Holistic Healing and Aromatherapy: What Everyone Should Know
“Health is more than the absence of disease. Health is about jobs and employment, education, the environment, and all those things that go into making us healthy.” -Joycelyn Elders
Did you know that an imbalance in your mind, body or spirit can foster an environment that creates disease? This is one of the base philosophies of holistic medicine. Holistic healing therefore seeks to address the whole person by considering physical, emotional, and spiritual symptoms and their causes.
A holistic healer uses all the tools available to restore balance in a person. They use modern medicine and procedures as well as complementary and alternative therapies to bring a holistic balance that paves way to healing. Among others, a holistic healer will use aromatherapy, acupuncture, massage therapy, reflexology and more to achieve the optimal balance for wellness.
Q&A Interview With a Professional Holistic Healer
To get expert insight on this topic, Organic Aromas spoke to Holistic Healer Maura Farragher.
Maura Farragher (RGN, RM, Lic.Ac, Dip AC, (Cert) Nanjing) is a holistic healer, medium, Transformational Complementary Therapist, and founder of Enigma Wellness Clinic which is a virtual and in-personal holistic wellness clinic founded in Galway, Ireland. She uses aromatherapy both in her practice and as a treatment for clients.
Organic Aromas: You are a holistic healer, please tell us what that means and what exactly you do
Holistic healing offers a depth and breadth of support encompassing body, mind and spirit. Holistic medicine views the person as a whole. It takes into consideration Western and Ancient Medicine to achieve the best outcome with patients always at the core.
What specific therapies and treatments do you avail to your clients?
I am a Registered General Nurse and a Registered Midwife. I’m practicing acupuncturist, herbalist, energy healer, life coach/mentorship, reflexology, focusing on stress and anxiety, spiritual awakening through bespoke programs and workshops, I also focus on Inflammatory conditions/autoimmune issues and women’s gynecology issues with infertility, pregnancy and menopause.
Tell us how you incorporate aromatherapy in your holistic therapies
I use aromatherapy oils in my practice and cater the oil depending on the issue at hand. My favorite essential oil is Frankincense (king of oils from Biblical times). I use this for stress and anxiety, I also use rose and bergamot. For body aches and pains including back pain, I use Frankincense and Myrrh blended with refractured coconut oil.
For gynecology issues such as pmt period or menstruation discomfort I often use ylang ylang and geranium. I sometimes use oils neat on acupoints or blended and diluted and I often use them on reflex points on feet as well!
On your website, there is a quote by you that says ‘true healing requires both patience and nuance’ please explain to us what you mean
As a Healer and Health Care Practitioner, patience is a definite requirement. A client can only heal at their own level of energy physically, emotionally, and spiritually depending on their awareness and overall health.
Picking up on nuance is having the awareness and intuition to pick up on subtle things or issues that clients feel are small, which can be very informative for me. Also, I can sense when their energy field is out of balance intuitively, either online or in person and gently rebalance it again if needed.
As a Licensed Acupuncturist, how does aromatherapy marry into the practice?
It can marry very well! I had a client today with sinusitis and I gave her acupuncture treatment. During the treatment I put some essential oils into the diffuser, which included some peppermint. I also gave her a herbal prescription for sinusitis to continue the treatment at home.
I sometimes press essential oils neat but mainly blended and diluted into acupoints (acupuncture points using pressure or massaged rather than needled) and reflex points in feet as a reflexologist.
Please give our audiences 3 top tips on how they can tap into holistic healing as a parting shot
Develop your intuition and awareness and learn to “LISTEN TO YOUR BODY” and ascertain what your body needs at the moment. Is it walking out in fresh air in nature? Or does your body need to rest and some quiet down time?
Practice meditation and visualization (just 10 to 15 mins), learn to rebalance your body and quieten the mind, this takes time but follow the recorded version until you can do it instinctively.
Gain knowledge about eating right for your body and nourishing your body and soul with good nutrition. It is a very powerful tool keeping your energy, mood levels high and balanced, good food should be about enjoyment and balance!
Organic Aromas Holistic Healing Survey
To find out whether people are tapping into holistic healing, Organic Aromas surveyed a group of 200 American adults. We asked them several questions and the feedback was interesting to say the least. At least 33% of people polled stated that they had visited a holistic healer because of a physical condition. 35% and 28% sought these services for emotional and spiritual reasons respectively. Over 50% of respondents were treated with aromatherapy and more than 60% were happy with the results. Nearly 65% of people surveyed will seek holistic healing services in the future.
Conclusion
Holistic health should be the pursuit of every individual. Every aspect of your life will affect how you feel in terms of wellness. The good news is that holistic health is well within reach as more knowledge on the topic is uncovered through varied research. As Joycelyn Elders put it, “Health is more than the absence of disease. Health is about jobs and employment, education, the environment, and all those things that go into making us healthy.”
Thanks for the information. This is very helpful a lot of stuff I did not have a clue about.
I use my nebulizer every day to help me de-stress.
Great info here
Great information! I love hearing the benefits of using essential oils.
i am just now really learning about Holistic healing so i am very thankful for this information
i love it..this is awesome
This is very informative
Awesome I will be looking for one in my area.
Good info
Love the benefits of using essential oils!
