Aromatherapy for Healing the Spirit: Restoring Emotional and Mental Balance with Essential Oils [Paperback]

Gabriel Mojay (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2000

The first aromatherapy guide to synthesize Eastern and Western approaches to restoring emotional and mental health.

• Explains the esoteric and energetic healing properties of 40 essential oils to help restore balance to the body and psyche.

• Provides help for a wide range of common emotional and mental complaints.

• Includes full-color illustrations to guide readers through the massage and acupressure sequences.

In this unique synthesis of Eastern and Western healing approaches, Gabriel Mojay combines the practice of aromatherapy with the wisdom of traditional Chinese medicine. Mojay explains the esoteric and energetic healing properties of 40 essential oils and shows how they can be used to manipulate qi, the body's vital energy, to stimulate healing from negative emotional and mental states. Some forms of nervous tension, for example, are caused by stagnant qi energy, which can be released with essential oils. 

Aromatherapy for Healing the Spirit provides help for a wide range of common emotional and mental complaints--including depression, low energy, lack of concentration, poor memory, anxiety, and low self-esteem. Easy-to-reference charts and full-color illustrations teach simple aromatherapeutic massage and acupressure techniques that restore balance to the body and psyche.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Gabriel Mojay provides a wealth of information in an easy-to-read package."
(Better Homes MindBodySpirit )

"Wonderfully comprehensive and clearly presented."
(Kindred Spirit )

"An important and timely contribution to the understanding of essential oils."
(Seza Eccles, Aromathereapy Quarterly )

"A very useful and practical addition for any aromatherapist's library."
(Positive Health )

"A very thorough informational guide to the spiritual and psychological benefits of essential oils. The book is beautifully illustrated and makes a valuable contribution to holistic health and well-being."
(Spectrum, May/June 2000 )

"Aromatherapy for Healing the Spirit is an excellent resource for anyone interested in expanding his or her devotional life through the senses."
(Spiritualityhealth.com )

"A comprehensive introduction to aromatherapy that also contains a wealth of knowledge for experienced aromatherapy practitioners."
(New Age Retailer, October 2000 )

"Mojay blends a knowledge of Chinese Medicine with the practice of aromatherapy to treat the body, mind and spirit. Mojay shows how to blend oils, and then suggests various blends for emotional ailments-such as tension, agitation, worry-as well as oils to promote good relationships."
(Bodhi Tree Book Review, Issue Number 24 )

About the Author

Gabriel Mojay is a registered practitioner of aromatherapy, shiatsu, acupuncture, and medical herbalism. He is the principal of the Institute of Traditional Herbal Medicine and Aromatherapy and founding chairman of the Register for Qualified Aromatherapists. He lives in England.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Healing Arts Press (January 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0892818875
• ISBN-13: 978-0892818877
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #111,228 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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57 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for understanding essential oils!, January 14, 2005

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Aromayogi (Chicagoland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Aromatherapy for Healing the Spirit: Restoring Emotional and Mental Balance with Essential Oils (Paperback)

I love this book. I am a Registered Aromatherapist who prepares blends for physical, mental, and emotional well being. The author writes with such detail that the oils become alive with their own personalities. The beginning is a brief explanation of Aromatherapy, Oriental medicine and Astrology. This is followed by a wonderful Materia Medica with explanations of 37 oils. Each oil is described in two pages which include a brief botanical description, ancient uses, oriental uses of a physical, emotional and spiritual nature, and an astrological description. He gives suggestions for oils along with detailed explanations for nervous tension, overthinking and worry, anxiety and apprehension, poor concentration and memory, lack of confidence and self-esteem, anger and frustration, disempowerment and indecision, depression and negativity, and problems in relating. I refer to this book often.

54 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Emotional Aromatherapy, July 22, 2000

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anonymouse - See all my reviews

This review is from: Aromatherapy for Healing the Spirit: Restoring Emotional and Mental Balance with Essential Oils (Paperback)

In my opinion, this is the finest exploration of the emotional uses of essential oils in print today, and I'm delighted it has been reissued. Gabriel's overview of TCM and how it applies to aromatherapy is thought provoking; but it is in his descriptions of the emotions and of the oils that his work truly shines.

This book is a must have for anyone interested in healing on levels beyond the purely physical.

43 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Coverage of Aromatherapy & TCM, May 10, 2000

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Deborah Layton - See all my reviews

This review is from: Aromatherapy for Healing the Spirit: Restoring Emotional and Mental Balance with Essential Oils (Paperback)

Having read Gabriel's articles on how to utilize aromatherapy in concert with the principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine, I was thrilled to find he had published this gem of a book. Although its approach works best for those who have studied acupuncture or Chinese herbology, it is also for those with a little familiarity with shiatsu or 5 element theory. He does a good job of explaining 5 element theory for those completely unfamiliar with Chinese medicine, too. The descriptions of essential oils and how they are to be used is most useful for psychoemotional difficulties, but sufficient info on physical uses is included. I highly recommend this book to people with an interest in both aromatherapy and Chinese medicine, though any aromatherapy practitioner will glean new and useful information.