Ah, my studio! I can count myself among the fortunate few who are lucky enough to have an entire room to donate to their craft. When the recent addition of my massage table, I feel content in saying that the Heather Scent Aromatherapy Centre is (almost) open for business!
The room still requires some minor repairs to the plaster and re-painting. It suits my needs perfectly right now while I’m still working mainly on friends & family members, but I would love to have a separate office once I’m established. There are a few chiropractor’s and holistic health centres that I plan to approach about renting office space.
The second floor of my house has only two rooms. One is a large bedroom. The other is an open space at the top of the stairs. You must walk through this room to access the bedroom. It’s this open space that houses my studio. This is the view as you come to the top of the stairs. I placed these shelves her to form a wall, giving me a little more privacy. Those white boxes came from the Scratch & Dent room at Ikea – only a dollar a piece! They hold office supplies and empty containers.
This is the view of the back of the “shelf wall”. Yup, more IKEA storage solutions!
I love these little Fira drawers. They are so versatile, and with all the different drawer sizes, the configurations are endless.
The small drawers are perfect of bottles of essential oil, my inhaler sticks and business cards. The deep drawers hold larger bottles of EO and finished product/stock, and the wide drawers are great for sheets of labels, promotional postcards, tissue paper, etc… I picked up these ones on a trip to the Chicago area.
Now I need to make a trek over to Michigan to pick up a few more. They are a great organizational tool, but I’m not going to lie to you – they are a b-i-t-c-h to put together! Each drawer is held together with about 5 million tiny little nails. Here are my assembly tips: Use painters tape to hold the drawers together before you start nailing, and use a small pair of craft pliers to hold the nails in place for the first few strikes of the hammer.
Lookie, lookie, even my desk drawer is organized! Or it was, for about 5 minutes. 
My treatment table, all made up and ready to go! 
Pillow placement is crucial – one under the chest to help take the curve out of the spine, and one under the feet to relieve pressure on the knees. I make my own eye pillows (yes, I can sew! I am multi-talented!), and like to put one over the client’s eyes when they are in the face-up positon. This is for two reason: their own comfort (keeps out all light and encourages them to keep their eyes closed and relax) and, more importantly, it sort of freaks me out when someone just lies there with their eyes open and stares.
I like to give people the option to freshen up after their treatment. I provide baby wipes, tissues, hand sanitizer and a few clean face cloths. There is also a bottle of water because it’s very important to stay hydrated, especially on the day of a treatment. Lots of water will aid in the detoxification process.
Chakra balancing is very interesting and can be very effective. Using a pendulum, I “measure” the chakras before the treatment to check which ones are strong/open or weak/blocked. I then create an essential oil synergy based on which chakras need work. After massaging the client with this blend, I “measure” the chakras again to see how effective the treatment was. This is an on-going learning experience, but I’m having lots of fun with it.
Who doesn’t love books? I could start my own alternative health library! Recently, after being closed due to budgets cuts, a local library branch was throwing away most of their collection (gasp – I know! How could anyone throw books in the garbage? More importantly, how could anyone close a library, but that’s a whole other topic).
I was able to snag a huge, hardcover, comprehensive guide to Homeopathy. No, that’s not next for me! My step-son’s mother is a homeopath (among many other things, click here to visit her website), so we already have one of those in the family.
Thanks for taking a look. I would love to see pictures of your studios. Leave me some links in the comment section.
Namaste
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