The use of essential oils and aromatherapy has long been a part of Ayurvedic medicine. It is viewed as a supplementary therapy, to be used in conjunction with dietary balancing, constitutional treatments and the inner work, healing of the mind, and meditation that is at the core of Ayurvedic healing.

Essential oils were perhaps first recognised for their mood altering and mood enhancing effects. The use of fragrant oils to calm the mind, to promote a sense of relaxation and wellbeing and to enhance meditation stretches far back in the history of India.....

Our relationship with nourishment genuinely reflects our relationship with both giving and receiving love and compassion. Nourishment is the essence of life. Our connection to our spiritual life, our relationship with ourselves, our parents, our family and friends, our community, and to our society as a whole, are all based on the giving and receiving, or lack of giving and receiving, of love and nourishment.