March 24, 2011 | Posted in: Workshops
Video Course Description
This 6 hour online intensive course includes access to three 2 hour video recordings; a sample kit of around 14 artisan distilled and hand crafted essential oils; an inhaler blank; paper strips for exploring the aroma of the oils; class outlines and about 44 downloadable materials. Each participant is allowed two e-mails with questions pertaining to the material, and each e-mail will receive a personal response from Kathryn. After viewing all three video parts, the review questions can be answered and returned for a completion certificate. Detailed descriptions of each video are below.
Essential oils: Where they cone from and how they work.
This video discusses the origin of essential oils; why plants produce them; essential oil production methods; the difference between artisan distilled essential oils and commercially produced oils; hypercritical CO2 extraction; cold expression; and other methods of extraction.
Also includes essential oil theory: The science of how they work.
Discusses the differences between essential oils and pharmaceutical drugs; inhalation and the limbic brain; topical skin absorption; shamanic herbalism, healing in co-creation the indigenous way; determining the quality of essential oils; and some Flavor and Fragrance Industry standards of which healers should be aware.
Blending and Creating Products for Healing
This video begins with levels of healing; internal and external applications; carrier substances; dilution rates; keeping records; making your own products; treating cancer with essential oils–including escharotic packs and cancer salves; addressing causal factors; bottling and packaging products; professional information and why there is currently no licensing board for aromatherapy.
Healing Practice and Methods
This video covers the healing sequence; healing and the human energy field; healers as the example; physical healing techniques with essential oils; support after treatment; questions and answers; list of books and sources. This includes demonstrations of Pressure Point release treatments with essential oils, and the spinal compress with essential oils.

I just took this course within the last month and absolutely loved it!
I found it to be incredibley informative and inspiring.
The information on how to select and identitfy oils of quality was extremely enlightening and is desperatly missing for the mainstream essential oil industry today!
In addition, a variety of ways to use essential oils for healing and theapies was covered and the truth of what powerful medicine these oils are, when used correctly, and of pure-quality was revealed.
I highly recommend this course to anyone intersted in or currently using essential oils, massage therapists using body oils and anyone in the healing arts field.
Amazing!