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Unlike the conventional view of the four seasonal shifts, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) observes five seasons, with late Summer being the fifth. It is thought that these transitions of our earth help us to tap into what our body needs for healing. They also align with and affect the chemical makeup and properties of our precious plants and essential oils.
In this episode of the Essential Oil Revolution, Rachel Jackson joins us to discuss aromatherapy in season according to the five elements of TCM. Rachel is a certified medicinal aromatherapist, licensed massage therapist, certified yoga instructor, yogic lifestyle coach, lecturer, teacher, and inspirational guide. She offers a unique blend of yoga philosophy, the five elements, Chinese Medicine principles, and aromatherapy. Within her consultations and workshops, she synthesizes her extensive training in plants, healing methods, spirituality, intellect, and rare and distinct therapies with high quality, food grade medicinal essential oils. This allows her clients to experience a deeper form of healing that integrates her specialties with their soul journey.
During the show, Rachel teaches us ways to use aromatherapy to tend to the different aspects of ourselves throughout the seasons of life to enhance intentional living practices, self-care, and vibrant wellbeing. Below are some key areas we discussed on this amazing episode.
Be sure to tune in and listen so you can access new insight into a whole new application and approach with aromatherapy and essential oils!
What You Will Learn:
- An introduction to Rachel and her poem on forming a relationship to aromatherapy (0 min)
- Rachel’s bio (2.30 min)
- Rachel’s healing journey into aromatherapy (5.40 min)
- What is the meaning of “Yam”? (11 min)
- How Eastern and Western medicine are starting to “speak the same language” (13 min)
- The philosophy surrounding the Wisdom of the Earth Training (17 min)
- How aromatherapy can be dynamic, like nature, and how essential oils shift based on these environmental factors which relates to our healing (19 min)
- How Rachel’s training in yin yoga and massage spurred her interest in combining Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) with Aromatherapy (28 min)
- The connection between the five seasons, five elements, and personal growth (32 min)
- What “spirits” of each organ system represent (40 min)
- How emotions are signals to the body and how this relates to the five elements and the spirits (41 min)
- How to incorporate aromatherapy into the five elements, focusing on spring (45 min)
- What essential oil Rachel keeps in her emergency kit (48 min)
- The difference between Helichrysum Gymnocephelum and Helichrysum Italicum (50 min)
- The season lavender oil is associated with and the importance of applying it with intention (53 min)
- The importance of our kidneys in TCM and its relationship to chronic disease (59 min)
- What essential oil can nourish the kidney’s Jing (1 hr. 3 min)
- How yoga and essential oils combine therapeutically (1 hr. 5 min)
- What is Yoga Nidra and how Rachel combines it with essential oils (1 hr. 7 min)
- The purpose of meditation and how Yoga Nidra helps one accomplish this (1 hr. 14 min)
- Rachel’s “Aromatherapy Hacks” for Springtime and the practice of Jala Neti Cleanse (1 hr. 15 min)
- The importance of cleaning out our noses for our health (1 hr. 17 min)
- Using essential oils on a budget (1 hr. 20 min)
- Where to find Rachel and closing thoughts (1 hr. 21 min)
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This information is applicable ONLY for therapeutic quality essential oils. This information DOES NOT apply to essential oils that have not been tested for purity and standardized constituents. There is no quality control in the United States, and oils labeled as “100% pure” need only to contain 5% of the actual oil. The rest of the bottle can be filled with fillers and sometimes toxic ingredients that can irritate the skin. The studies are not based solely on a specific brand of an essential oil, unless stated. Please read the full study for more information.
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