Ruth Acar Clinical Aromatherapy & Well- Being

We’re nearly there. The children have now been in school for three weeks in the UK 🇬🇧, and I’m starting to breathe and be still. This evening sitting in the garden I found what I think might have been my first still moment truly in head, heart and mind. The first in quite a while. It gave me the inspiration for a new blend, one to capture those moments of stillness and draw you back into a centered moment. 🌸 I’ll have my “Still” blend coming very soon ….

Cleansing 💆🏼‍♀️🫧

I’ve been taking a little time to get to know some of the products from Neal’s Yard Skincare range so that I can provide you with some honest feedback and recommendations.
I’ll start with cleansing. I don’t know about you but I cannot wake up properly without washing my face in the morning (just a cuppa doesn’t do it anymore).
Although I prefer to wash my face my skin has never got on well with foaming cleansers, no doubt due to the foaming agents in them.I prefer something creamy and moisturizing as my skin is on the dry/dehydrated scale.
I was looking forward to trying the Calendula Cleanser because Calendula is probably my favourite carrier oil of all time, so healing, enriching and deeply moisturizing. This cleanser didn’t disappoint, infact I really look forward to using it each morning. As I’m carving out a new morning routine here (packed lunches etc) it’s so quick and easy to use but my doesn’t feel in any way right or stripped and is glowing nicely for the first time in ages.
Cleansing is the most integral part of any skincare routine, if your face isn’t clean and fresh any other products will not pe*****te or be as effective as they should be.
Neal’s Yard to have a few more similar cleansers too, I’ll post a link to my website for your viewing in the comments.

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Hello everyone, how are you doing?🌸 As a little motivation and focus driver whilst getting settled for our UK life I’m going to be doing some retail with Neal’s Yard Organics, a British Aromatherapy and Skincare Company.
It’s ideal for me as I can make bespoke products either some of their essential oils and also advise on skincare and wellbeing options from them within our consultations and online/in person advice. I’ve used the products over the years (I think one of the first I used back in college - far too long ago!)
I have my one website link and any shopping you do there I will take a little commission, for transparency.
I’ll be sharing my thoughts on the products soon and making some suggestions. If anyone has any particular queries or skincare questions just pop them below or reach out at anytime to me privately. 🌸

How amazing is this? 🌸🌸

Wounded orangutan seen using plant as medicine It is the first time a creature in the wild has been seen using a medicinal plant to treat a wound.

In times of Transition, big life changes and small moments of feeling out of our depth our sense of smell can help us to calm, stay focused, decrease our nerves and heal the moving energy around us. Inspired by thoughts of change and messages of your own stories of times of change both positive and negative I’ve created a beautiful and simple blend to carry you through, help you to breathe, encourage you keep your vision and let you be at peace with whatever lies ahead. It’s a very special blend with careful consideration of the chemistry, the odour intensity and the grounding sensation it gives to allow inner freedom that will show confidence and control on the outside; when you feel completely overwhelmed on the inside. This blend has Cymbopogan martinii (palmarosa), Citrus paradisi (grapefruit) and Ellettaria cardomomum (cardamom). It’s a simple but deeply beautiful aroma and calms the heart instantly.

Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) - an oil I use regularly for such a brilliant variety of reasons. Whenever I am presented with conditions affecting the head - brain fog, headaches, lack of concentration, memory dips, or mental fatigue I often will use Rosemary in a blend. The fragrance is so fresh and uplifting you can’t help but breath slower and deeper when you inhale. Rosemary contains a high percentage of the breathing molecule 1.8 Cineole which is the reason it can affect the breath so quickly which in turn focuses and lightens the mind. It’s also a brilliant oil for muscle aches and pains or muscle spasms , wonderful pre and post exercise in an oil or a balm. For runners that want the mental motivation along with a muscle treatment this is the perfect option. If you have some Rosemary starting to bloom in your garden take a sprig and break the leaves ; you’ll instantly smell the gorgeous aroma - and breathe. 🧘‍♀️

Success Stories make me happy 🌸 I wanted to share with you a brilliant result from a client recently. A 5 year old with a deep burn from very hot Turkish tea that was knocked over her leg. Her Mummy was fast thinking and took her straight to the burns unit where they applied what I think was a burn treatment pad with fish scales for one week. After that she wanted to use a mixture of the medicated scar cream and something more nourishing so she reached out to me. After careful consideration of her age, the area and the depth of her scarring I made a blend with Calendula and Rosehip carrier oils with Frankincense, Lavender, and Helichrysum essential oils in a 1% dilution to be used twice a day over a 6 week period. My main concern was major dehydration of the deep tissues which is why I opted for calendula to deeply hydrate and knit the skin and collagen fibers back together. The rosehip to focus on healing and nourishing gently. Then helichrysum to deal with inflammation and healing, frankincense to deeply heal and nourish and lavender for all of the anti-septic, anti-fungal and anti-inflammatory properties as well as cooling and calming the burn area quickly. Swipe for the before picture - you will love the difference. Her healing journey continues and the scar has to be kept out of the sun for two years but with consistent oil use now we have given her the best chance of limited scarring in adult life 🌸🌸

