Next Courses and Professional Diploma 2012
Professional Diploma in Holistic Aromatherapy (IFA Accredited) 
- Diploma in Holistic Aromatherapy - Next course: Sept 2012
- London W1 Venue - Portland Place,London W1
- Swiss Cottage Venue, London NW3
'Essential Oil Practitioner' Certificate for Complementary Health Professionals
- Distance Learning with optional Practical Tuition (see syllabus for Course D/distance course) This course can be started at any time and does not require attendance to classes. It is open to everyone who want to learn about essential oils properties and application and specially suited for qualified health practitioners who intend to work professionally. Soon to be IFA accredited.
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Timetable for Diploma Course
The
SoHA diploma is an in-depth study course open to all which allow
successful students to
work as an aromatherapist in the private
health sector and the state Healthcare system UK. |
| Diploma in Holistic Aromatherapy |
Dates - 2012 |
Dates - 2013 |
Dates - 2013 |
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Term 1 - Autumn |
Term 2 - Winter |
Term 3 - Spring |
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3rd October |
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Examinations:
September 2013 |
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Clinical Case Study Period: |
May to November 2013 |
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Essential Oil Practitioner
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This is a home-study course . |
See course D |
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Copyright N Pareille and M Karlinski 2006/2010
Ancient Medicine made anew
Healing and medicinal aromatic plants are said to be the greatest gift given to Mankind by the ancient Gods. 'Perfumes' held divine status as they were the food of the Gods and the most precious of all offerings, and a vast amount of incense was burnt on the altars of ancient Egypt and Persia during worship. In ancient Greece, fragrant smoke was looked upon as the messengers to the Gods and was used for direct communication with the spirit of the dead and the gods.
The myths of plants is what has given them much of their popular mystic and many of their names intriguingly, derive from a wounded or dying being whose divine soul was transferred into a plant. An example of myth-plant is Myrrha (myrrha commiphora) who transgressed the laws of natural conduct and paid with her life and whose soul was transferred into the myrrh tree at time of death. Later, her beautiful child was born by the tree, it was the God Adonis who ruled over Nature and beauty and the myth and gardens of Adonis are a common theme in ancient Greece. Myrrh oil is associated with childbirth and giving protection from dark influences that creep in the soul and aromatic plants were and still are the best medicine for the soul.
Many aromatic plants are named after deities or heroes and heroines and have their own myth, and enshrined in the myth (another word for a coded secret data) are the properties of plants and their common uses. The possible significance of a plant being associated to a myth is that not only it teaches how to treat diseases but it also shows how to avoid the pitfalls of wrong conduct and how to deal with the peripeteia of life. The myth of Chiron, the centaur, embodies the duality of many healers who often have had painful or near-death experiences as he had an incurable wound and was also a healer.
In ancient Egyptian medicine, the perfumes from trees ( resins and gums) specially Myrrh and
Frankincense, were the most valued as well as gum of mastic and Balm of Judea, were highly rated as they were regularly added to ointments and used to anoint and heal the sick. All above named plants as well as many other aromatic plants frequently appear in some of the world's most sacred scriptures.
Medicine has its roots steep in magic and religion and many aromatic plants have not only physiological properties such as antimicrobial, antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, etc; but they also have hallucinogenic, intoxicant, hypnotic or stupefying properties which explains their use in rituals and ceremonial sacrements where they were used to induce a state of hypnosis similar to dreaming and allow to dialogue with the soul or the spirits. This highlights why fragrant plants were used to heal the soul as their scents help heal deep grief. The good thing about aromatic plants is that they works on the body, the mind and soul.
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