Aroma Wisdom The Canadian Aromatherapy Journal
Summer 2020 The Blooming Edition
education, innovation, growth, support
Herbs for Pregnancy - Herbalist and Birth Doula Asia Mann discusses herbal options for expecting moms
Essential Dreaming -
Writers Melissa Housser, Toby Johnson and Krista Lee work on nightmares and night terrors
Interviews Melissa Housser talks with BCAOA member Shauna Coxe Michelle Beukers learns more about David Crow
Case Study on Tinnitus - Graduate Jun-Aug 2020
Katherine Palmer discusses her findings
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Contents 5 Our Contributors 7 President’s Message 12 Announcements 14 Featured Writer: Herbs For Pregnancy Asia Mann discusses herbs that are safe for pregnant women
23 Guest Writers: Essential Dreaming: The Dark Side of our Sleep Part 2 of 3 - Melissa, Toby and Krista experiment for nightmares & night terrors
28 Get to Know: Shauna Coxe Melissa Housser gives us a mini-interview on one of our members
32 An Interview With David Crow Michelle Beukers sits down with the globe-trotting entrepreneur
36 Student Case Study: Tinnitus Katherine Palmer discusses her findings
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Asia Mann discusses herbs that are safe for use during pregnancy and their efficacy. In the modern world, pollutants are everywhere. Chemicals are in our soaps, hair products, make up, creams and even some supplements and vitamins. Food sensitivities are on the rise as our body's ability to cope is declining. In 2005, the Environmental Working Group (https://www.ewg.org/), alongside the Commonweal research team, found an average of 200 industrial chemicals and pollutants in umbilical cord blood, signifying the direct transmission of these pollutants to newborns. It is a common occurrence for people to put chemicals into their bodies without much thought until it becomes “visible�, at which point they learn about the damaging results. This type of ignorant consumption can be especially harmful during pregnancy. Nowadays, with more awareness of product ingredients, it's not uncommon for women to turn to natural alternatives for their health, wellness and beauty needs during their perinatal stage. Now, more than ever, how they care for their health affects someone else. Herbal remedies are excellent allies to help a woman seeking organic alternatives manage the symptoms of pregnancy. These can nourish their health holistically without the health of the fetus being affected by carcinogens. Herbal medicine isn't something new. It has been interwoven with women's health, especially for pregnancy, birth and postpartum support, for centuries. What is new is all the additives in our food, body products, cleaners, plastics and fabrics. Although there is a lack of scientific evidence on the medical properties of herbs and how they work, what can be 14
found the vetiver and cedar wood was the source of the
regular Selenite, Desert Rose helps to eliminate worries by
bogging down for me.
improving perspective (Hall, 261).
Melissa's experience
The store didn’t actually carry either of these stones, much
I do occasionally have nightmares, but to my knowledge I’ve never experienced night terrors. In the past, my nightmares are almost always about people in my life who need comfort or help, and they cause me to wake up crying, usually with the strong sensation that I need to contact the person from my dream to check in. So even in the case of nightmares, my dreams still carry a prophetic undertone. This week was no different, however the “crying dream” was much more pleasant and not at all something
to my disappointment, but I did gain insight into two
I would characterize as a nightmare. There was only one
stones I knew nothing about that may help people who
remarkable instance with this blend, during a night
are very important to me.
without meditation and with a foot roll-on. An observation unrelated to dreams with this blend was I was on vacation in Whistler and I dreamt I was in a
how it affected my cats. They were restless each night I
crystal store searching specifically for two stones:
had it defusing, and both of them were constantly trying
Chalcedony and Desert Rose. This dream was fairly
to wake me up. It was very abnormal behaviour, and it
straight forward to interpret as being caused by external
stopped the day I stopped defusing the blend.
influences since the next day I planned on going shopping, and one of my favourite stores to visit while in
My apartment has several rooms and I sleep with the
Whistler is a crystal store.
window open, so they could have left to another room and there was ventilation, therefore I don’t believe it was
However, the two stones in my dream were very much
from discomfort or overexposure that they were behaving
something that needed more looking into. I had never
this way.
heard of either of them, and after researching them, it became clear as to why they were in my dream.
