From Seed to Blossom
by Josephine Spilka
Essential oils are the essence of the plant and speak directly to your essence. Connecting with your essence you can begin to choose what you wish to grow within, what you wish to weed out and how you want to cultivate your journey in this life.
From Seed to Blossom
Course Overview
We’ll take a look at essential oils made from seeds, roots, branches and flowers as we explore how you can engage the essence in your body to nourish, enrich, heal and grow. Each special plant part offers unique functions that support our bodies, hearts and minds in novel ways, inviting you into a deeper relationship with nature while nurturing yourself. When you nourish the essence you strengthen your foundation, creating security and stability while fostering creativity and inspiration.Offered are some basics for working with the essential oils. Some of the oils featured are Caraway Seed, Carrot Seed, Jasmine, Neroli, Cedarwood and Vetiver. We’ll also take a look at some Chinese herbal medicinal essential oils such as Bai Zi Ren, Wu Wei Zi and Dang Gui. You’ll be able to use these oils right away for yourself, your family and your clients to nourish from the roots right to the tips of the branches, from seed to blossom!
Course Objectives
- Participants will be able to discuss the basics of essential oils including note, type of Chinese medical action and associated organ systems.
- Participants will become familiar with up to 20 essential oils for use in nourishing the essence (jing)
- Participants will be able to discuss and understand how jing-essence works in the body and how it influences aging and disease.
- Participants will become familiar with how different plant parts used as essential oils can influence different aspects of the interaction with jing-essence.
Course Outline
0 hrs - 1 hrsBasics of using essential oils plus physiology of jing-essence in Chinese medical terminology
1 hrs - 2 hrsPresentation of individual essential oils, their nature, taste, channels entered, dilution rate, plant part used to create and functions described as Chinese medical actions
2 hrs - 3 hrsDiscussion of application of individual essential oils and formulas to the aging process and to nourishing health.
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From Seed to Blossom
Nourishing the Essence with Essential Oils and Chinese Medicine
by Josephine SpilkaFrom Seed to Blossom
Course Overview
We’ll take a look at essential oils made from seeds, roots, branches and flowers as we explore how you can engage the essence in your body to nourish, enrich, heal and grow. Each special plant part offers unique functions that support our bodies, hearts and minds in novel ways, inviting you into a deeper relationship with nature while nurturing yourself. When you nourish the essence you strengthen your foundation, creating security and stability while fostering creativity and inspiration.Offered are some basics for working with the essential oils. Some of the oils featured are Caraway Seed, Carrot Seed, Jasmine, Neroli, Cedarwood and Vetiver. We’ll also take a look at some Chinese herbal medicinal essential oils such as Bai Zi Ren, Wu Wei Zi and Dang Gui. You’ll be able to use these oils right away for yourself, your family and your clients to nourish from the roots right to the tips of the branches, from seed to blossom!
Course Objectives
- Participants will be able to discuss the basics of essential oils including note, type of Chinese medical action and associated organ systems.
- Participants will become familiar with up to 20 essential oils for use in nourishing the essence (jing)
- Participants will be able to discuss and understand how jing-essence works in the body and how it influences aging and disease.
- Participants will become familiar with how different plant parts used as essential oils can influence different aspects of the interaction with jing-essence.
Course Outline
0 hrs - 1 hrsBasics of using essential oils plus physiology of jing-essence in Chinese medical terminology
1 hrs - 2 hrsPresentation of individual essential oils, their nature, taste, channels entered, dilution rate, plant part used to create and functions described as Chinese medical actions
2 hrs - 3 hrsDiscussion of application of individual essential oils and formulas to the aging process and to nourishing health.
Teacher
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