What is Aromatherapy Dough?

Aromatherapy dough is play dough for grownups!  It can be used in meditation, to change a mood, for art therapy, physical therapy, as an educational manipulative -- or just for fun!

• VITALITY - red (testing clove bud oil, ylang ylang, and sandalwood)
• GOOD CHEER! - orange (orange)
• EMPOWERMENT - yellow (lemon eucalyptus, testing lemon verbena)
• BALANCE - green (clary sage)
• CREATIVITY - sky blue (peppermint - also great for concentration and enhancing mental performance!)
• MEDITATION - indigo (myrrh)
• SERENITY - purple (lavender)

For the initial run, the dough will come in 2 oz size for therapeutic value.  Later, I may look at packaging Aromatherapy Dough in larger sizes for people who'd like to expand their use of the dough or who are daily users.

Order information forthcoming.  I'm hoping to be in production by the end of September.  In the meantime, if you have question or suggestions, or want to add your name to a contact list for being notified when the aromatherapy dough is up for sales, please email me: aromatherapydough@gmail.com.

Ingredients

The dough base of Comfort Kit Aromatherapy Dough is made from nontoxic ingredients:  flour, salt, cream of tartar and vegetable oil.  Currently, the dough is colored with food coloring (currently McCormick and Betty Crocker food colors), and scented with Aura Cacia oils, which are independently sourced and monitored for health and safety.  More information on the sourcing and sustainability of those oils on Aura Cacia's website.  Please be aware that some people can be sensitive to specific plant oils and order accordingly. 

I value organic, sustainable, free-trade products and am always seeking out new sources for these ingredients. Please email your referrals:

aromatherapydough@gmail.com.  Thanks!

Anxiety-Provoking Appointments

Today Kevin and I took the kids to the UW/Children's Hospital Pediatric Cental Clinic.  They were nervous, particularly Sar, who has what amounts to a phobia of going to the dentist.  I gave Penny the Serenity dough (lavender) and Sar the Good Cheer dough (orange - it's his favorite). Penny ditched the dough pretty quickly, but Elessar held onto his for the entire two hours.  Success. We got through the appointments with some minor trembling, but no tears or cussing.  I think that may be first.