Aroma Wisdom The Canadian Aromatherapy Journal
Spring 2021 The Blooming Edition
education, innovation, growth, support
Happiness Hacks Anita Kalnay talks happiness, covid and how essential oils can help
Hydrosols in Animal Care Kelly Holland Azarro shares her in-depth knowledge
Case Study Tianna Brittain looks at improving athletic performance with essential oils
Mar-Jun 2021
CAOA Chapter Meeting Jillian Mitchell shares her personal notes and results
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Aroma Wisdom
The Canadian Aromatherapy Journal
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Contents 4 Our Contributors 6 President’s Message & Election Information 19 Happiness Hacks Anita Kaknay examines hacking happiness with essential oils
27 Athletic Respiratory Support - Case Study Tianna Brittain shares her research on improving athletic performance
33 CAOA January Chapter Meeting Jillian Mitchell discusses her take-aways
37 Hydrosols in Animal Aromatherapy Kelly Holland Azarro covers working hydrosols for animal care
43 BCAOA mini Media Kit 45 The Classifieds DISCLAIMER: THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED HEREIN DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT THOSE OF THE CAOA, ITS DIRECTORS, THE EDITOR, OR ITS MEMBERS. INFORMATION PROVIDED IS NOT INTENDED TO REPLACE PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL ADVICE. THE CAOA, ITS DIRECTORS, MEMBERS, AND EDITOR CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MISUSE OF ESSENTIAL OILS OR ANY OTHER THERAPEUTIC METHODS PRESENTED HEREIN. THE CAOA RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ACCEPT OR REJECT ANY ARTICLE OR ADVERTISEMENT SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION AND DOES NOT NECESSARILY ENDORSE ANY PERSON, PRODUCT, COMPANY, COURSE, OR SCHOOL MENTIONED HEREIN.
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Contributors Thank you to all our wonderful contributors for sharing their knowledge, wisdom, experience and creativity with our community through this journal.
Kelly Holland Azarro – Kelly is a Registered Aromatherapist, Certified Bach Flower Practitioner and Licensed Massage Therapist. She is the Past President of NAHA and current Public Relations, Journal Manager and Co-Editor of NAHA (National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy). Kelly is the Founder and Director of The Holistic Animal Aromatherapy Association. She has over 25 years professional experience and educational training in Aromatherapy and Massage Therapy, including specialized training in Canine and Equine Acupressure-Massage Therapies, Animal Communication, Reiki, and Flower Essence Therapy. Kelly offers a 300+hour Animal Aromatherapy Practitioner Certification Course(sm). She, and her husband Marco a Licensed Acupuncturist have a Holistic Healing Center in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. To learn more about Kelly, please visit www.animalaromatherapy.com Tianna Brittain is a graduate of Essence of Thyme College of Holistic Studies. Anita Kalnay – RA®, EOT®, SPE®AT – Anita began working with Essential Oils in 1992 while living in a remote inlet in Northern BC. Her first Teacher of Aromatics was a Celtic Shamanka who foresaw her abilities as a Healer, Seer, and also a Designer and Formulator using the tools of distilled aromatics and energy medicine. Extensive study built a framework of understanding weaving together tools from Natural Medicine, Energy Medicine, Healing and Massage, Kundalini Yoga, Ayurveda and Universalist Philosophies. Anita has over 3200 hours in Naturotherapies and has been in Private Practice as an Aromatherapist and Natural Perfumer since ‘94, and currently works with over 500 natural distilled ingredients. She has been a student of SPE® since 2001 and is an Assistant Teacher of SPE®. Her motto is “walk softly and leave only a pleasant scent”. www.genieinabottle.ca Facebook: Fragrant Yogi and Flying Colors Natural Perfumes http://www.essentialoilsandsoul.com. Jillian Mitchell - Jillian is a Registered Aromatherapist with the CAOA located in Courtenay, B.C. where she runs her business, the Luna Wellness Centre. She offers Aromatherapy Massage and Reiki and she can be reached at her business phone number 250-792-2796 or her cell phone 250-792-2796. Her website is http://www.lunawellnesscentre.com Colleen Thompson RA®, EOT®, CAHP – Colleen has worked in the field of Aromatherapy since 1995. She completed her Provincial Instructor’s Diploma Program in 1997 and now teaches a 600-hour aromatherapy certification program through her school Essence of Thyme College of Holistic Studies. She was an Aromatherapy Instructor at West Coast College of Massage Therapy from 2006-2012 and Spa Program Coordinator at West Coast College of Massage Therapy for 3 years. Colleen has written aromatherapy articles for a number of publications and conducted talks, workshops and seminars for a variety of organizations. She was named one of the five top aromatherapists in BC in 2015 and 2016. Colleen is currently the President of the CAOA Board of Directors, is a Director of the AIA Board of Directors, and sits on the Education Committee of the AIA. Her Titles include: Certified Reflexologist, Reiki Practitioner, Lymphatic Drainage Massage Instructor, Master Formulator, Diploma in Adult Education. Colleen can be reached at info@essenceofthyme.com
EOT (Essential Oil Therapist) and RA (Registered Aromatherapist) are Trademarked Occupational Titles of the British Columbia Alliance of Aromatherapy (BCAOA) doing business as the Canadian Alliance of Aromatherapy
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Happiness Hacks Anita Kalnay discusses whether the state of happiness can be hacked with the support of essential oils.
