The School

Tuition Classes

We have moved to the West End and all courses are now held in a beautiful historical building in the heart of the West End and within easy walking distance close to Oxford Circus, Regent's Park and Great Portland Street.

• Classes are held in spacious studio with good natural light.
• The atmosphere in the classes is kept relaxed and fairly unformal to promote better learning.
• Massage couches are provided for all students while in class.
• However, it is a course requirement that students acquire their own massage couch before the course begins for home practice.
• High quality essential oils are also provided during tuition and practice on the course.
• Facilites, there is a cafeteria facility and plenty of easily accessible cafes in the area

The teaching venue can ONLY be visited by APPOINTMENTS, if you would like to visit the facilities please ring to make an appointment. Please telephone Nicole Perez (0) 20 7 284 1315.

How to get there by Underground:

- Oxford Circus (Central, Victoria and Bakerloo lines)

- Regent's Park (Bakerloo line)

- Great Portland Street (Circle and Metropolitan lines) and Warren Street (Northern Line) tube stations.

Buses 88, 453 and C2 come closest to the venue and buses travelling along Oxford Street, Euston Road and Marylebone Road are also covenient and within a 10 minutes walk.

There are metered parking bays in Regent Park (outside the congestion charge).

Nicole Perez, Fellow IFA,

School Principal Teacher & Founder

  I am responsible for the overall teaching 

  of the courses with the help of

  Marageret Karlinska.  My aim is to help

  students develop a holistic, 'client-centred'

  approach while maintaining  a friendly

  professional manner. All the courses provide the necessary skills and

  knowledge to enable the future practitioner assess clients' health, design a

  treatment plan/course of action or a course of treatments and monitor

  results. All classes are backed up with courses notes.

Practical leaning

Students are taught my own special bodywork/massage routine with both a gentle ryhtmic approach combined with deep tissue release which I have developped over twenty years of working in the field. Aromatherapy massage's aim differs from a remedial or Swedish massage and is not just  a little bit of something smelling nice as it has a deep effect not only on the body but also on the mind and the whole person. While on the course, future therapists learn correct posture and self-care to ensure that their maintain their own good health while treating others.

Margaret Karlinska, MIFA & IFA Tutor

Registered with the NHS and the AC

I graduated from The Chemistry Department of Warsaw University in Poland. During my studies I became aware of both the convenience and the dangers of chemical substances. I realized that not only the food we eat and the air we breathe, but also the products we put on our skin affects our health. Always fascinated by Nature and its power, I slowly turned towards natural products, foods and remedies.

In summer 1999 I qualified as a professional aromatherapist from The School of Holistic Aromatherapy in London. After successfully completing the course, Nicole Perez invited me to make contributions to her book 'The Aromatherapy Workshop' - by putting together various tables on chemical constituents of essential oils. The book was published in 2000 and is a very useful help for students taking the IFA Diploma course.

I take great pleasure in helping and healing people, and I will continue to update my skills to benefit them even more. Committed to a life long policy of learning, I have already added Indian Head Massage and Bach Flower Remedies to my qualifications and have plans for future studies.

Teaching has always been an important and much enjoyed part of my life – I was a chemistry teacher in Poland . In 2002, I became an IFA teacher at the School of Holistic Aromatherapy. In the last two years I have been helping Nicole Perez develop the correspondence program and have been teaching at the School of Holistic Aromatherapy while working as an aromatherapist in my own private practice. For more information you can visit my website at:

http://www.aromaessence.co.uk