptoms, they are temporary and should go within 24 hours, However if they persist, please do not hesitate to contact me or seek medical advice.

Aromatherapy has its roots in the most ancient healing practices of humankind. Plants have been used for thousands of years and can be traced back more than 3,000 years before the birth of Christ, to a time when the use of aromatics was first recorded in human history. The Egyptians were using aromatics for medicinal and cosmetic purposes, and to embalm their dead, using plants and oils to preserve the body by mummification. Some of the oils used were cinnamon, cedarwood, myrrh and frankincense. They also made pills, powders, ointments and pastes for external use. Various papyrus documents, the earliest dating from about 2,890 B.C., ointments and cosmetic jars and oil bottles have been found in pyramids, with traces of the original contents still intact these were mostly fatty ointments or gummy pastes. There are records on clay tablets that show an international trade in oils existed. The ancient Greeks acquired much of their medical knowledge from the Egyptians. Greek soldiers carried ointment made of myrrh into battle with them to treat wounds.

A book called ‘Yellow Emperors Classic of Internal Medicine’, is the oldest surviving medical book in China written by Huang Di around 2697 B.C, a book of Chinese medicine, containing information of over 300 different plants which describes various uses of aromatic herbs also different plants and their medical uses. China has always had a long and respectable aromatherapy tradition.

The Normans helped to bring aromatherapy to Britain. One especially therapeutic custom was to spread sweet-smelling plants on the floor which gave off pervasive scents when crushed underfoot. Many had insecticidal and bactericidal properties which helped counter airborne infection and deterred lice and fleas. Rene-Maurice Gattefosse was a French cosmetic scientist, who used the term ‘aromatherapy’ as a title for his book in 1937. He realized during his research that many oils had powerful antiseptic properties. The most remarkable instance of this was when he was badly burned in a laboratory explosion. He treated the burns with lavender essential oil which helped to heal so completely not even a scar was left. Following Gattefosse’s research into the properties of essential oils, a lot of interest was generated as not only were oils found to heal skin and strengthen immunity, they were also capable of relieving mental conditions such as anxiety and depression.

Dr Jean Valnet used essential oils to treat the wounds of soldiers during the second world war and successfully treated several long – term psychiatric patients with essential oils. His book The Practice of Aromatherapy, has become a classic for practitioners

Robert Tisserand has also generated popular interest in aromatherapy in his book The Art of Aromatherapy. Marguerite Maury Austrian- born biochemist has been hailed as the mother of holistic aromatherapy. She developed massage techniques which involved applying essential oils along the nerve centres of the spine, believing that they worked more profoundly when inhaled or absorbed by the skin. She introduced individual prescriptions choosing oils according to the individual needs of her clients. The clients reported a dramatic improvement in their skin’s condition, relief from rheumatic pain, slept more deeply and enjoyed generally improved mental state. She was rewarded with two international prizes for her research and total dedication to her work.