For many years, I’ve worked with essential oils, I’ve worked with the dying, and studied the elements – earth, water, fire, and air, from a yogic perspective.

Recently I completed a course of study that brings all of these pieces into a beautiful picture of wholeness – using sacred oils to anoint not only those transitioning from the body, but all kinds of life transitions. This study brings together the frequencies of essential oils, the sacredness of life transitions including dying, and the yogic understanding of the elements and how they come into play during life changes.

This is all quite different from working with aromatherapy. This work comes from the ancient Egyptian tradition of the Myrrhophores – “women who work with Myrrh”. This was an oral tradition that was hidden for centuries – and now is the time that we need this sacred knowledge.

The oils from plants and flowers hold enormous forces of energy that can help to realign and rebalance the spirit and the soul. Sacred oils are medicines of the soul.

Here’s just a taste of the ways that we can work with sacred oils:

Fragonia is an oil that helps with the earth element. For those people who are releasing their attachment to earth as they get closer to death, it’s a helpful oil. For those who have had a fall or feel unsteady on their feet, or just feeling anxious and afraid, it brings a sense of calm. It’s also great for relieving jet lag – when we’ve crossed time zones and are feeling unmoored.

Ravensara is an oil that works with the water element. It helps to both access and regulate emotional states that can arise with memories, nostalgia, past soul wounds, etc.

Niaouli is the oil that works with the fire element. When anger and agitation arise, Naiouli helps us connect with that “dark night of the soul” so we can work through it.

Elemi oil works with the air element, which naturally is the last element we release at the time of death. This oil brings a sense of kindness, joy, love, and expansion.

There are many other sacred oils that can be used to ease grief, smooth all kinds of transitions, and bring our spirits and souls into harmony. I’m excited to bring this knowledge into the community. Please contact me if you are interested in incorporating sacred oils into your therapy sessions, or as therapy unto themselves. I can travel to those home bound or in hospital or hospice.