New Product Alert! 🌸 I’ve been working behind the scenes on this lovely seasonal allergy blend. I will be preparing the final batch next week and it will be available on a first come first served basis. It’s a gorgeously light and airy blend with a focus on clearing your heavy head on allergy days before whilst also having anti-inflammatory and anti-allergy therapeutic properties - a win win! You need this if you get seasonal allergies, seasonal headaches or hay fever symptoms. 🌸 contact me directly for order and pricing information. 🌼

Why not start 2024 with a plan in place to target and conquer your wellness, mental health and physical health goals. I can help guide you through the year with routines, rituals and bespoke blends created just for you. To start you off I am discounting my consultation fee by 30%. For more information please DM me to get the new year plan in action. Offer ends 28.02.24 🌸🌸🌸

It’s my birthday week 🥳

A birthday that if you’ve been following along for while you’ll know I’ve been dreading - 43 - the age my Mum was when she was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. Sadly, she passed away at 46.

Anyway, with this looming I knew I wanted to make some changes to my life, how I was feeling physically, mentally, and spiritually.

It’s been 9 weeks of hard graft, but not as hard as I expected it to be, as soon as I learned I was pre-diabetic, my metabolic age was far too high and I was craving sugar for too much I knew something drastic needed to happen.

A light switch went on and I’m so proud of myself. It’s the first time I’ve had the opportunity to focus on myself for a long time. Those who have kids and no support system around will understand, add to that living in a foreign country and you internalize a lot.

So far, I have shifted 9.5kg of body fat (1.6 stone) and my metabolic age has decreased to around my own age now - that has gone up and down like a yoyo but I’m so happy it seems to be balancing out.

I still have some work to do and also work to maintain these results heading later into my forties. I’ve had mammograms and ultra sounds recently which are all negative and I learned a lot about breast tissue from an amazing Dr that I met here.

The sub- conscious nervous stress is easing which counteracts the sugar cravings for me. The nervous system is such a catalyst it’s incredible, both fascinating and evil. There are many women around me at the moment dealing with rotten diagnosis and losing loved ones, plus the horrors in Palestine I feel very lucky to reach this birthday with a new positive and proactive mindset- which in turn will make me an even better therapist to all of you.

So here’s to 43, may she be healing, Inspiring, successful and healthy 👏🏻

⁉️Why do I need a clinical aromatherapist?

If you find yourself struggling to understand reasons to work with a clinical aromatherapist, here are some reasons and examples I’d like to share with you.

The approach to clinical aromatherapy can be a bit like putting together a jigsaw puzzle, each blend is so carefully thought out in relation to your symptoms, needs, concerns and goals. This is why a full and in depth consultation covering your full lifestyle is important. Many of my clients have found these consultations hugely beneficial and thought provoking, many also found them cathartic and a chance to express honestly in a safe space.

Each consultation starts the minute we are in touch, even when I read your online form I am already thinking about what is needed. Each bespoke blend is personally crafted dependent on what we discovered during your consultation. The difference with clinical aromatherapy is that your blends and products will be made with careful and knowledgeable consideration of the plant families, chemistry components, odour intensity and emotional, physical and spiritual benefits of each oil.

It is such a special and personal process, the long term benefits are incredible when blends are made for you in this way.

If you’d like to know more please do not hesitate to get in touch, I can’t wait to hear from you ✨🌸

So, what now? We are back home from our time in the UK and I’ve had so many questions over the last two months of “so what will you do now?” “Are you going to earn good money?” Or “what even is Clinical Aromatherapy”. At times I find these questions quite difficult because in all honesty my brain is fried from the intense studying mixed with the emotions of sheer delight at accomplishing a career long dream. I have so many different options of what I can do it’s not that easy to box it up or label it. My moto has always been to go with the flow or as my good friend and case study says “Grow with the flow”. Im planning to use my next few months growing my online consultation clients, preparing some gorgeous blends and products that I’ve never had the chance to try and working and learning all of the behind the scenes aspects to the business to make it function beautifully and practically without being reliant on social media (thank you to .endo for this light bulb moment). In reality I can work alongside medical professionals, mental health professionals and the works but I want to find my own path in the right way. It’s very much like learning to drive and I need to soak up all the tools, advice, learning and experience on motorways before my road is really that clear. I hope this makes sense and to anyone on a similar road or just finishing a big qualification, take your time and don’t let anyone rush you ✨🌸

