by Louise Morgan | Aromatherapy, Blog, Buying Essential Oils, Complementary Therapy, Essential Oil Safety
If you’re new to essential oils, chances are you’ve had an oil recommended by someone, or you’ve read something somewhere and you think it may be worth a try. So, how do you choose your essential oils? If someone has recommended...
by Louise Morgan | Aromatherapy, Aromatherapy massage, Blog, Complementary Therapy
If you have a massage, you probably think of essential oils being smelly, fragrant aromas which are massaged onto your skin before being absorbed by your body. The skin is designed to be a barrier and to protect things getting into our body. This isn’t to say...
by Louise Morgan | Aromatherapy, Baby Massage, Blog, Buying Essential Oils, Complementary Therapy, Essential Oil Safety, Introduction to Essential Oils, Massage for Children, sleep, Toddler massage
During my baby massage course I talk to parents about how to safely use essential oils around children. If you’re thinking about using essential oils with your baby you may want to read this post, essential oils and babies. Many parents think about using...
by Louise Morgan | Aromatherapy, Blog, Buying Essential Oils, Complementary Therapy, Essential Oil Safety, Introduction to Essential Oils
If you buy essential oils then you may well have already looked into how to store them and look after them. If you don’t know how to store them and you’d like some guidelines you can check out one of my previous blog posts about how to look after your...
by Louise Morgan | Aromatherapy, Baby Massage, Blog, Complementary Therapy, Essential Oil Safety, Holistic Therapy, Introduction to Essential Oils, Massage for Children, Uncategorised
Across the internet there is lots of information about essential oils, and there is lots of conflicting advice about essential oils and babies. Some people will say never to use essential oils on babies below 2 years of age, others 12 weeks, and others say it’s...
by Louise Morgan | Aromatherapy, Blog, Complementary Therapy, Holistic Therapy, reflexology, Self Care, sleep
It happens to everyone from time to time and it’s quite usual, but if you find you’re struggling with getting to sleep or staying asleep, then it may be worth reviewing what is going on. Recent research is showing the importance of sleep, and how it is used by the...
by Louise Morgan | Aromatherapy, Blog, Buying Essential Oils, Complementary Therapy, Essential Oil Safety, Introduction to Essential Oils, Uncategorised
If you’re buying essential oils, you may discover that some cost a few pounds while others actually cost quite a bit. The cost is usually a factor of where it was obtained, current levels of availability and how difficult it is to extract. For example,...
by Louise Morgan | Aromatherapy, Aromatherapy massage, Blog, Buying Essential Oils, Essential Oil Safety, Introduction to Essential Oils
Aromatherapy is a massive subject and no one knows everything; we keep discovering things and changing our stance on things based on new information; in many circles this is considered as adopting ‘best practice’. We revise and grow. Or we don’t. I...
by Louise Morgan | Aromatherapy, Blog, Buying Essential Oils, Complementary Therapy, Essential Oil Safety, Introduction to Essential Oils
Anyone who knows me knows I love my essential oils. I think they’re fantastic and I’ve spent over ten years exploring them, but I’m aware my love for them is waning. This may sound curious from an aromatherapist, but I’ve been thinking about it...
by Louise Morgan | Aromatherapy, Aromatherapy massage, Blog, Complementary Therapy, Holistic Therapy
This blog post is a guest post for Honeysuckle Healing. The content arose after twitter feedback asking for information about how to use essential oils most effectively, how they can help with spasms, clear thinking, insomnia and other symptoms people living with...
