Only a few of you here can attend sadly, but maybe I'll take a video and pop it in here. The woods will provide peace and tranquility. Dappled sunlight and birds chippering and the sound of the breeze through the leaves. I'll provide sniffy sticks with a unique blend of essential oils to ground you and a meditation to connect you to Mother Earth. We'll just go with the flow. There will be a fire to cook on, a Kelly Kettle to make brews. A pop up toilet for your convenience. Just bring yourself, a friend or two. Some food if you want. A blanket or chair to sit/lie on. Are you in? You'll need to contact me for directions to this magical woodland just outside Gloucester on the A40. Contact me direct for details. £20 per person.

I don't attend any huge natural health shows, I much prefer these smaller summer fete's that help raise funds, as in the case below, a local primary school in the next town down from me. I don't go to these type of events looking for business, I attend because I love the sense of community. Yes, I have my LaFuma chair and EO's at the ready and a parasol to keep the sun off the face while I do "Quick Fix" Reflexology. Its promising sunshine too. Bring it on! What do you do because you want to, not because you have to, and any "business" is just a bonus?

The 7 Dwarf blends came about towards the end of the "you know what" in 2021. Parents contacted me because their children were techy, argumentative and Grumpy. Others because their children had been quite the opposite, over-exuberant, hyped up and Happy. Home schooling was proving to be difficult too; children lacking focus, attention and generally Dopey. To others who could not adjust to their new daily routines, resulting in them being out of their normal circadian rhythms, nightmares and bad dreams making them fearful and not in the least bit Sleepy. One of the most worrying ones was the change in personality parents were seeing where their child had become fearful, shy, quiet, insecure, more introverted and Bashful. Children were still getting colds and other viruses and naturally parents were concerned in case it was ‘something else’. Typical symptoms were runny noses, head colds, sore throats and Sneezy. Finally, they also came to me for safer and more natural alternatives they could use as a preventative treatment against viruses and in natural hand sanitises, (oils were added to hydrosols, namely Jasmine) that would still do the job but without cracking their delicate skin. Well, I’m no Doc, but I did come up with a blend. Now go back and read those descriptions again please, as though you were reading it as remedies for yourself, the parent, the grandparent. See, they can help you too. Yes, this is a ‘sales pitch’ and I’m no Snow White, but a Fairy Godmother, hopefully! I put together these 7 blends of essential oils which are perfectly safe, no contraindications, for anyone from age 2 to old age into a set of 7 sniffy sticks. The "sales pitch"? You can either order the 7 sniffy sticks directly from myself, which will come in a lovely burlap bag. Send me a PM. OR you can buy the actual recipes, including a comprehensive 2 page explanation and directions for use over in the Classroom.

Monday 20th: Clinical Aromatherapy students, 7pm GMT live on zoom: Clinical Essential Oils for the Circulatory system. @Jill Newman @Sharon Banfield @Sharon Davis Monday 27th: Summer Essential Oils: 7pm GMT live on zoom, first of 3 classes, details here: https://www.skool.com/maverick-aromatherapy-3200/summer-essential-oils Tuesday 28th: Aromatic Alchemy for Your Soul: 7pm GMT live on zoom. @Kathryn Lynnette Bales Details of next series of 5 classes starting on Wednesday 6th May here: https://www.skool.com/maverick-aromatherapy-3200/aromatic-alchemy-for-your-soul-2 Thursday 30th: Free webinar with myself, kindly invited by @Robin Kessler on my latest book The Poisons: Herb v Essential Oil, which is best? at 7pm GMT, but you must register with Robin here: https://www.rbkaromatherapy.com/contact.html Sunday May 3rd: Sunday night chill, 7pm GMT live on zoom. Details here: https://www.skool.com/maverick-aromatherapy-3200/monthly-sunday-evening-relax-2 You can sign up for most of these via the Classroom. However, as some require me to send out course material, it would be better if you contact me direct via chat. Thank you!

On Friday, a regular client had some EO's in her blend that she'd never heard of. So, as I do, I sat there and explained what it was each of those 3 "less heard of/run of the mill" EO's were going to help her with. Remember I had dowsed her for that selection. She turned to me and said, "You never cease to amaze me, you are like a walking encyclopaedia! You remind me of that scene from Erin Brochovich where she rattles off people's phone numbers and ailments!" It did make me laugh, in a nice way. What has a client said to you that made you giggle about your skill set?