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Aromatherapy for Massage Therapists

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Aromatherapy for Massage Therapists

Adding essential oils to your massage practice can help you provide powerful, healing relief for your clients, grow your business, and set your practice apart from the competition in a crowded market.

1 quiz · 66 readings · 1 certificate · 1 activity · 12 videos · 3 downloadsCertificate of Completion · 36 hours

Inside the course

Orientation

7 lessons

Get your bearings, your supplies, and your oils before you blend a single drop. Balsam Fir, Orange, and a quick blending refresher set you up for everything ahead.

Introduction and Navigation (reading)
Andrea's Closet (reading)
Course Supply List (reading)
Introduction to Blending (reading)
Aromatherapy for Massage Resources (reading)
Therapeutic Properties Reference Page (reading)
Make Yourself a 3-Ring Notebook (reading)

Module 1 Essential Oils

10 lessons

Learn your 20 essential oils, the carriers that pair with them, and how to dilute safely for whole-body versus localized massage work. You'll build the blending skill you'll use in every module ahead.

Introduction to Essential Oils (reading)
Introduction to Your Datasheets (reading)
Practicing Safely (reading)
Carriers, Butters, Salt and Soap (reading)
Preservatives and Antioxidants (reading)
Dispersants (reading)
Drop-by-Drop Blending Technique (reading)
Choose Concentration/Dilution for Your Client (reading)
When a Blend Isn't Working: Troubleshooting on the Table (reading)
Review Questions (reading)

Module 2 Relax

12 lessons

Learn how cortisol and the limbic system keep clients stuck in stress, and how oils like lavender shift them into repair mode. Build your own stock blend for relaxation massage.

Module 2 Overview (reading)
Benefits of Relaxation Massage (reading)
Understanding Stress (reading)
Understanding Cortisol (reading)
Olfaction (reading)
How Perceptions are Formed (reading)
The Limbic System (reading)
Relax and Get to Know Your Oils (reading)
Stock Blend for Relaxation (video)
Cold and Flu Immune Support (video)
Aroma Spheres and Diffuser Blends (video)
Review Questions (reading)

Module 3 Pain

12 lessons

Learn to tell muscle, nerve, and chronic pain apart, then reach for the right oil for each. Build headache inhalers, antispasmodic creams, and a Trauma Oil blend you'll actually use on clients.

Module 3 Overview (reading)
Chronic Pain (reading)
Muscle Pain (reading)
Nerve Pain (reading)
Get to Know Your Oils for Pain (reading)
Blends for Pain Relief Exercise (reading)
Headache Inhaler (video)
Stock Blends for Muscle, Nerve and Chronic Pain (reading)
Belly Massage (video)
Trauma Oil Blend for Pain (video)
Post a Pain Blend on the Forum (reading)
Review Questions (reading)

Module 4 Inflammation

8 lessons

You'll work with Helichrysum, Frankincense, and Eucalyptus to ease inflammation and support tissue repair. Make a scar butter, an injury salve, and a stock blend ready for any client.

Module 4 Overview (reading)
Understanding Inflammation (reading)
Get to Know Your Oils for Inflammation Exercise (reading)
Scar Butter (video)
Stock Blend for Inflammation Exercise (reading)
Injury Salve (video)
Post on the Forum (reading)
Review Questions (reading)

Module 5 Chronic Issues

18 lessons

Insomnia, headaches, seasonal allergies, tendonitis, osteoarthritis. Build blends with Frankincense, Lavender, Balsam Fir, and citrus oils that ease long-term pain your clients live with daily.

Module 5 Overview (reading)
A Weak Immune System (reading)
Susceptibility to Colds and Flus (reading)
Get to Know Your Oils for Chronic Issues (reading)
Immune Foot Soak (video)
Immune Diffuser Blend Blending Exercise (reading)
Insomnia (reading)
Insomnia Inhaler Blending Exercise (reading)
Headaches (reading)
Headache Oil Blending Exercise (reading)
Seasonal Allergies (reading)
Seasonal Allergy Blending Exercise (reading)
Calm that Cough Blending Exercise (reading)
Chronic Tendonitis (reading)
Pain from Osteoarthritis (reading)
Tendonitis or Osteoarthritis Blending Exercise (reading)
Post on the Forum (reading)
Review Questions (reading)

Module 6 Blending for Your Practice

13 lessons

Make a foam soap, table cleaner, and hand gel with oils like Eucalyptus, Balsam Fir, and Grapefruit. You'll also learn to price your blends for retail with confidence.

Module 6 Overview (reading)
Your Very Own Blends (reading)
Design Your Own Blend: A Worksheet (reading)
Foam Hand Soap (video)
Massage Table Cleaner (video)
Lemon Aloe Hand Gel (video)
Labels and Shelf Life for the Blends You Make (reading)
Cost and Retail Pricing Charts (reading)
Cost Chart Part 1 (download)
Cost Chart Part 2 (download)
Cost Chart Part 3 (download)
Post on the Forum (reading)
Conclusion (reading)

Assessments

4 lessons

Show what you know with the final exam, then get your certificate to prove it in your practice.

Final Exam (quiz)
Certificate of Completion (certificate)
Short Survey (activity)
Next Steps (reading)