Aromatherapy for Healing the Spirit: Restoring Emotional and Mental Balance with Essential Oils
Aromatherapy for Healing the Spirit: Restoring Emotional and Mental Balance with Essential Oils
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Product Details:
Author:
Gabriel Mojay
Paperback:
192 pages
Publisher:
Healing Arts Press
Publication Date:
2000-03
Language:
English
ISBN:
0892818875
Package Length:
9.2 inches
Package Width:
6.5 inches
Package Height:
0.5 inches
Package Weight:
1.05 pounds
Average Customer Rating:
based on 13 reviews
Description:
The first aromatherapy guide to synthesize Eastern and Western approaches to restoring emotional and mental health.
* Explains the esoteric and energetic healing properties of 40 essential oils to help restore balance to the body and psyche.
* Provides help for a wide range of common emotional and mental complaints.
* Includes full-color illustrations to guide readers through the massage and acupressure sequences.
In this unique synthesis of Eastern and Western healing approaches, Gabriel Mojay combines the practice of aromatherapy with the wisdom of traditional Chinese medicine. Mojay explains the esoteric and energetic healing properties of 40 essential oils and shows how they can be used to manipulate qi, the body's vital energy, to stimulate healing from negative emotional and mental states. Some forms of nervous tension, for example, are caused by stagnant qi energy, which can be released with essential oils.
Aromatherapy for Healing the Spirit provides help for a wide range of common emotional and mental complaints--including depression, low energy, lack of concentration, poor memory, anxiety, and low self-esteem. Easy-to-reference charts and full-color illustrations teach simple aromatherapeutic massage and acupressure techniques that restore balance to the body and psyche.
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1 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Good BookMar 21, 2008 I'm not sure this book is quite what I need. I am looking for recipes. This is nice for a brief overview of aromatherapy, but not quite detailed enough.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
something different about essential oilsMar 17, 2007 There are three main sections in this book. The first gives an overview of Traditional Medicine principles. The second part gives a detailed description of the most common essential oils and their effects, not like any aromatherapy book because it incorporates the Chinese Medicine principles as heating, warming, cooling, yin and yang...There is an indication on how to use the oils on some major Chinese acupuncture points.The third part deals with some ailments related to the mind ill health
It is a very different book indeed, and as an Aromatherapist working with cases of stress and anxiety , I am very glad to have added it to my bookshelf.
I already knew that the same oil work differently on different people, now I know why!
Thanks for Amazon,their fast delivery and their huge choice
10 of 10 found the following review helpful:
Gem of a bookJan 07, 2007 This is one of those rare books that surpassed my expectations. This is not your typical aromatherapy book and this book contains practically no recipes (it has just a few). What you'll find in this book is about 40 of the most-popular aromatherapy essential oils brought to life. The author does this successfully by looking at the essential oils from the perspective of the Chinese five-elements, and by juxtaposing the essential oils with archetypes from mythology, religion and astrology, helping you to experience the "personality" of each essential oil.
The author goes over some common psychological and emotional issues that people experience and suggests which essential oils may be most suitable. The book also contains a couple of illustrated pages related to applying massage and accupressure.
3 of 4 found the following review helpful:
aomatherapy for healing the spiritNov 01, 2006 a lovely book and a deep look at how aromatherapy can heal emotions
beautifully written
i would recommend this book highly
10 of 11 found the following review helpful:
One of the most unique books on aromatherapy availableMar 21, 2006 This is definitely one of my favorite books on aromatherapy, as it includes not only fairly exhaustive information regarding a variety of essential oils and their effects on mood but how these EOs relate to astrology, mythology and Chinese philosophy. The book also discusses various techniques employed in using oils and offers clear verbal and visual descriptions of massage techniques. All in all, I think it's a fascinating and lovely book (there are quite a few full color photographs and drawings). My only complaint, which isn't much of a complaint, is that Mojay covered "only" 40 oils. His descriptions of the oils were so intriguing that I would love to see him publish a completely comprehensive work.
based on 13 reviews
