Bonjour! We are Essential Oil Resource Consultants
Our main aims are to promote the professional and safe use of essential oils and aromatic products through our in-class training, publications and distance learning material. We lecture in many countries and in addition, hold classes for individual colleges and essential oil tours in the mountainous regions surrounding our home. Aromatherapists from all over the world attend our EORC Aromatic Adventures that run through the summer months in Provence.
We currently live in a tranquil village in the mountains of the Haut Var region
of Provence. Here, we have access to modern and spacious teaching facilities and
are within easy reach of the perfume capital of Grasse and Nice Côte d’Azur
international airport. The locality supports many wild aromatic plant species
and we are only a short distance from the famous cultivated lavender and lavandin
fields.
As a team, we travel widely, holding educational seminars and courses in countries
such as the UK, Finland, Israel, Japan, Canada and the United States. Our unique
approach combines traditional holistic aromatherapy with French medical doctrines.
Bob, as author and compiler of The Essential Oil Resource, ensures that the information
presented in class is current and as accurate as possible, drawing upon research
as the foundation of class lecture material. Rhiannon is an experienced lecturer
in the field of aromatherapy and essential oils and is known for her effective
teaching style. She incorporates Bob's research-based information within a logical
and practitioner-orientated approach that ensures that the classes are both enjoyable
and informative. We also contribute regular research-based articles to international
journals of aromatherapy and complementary medicine.
In 1997, we moved our base to France to study and work with physicians and pharmacists
involved in medical aromatherapy. Here we extended our therapeutic experience
of medical aromatherapy and gained a broad, yet precise understanding of the
full clinical potential of essential oils.
Our professional involvement in the field of aromatherapy and essential oils began in 1989. At this time Rhiannon, formerly a senior nurse, qualified in the UK and became a member of the International Federation of Aromatherapists. She worked as a clinical aromatherapist for six years, operating three busy practices in close association with local doctors. Over the years, she has taught both holistic and clinical aromatherapy courses for leading colleges both in the UK and abroad and has extended her qualifications to include other complementary therapies. She has undertaken further advanced studies in essential oils at Purdue University, Indiana and has also gained a teaching qualification. Her first book, 'Becoming an Aromatherapist' is now in its second edition.
