Aromatherapy for Healing the Spirit: Restoring Emotional and Mental Balance with Essential Oils (Paperback)
September 19, 2009 by admin
Filed under Aromatherapy Products
Review
… an excellent resource for anyone interested in expanding his or her devotional life through the senses. — Spiritualityhealth.com
A comprehensive introduction to aromatherapy that also contains a wealth of knowledge for experienced aromatherapy practitioners. — New Age Retailer, October 2000
A very thorough informational guide to the spiritual and psychological benefits of essential oils. — Spectrum, May/June 2000
A very useful and practical addition for any aromatherapist’s library. — Positive Health
An important and timely contribution to the understanding of essential oils. — Seza Eccles, Aromatherapy Quarterly
Gabriel Mojay provides a wealth of information in an easy-to-read package. — Better Homes MindBodySpirit
Mojay blends a knowledge of Chinese Medicine with the practice of aromatherapy to treat the body, mind and spirit. — Bodhi Tree Book Review, Issue Number 24
Wonderfully comprehensive and clearly presented. — Kindred Spirit
Review
“Gabriel Mojay provides a wealth of information in an easy-to-read package.”
(Better Homes MindBodySpirit )
“Wonderfully comprehensive and clearly presented.”
(Kindred Spirit )
“An important and timely contribution to the understanding of essential oils.”
(Seza Eccles, Aromathereapy Quarterly )
“A very useful and practical addition for any aromatherapist’s library.”
(Positive Health )
“A very thorough informational guide to the spiritual and psychological benefits of essential oils. The book is beautifully illustrated and makes a valuable contribution to holistic health and well-being.”
(Spectrum, May/June 2000 )
“Aromatherapy for Healing the Spirit is an excellent resource for anyone interested in expanding his or her devotional life through the senses.”
(Spiritualityhealth.com )
“A comprehensive introduction to aromatherapy that also contains a wealth of knowledge for experienced aromatherapy practitioners.”
(New Age Retailer, October 2000 )
“Mojay blends a knowledge of Chinese Medicine with the practice of aromatherapy to treat the body, mind and spirit. Mojay shows how to blend oils, and then suggests various blends for emotional ailments-such as tension, agitation, worry-as well as oils to promote good relationships.”
(Bodhi Tree Book Review, Issue Number 24 )
I love this book. I am a Registered Aromatherapist who prepares blends for physical, mental, and emotional well being. The author writes with such detail that the oils become alive with their own personalities. The beginning is a brief explanation of Aromatherapy, Oriental medicine and Astrology. This is followed by a wonderful Materia Medica with explanations of 37 oils. Each oil is described in two pages which include a brief botanical description, ancient uses, oriental uses of a physical, emotional and spiritual nature, and an astrological description. He gives suggestions for oils along with detailed explanations for nervous tension, overthinking and worry, anxiety and apprehension, poor concentration and memory, lack of confidence and self-esteem, anger and frustration, disempowerment and indecision, depression and negativity, and problems in relating. I refer to this book often.
In my opinion, this is the finest exploration of the emotional uses of essential oils in print today, and I’m delighted it has been reissued. Gabriel’s overview of TCM and how it applies to aromatherapy is thought provoking; but it is in his descriptions of the emotions and of the oils that his work truly shines.
This book is a must have for anyone interested in healing on levels beyond the purely physical.
Having read Gabriel’s articles on how to utilize aromatherapy in concert with the principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine, I was thrilled to find he had published this gem of a book. Although its approach works best for those who have studied acupuncture or Chinese herbology, it is also for those with a little familiarity with shiatsu or 5 element theory. He does a good job of explaining 5 element theory for those completely unfamiliar with Chinese medicine, too. The descriptions of essential oils and how they are to be used is most useful for psychoemotional difficulties, but sufficient info on physical uses is included. I highly recommend this book to people with an interest in both aromatherapy and Chinese medicine, though any aromatherapy practitioner will glean new and useful information.