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Aromatherapy is the use of volatile plant oils, for psychological and physical well being. Aromatherapy was invented in the 1920’s by a French chemist, René Maurice Gattefossé. Some of the materials used in aromatherapy include essential oils, absolutes, phytoncides, hydrosols, infusions, and carrier oils. The oils aromatherapy uses are all different and used for specific reasons and purpose. Another name for them would be aromatherapy massage oils. The most commonly known oil would be essential oils. Essential oils are fragrant oils extracted from a plant and distilled by steam. Carrier Oils are triglycerides, oil plant based, applied to dilute essential...
Foot massage techniques were first developed in ancient China and Egypt. They were further developed based on a theory called reflexology which stated that applying pressure to different parts of the foot could have a significant impact on the rest of the body. These foot massage techniques were brought to the Western world in the 1920’s by Dr. William Fitzgerald and a man named Eunice Ingram. Fitzgerald and Ingram believed, for instance, that if you placed your feet together you could see all of the areas that controlled different aspects of your body systems. What was on the left side...
Swedish body massage is the manipulation of the body’s soft tissues with specific techniques to promote or restore health. Swedish massage history dates back to the Ancient Chinese, Greeks and Romans, who all practiced forms of this massage. Records show that massage was performed in China as early as 3000 B.C. It was the ancient Greek philosopher, Aristotle, who argued that physical touch is the most fundamental of all five senses. The ancient Greeks associated physical well-being with the unfolding of spiritual and intellectual faculties. In the 5th Century B.C., the Greek physician, Heradosis, used herbs and oils. His pupil,...
Chakra comes from Sanskrit and means “wheel” or “circle.” It is an energy that is said to reside in the body. There have been discrepancies over how many chakras are in the body, but the most used belief would be a division of seven. Each one of these seven represents a basic energy center that runs down the center of the body. The crown is at the top of the system, the heart chakra is the middle, and the root is the base. Chakras relate to many functions of the body including consciousness, developmental stages of life, sounds, and colors.
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