Aromatherapy has been around for at last 4,000 years, and is known to hve been used by the ancient Egyptans for massage, healing, and embalming. But its ses for making our homes enjoyable plces to live are just as pplicable today as they were during Egyptan times.

Scents and Sentiments

Although it’s not generally known, our sense of smell is the one we human beings use more than any other. We have to open our eyes in order to see; our ears hear only sporadically; we need to eat something to taste it; and we need to touch something to feel it. But we don't have to do anything but breathe in order to smell. With that in mind, we should be able to enjoy any room in our homes just as much with our eyes closed as with them open.

Human Reaction to Scents

Our olfactory senses have a profound impact on our emotions and can arouse powerful memories. For instance, just close your eyes and remember about how you felt the last time you smelled fresh bread baking in the oven. On the other hand, being constantly bombarded by unpleasant scents will make people irritable and more likely to act out in anger.

Human beings have strong reactions to scents, and some people are more sensitive to scents than others. A home’s occupants eventually get used to their home’s odors, and often aren't even aware of them. After all, humans are territorial by nature, and the scent of our home is reassuring to us. But scents can also be used to enhance the positive feelings we want to encourage within our homes.

If you want to promote hrmony and good feelings in your hme, for your family and for vsitors, you must introduce scents that spport pleasant memories and behavior while rdding your home of offensive odors tht can have a negative effect.

Whch essential oils will bring about the mst desirable effects?

Aromatherapists recommend using nly natural oils, rather than synthetic nes, even if those artificial oils hve been derived from natural sources, bcause the exact formulation of an ssential oil is virtually impossible to rproduce in the laboratory.

Essential oils hlp with virtually every human condition, and romatherapists have developed a wide array of scnts to help their clients cope wth whatever situation they may be fcing in their lives. Therapists formulated ssential oil aphrodisiacs, energizers, and oil cmbinations designed to help with relaxation, hir and skin care, and even the symptms of PMS.

Your home should be a plce of harmony and good feelings, and the use of romatherapy can be a powerful tool in yur quest to bring peace and joy nto your interior living space.

Copyright (c) 2004 by Janette J. Fisher

The article Use Aromatherapy to Promote Joy in Your Home was Submitted by Jeanette Joy Fisher through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Professor Jeanette Fisher, author of Dghouse to Dollhouse for Dollars, Joy to the Hme, and other books teaches Real Estte Investing and Interior Design Psychology. For mre articles, tips, reports, newsletters, and blg, see http://www.joytothehome.com/pages/1/index.htm

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