AROMATIC JOURNAL
10 YEARS OF AROMATIC JOURNEYS
Ildiko sharing her inspiring personal stories from behind the mountains of Crete island while being on the road, searching and experiencing, capturing, collecting, distilling, making herbal preparations, blending botanical perfume and more. Offering insights of her authentic approach and humble practices for better understanding and appreciation of nature, herbal remedies and awareness of trustworthy natural applications in our self-development and everyday life practices. Many of these aromatic essays and articles were published in professional publications as you will see the respected references in the posts.
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Life-transformation Consultation
My individual life-transformation consultations are offered to those open and willing to be the change within their own life. You need to be ready to
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Aromatherapy Coaching & Personal Blending
On an individual aromatherapy coaching session we tune in to the momentary stage and state of your life, perform a personalised coaching session to leave
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The Essential Aromatherapy Massage Session
On this truly essential aromatherapy massage session we focus on the momentary stage and state of your life and we design a personalised botanical healing session. You
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Orange Blossom synchronicity
There are so many different directions to go, even within the same theme… When ideas and messages keep coming, and it is difficult to handle
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Let’s learn finally the wild edible plants of Crete!
A workshop organised with my friend Joelle (who happened to have a yurt in Crete) and guided by Grandma Olga who knows the best horta
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The Age of Innocence: the way of myrtle from harvest to distillation
This is the second post on this aromatic journey. The first release From harvest to distillation: a day of Myrtus contained a fairly short note that
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Aromatherapy, ceramics & leather
Just over 4 years of friendship, and feels like a lifetime. Inspiring, supportive and creative. So rich as we grow together. Push and pull, or
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Jasmine dreams may come true
Traditional Cretan house, Jasmine flowers, new experiences on the path of natural lifestyle, aromatherapy & botanical perfumery. Another move, another house in my adventurous life
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Today I Rise: The Initiation
“Today is my call to action. I will fulfil my mission without further distraction. Today is the day. Today I will start to offer the
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Wild Herbs of Crete: 1001 magical nights of distillation
Interview with herbalist and aromatherapist Janina Sorensen, about a journey through Cretan aromatic herbs and essential oils (Editorial notes to the post: We had a very uplifting and
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Ancient stone house on the beach
I am searching for a new place to live. There are a lot of nice accommodations out there, but here is the recently visited one
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From courgette to something bigger
Some philosophical thoughts for today from my gardening time. About 3 months ago I thought I was planting courgettes. Up until they started to grow something