Aromatherapy Education and Resources
Lotus Moon Medicinals is a certified organic farm in South Londonderry, Vermont owned by Lini Mazumdar. Lini is an Herbalist certified from the Southwestern School of Botanical Medicine. She also has Masters of Education in Counseling Psychology from Columbia University, and has been initiated in the Medicine Buddha tradition by Dr. Yeshi Dhonden, former physician [...]
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While we were on Crete, we had an extraordinary opportunity to visit Gill and Derek Pearce at their organic lavender and olive farm, The Lavender Way. The Lavender Way is the only organic lavender farm in Crete. They produce and sell essential oils, sachets, gels, spritzers, tea and hand-made wands and ship worldwide. Lavender plants and olive trees clearly love each other! [...]
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After the distiller trip to Bulgaria, we went to Greece to visit another essential oil distiller on the island of Crete. Janina and Babis started The Herbs of Crete in 1994. All their essential oils are made from plants that are wildcrafted by hand and distilled with the utmost care and respect for each plant. [...]
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On my recent trip to Bulgaria I visited a wonderful Essential Oil Distillery called RKL, located in the village of Bial Briag. They are a small distillery with beautiful organic fields of herbs such as Lavender, Melissa, Yarrow and Saint John’s Wort. One of the three owners of RKL graciously met us at the airport [...]
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Last week I flew to Bulgaria and met up with my friend Christina, owner of Essential Education International. We visited several distilleries. The first was Ecomaat Distillery. The morning after we arrived in Bulgaria, we drove into the Balkin mountains to a small, beautiful village called Mirkovo. Fortunately we had a navigation system (and specifically [...]
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It is rare for a distiller to sell retail. Generally to buy directly from a distiller we have to buy larger quantities (at least a few kilos). Alain, the distiller and owner of Florihana Distillery in the south of France, is happy to sell small and large sizes of essential oils. Here is a blog [...]
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