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Extractions and Distractions – A Survival Guide For Aromatic Living in Lockdown – Part 1

24th June 202121st July 2021 ildiko 0 Comments aromatherapy, aromatic journeys, botanical walks

By sharing excerpts from her journal, plant alchemist Ildiko Berecz would like to offer some highlights of the past year of how life went on during the pandemic with almost a whole year of lockdown on the Mediterranean Island of Crete in Greece. It is highly emphasised that the journal is not a panacea for pandemic, neither complete nor unbiased, yet focuses on the bright side of a dark year with aromatic and medicinal plants.

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Eucalyptus: A Breath of Hope

20th March 20207th April 2020 ildiko 0 Comments #aromatic plants, #eucalyptus, Crete

There used to be a beautiful row of eucalyptus trees along the way between our village and the next. Not only felt heartbreaking to see more of them having been cut out during the past year, but now…

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A Bay of Inspiration And Victory Over The Self

1st February 202017th August 2022 ildiko 0 Comments aromatherapy, aromatic journeys, bay, distillation

The magic of bay leaf is another profound opportunity for me to demonstrate how disconnected we human beings have become from the living and powerful Nature, and its capacity to communicate via fragrances.

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Lavandula Spica, The Bright Star

4th November 201812th November 2018 ildiko 0 Comments aromatic journeys, distillation, Lavender

Spica is the brightest star in the constellation of Virgo and one of the 20 brightest stars in the night

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Carob: food for smart monkeys

23rd October 201824th February 2021 ildiko 0 Comments aromatic journeys, carob, cretan diet

Carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua) is one of the hundreds treasures of Crete. In some countries they call it St John’s

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Mullein, The Great

30th September 201812th November 2018 ildiko 0 Comments Crete, nature, wild herbs

As the weather so the landscape is offering a bit of summer blending into automn on the last day of

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Cistus Creticus –  Ignite Your Inner Fire

22nd July 201817th August 2018 ildiko 0 Comments aromatherapy, botanical perfume, distillation

Going through my distillation diary, I couldn’t help noticing some concurrences… My first time distilling Cistus creticus in the summer

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Take Your Thyme, Be Strong & Courageous

4th April 20185th April 2018 ildiko 2 Comments aromatic journeys, health, thyme

As I contemplate over the characteristics of thyme and the richness of my own personal history and experiences with it,

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Crete island: Inner Self Daydreaming

2nd March 20183rd April 2018 ildiko 0 Comments aromatic journeys, Crete, life transformation

While waiting for spring to take off, it is just so good looking at this video expressing that plentiful abundance

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