Sharing Research On Essential Oils And Radiation What we know about the plant kingdom and radiation protection Last evening’s news about the vulnerability of Ukraine’s nuclear facilities gave rise to a number of emails and texts asking me  about oils that can protect from radiation exposure or treat radiation exposure.  There is a body of…

Violet: A Source Of Strength As Feelings Of Vulnerability Encircle The World Strength from Vulnerability…the gift of Violet The world is feeling the effects of the violence in Ukraine; additionally, each of us also feels the effects (whether consciously or unconsciously) of violence or unrest or fear happening in our own lives or those of…

A Touch Of Home: Using Essential Oils To Capture The Feeling Of Home A Touch of Home Greetings from Audre Gutierrez at Wisdom of the Earth!  As many of you know, I recently sold my home in Santa Fe and moved full time to my cottage in Arizona.  While complex, tiring and challenging (I was…

Many days I feel steeped in my own experiences of deep loss these past 6 months, stirred by others’ Facebook posts about the loss of a loved one, the loss of a devoted pet, the loss of health, the loss of a way of life.   My husband’s death in December was followed several months later by the…

What’s Old is New Again! Research Confirms the Effectiveness of the French Inhalation Technique There has been a lot of research activity in a global effort to fight the serious effects of the CoViD-19 Virus. I have personally been astounded at the ability of this pandemic to literally ravage the physical bodies of many of its victims. …

Introducing our Lavenders Around the World Collection Recently, I discovered an amazing lavender producer in Greece…I was wracking my brain trying to figure out how I could include his magnificent essential oil in Wisdom of the Earth’s already robust offerings of Lavenders & Lavandins (at that time, already 10 in number)…do I replace a current…

Preparing For The Coronavirus With Essential Oils & Common Sense  Information and suggestions regarding the Coronavirus I have been advising many distributors and customers about essences that can be helpful to use during this health epidemic that is in its beginning phases.  I wanted to put my thoughts together in one place so that a…

Many Happy “Happenings” At Wisdom Of The Earth   Exciting News from Audre Gutierrez New Happenings at Wisdom of the Earth!  As many of you know, I have been co-owner of Wisdom of the Earth Essential Oils since its beginning over 20 years ago.  With my business partner, Barry Kapp, we created Wisdom of the…

August 2019 Audre’s Book Shelf – Braiding Sweetgrass Audre’s Bookshelf Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer   I tend to “read” a book in one of three ways:  I “devour” it, usually at one (long) sitting because I cannot put it down; or, I have it…