Blog on Inspired Living and Healing - Recipes for Life — For the Love of Science

This article was written for the Canadian Federation of Aromatherapists' Newsletter https://www.cfacanada.com/ Your Immunity - Where Does it Begin? January and the new year 2022 is upon us, amidst a worldwide pandemic that just keeps spreading viral loads across the globe.  That may be more than enough to stress out our clients and customers, in their ever increasingly stressful lives. But, with the cold weather season we also see a rise in a variety of cold symptoms: sneezing, coughing, and a whole myriad of influenza viral strains that bring on fevers and achy joints.  Is this ever growing roster or illness...

The presence of green ‘forest’ oils has a direct impact on our body. Inhaling essential oils as they exude from trees surrounding you on your forest walk or from the diffuser by your computer actually jump starts your immune system by ‘kick starting’ your cells’ natural killer – NK – cell activity!  

What Does the Science Say?

The presence of these aromatic molecules seems to ‘remind’ the cells what to do...

Can water and its vibration heal us? It is believed water vibration alters according to its environment...
...in our experiment, we wanted to see what happens to identical flowers with different words in front. Do words affect physical health? Come see the results.

Did you know that some essential oils are natural pest repellants?

Lemongrass, Lavender, and Eucalyptus essential oils, among others, deter insects naturally! These essential oils are overlooked next to the infamous Citronella, but often work better to keep the pests away. Read more to learn about the aromatic fascinating world of mosquitoes..

In the seventh century AD the Slavic people used Rosmarinus officinalis (Rosemary), Ocimum basilicum (Basil),