What is aromatherapy massage and what might it do for you?

Aromatherapy is the art of using essential oils to help restore balance in the body, and is a form of natural healing that is more than 8.000 years old. Today it represents one of the fastest growing complementary therapies in the UK.

Aromatherapy massage therapy represents the earliest form of treatment used in Roman and Egyptian times, and is still the primary form of treatment used in aromatherapy today. It allows the essential oils to be absorbed through the skin to affect the body and treat the body directly by the therapeutic effects of the massage itself.

Aromatherapy is a truly holistic therapy, as it aims to treat the whole person by taking account not only of their physical state but also their emotions, which can have a profound effect on general being. It works on the principle that the most effective way to promote health and prevent illness is to strengthen the body’s immune system by restoring the harmony between mind and body.

Aromatherapy in Britain

In England, although awareness of aromatherapy as a serious discipline is more recent; it has become a widespread and valued form of holistic therapy. Standards of training and practice are very high, and aromatherapy is increasingly practised in hospitals. The majority is therapists, though, work within the spectrum of holistic medicine. Around 40 per cent of GP practices offer their patients access to some form of non-conventional treatment, such as aromatherapy. Aromatherapy in the UK currently work at different levels, from the provision of aromatherapy read more