Oriental Aromatherapy

Advanced Certificate Course in Essential Oil Energetics and Oriental Diagnosis

with Gabriel Mojay MIFPA,MBAcC,MRSS
Institute Principal and author of Aromatherapy for Healing the Spirit

A truly holistic approach to Aromatherapy, or indeed any form of natural medicine, should mean that our focus as practitioners is not solely limited to our client's symptoms. Naturally, it is not a case of ignoring symptoms, but of understanding their relationship to the deeper imbalance they often spring from. Every sign and symptom can be viewed according to Oriental medicine as a part of a pattern of energetic disharmony — an imbalance of the body's vital energy. Understanding how essential oils can help to correct these disharmonies allows us to treat the 'root' of our clients' symptoms as well as the 'branches'.

In focusing on the underlying cause of a client's problems, we are also able to better comprehend the psychological factors involved — in other words, how the mental-emotional condition of an individual influences their health as a whole. In Oriental medicine, the mind and body are viewed as a dynamic and inseparable unity, as the functioning of each vital organ is linked to a different aspect of the mind and soul.

Through his unique course in Oriental Aromatherapy, Gabriel Mojay will train you in an approach to essential oil therapeutics that integrates these very insights.

Oriental Aromatherapy provides a systematic approach to the therapeutic application of essential oils according to Oriental medicine, and is designed to revolutionize both your therapeutic understanding of essential oils as well as your approach to their clinical selection. Inseparable from this process is learning the fundamentals of Oriental medicine and diagnosis, giving you the ability to focus your Aromatherapy treatments on the causes as well as the symptoms of ill-health.

The course consists of two parts:

1. Aromatic Energetics and the Five Elements
2. Essential Oil Energetics and Oriental Medicine & Diagnosis

PART ONE:
Aromatic Energetics and the Five Elements

Traditional medical cultures such as Oriental Medicine explain the properties of medicinal and aromatic plants partly according to their taste and aroma. For example, it is easy to see how a citrus, lemony scent has a clarifying, focusing effect psychologically — just as the rooty-balsamic aroma of Vetiver has a grounding, consolidating one. Such interpretations fall within the study of aromatic energetics — the vital properties of individual aromatic qualities which include the rooty, woody, green-herbaceous, fruity, floral, spicy, citrus, resinous and camphoraceous. Grasping the energetic effects of the primary fragrance notes is the key to understanding essential oil energetics as a whole.

Aromatic Energetics and the Five Elements involves an in-depth study of the energetics of fragrance — i.e. how various aromatic qualities reflect vital actions on the body and mind. At the same time, Part 1 of this module introduces one of the most important pillars of Oriental Medicine – the theory of the Five Elements – and how the Five Elements may be applied to both aromatic energetics and Psychological Aromatherapy.

PART ONE COMPONENTS
• Fragrance energetics: principal active quality; the Oriental and Ayurvedic interpretation of the effects of herbal tastes; odor profiling; the main essential oil fragrance families and their energetic effects.
• The Oriental Five Elements: their associated season, climate, Organ, Spirit, root emotion and fragrance energy; Five Element Client Assessment and Psychological Aromatherapy; alleviating nervous tension, anxiety and depression, worry and ‘overthinking’ etc.

PART TWO:
Essential Oil Energetics and Oriental Medicine & Diagnosis

The most articulate terminology for the energetic properties of medicinal plants is to be found in Oriental Medicine. It is a system that describes their actions through an instinctive, vivid language, and with a special emphasis on their effect on the vital organs. It incorporates, in addition, a wide range of health assessment techniques that ensure that aromatic treatment is always highly individualized.

Grasping the energetic effects of an essential oil also helps us to gain fuller understanding of its psychotherapeutic nature. It can then be selected for the simultaneous benefits it brings to the body and mind.

In this second, and main, module of the course, the detailed properties of 60 essential oils and their main chemotypes are taught in a way that relates their symptomatic uses to their energetic actions according to Oriental Medicine. At the same time, it covers important health assessment techniques such as Oriental tongue and face diagnosis.

It should be emphasized that the insight and understanding gleaned from these health assessment techniques is considered in direct relation to the practice of Aromatherapy. Constant reference is made to the use of essential oils for the imbalances that these techniques reveal.

