Pacific Institute of Aromatherapy

International Certification Course in Aromatherapy

AROMATHERAPY CORRESPONDENCE COURSE

Dr. Kurt Schnaubelt

1 - Essential Oils
2 - Structure and Energy
3 - Treatment of Disease
4 - Cosmetology
5 - Psychology of Fragrence
6 - Toxicology

The Course

Since 1985, Pacific Institute of Aromatherapy has offered high-level study materials, examination and certification by correspondence to enthusiasts all over the world.

The Aromatherapy Course is authored by Kurt Schnaubelt, PhD and comprises over 350 pages of clearly presented information on the most relevant topics in the field of aromatherapy. Study materials are precise, academic and comprehensive with over two dozen essential oil samples to illustrate the text and encourage experiential learning. Several sample questions accompaning each part of The Course are included to allow students to test their knowledge and to become acquainted with the type of questions asked in the certifying exam.

International Certification in Aromatherapy

The Aromatherapy Course offers International Certification. For details please click the the CERTIFICATION button. A fee of $150.00 is required to apply for the exam. The fee covers the exam, grading and processing, and forwarding of the transcript and certificate.

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Masters Series Volume 2: The Biology of Essential Oils

The fact that essential oils are produced by living organisms is too often lost in the shuffle of commerce. Indeed, commercial essential oils are more often than not only partially derived from a specific plant and partially constructed in the laboratory. While the primary reason for adulteration is to cut cost, the readiness with which the marketplace accepts those adulterated oils reflects a severe lack of understanding of how and why products from a living organism are different from those from a chemical factory. Efforts to establish quality standards through chemical analysis, while important and useful, have also helped to blur the distinction and somehow created an impression of equivalence between natural and synthetic substances.

Masters Series Volume 3: Aromatherapy Lifestyle

The therapeutic use of essential oils in the framework of aromatherapy has become a fact of life. As aromatherapy has grown and diversified it has become clear that the idea of generating scientific data to convince the medical mainstream has given way to an understanding that the most rewarding features of essential oil use cannot be adequately described with the language of reductionism, but rather with narratives from more wholistic disciplines. Nonetheless, this Part III of the PIA Masters series focuses on those aspects of essential oil therapy which do correspond to the western pharmacological paradigm.

About Us

Pacific Institute of Aromatherapy and Original Swiss Aromatics were founded by Dr. Kurt Schnaubelt in 1983, joined by Monika Haas in 1988 and Julien Juillerat in 2012. OSA was one of the very first Aromatherapy companies in the US and until this day has maintained the highest standard in its variety of over 200 different essential oils.

We not only work with essential oils, we live an aromatherapy lifestyle. We view essential oils as incomparable allies in healing ourselves, our family and friends. In our quest to find the best and most precious essential oils we travel to the countries of origin, work intimately with the producers and guarantee the highest quality of genuine and authentic essential oils one can possibly find. If we are unable to find an essential oil of truly authentic quality, we take it off our list. Our love and dedication to our work has allowed us to remain successful for more than 30 years.