Aroma is a fragrance, a sweet smell with a subtle pervasive quality, and therapy means treatment designed to cure.

Aromatherapy has a profound effect on the mind and the emotions of an individual. Therefore, it affects our relationships as it is also related to the heart.

The essential oils used in aroma therapy have the ability to store energy and release it when required. They help us feel good by working on our skin or hair, stabilize our emotions, reduce stress, and take away depression.
In olden days, women used aromatherapy extensively, like rose which was used by Cleopatra.
Rose represents the Heart Chakra – an individual’s ability to connect to universal love energy and to feel compassionate. Feeling love in a pure, universal way greatly enhances the ability to connect to the spirit. By feeling love, a person transcends all negativity and becomes one with all things and beings. Love is the energy that makes life worthwhile. Without love, what would life be?

Merge with the ultimate

Some of the essential aroma oils help an individual to look forward to becoming one in body, mind, and spirit. The ultimate goal in relationship is merging the heart energy with the partner’s spirit, and becoming one with God. This helps an individual to have strong desire to help others, and all of humankind, with healthy, unconditional loving energy.

Recipe for Refreshing Bath Oil :

Ingredients
1/4 cup vegetable oil,
1 cup rose, orange blossom or chamomile floral water,
2 tbsp liquid glycerin,
30 -40 drops essential oil of your choice.

Method
Mix all ingredients in a glass bottle or jar and shake well. Add a drop of food coloring, if desired. Shake thoroughly before using, as the ingredients will separate when left standing.
The prepared oil should be sufficient for four baths. Also, 20 minutes soak in a tub with few drops of rose, jasmine or neroli in water is very relaxing.

By Dr. Blossom Kochhar