AND, I want to honor it here... Sanctuary. I'm now teaching it at The University of New Mexico as well as The Santa Fe Community College.. and after taking the last few days off for my birthday and Mother's Day, the insights helped me 'see a better way' to give and support. You see, I love the science to the practice I've developed, but it's not 100% necessary and can stimulate even more anxiety than I'm about. So, the name of our community is officially: the inner sanctuary How this works: - The Threshold (free) — a monthly Sanctuary Letter, quarterly open circle, and a taste of the practice, step in when you're ready. - The Inner Sanctuary (membership) — the full held space. Monthly cycles, live circles, practice labs, aromatic protocols, and the community of women walking with you. If and when you're ready, the door is open. Please let me know if you have any questions and how I can assist you in anyway!

I have used essential oils for nearly forty years. Some of those years I was looking for relief — for myself, for clients, for whatever symptom was loudest at the time. Some of the oils worked the way I hoped. Some didn't. And yet I never put them down. On yesterday's live call I named, finally, what I think I was actually doing: not chasing relief but rebuilding a particular kind of interior space. The space between stimulus and response. The space between you and them. The space between who you are and what you are about to do. That space is what neuroaromatherapy restores — and what it has been restoring in me, quietly, for more years than I can count. And, as I noted towards the end of the call, my head (a dangerous neighborhood) and body (the victim) went from feeling as if they were betraying my life, to becoming a united sanctuary. The handout attached is a companion to our call. Five oils, one pregnancy-safe substitute, the constituents that matter, and a simple daily rhythm that won't ask too much of you. I've been deliberate about origin and chemotype — Helichrysum from Bosnia rather than Corsica, Roman chamomile rather than German — because in this work those distinctions are not marketing details. They are nature's wisdom. Use them daily, not heroically, and notice what changes in the gap between something happening and you reacting to it. That gap is the whole thing.

One thing I've struggled with is simplifying the concept of neuroaromatherapy. So, I took a deep look at myself and at what the inclusion of oils in my daily life actually 'did for me'. The topic of Wednesday's live 'call' is just this ... where I'll share more about my personal journey with regard to health, wellness, and the overall changes/transformations I've experienced, which reach far beyond any symptom relief, whether 'it' worked at the time or 'didn't' .... I continued to 'use' them regardless. This is a hint at the secret I reveal Wednesday, May 6th.. In the meantime, here's a quick look into my refreshed 'definition': "Neuroaromatherapy is the practice of restoring the space in which 'patience' lives. The space between stimulus and response. Between you and them. Between who you are and what you are about to do. Genuine essential oils, chosen for who you actually are, used daily, until that space comes back." AND as mentioned, the following oils are my neuroaromatherapy 'starter' suggestions: Galbanum Helichrysum from Bosnia... not Corsica (this matters) Petitgrain Cistus Labdanum Myrrh (if pregnant, for safety purposes, substitute with Roman (not German) Chamomile)

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