Lavandula angustifolia your Aunty Ester from the Aromatherapy World. Loving, comforting, calming, gentle and easing to your soul. When it’s grown in it’s right environment, climate and at a good altitude the healing properties to the skin, body, mind and spirit are just incredible. I don’t go anywhere without a bottle in my bag! To have it here in my Dad’s garden ready for be picked has been such a treat, we are drying these out for decorations and a future lavender infusion ✨✨✨✨

Doggies can bring so much comfort. My daughter has always loved Lola but when we arrived a few weeks ago she wouldn’t go near her. After 6 months of not being around her she got very anxious. Now though, she’s feeding her, helping me give her medicines, and checking in on her through the day. Lola is 15 and we know this could be our last summer with her so I’m very happy that Ayşe had come around thanks to the beautiful calm nature of this one in a million dog. ✨🌸

We’ve been home for a week and the Princess is pooped 🥹 posting this for no other reason than I want to save this memory before she gets any older ✨🌸

I recently made a beautiful blend for a client wishing to improve her feminine energy and libido. As a tired and busy Mum she was looking for some hormonal balance support and something to increase her energy or motivation for intimacy. A subject that many women often don’t talk about it don’t even realise is an issue, until it is. In the first blend she is using I mixed Ylang Ylang, Geranium, Cypress and Clary Sage, it was so intriguing and warming with an underlying sensual tone, it’s so beautiful! I cannot wait too hear how it works for her. ✨🌸

🌸✨Out Of Office✨🌸 Summer is calling, it’s time to go home 🇬🇧. I will be taking time out with friends and family this summer. For appointments, consultations and products products I will be available again from September in Turkiye 🇹🇷.

🌸Why Inhalation of essential oils? Often when we think of aroma “therapy” we think of a hands on treatment or applying a product. Did you know that using very simple inhalations is actually the quickest way to benefit from essential oils. When we inhale an aroma it travels to our Olfactory Bulb where’s it’s passed on my thousands and thousands of nerve endings and receptors to our brain. Within the limbic system of our brain it will be decided whether this smell makes us feel happy, sad, if it’s something to be fearful of or maybe something to run from. It can also tell us if we recognize that smell and may cause us to remember a person/place/event. This is where all of our smell memories are stored. Our brain 🧠 will send signals to our body systems letting us know how and what to do with the therapeutic benefits of each essential oil’s chemistry. It’s a complex process which takes affect amazingly quickly.🌸

And just like that …. She’s a Clinical Aromatherapist 🌸 it’s taken just over 2 years and today I passed my written final exam with distinction ⭐️✨🌸 a huge dream I didn’t think would be possible as a Mummy at home in a different country. I’ve studied through the pandemic, various kiddies illnesses, chicken pox, summer holidays, Christmas holidays, late nights, and many many weekends. Thanks to .debbie it was possible to do everything online and the course was personalised to what I needed to cover in order to qualify. Now, amongst celebrating I will be finishing up my portfolio and case studies before submitting all the final paperwork. For now though, I’ll rest my broken toe instead of going out partying …. I’ll save that for the summer in 🇬🇧! 💃

It’s Maternal Mental Health Week ✨ A topic that not many women realise can be even be a “topic”. Mental during pregnancy is much more common than we realise, crippling anxiety, digestive issues, fear, worry, pregnancy complications and worries about birth can all add up to a time where emotional support is imperative but we tend to give all the focus to supporting pregnancy physically. My own personal experience with pregnancy the first time was very clearly a mental struggle for me, but I didn’t honestly realise it until the post partum period. When I fell pregnant with our son Ali I had just moved country, just got married, had not settled into the city (at all) had no friends or family around and was faced with a completely different health care system and cultural expectations to live up to. It wasn’t until after Ali was born and my hormones started to balance out again that I realised how the overwhelm of so much so soon had affected me, and to be honest I didn’t feel like “me” again for years, many years. Looking back now at this photo with Ali as a new born on our first outing as a family I just wish I had known that it was ok to feel how I was feeling. I am really looking forward to being able to support women through their pregnancies and beyond with aromatherapy for the mind and the body. The smallest and simplest steps can be profoundly healing and comforting. Please reach out at anytime ✨🌸

I firmly believe that educating my clients in their concerns, symptoms and triggers to understand the solutions I can support with is essential to a positive outcome and long term loyalty. ✨🌸