Happiness Hacks I feel lazy lately. I can’t ignore it anymore. Although I wish things could be different, they aren’t, so my ‘lazy’ state has evolved out of the COVID lockdown restrictions. As I write this it is January 2021 and we are moving into our second month of our second major lockdown since COVID began. Also complicating things is the fact that I am the only ‘essential’ visitor for my husband who lives in a nearby care home. He had a stroke in 2015 and is still non-verbal. I kept getting memes about happiness. The challenge for me as an Aromatherapist was: could we also ‘hack’ happiness in some way? Aromatics were usually a part of these memes and using essential oils apparently produces endorphins Is laziness a symptom of “situational depression”? To add to the complication of circumstance, restrictions as an essential visitor require that I not travel out of my area which is Vancouver Island. My “bubble” is to only include two other singles who must also follow the same guidelines of not travelling out of the area and not associating with those who have. So, no ins and no outs without two weeks of social isolating, and that includes family and friends, too. I actually had to write it out for people to clearly understand that my rules during this time were likely very different than their rules. The first four months of the COVID lockdown were tough; I was not able to visit my husband at all. Add to this the fact that I
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am self-employed and that my business is located in a home setting. The massage studio night be in a separate building but the only bathroom is located in the house which no one else can come into except myself! And there is only ONE bathroom. So, no relationship - we don’t have children and we have no family in BC. Friends drifted away and at the same time, all of my available cash went to a sick kitty who eventually passed away in October after months of treatment for a mystery illness that caused blindness. And no massage work during the lockdown periods to replenish my funds. Now, having lived in an isolated northern coastal inlet community for 10 years prepared me somewhat for what do to with a day. However the community of Kemano where we lived was just that, a community. So, isolated as it was – two hours by boat down the Gardiner canal from Kitimat – it was still very much a community since it was the hydro-electric plant for the aluminum smelter in Kitimat. At that time, my bubble included my husband, a cat and a dog. Having been self-employed for most of my adult life, getting up each day and figuring out what to do was already a system that I was quite used to and included planning for, and making the best use of, the ups and downs in the cycles of work itself.
That fear of being lost down a rabbit hole of depression was what catapulted me into living a life that did not compromise my joy, including starting off wildly committed as a self-employed aromatherapist in the early 1990’s. I figured that to have any choice in my life at all, I would have to optimize my freedom to choose to do what I loved even though no one had ever heard of an Aromatherapist. Obviously my skills and interests were all tied together in that package quite beautifully. It was like a magical hole appeared and my peg fit just perfectly! The more I committed to the journey, the more it was supported; all the pieces just fell into place. But even after decades of studying healing and selfdevelopment, I had still never dealt with the intense loneliness and isolation that COVID placed on me. So, can happiness be ‘hacked’ using essential oils? And if so, to what extent? Here’s the Happiness Hacks guideline that caught my eye. Interestingly, essential oils are under the endorphin area, however happiness itself needs to include something from each of those areas. I copied it then posted it on my fridge where every time I opened the door, I could look at it and ask what it was I craving or looking for.
I would say I am resilient and optimistic but I was in no way prepared for the demands of COIVD solitude. Until my cat died, I can honestly say that I had never before lived alone, ever in my life, without a roommate, pet or partner. So the lockdown solitude related to being an essential visitor to a high risk fragile population was devastating and new for me. The loneliness was profound; mostly what to do with my hands since I was in the ‘touch’ business as well. Now not only could I not receive touch but I couldn’t touch others either. Let’s add to this a family history of bipolar disorder – largely undiagnosed but in hindsight quite apparent. I knew I had a rather “excitable” aunty who was always fun and a little crazy to be around. As kids, we knew that she would go to the doctor and get pills each month but it was never discussed. Over the years, at least one family member got the full-blown family disease. One of my biggest fears was not knowing if I would get it, too! Image from MindJournal
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