When I say ‘Idaho’, you might think, ‘Potato’. Unless you love essential oils, in which case ‘Balsam Fir’, ‘Blue Spruce’ and ‘Ponderosa Pine’ are just as likely to spring to mind. All three are named for the region in which they grow. Idaho Ponderosa Pine is native to western North America and not just found in [...]
Communicating makes the world go around. And here you were thinking the world turns because of inertia after a cloud of hydrogen collapsed down from mutual gravity and needed to conserve its angular momentum! Actually, it's nowhere near that complicated ... or is it? Every single day, we’re engaged in meaningful conversations that can cause us [...]
On the scale of nada to nirvana, how’s your dedication to meditation going? Hong Kuai essential oil is on your side. And if you’re not keen on meditating but would love its benefits, great news: it’s still on your side. This beautiful, centering single oil is precious and somewhat rare. It’s produced by steam distillation of [...]
If you long for immortality, rub on some helichrysum. Just kidding! But this plant somehow earned the nicknames ‘immortelle’ and ‘everlasting’ so it doesn’t hurt to keep this essential oil hanging around your life. Adding a drop to your daily skincare routine will be uplifting for your soul at the very least. Whether it has the [...]
Hello, autumn, old friend! Shed a few leaves and make yourself comfortable while I rustle up a few autumn essential oils that are ideal for diffusing. If you’re new to essential oils, you can be forgiven for thinking I’ve lost a few marbles in the summer heat. “Choosing oils based on seasons? You wacky oil-sniffing herbalist!” [...]
Refreshing and uplifting, grapefruit – like all citrus oils – is the party animal of the essential oil world. And given the zesty zing of fresh grapefruit, you’d expect that! Let’s talk about the fresh fruit first, which is also jam-packed with benefits. Eating grapefruit for brekkie is a dead giveaway that someone has decided to [...]
Today’s essential oil spotlight shines on galbanum essential oil. Finding a single word to capture the essence of an oil doesn’t always come easily to me. They are complex and subtle individuals, after all. It’s like those annoying personal growth or business team building exercises where you have to sum yourself up in three words. But [...]
Is wealth consciousness a real thing? Can essential oils help you to expand it? I was talking last night with someone would be rolling his eyes over these questions and talking about pseudoscience. Fair enough. Many folk prefer to only believe in things that can be seen, measured and probed. On the other hand, just because [...]
When you get dressed for the day and discover someone switched your usual garments for cranky pants, it can be hard to shake them off. Sometimes it’s tempting to not even try. Do you ever find that? It’s kind of like eating a chunk of chocolate cake for breakfast then proceeding to make it the base [...]
Today’s essential oil spotlight shines on gentle and honey-like cistus essential oil. Sounds pretty, doesn't it. Where does cistus essential oil come from? If you have a green thumb maybe you already count on cistus shrubs as hardy favourites, especially if you have a Mediterranean garden. There are upwards of 20 species of the genus — [...]
