Alaska Institute of Oriental Medicine

Topical Application: Through the Skin - Course Overview

In this course, you will learn:  

• How essential oils interact with the human body
• Where to apply essential oils topically
• A fascinating overview of energetic aspects of the body, including the chakras and the Five Elements
• How to determine the dosage strength
• How to select a bottle size when making an essential oil blend
• Considerations about essential oil and medication interactions
• Methods for choosing an essential oil
• Types of carrier oils and other carrier oil basics
• Recommended resources for bottle stock and carrier oils
• Methods for applying essential oils, with a focus on spinal application massage patterns
• Why it’s important to dilute essential oils
• Recipes for spinal application essential oil blends
• How to work with crystals and pendulums and incorporate them into an essential oil treatment

For a more detailed list of course topics, check out the Workbook Table of Contents in the Course Curriculum section below. The Table of Contents can be viewed for free by enrolling in the FREE PREVIEW.

This course will give you some great hands-on experience with our plant friends. Using essential oils topically (applying them to our skin) is one of the most common methods of use. We will look at various ways to do this, learn how much to apply to get the desired effect, and also find out the best places to apply different oils on our bodies.

The scent or aromatic depth of an essential oil gives you guidance as to how much or how often to apply it. The strength of an essential oil blend factors into how you would use it. The part of the plant used to make an oil can show you the best chakra or energy center to use it with. For example, an essential oil made from a leaf will have very different energetic qualities than an oil made from a root.

Carrier oils also play a vital part in the topical application of essential oils, and this course offers a wonderful introduction to carrier oils. It features several videos that are all about carrier oils, as well as related information in the course Workbook.

Special highlights of this course include video demonstrations of two fun and effective spinal massage treatments that I love to do that incorporate customized essential oil blends. You can follow along with the video demonstrations to learn how to do the spinal massage patterns, and step-by-step instructions are also provided in the course Workbook.

In addition, this course features a variety of my own recipes for spinal application blends, including the two customized blends that I use in the massage videos.