Aromatherapy from Spa Essentials Wellness Oils

I never realized how helpful aromatherapy is until Spa Essential Oils sent over a few samples. The one given to us is called “Energy” which I gave to my daughter for testing. She loved it so much that she grabbed it away from me. She swears that it gives her the energy to study her masteral courses which can be quite demanding.

Aromatherapy oils are more than just pleasant scents you can use to aerate your room; they work like natural medicine to prevent disease and improve your physical and emotional well-being.

Let me allow Dr. Mike Turvill, doctor of organic chemistry, and President of Spa Essentials to explain what exactly aromatherapy is all about.

WHAT IS AROMATHERAPY?

“Aromatherapy”, says Dr. Mike Turvill, doctor of organic chemistry, and President of Spa Essentials, “is defined as the systematic use of essential oils in holistic treatments to improve physical and
emotional wellbeing.”

Spa Essentials is a professional spa supplies company offering local and international quality-oriented spas and practitioners, standard and customized product solutions from a comprehensive range of the
highest quality ingredients, products and supplies.

Essential oils extracted from plants, Turvill says, possess therapeutic effects which can be used to improve health and prevent disease.

While they are like natural drugs, essential oils have to pass through the lungs or skin and into the blood stream for aromatherapy to work, he clarifies.

“Essential oils are readily absorbed through the skin during massage or through the lungs when inhaled (after evaporation in an oil burner). They affect body chemistry through gentle physiological
effects,” Turvill says.

It thus makes sense for anyone to know as much as possible about aromatherapy products (and what they contain) as one would about cosmetics or medicines.

Essential oils are aromatic volatile substances extracted from plants. They are usually found in leaves, flowers, tree bark, roots or peel. Similar to animal hormones, they are sometimes referred to as the
plants’ ‘life force’.

“If you crush a leaf or a petal of an aromatic plant, your fingers will be scented with the plant’s essential oil,” notes Turvill.

The essential oils are extracted from the plant material in most cases through steam distillation although other methods usually have to be used for very delicate plants such as jasmine or rose which are destroyed by steam.

Once extracted, the essential oils are ready for use. It is important to know that essential oils are very concentrated when neat. Thus, they are blended with another oil — known as a carrier oil — during
massage. With the exception of tea tree and lavender, it is not safe to apply them directly on the skin.

For further information please contact SPA ESSENTIALS, the exclusive Philippine distributor of Australia Botanical Products, the leading supplier of essentials oils in Australia, at (02)838-2167 or e-mail
info@spaessentials.com.ph.

Spa Essentials Wellness Oils – which contain only pure essential oils — are exclusively sold in Watson’s store within Metro Manila.

Those who would like to attend an aromatherapy workshop to understand how they can make their own aromatherapy products could call Spa Professionals on (02)838 2170 or e-mail info@spaprofessionals.net.