About Aromatic-Touch Therapy
Aromatic-Touch Therapy℠, created by Janice Gagnon-Warr, RN, is a combination of treatment modalities that may help with stress, fatigue, anxiety, depression, insomnia, grief, loss of focus or vitality, or unhappiness and dissatisfaction in your life, job, or relationships.
An Aromatic-Touch Therapy℠ session includes relaxation techniques such as Visualization, Guided Imagery, Progressive Muscle Relaxation, effleurage massage, Reflexology, and deep belly breathing, which are used to elicit the body’s natural relaxation response. Polarity therapy and other energy-based therapies are used to free blocked energy and clear and balance the electromagnetic energy fields that surround the body.
Acupressure, Polarity, and reflexology may also be included to reduce or eliminate chronic muscle tension and increase the flow of energy. Medicinal grade essential oils are applied either topically or through inhalation, following best practices for safe essential oil application, and adhering to safety recommendations for dosage and dilution ratios.
Benefits of Aromatic-Touch Therapy
Aromatic-Touch Therapy℠ is based on the concept that our bodies consist of more than just the “physical body” (bones, organs, nerves, and muscles). We do not end at our skin. Research in quantum physics has proved that we are made of electromagnetic energy, and we are sustained by this Energy.
In our lives, different factors can play a role in our health and well-being. Psychological and emotional factors can have a negative influence in our physical health and well-being. The Mind-Body link is affected by and affects the energy surrounding us. If we live in a stressed state frequently, a feeling of fight or flight, this conditions our bodies to be on overdrive and the stress around us, in our energy field or our aura, can manifest itself into our physical bodies, causing a physical disease process to develop or breakdown over time resulting in chronic medical conditions, pain, G.I. upset and dysfunction to name a few.
When our physical bodies live in this stressful state, relaxation becomes very difficult for most individuals. The body may respond by muscles becoming rigid and tight. This process can restrict blood flow to muscles, nerves and lymph flow to the organs and extremities. When this happens, energy in your energetic field can become blocked, congested or depleted, resulting in a loss of vitality, mental clarity and energy levels.
Aromatic Touch Therapy℠ sessions can help free up this negative energy and help the body go into a full relaxation response. When the body and mind are relaxed, clients typically leave their sessions feeling more energetic, balanced, and clearer in mind and body.
Receiving regular Aromatic Touch Therapy℠ sessions can help manage the stress in our lives. By promoting the relaxation response and a daily practice of Mindfulness, as well as keeping our energetic systems clear, balanced and aligned, we can maintain and even enhance our health and well being and our quality of life.
Researchers have evaluated relaxation techniques and studies have shown they may support in the management of a variety of health conditions, including acute, chronic or unexplained pain, anxiety, depression, fibromyalgia, headache, hypertension, tachycardia, stress, insomnia, irritable bowel syndrome, menopausal symptoms, menstrual cramps, nausea, nightmares, PTSD, arthritis pain, tinnitus, & smoking cessation.