Essential oils are the highly concentrated distillates of certain herbs, woods, barks, flowers and resins and hence demand our respect when we use them for healing. Within this workshop you will discover how to engage with essential oils in a healthy, safe and ethical way for your family and yourself.

This program runs for four classes of instruction for a total teaching time of 32 hours. Ideal for Practitioners who wish to include essential oils in their practice, this class is for anyone who works with essential oils, professionally or for personal use.

Cirriculum Includes:

Essential Oil Production (including a field trip to a local producer, and/or a copper still demo on site)

Safety/Precautions/Usage

History

Aromatherapy approaches: Theoretical and Philosophical Approach

Phyto-Chemistry Chemotypes

Routes of Administration and Dosage

Synthesis and Formulation

Hydrosols/Carrier Oils and Adjuncts

Building a Therapeutic Essential Oil kit for practice

Purchasing Essential Oils: Ethics and Safety

Students who wish to gain a completion certificate are required to submit a final paper and 3 applicable case studies for review within 12 weeks of finishing the course.

Supplies are not included in the cost of the program. Supply list will be provided asap but basically your supplies are the start of your therapeutic kit for practice.  All supplies will be available to purchase through Emery Herbals.