Greenleaves Aromatherapy Workshops and Therapies

15/04/2026

As many of you know I am a member of many years of the IFA - The International Federation of Aromatherapists, which embraces amazing teachers and research from across the globe, and has teaching schools in many countries.

I always say that when I first qualified my learning began to deepen, and has become a lifelong journey. 🌸❤️

When you attend my workshops and events, you are getting my years of working with essential oils, the studying and conferences I attend, I’m hoping to get to this one above, so thought I’d share it . I also do much studying online, currently with Dr J Bowles through the Tisserand Institute.

I learn also through your experiences, each and every one of you who attend my sessions, are part of my journey and learning, and I have much gratitude for that 🙏🙏❤️

14/04/2026

This coming Weds (15/4) is my third Wellbeing Day, I’m co running for Durham Carers, supporting carers in their caring roles.

This oil is always one I recommend for people in caring roles, for supporting their day to day stresses and worries. It eases tensions, and has beautiful sunny uplifting properties, helping us to find and appreciate the small joys in life. Being grateful for a beautiful herbal tea in the garden, listening to the birdsong ☀️☀️

Photo courtesy of IFPA

14/04/2026

Diffusers, do you use one regularly?
Which type do you have, the one with the candle underneath or the electronic diffuser ?

Diffusers are a fabulous way to create a calmer ambience in a room, certain oils such as pine and lemon act as air antimicrobals, preventing spread of colds, they can be used to aid focus at your desk if you work from home, to aid sleep if diffused in your bedroom before bed.
What do you use yours for ?

Some recommendations for diffusion. 4-6 drops is generally suffice, the aroma needs only to be barely perceptible for it to have an impact.

We usually habituate to an aroma between 45mins to an hour. This means we can often no longer smell it, whilst someone coming into the room may comment on it being strong. This is normal, but at this point it’s recommended to turn off your diffuser, not to diffuse for hours on end, or you may end up with headaches . So 45-1 hour diffusion time, then turn off for at least an hour, before turning on again if you wish.

Happy diffusing ♥️♥️

11/04/2026

A little more about the personal aroma inhaler and its benefits 🌺

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So a little about inhalers. Firstly they are not the same as the Vicks inhalers you put up your nose .

They are a wonderful way to use essential oils to support stress, anxiety, depression, headaches and respiratory issues. Essential oils are absorbed faster this way then creating a blend for massage.

The benefits of these are they are very portable, once you have created your blend into the small device, you can carry with you for use throughout the day. They are simple and easy to use, remove the cap and waft the essential oil blend in front of your nose for a few minutes several times a day, or as needed.

As the essential oils are inhaled the molecules travel to our olfactory bulb and thence to the lambic area of our brain associated with memory, emotion and arousal (stress). From here the molecules interact and modify some of our neurotransmitters such as GABA , Dopamine and 5HT.

They are also simultaneously taken into our blood rich lungs, from whence they travel around our bodies. At the same time aiding any respiratory issues,

These are the types of products, amongst others that are blended at my Aromaclubs and workshops.

Have a wonderful day all 🙏☀️☀️

10/04/2026

Good Morning all,

This month is stress awareness month, and not surprisingly stress levels reported are very high in the U.K.

Using essential oils regularly can be a great way to bring regulation and balance back to our nervous system, so it’s not stuck in the stress response of fight or flight. The chemistry of certain essential oils interacts with our bodies cells and chemical messengers. It’s like magic, but chemistry and biology!

The fastest way that the essential oil molecules enter our bodies is via inhalation. This is much faster than massaging or applying topically to our skin. Two ways of doing this are via the personal inhaler in picture 1 or via a diffuser in your room picture 2.

More about these tomorrow. The pros and cons of each !

How do you use your essential oils ?

If you’d like to find out more, join one of my regular aromatherapy group sessions . See events.

Have a great day all ☀️🌺🙏

09/04/2026

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You don’t need to be a witch to use essential oils to shift your mood state and support memory. Come and join me at an Aromaclub or other event 🙏❤️😊

Witches have always worked with scent for a reason. Not because it smells good but because it moves something.

Herbs, oils, incense they don’t just sit in the air. They enter the body fast, bypassing logic, going straight to memory and emotion. One scent can shift your state instantly. Calm you. Agitate you. Pull something buried back to the surface.

This isn’t symbolic.

Smell is directly linked to the part of the brain that holds emotion and memory. That’s why certain scents take you somewhere without warning. You don’t think your way there you’re pulled.

Old practices understood this without needing the science.

Specific herbs were burned for specific outcomes. Not randomly. Not aesthetically. Rosemary for clarity. Mugwort for vision. Frankincense to deepen ritual space. The scent wasn’t decoration it was part of the working.

Because when you control the scent you influence the state. And your state determines everything that follows.

If your mind is scattered, your work is scattered. If your body is unsettled, your focus breaks.

Scent is one of the fastest ways to shift that.

Not gently. Not slowly.

Immediately.

Which is why it’s always been used not as an extra but as a tool.

09/04/2026

Good Morning

As some of you know I will be starting my year long foundation in plant medicine at Dilston Physic Gardens 1st May. I am super excited, and want to dedicate as much time as possible to my learning about herbs.

I’ve been studying aromatherapy now for 36 years, and am currently doing a CPD course with Tisserand. I’m very much drawn to the power of plants as medicine, providing for us.

All of this means I won’t be running so many workshops. I will be continuing however with my monthly Aromaclubs. So if you’d like a taster of what aromatherapy can offer, or to increase your knowledge on a monthly basis, plus create a beautiful product for yourself each month, then come along to an aromagroup. You will get the full experience of the aroma, that you cannot get by looking at a text book, or smelling in your local shop, as these oils have often oxidised !

Aromaclubs for April

Weds 15th 7-9pm Picniks Cafe Ceramics & Craft Barnard Castle
Saturday 25th April 10-12am Zen Den Wellbeing Coffee Lounge

Booking is essential 🙏❤️

See you there

07/04/2026

04/04/2026