The Plant Behind the Oil: Vetiver

When I taught the certification program out of my home, I would burn this incense at my doorstep each morning when the students arrived, cleansing them energetically before they stepped into my home and encouraging their new phase of learning. 

“Which part of your day feels the hardest right now?” Carol immediately shared that mornings were the most painful, waking to the sudden reminder of her husband’s absence left her feeling immobilized.

While studying in France, I can remember learning that the trees were planted as natural borders to separate farmland and acted as a windbreak to reduce pesticide blowing into other farmers' crops.

Cypress is one of those essential oils that reveals its depth slowly.

Fennel has been part of human life since ancient times. The Greeks associated it with strength and courage; legend tells that Prometheus carried fire from the heavens to humanity in a hollow fennel stalk.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across the plant's range historically used Melaleuca ericifolia for multiple practical and medicinal purposes.