Aromatherapy is a branch of herbal medicine that uses essential oils with medicinal properties to address various physical and emotional ills. Essential oils are the volatile aromatic compounds, or “essence,” found in plants. You are already familiar with many essential oils as they are the aromas of the herbs and spices you use in your kitchen as well as many other common plants and flowers.

Many aromatic compounds have healing or therapeutic properties, inlcuding the ones you have in your spice cabinet. When the oils are distilled from their plant sources, the healing properties become very highly concentrated so only a small amount of oil is needed to achieve a result. Essential oils stimulate and support your body’s processes, can function to detoxify the body, and have been shown to increase oxygen absorption of the cells by 26%. Typically, oils are diffused in the air for inhalation, applied to the skin, or taken internally.

The oils used as Kinesic Therapies are 100% pure and from certified organic or certified wildcrafted plants. Even the soil is tested to make sure that the plants are growing soil with a healthy mineral and microbe profile. If you are interested in purchasing any of these oils for use at home, you can find them at www.myforevergreen.org/kinesictherapies

Aromatherapy with Massage

You choose or allow the therapist to choose up to three oils for use during a massage session. You can choose oils based on their healing properties or simply based on how much you enjoy the aroma.

Physical Aromatic Touch

With Physical Aromatic Touch, seven different oils are applied mainly to the back with light massage techniques that stimulate the skin to absorb the oils. The oils used are chosen for their effect on particular body systems. The order of application is determined by an assessment. Anyone with old or new injuries, chronic pain, internal systemic problems, stress, fatigue, etc can be helped by physical aromatic touch.

The oils used are:

• Cairo Care - balances the bodies energies are encourages natural spinal re-alignment.
• Birch - works with bones to encourage repair or reduce calcification where needed as well as reduce inflammation. Also an excellent pain killer.
• Marjoram - relaxes muscles, releases spasms, and calms the digestive system.
• Helicrysum - balances the nervous system and assists the body in healing nerve damage, including the damage that comes from shingles.
• Lemongrass - works on the connective tissues, including ligaments, tendons, fascia, and cartilage.
• Geranium - releases stored emotional energy safely and appropriately, and balances emotions.
• Cypress - works with the circulatory system, relaxing and opening vessels to improve circulation where needed.

Key Benefits:

• Decrease or eliminate pain, inflammation, tension
• Increase range of motion and flexibility
• Relieves stress, anxiety, depression.
• Relieves or eliminates tingling, burning, and numbness
• Improves skeletal alignment
• Address other health issues
• Changes can occur for several days after a session because the oils stay in your system

Emotional Aromatic Touch

Emotional Aromatic Touch helps to clear and balance your energy centers, or chakras, to allow emotional, mental, and physical energies to move more freely. Seven oil blends are applied to the chakras and massaged in with specific stokes to open, clear, and restore the flow of energy. You know when your energies are blocked because you’ll feel out of balance, sluggish, stuck, depressed or anxious. You may also be experiencing health problems as a result. It’s also an excellent technique for anyone who has experienced trauma of any kind or who lives with high levels of stress.

Key Benefits

• Profoundly grounding and centering
• Relieves stress, depression, and anxiety
• Restores emotional balance
• Makes stressful or emotional situations easier to handle
• Helps you adapt quickly whatever circumstances you face