Aromatherapy is a wonderful, nourishing experience; it is a powerful therapeutic treatment which combines the essential oils of plants with Swedish massage.
During an aromatherapy massage, you inhale these essential oil molecules or absorb them through your skin. They are thought to promote beneficial changes in your mind and body by affecting the limbic system, a region of the brain known to be involved in emotion.
Here are some widely used essential oils and their purported properties:
- Calming: chamomile, lavender, and geranium oil
- Uplifting: ylang-ylang, clary sage, rose, and neroli oil
- Energizing: rosemary oil
- Decongesting: eucalyptus, pine, and tea tree oil
Benefits:
- Stress reducing
- Anxiety reliever
- Increased calmness and relaxation
- Decrease in muscle tension
- Pain relief
- Uplifts mood
- A reduction of symptoms of depression
- Menstrual pain
Ease of pain from various conditions listed below:
- Fibromyalgia
- Myofascial pain syndrome
- Arthritis
- Insomnia relief
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Polymyalgia rheumatica
- Premenstrual syndrome
- Rheumatoid arthritis