Alaska Institute of Oriental Medicine

This course is open to the general public and to professional health care providers who are interested in using essential oils and hydrosols to complement their healing work.

ALL ESSENTIAL OIL COURSES IN THIS SERIES ARE GREAT AS A STAND-ALONE. TAKE AS MANY AS YOU WANT,  OR TAKE ALL 12 AND APPLY FOR CERTIFICATION.

Hydrosols are the pure plant water that remains from the essential oil distillation process. They have therapeutic properties similar to the essential oil; however, hydrosols are more gentle in their action and aroma.

 This course will teach you all about these beautiful plant products and how to use them safely and effectively.

Hydrosols can be used alone or blended with essential oils and used to treat specific physical, emotional, or energetic issues. They can also be used to create many different types of beauty products and cleaning products. 

This course assumes that you have prior knowledge of and experience using essential oils.

Each course in this series includes a beautiful, informative Workbook that you can download and keep, plus one or more instructional videos.

Why Use Hydrosols?

I think that I fell in love with hydrosols the first time I met them. They are so soft and subtle, so elegant, and yet they are also therapeutic powerhouses!

In the healing work that I do, I always like to have alternative products and techniques to work with because different people need different types of therapy. How well-rounded is your toolbox - especially when you need something gentle that also packs a punch?

Almost everyone can use hydrosols, including infants and children, the elderly, and even pets. In fact, I would look at using hydrosols first for these populations where essential oils are often too strong or come with too many precautions.

In the Five Elements of Chinese Medicine, hydrosols are part of the Water Element, as they are the water-based by-product of essential oil distillation. We can use hydrosols to put the energetic flow of Water into all of the ways in which we use them: topically, in the air, and even by ingesting them.

All about Hydrosols - Course Overview

In this course, I want you to gain a great foundation in so many creative ways to use hydrosols. I've filled the course with:

• Countless ideas to help you get started
• Therapeutic uses
• Fun, non-therapeutic uses
• Profiles of some of my favorite hydrosols
• Guidance on combining hydrosols with essential oils and flower essences
• Tons of recipes
• The best resources for purchasing hydrosols and diving even more deeply into learning about them individually
• And more ...

After completing this course, you will be able to incorporate hydrosols into your personal life and your professional massage or energy healing practice, if you have one. You will even have a gorgeous product that you could brand and sell. 

Course Highlights

In addition to the topics listed above, this course features the following bonus materials:

• A two-part instructional video in which I discuss the properties of some of my favorite hydrosols and essential oils and demonstrate how to combine hydrosols and essential oils to create effective blends.
• An instructional video in which I discuss two very special blends that I made specifically for energy healing. I also share the recipes.
• Numerous Facebook posts that I've written about using hydrosols, essential oils, and flower essences in different types of energetic treatments. Some of my recipes are included in this special section, too.

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.