Robin Kessler CCA and RBK Aromatherapy LLC Proudly presents each month, free webinars from distinguished herbalist and aromatherapists. These webinars are live on WebEx This month June 17 at 4:00 PM EST is with Amy Brummer who will give us a lecture on Grief and the Garden — an Aromatherapist’s perspective on grief, nature, and wellbeing. To participate you need to fill out this contact link and tell me you would like to join the webinar.  https://www.rbkaromatherapy.com/contact.html As guide to understanding and addressing grief, the language of plants can be a powerful resource in helping to acknowledge and address the shifting landscape of emotions that can accompany transitions and loss. Using Aromatherapy to communicate how scent, symbolism and history can offer emotional insight, reflection, comfort and healing provides a framework for building genuine connection, and honoring the cycles of life, death, and renewal that nurture resilience. A-bit about Amy: Amy Brummer is a Registered Aromatherapist and Grief Counselor specializing in Aromatherapy at the end of life. She is a Support Group Facilitator at Good Grief in Princeton, NJ, and is currently working with Samaritan Hospice in Central NJ, to study the implementation, efficacy and outcomes of Aromatherapy in end of life care. As an integrative health practitioner, her decades of combined experience working in the food, nature, culture and hospitality fields informs her commitment to connecting people with simple, accessible and effective resources that encourage regulation, balance and self healing. A former chef and journalist who has championed the benefits of regional food systems and sustainable agriculture for more than two decades, she weaves her studies of American Folk Art and holistic health into her community website, Watershed Wellbeing, a directory of resources connecting Mind, Body and Spirit in the Delaware River towns (Trenton, NJ to Upper Black Eddy, PA) that provides information and opportunities for people to develop healthier relationships with nature and their community. Amy is also an active member of Herbalists Without Borders, serving as a Project Co-Coordinator for "Herbalism As Work", a program that encourages students to consider careers and life paths in herbalism and aromatherapy.

RBK Aromatherapy LLC does free Monthly webinars with prominent Herbalists and Aromatherapists.. This is on WEBEX and totally free but to join up you have to fill in my contact link and tell me you would like to join. This month on May 20th at 4PM EST time it is with Denise Cusack who will talk about HWB perspective of aromatherapy in disaster relief and mutual aid - formulating, safety, distribution, and creating for specific needs. Plus Scent memory and trauma, using aromatherapy to support recovery in people who have been impacted by trauma. A bit about Denise Cusack Denise Cusack is the Executive Director of Herbalists Without Borders, a global nonprofit dedicated to providing holistic health and wellness support to communities in need. As a hands-on leader, Denise organizes disaster response and relief efforts and operates HWB’s US Donation Network, ensuring essential supplies reach underserved communities through free clinics, outreach, and education. She also leads the organization’s Community Supported Aromatherapy initiatives, formulating and creating aromatherapy products used in care packs and community distribution across the U.S. In addition to the daily management of HWB, Denise is a clinical herbalist, certified aromatherapist, flower essence practitioner, permaculture designer, and natural perfumer. She is the owner of Analu Perfume, a natural botanical perfume company, and Wholly Rooted Farm, a plant sanctuary where she grows medicinal and aromatic plants for education, HWB outreach, and mentoring aspiring herbalists and aromatherapists. Actively involved with HWB since 2017, Denise is deeply committed to advancing health justice through accessible, community-centered care. If you would like to attend you need to fill out this link and make sure you put in the comments- You would like to join May's webinar https://www.rbkaromatherapy.com/contact.html

There is a date change to April 30 same time Join Jane Lawson and myself on the free lecture series. She will be discussing her new book This is where you sign up. https://www.rbkaromatherapy.com/contact.html If you are already osigned up you will see an email from me today

Here's my first webinar presentation on my new book: The Natural Approach to 'The Poisons', Herb v Essential Oil, Which Is Best? which I have been very kindly asked to present by my very good friend @Robin Kessler . It will be on April 23rd at 7pm GMT, 3pm EDT. Full details below, but you do need to register to attend LIVE completely FREE otherwise there will be a fee of $15 to access the replay if the time is not suitable. If you attend LIVE you get access to the replay FREE. Here is the link for the registration form: "You need to fill out this contact form to join and the RSVP is April 20 please write in notes you want to join Jane’s lecture" https://www.rbkaromatherapy.com/contact.html

I got a bit Maverick myself this week, when I saw a post suggesting that ignoring correct Latin naming might amount to bad practice. And to be clear, right from the start, I do kinda agree that it does. So I read on. When I looked at the list of most regularly offended oils I found that (according to the writer,) we are no longer supposed to use the name Boswellia caterii for Frankincense. Feeling a tad sheepish...because that is exactly what I DO call it...😬😳🙈...I decided I'd better go and do the work and find out why. And, to begin with, when I fount out the botanists had decided the TREE should renamed, I was kind of convinced for a while. 🧐 Better go and make some changes then, I thought. But then something deeper caught my eye🧐 which showed me what a dangerous mistake this name change will be.... And first I was intrigued, but then I became worried and frankly a bit bloody irate. So I first I blew my top 🤯😤then I threw my toys out of the pram! 😈 It took a whole week to do this bit of work, 17 video versions and a lot of shoulder blade pain, but I think it might be appreciated in this group, because detail matters. Good results matter, and sometimes being a bit arsey matters too. 💩 On reflection, this kind of speaks to the same issue in @Jane Lawson 's new book...because arguments for plants and essential oils are not always the same. Lastly, before I sign off I want to say a massive thank you to @Robin Kessler who managed to read my blog post in the whole 30 seconds it was up between all the changes and to, say "good job" and to let me know I was not the only one who thought this. (Honestly Rob, that meant such a lot. Thank you.) So here we go. This is for my fellow troublemakers at the back of the bus. 🚍 I call it... "I decline to refer to Boswellia carterii (Birdw) as B. (Flück) . Here's why. Subtitle: The Discovery of the Hidden B occulta tree, and Enantioner Alpha Pinenes. 🧪⚛️🐝🌻🌼