🌸Aromatherapy for our little cherubs, for the last few years I’ve used essential oils on my children through all seasons. Having just finished a unit of my clinical diploma which covers children’s ailments I feel so much more comfortable in when, how and what to use for the best effects. I can’t wait to be able to support and guide other parents in the use of aromatherapy oils safely at home. 🌸

Brain fog, lack of focus and concentration - a big subject with many different triggers, and therefore many solutions. These energy dips can be different for each individual; hormone imbalances, diet, caffeine, not enough sleep, medications, stress, metabolism, weather and seasonal changes. A bespoke blend will take into consideration the energy dips, how it makes you feel and what the reasons may be. 🌸✨

The heart chakra 💗 controls our energy surrounding our love for ourself, and for others. During the stages of overwhelm with grief this energy can dwindle and affect our whole being. This client has been so brave and so open minded in her journey to encourage her mind to process her trauma with a gentle and realistic perspective. By focusing my blend on her heart, healing the energy within it and calming her nervous system it seem this blend is starting to work just as I’d hoped 💗🌸✨

Spring is in the air 🌸 finally! This morning I could hear birds in the trees and it was lighter outside when I took my son for his bus, it feels like we’ve been waiting such a long time for this ✨ with seasonal changes come@the inevitable allergies, headaches, sniffles and for some people a little more stress when we don’t know whether to layer up or where a big jacket …. Then have the regret we we are too hot! 🙊 or maybe that’s just me 😂 there are some marvelous ways to use Aromatherapy to help your mind and your body adjust to the seasonal change, whether it be an inhaler to boost your energy with the clock change or maybe you need a rollerball to support seasonal change headaches you know you are likely to get. I’ve designed a beautiful spring roller for a client that I think I may also make for myself 🌸✨

It’s Mother’s Day in 🇬🇧 today. For me it’s a day to just be, and to remember. For those of you who don’t know, I lost my dear Mum when I was 17, she was 46 and she had Breast Cancer. The last few days have been very prominent in my Aromatherapy education and in many ways it’s all for her. One of my most vivid memories of Mum’s illness was when she visited a beauty salon she knew and loved for an aromatherapy massage but they could not offer her any form of treatment or feel good factor. she came home instead with a face full of make up she didn’t want and a manicure that wouldn’t last because of chemo. She was heartbroken and I felt useless. Maybe this was a moment where subconsciously I knew I wanted to be healer in some way but it took a while for me to find my way. Clinical Aromatherapy has allowed me the chance to meet and talk to people in their most vulnerable times looking for answers or just wanting to be heard. The grief and trauma I went through at such a young age has led me to believe that I have a deep rooted understanding and intuitive mind when it comes to trauma healing and I certainly want to specialize in the topic after I qualify. Turning something so difficult and life changing into a way to heal others feels right and I’m sure she’s been guiding me the whole time. Thanks Mum 🌸✨

Did you know that sleep plays a crucial role in our positivity and productivity levels? 🤓 Getting enough quality sleep can help us feel more energized and focused throughout the day. On the other hand, lack of sleep can lead to mood swings, decreased motivation, and even physical health concerns.
If you want to boost your positivity and productivity, make sure to prioritize your sleep! Aim for 7-8 hours minimum of sleep each night and establish a relaxing bedtime routine to help you wind down. Sweet dreams! 💤

Sleep issues have been one of the most prominent concerns I’ve dealt with over the last few months of case studies. It’s such a huge factor that will impact all physical and emotional symptoms. How many hours of sleep do you get? Do you feel rested when you wake up? Can you fall asleep quickly? If you sleep too lightly how do you feel? If you sleep too long how do you feel? It’s a huge topic and it’s personal to each individual making the need for a bespoke sleep blend a key to everyone’s healing.

One more case study completed and in my bag if tricks. This one was focused upon gut health and digestive imbalances caused by radiotherapy. Such an interesting topic with so many avenues I could have gone down but ultimately I was able to educate this client in how aromatherapy can works to the best of its ability when your mind is focused on a goal and open to receive the incredible healing properties on offer. We came full circle at the end of 3 months and it’s been such a pleasure to help this amazing person. ✨🌸

A brilliant feedback sessions today with a friend from school days. It was really humbling to be able to chat similar banter but also have the chance to educate and help someone in their time of stress and need. The results of these bespoke blends along with prioritizing self care has meant that profound results have been achieved and introducing aromatherapy into her life could not have come at a better time. The key blend in this study is for pain relief from very deep seated shoulder and neck tension. The blend is pretty powerful including Cornmint and Basil along with some others (im not giving away my secrets 😜) and the pain relief can be felt almost instantly 💆🏼‍♀️ reducing headaches and increasing clarity of mind 🙋‍♀️