I don't believe it and don't understand what has happened! I had finally finished my Poison's book this morning and was ready to upload it to print. I had saved it...... but it hasn't! It's still there on my desktop, but an older version from way back in January! All the work I have put in over the past few weeks is not there! Can anyone help please..... I am heartbroken!

My friend and fellow Clinical Aromatherapist, Virginia Joy Stella Musacchio wrote a song, with a little help by Suno, about Black Spruce, one of my personal favourite EO's. Enjoy! https://suno.com/s/irjzcqHCySQELMwE

I am curious when it comes to distillation, whether it be for essential oil or hydrosol, are the proportions of water to plant matter specific to the plant in questio,n and I am assuming so too is the temperature. I have always wondered if there is a guide on distillation when they go into specificdetails on weight of plant matter to volume of water, temperature, time of distillation, which method of distillation works best for which plant (example steam distillation or hydrodistillation), are certain still materials better for certain types of plants, etc.....

This is a chat I was invited to have with Nikki from Essentria Aromatherapy School in Canada 3 years ago. It is an hour long, but there are a lot of stories and examples about how dowsing for EO's makes such a difference to outcomes for clients. There's a lot to pack in to cover the +30 years I have been dowsing for EO's. It's the main reason why I have become known as the Maverick Aromatherapist. I hope you enjoy it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwGXSRedH9s

How Did your Aromatic Journey Begin? For me, I was always an odd kid growing up with a very active imagination. I would be outside hiding amongst various conifers and other wild shrubs pretending I was a Witch, communing with the spirits of nature, etc. I would pick some rose petals, basil, and other aromatic plants to make my own potions. When I would be around my grandmother, we would harvest dandelion greens to make a delicious and simply greek stew called horta, a combination of leek, garlic cooked until softened, then add in your harvested and washed dandelion greens, water, salt, and cook until the dandelions greens are softened. Serve with freshly cracked pepper and either lemon juice or white vinegar. We would harvest fresh oregano, tie them together to hang, and when they were dried, lay down a large clean piece of fabric so we could sit on it whilst rubbing said oregano bundle with our hands to remove the oregano from the stems to be jarred later, etc. This witchy aspect of my childhood was only further inspired by my Godmother, who was into Feng Shui, Crystals, etc. When I reached the age of 12 years old, a magazine subscription came to Australia from the U.K which changed my life. In the early 2000's, I was at my Godmother's house when she showed me this beautiful cardbox box, which had in it incense, tarot cards, crystals, and these small bottles of beautiful smelling oils which I later learned were called Essential Oils. This box was part of a Magazine subscription which has 1 issue released every week at my local news agency with select articles, information, lessons, and items such as a tarot card, a bottle of essential oil, a crystal, etc. Of course, I am talking about the series known then as Enhancing Your Mind, Body, Spirit. I ended up collecting the entire subscription and fell in love with the aromatherapy side of things. It was through this subscription that my journey to Aromatherapy started, or at least, the first time I came across the word Aromatherapy and bottles of aromatic oils.