Great info! Love the benefits of using essential oils.
Never used a professional but consider meditation as a go to
I had acupuncture oncce but because of my fibromyalgia it was really painful
I could use the help with stress and anxiety.
thanks for the info
I definitely need a holistic healer in my life! I’m chronically ill with Arnold-Chiari and I’m a brain, skull and spine surgery survivor. I also have psoriasis, anxiety, depression and PTSD.
I wholeheartedly agree with your philosophy. Your are helping a lot of people.
Scents has the ability to calm, relax, excite, annoy, and even anger someone. Thus aromatherapy works.
Interesting article. It does make sense to have a whole body healing.
good info
good info
It’s easy to forget that our body is like a well oiled machine. If one part is ailing all parts will suffer as a result and that includes mental health and stress
pleasing scents calm us from the time we are infants, as adults we just have to find the time to enjoy as we did before we got so dang distracted by everything around us!
An interesting alternative to strictly Western practices!
I have always been interested in holistic healing especially working in psychiatry and doing aromatherapy for groups
Wow! Great piece! Wish I could have a session with her! I wonder though how she can readjust your energy online and not in person. But I think what she does is incredible. Too often in the States, we rely only on Big Pharma, and I like her approach better. It seems healthier and might be more effective than traditional means. And I, too, LOVE me some Frankincense! I love almost all essential oils, and I wish I could do it like her and use them with acupuncture. Never thought about doing that! Thanks and have a great day!
Very Interested
Nice info
I’m very interested in holistic healing, especially after reading this
Good to be open to different ways to heal and grow.
Interesting Information.
Awesome!
Love this article, thank you.
Love the tip about pausing and listening to your body.
thanks for the info
I love aromatherapy and healing scents.
This is interesting and I like the idea of natural healing ways.
I’ve never seen a holistic healer but I do listen to my body and thankfully have a physician who listens to me!
never tried it holistic healing
Holistic healing sounds great
Another great blog post – lots of interesting information to think about!
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.
captured every detail, this is helpful.
Beautiful thoughts
I’m very interested in getting involved in holistic healing this year.
Very interesting and detailed blog post – thanks for sharing!
Very interesting and informative article.
Interesting, never heard of holistic healing.
This is so true. My blood pressure dropped as soon as I changed my diet.
Good Info.
Divine timing reading this. I truly enjoy my essential oils and other types of aromatherapy. Nice article.
Another excelent article, thanks for sharing!
Doesn’t surprise me much since I usually associate holistic with essential oils
I’m A Believer !!
As a nurse I was not surprised to hear she was one also. Back in the late seventies I was trained to look at the whole person including the mind body and spirit connection.
That’s very interesting to read about Holistic healing . Just by reading the blog i felt all the good vibes .
This was so interesting. I wish I could find a holistic healer near me.
Holistic healing is definitely the way to go. Thank you for sharing this information. I really appreciate the tips and information.
It was interesting learning how aromatherapy and acupuncture can work together.
Great article.
Yea, great
This is definitely something that I would love to try!
Great information. Thank you so much!!
Amazing blog, It’s my first time hearing about Holistic Healing, looks very appealing, would definitely try it out!
I loved it thank you for sharing!
So much good info. Informative article!
Great information. Thank you so much!!
Great article !
Extensive info.
A method of healing without harmful medicine.
Interesting way of healing
Thanks for sharing! Learned something new!
I am intrigued by this and want to learn more.
Thanks for sharing. I am new to the subject of holistic healing.
I have eczema so I am interested in using holistic healing.
Thank you for sharing, a great way to start the new year.
I’ll have to try these.
I’m going to start something small for my health this year! Yay 2023! Happy New Year everyone!
Love the information!
That’s so interesting, thanks!
That’s so interesting
It’s very strange, I have discovered that wood scents make me feel energized and uplifted, it’s been that way for me since I was little.
So much helpful information amazing post . Happy new year
Tried everything.Nothing has worked with my depression,anger moos and anxiety
Thanks for información
Interesting
Frankincense is my favorite go oil! I learned a few things, thank you for this information 🙂
Very Interesting to learn about this more, I’ve always wondered about holistic healing and the benefits of it. Thank you for sharing!!
Cool.
My favorite essential oil is Frankincense like Mrs. Farragher! Does that mean I’m also an expert? Of course not! lol But it’s nice to know I also share something in common with Mrs. Farragher! Thank you for this nice interview!
Nice
Great information thanks!
Informative!
Very informative. It is great having alternatives in this world and this info is a wonderful alternative..thank you.
Awesome! Thanks for the tips
good information here when my great niece spends the day and and she is feeling stuffed up she will let me know she needs the stuff to smell … Eucalyptus Oil. She will pull her shirt out so I can apply the oil so she can pull it up and breath it in.
Informative!
I loved all the information.
Great article! So much information. I leaned a lot more than I knew before. Thank you
Really interesting and informative survey regarding holistic healing.
I would like to try some essential oils for relaxation and relief from muscular tension
Essential oils have become so popular I had no idea how useful they are
Working from now one thing I absolutely love is being able to light some joss sticks, brings some serenity and calm to my day and helps prevent stress from worrk carrying over.
I’m very fond of essential oils.
Interesting and informative
I’m a fan of holistic healing!