PART TWO COMPONENTS

• Yin and Yang: Yin-Yang in Nature; Yin-Yang aspects of the body and mind; Yin-Yang properties of essential oils.
• The Vital Substances: Qi (vital energy), Blood, Fluids, genetic Essence (Jing) and Mind (Shen); the relative effects of essential oils on each.
• Causes of disease according to Oriental Medicine: the physical (‘external’), emotional (‘internal’), constitutional (genetic) and environmental causes; the potential role of essential oils.
• Oriental Health Assessment: techniques involving the tongue and face; interpreting signs and symptoms in a way that enhances the clinical selection of essential oils.
• Using Oriental Medicine in clinical practice: the Oriental functions of the organs; the diagnostic categories of organ disharmony; specific essential oils for the major patterns of disharmony; the Oriental Aromatherapy approach to consultative case-taking; alleviating specific health conditions including chronic fatigue, insomnia, headache, chronic asthma, dyspepsia and gastritis, cystitis, menstrual pain, etc.

Principal essential oils of study:
1 Aniseed (Pimpinella anisum)
2 Basil (Ocimum basilicum)
3 Bergamot (Citrus bergamia)
4 Black Pepper (Piper nigrum)
5 Cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum)
6 Cedarwood (Cedrus atlantica & C. deodara)
7 Chamomile, German (Chamomilla recutita)
8 Chamomile, Roman (Chamaemelum nobile)
9 Clary Sage (Salvia sclarea)
10 Coriander Seed (Coriandrum sativum)
11 Cypress (Cupressus sempervirens)
12 Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus spp)
13 Everlasting (Helichrysum italicum)
14 Frankincense (Boswellia carteri)
15 Geranium (Pelargonium graveolens)
16 Ginger (Zingiber officinale)
17 Grapefruit (Citrus paradisi)
18 Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis)
19 Juniper Berry (Juniperus communis)
20 Laurel (Laurus nobilis)
21 Lavender, French (Lavandula stoechas)
22 Lavender, Spike (Lavandula latifolia)
23 Lavender, True (Lavandula angustifolia)
24 Lemon (Citrus limonum)
25 Lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus)
26 Mandarin; Tangerine (Citrus reticulata)
27 Marjoram, Sweet (Origanum majorana)
28 Melissa (Melissa officinalis)
29 Myrrh (Commiphora myrrha)
30 Neroli (Citrus aurantium ssp aurantium) (flos)
31 Niaouli (Melaleuca quinquenervia)
32 Orange (Citrus aurantium varieties)
33 Palmarosa (Cymbopogon martinii var motia)
34 Patchouli (Pogostemon cablin)
34 Peppermint (Mentha piperita)
36 Petitgrain (Citrus aurantium ssp aurantium) (fol)
37 Pine (Pinus spp)
38 Rose Otto (Rosa damascena)
39 Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis chemotypes)
40 Sage (Salvia spp)
41 Spikenard (Nardostachys jatamansi)
42 Tea Tree (Melaleuca alternifolia)
43 Thyme (Thymus vulgaris chemotypes)
44 Vetiver (Vetiveria zizanioides)
45 Ylang Ylang (Cananga odorata)

Secondary essential oils of study:
1 Angelica Root and Seed (Angelica archangelica)
2 Cajeput (Melaleuca cajuputi)
3 Caraway (Carum carvi)
4 Cinnamon Leaf (Cinnamomum zeylanicum)
5 Cistus (Cistus ladaniferus)
6 Citronella (Cymbopogon nardus & C. winterianus)
7 Clove Bud (Syzygium aromaticum)
8 Fennel, Sweet (Foeniculum vulgare)
9 Ho (Cinnamomum camphora)
10 Jasmine (Jasminum officinalis)
11 Myrtle (Myrtus communis)
12 Ravensara (Ravensara aromatica)
13 Sandalwood (Santalum album)
14 Savory, Mountain (Satureia montana)
15 Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

The course incudes detailed printed notes and numerous photos of aromatic plants will be shown.
An Advanced Certificate is issued on completion.

Entry Requirement and Course Work
• Entry onto this course requires a prior aromatherapy qualification together with previous training in anatomy and physiology.
• The course includes a home study program of written assignments together with case study work.

LOCATIONS, DATES AND FEES

Location: Regent's College, Regent's Park, London NW1.
Dates: Saturday & Sunday, Sat-Sun, May 16-17, 2009; June 27; July 11; Sept 19-20; Nov 7-8, 2009; Jan 11; Feb 6, 2010
Times: 9.30 am to 5 pm daily.
Course Fee: £595 incl VAT, payable through a deposit of £195 on booking, followed by £200 on the first day of the course and a further payment of £200 on September 22, 2007.
Tel: 01638 741296 for further info, or to make a debit/credit card booking.

Accommodation: For overnight accommodation near Regent's College, our course venue, we recommend that students visit the following website featuring several reasonably-priced small hotels:
www.hotels-london-hotel.com/hotels/marylebone/cheap