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| Alliance of International Aromatherapists - 2017 Conference New Brunswick, NJ |
Overview
The Alliance of International Aromatherapists' 2017 Conference was entitled Out of the Bottle and Into the Garden. It was billed as "bringing together 300-400 of the world's top Aromatherapy leaders, practitioners, educators, research scientists, integrative health practitioners and entrepreneurs." and did not fail in that effort.
Importance of Community
The aromatherapy community can, at times, feel very isolating and even combative to the lone aromatherapist. However, there are like-minded practitioners, who can come together for true fellowship and encouragement. At this, my first aromatherapy conference, I found aromatherapy professionals, like myself, who had been engineers, mathematicians, and scientists before seeking education in aromatherapy. There were former social workers, homeschool parents, massage therapists, and medical doctors who were deeply concerned with learning and teaching safe and effective usage of aromatherapy. This community is highly concerned with sustainability and ethical practices in every step of the manufacture of essential oils and hydrosols. We are highly interested in learning how to communicate better with kindness and understanding.
On the first day of the conference, Nyssa Hanger. of Upward Spiral, gave a compelling talk on how to better communicate and listen with understanding -- this is a lecture I need to commit to memory and is the area I consider to be my biggest weakness. It is easy to be discouraged when enthusiastic essential oil users are loudly promoting unsafe usage; but staying in contact with like-minded, educated individuals is a balm to the soul.
Be Kind. Be Effective. Be Safe.
References
Admin, M. (n.d.). Alliance of International Aromatherapists. Retrieved August 14, 2017, from https://aia.memberclicks.net/index.php
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