Krista's experience
There were two friends that I was hoping to find gifts for.
I found Toby’s blend to have a good smell, and I liked all
One suffers from severe anxiety; the other is chronically
the oils that were chosen. I repeated the mantra Toby
stressed due to work. Chalcedony is a type of quartz,
chose while falling asleep. As a child I never had too many
similar to agate, useful for transforming negative energy
nightmares, let alone night terrors. Even as I grew up I
and preventing negative dreams (Hall, 101).
never had many scary dreams, usually the things I thought were staring at me in the dark were worse than
Desert Rose is a type of Selenite, created when sand
anything I could dream.
particles get trapped during the formation of regular Selenite. Along with having all the protective elements of 25
I had no results during Toby’s week unfortunately, I didn’t
remember anything. I stopped smoking marijuana for a night also, and still no results.
Being Apart Doesn’t Have To Mean Alone
Resources and References Fontana, David; 1000 Dreams; Watkins Publishing; London; 2013 Hall, Judy; The Crystal Bible; Godsfield Press; Great Britain; 2003 Corbett, Tomietal; The Dreamers Dictionary; Grand Central Publishing; NY; 1994 Beare, Emma; The Dream Deck; Octopus Publishing Group; London; 2006 Edel, Lynne; Aromatherapy Practitioner Program; Langara College; Vancouver; 2017 Aristotle; On Dreams; Translated by J. I. Beare; 350 B.C.E. Battaglia, Salvatore; The Complete Guide to Aromatherapy; The International Centre of Holistic Aromatherapy; Australia; 2003 Science.Howstuffworks.com Biospiritual-energy-healing.com Experience-essential-oils.com https://www.thebluebudha.com.au/ Essentialoilbenefits.com healergirl.com Oil-Testimonials.com Nobullying.com visiblemantra.org; Jayarava; 2011 Jenifer Parker PHD, Dreams&Nightmares
Social distancing is hard on the human mind, heart and soul, and can have consequences for our mental wellbeing. Don’t let yourself feel cut off from the world; reach out to friends, family and loved ones through phone calls, email, text, online chat, or skype. Connect with others through webinars, online meetings, discussion groups and virtual classes. If you find yourself or a loved one struggling, contact a crisis centre or mental health professional near you. In Canada, you can find help at Kids Help Phone is Canada’s only national helpline for young people between the ages of 5 and 20, with 24-hour confidential and anonymous support; professional counsellors and counselling options; and online resources. Call 1-800-668-6868 Hope for Wellness Help Line gives free national telephone crisis intervention and counselling support for First Nations and Inuit, toll-free, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Call 1-855-242-3310 The Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention provides a list of crisis centres across Canada for people reaching out for help. https://suicideprevention.ca/need-help/
Ernest Hartmann MD, Dreams and Nightmares: The new theory on the origin and meaning
More resources can be found at https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/mentalhealth-services/mental-health-get-help.html 26
An Interview with David Crow
Michelle Beukers gets the goods on David Crow and his experience with essential oils How did you get involved with aromatherapy? I was studying Chinese, Ayurvedic and Tibetan medicine starting in the 80’s, and was particularly interested in the alchemical traditions found in those medical systems. I met distillation first in the Himalayas, studying with Ayurvedic doctors, who used it to extract and prepare several kinds of medicines, rather than in the world of aromatherapy. Essential oils started to become part of my clinical practice in the 90’s; I was introduced to them through a number of sources, and began to slowly incorporate them into various treatments I was doing including massage, acupuncture, steam therapy, shirodhara and others. Floracopeia grew out of my teaching tours at the time, because people were more interested in smelling oils than serious activities like studying or meditating. What was the defining moment when you knew this was what you wanted to do with your life? I have never felt that working in this field was what I wanted to do with my life. Instead, I would say that the essential oils have taken over my life and I have acquiesced, but this is only one of my numerous interests. I am more interested overall in the greater field of natural medicine, and aromatherapy is part of that. I am particularly interested in the deeper cosmologies of classical Asian medicine as a source of spiritual insights, and both herbs 32