Aromatherapy Education

Aromahead Institute’s Scholars Program

by Andrea Butje on December 10, 2012

The Aromahead Institute’s 400-hour Scholar’s Program has the highest standard of Aromatherapy education approved by the Alliance of International Aromatherapists (AIA). Aromahead Institute’s Scholar’s Program offers an inspiring combination of courses for aromatherapy education! Graduates are qualified to practice as Clinical Aromatherapists. This program may be completed in-person, online or with a combination of both.   The 400-Hour [...]

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Great Blog Posts

by Andrea Butje on December 3, 2012

I’ve recently read some really inspiring blog posts that I want to share with you! So here you are–the great aromatherapy blogs round up! 1. Meridian Massage Institute’s Blog: written by Cindy Black. (Trust me to lead off the aromatherapy blogs round up with a blog about massage! But I couldn’t resist.) This blog is funny, [...]

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Essential Living: Recipes for Health and Home

by Andrea Butje on November 23, 2012

It is with great excitement that I announce the availability of my essential oils recipe book, Essential Living: Aromatherapy Recipes for Health and Home on Amazon.com! Included are 60 of my personal recipes, along with directions for creating each product. I made this essential oils recipe book easy to use, and filled it with beautiful pictures. It’s [...]

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Hawaiian Sandalwood

by Andrea Butje on November 12, 2012

As I mentioned in my last post on Sandalwood, two organizations–the United Plant Savers and the International Sandalwood Foundation–came together to organize a four-day Sandalwood Symposium. During the symposium, information was shared on species of Sandalwood from around the world, including Hawaiian Sandalwood. Hawaiian Sandalwood essential oil has recently become available. I got interested when I smelled a sample of the essential oil distilled from Santalum [...]

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Ethnobotany Course on the Big Island of Hawaii

by Andrea Butje on November 5, 2012

At the Sandalwood Symposium in Hawaii, I had the honor of talking with Kathleen Harrison and learning about her extraordinary work “preserving biodiversity, respecting natural ecosystems and traditions of ecological knowledge.” Kathleen Harrison is an ethnobotanist, and is especially interested in the relationship between people, plants and mushrooms. On her website, she says: “We appreciate, study, and educate others [...]

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International Sandalwood Symposium, Hawaii

by Andrea Butje on October 30, 2012

Two extraordinary organizations, the United Plant Savers and the International Sandalwood Foundation, have joined to organize a four-day Sandalwood Symposium. The Sandalwood Symposium brought together a diverse international group dedicated to conserving the world’s Sandalwood trees. The International Sandalwood Foundation, formed seven years ago by Danica T. Harbaugh-Reynaud and Daniel Reynaud, is dedicated to research and conservation of Sandalwoods around the [...]

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