Bellingham Aromatherapy Services

Often times, if your massage therapist thinks it may increase the benefit of the massage, he or she will ask to add an essential oil to your massage. This, in turn, may help you to reach your goal for the massage (deeper relaxation, decreasing pain, detoxification or immune boosting.)

We also offer more in-depth services for your aromatherapy needs. We try to educate people on the benefits of aromatherapy as the benefits go well beyond the massaging of sore muscles. Aromatherapy can help to reduce inflammation, stimulate your immune system, detox your body and treat things like colds and flus. Aromatherapy mixtures can be taken and used at home or at work, away from the massage table. While aromatherapy should never be used to replace antibiotics, when needed, or a fast-acting inhaler for asthma, it can help you deal with your problems, whether they be chronic or otherwise.

Basic Aromatherapy Consultation

In the Basic Aromatherapy Consultation, you will be asked questions on a wide range of topics, including: sleeping habits, medicines taken, and lifestyle. After this information is acquired, essential oils are addressed. We choose, together, which essential oils will be used for each problem and how they will be delivered. Depending upon what was communicated before the appointment, this may be followed by a treatment, or a treatment may be scheduled for a later time. Why might one need a consultation? If, for example, you have a particularly nasty cold, or are having sleeping problems, and you would like to try something other than a pill, free from side-effects. Specific to each unique consultation, you may be sent home with a mixture.

Aromatherapy Massage

This will include the Basic Aromatherapy Consultation explained above and a 30-60 minute massage to address the necessary issues. Depending upon the desires of the client and other issues at hand, a small bottle may be sent home with the client for their further use.

Dry Skin Brushing

At the end of a dry skin brushing, a blend of aloe gel and essential oils are applied to the body to increase the detox process of the body.

Aromatherapy Mixtures

Aromatherapy mixtures can be requested over the phone or in person. Please note, however, that a requested mixture may require us to order oils that we do not have on hand. As such, in person requests will take additional time and may not be provided on the same visit. These are staple aromatherapy recipes that our therapist uses as she sees a need. We will be providing mixtures to help address the following issues / uses:

• Pain and swelling relief
• Tight muscles
• Bug repellent
• Breathe easy
• Sleep well

If you do not see what you are looking for in the above list, please contact us and we can arrange for another aromatherapy mixture to be made.

Essential Oils

We are getting things in order to provide individual essential oils for sale to our clients, for use away from our office. Although our stock will likely contain the more commonly used essential oils, essential oils that we do not have in stock can be requested.