Essential Oils 1-OH!-1
a teleclass taught by moi, Heidi Fischbach, wearing my
scent artist & mood detective scarf

Click on ze bottle to sign yourself up!

Are you intrigued about essential oils? Do you need a little shot
of confidence in order to start playing & experimenting with them?

This class is for you!

See you in class, I hope! (And if you want to take the class but can’t make the time, fret not: there will be a recording! Also, pssst, the cost for the recording and class material will be going up after February 15).

Have a question about essential oils? Share it in the comments below!

xo

Heidi

P.S. Sign up here!

We had great fun. I hope you enjoy listening! (Click on the link)

Heidi Fischbach from Aardvark Essentials
on magic potions and getting through the holidays

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(Even though Jean McGillicuddy is not my friend’s real name –she’s a bit shy– and even though LMNO is not a real radio station, I can assure you that everything in the interview is as I say. Well, OK, the elephant’s hoof on my chest? Metaphorical. But then, you knew that, right?)

Heidi's lemonade stand, circa 1976

Mom agreed.

We lived in Wheaton, Illinois, that year. A block from the railroad tracks. Trains in Illinois were looooong and came often. It was not unusual for cars to be stopped for many minutes. Often the waiting traffic would pile up for blocks past the front of our house. And if the insides of their cars got as hot as the inside of our station wagon, of course people would be thirsty.

Exactly two years ago, when Aardvark Essentials was just being born, my mom sent me this lemonade stand picture. Today it’s on my bulletin board above my laptop and it makes me smile. I still like stripey socks. And yes, I still take what I do verrry seriously.

Sometimes I go back and visit Heidi-of-then. I always buy lemonade from her. And I smile. Grin is more like it. I adore her. She reeeally wanted to be selling lemonade, but she also felt shy and self-conscious of the people stopped in their cars, looking over her way.

Before I leave this time, I hand her a potion.

She looks at it curiously and reads, mostly to herself, “Sassypants: “Turn up the volume on fabulous you!” She’s not sure what to do with it.

“It’s a magic potion,” I tell her. I also want to tell her she made it, that it’s ours and isn’t it just fantastic?!, but I don’t want to take the surprises of her life away from her.

“You can roll it on your wrists. People will think it’s a perfume, but you’ll know it’s magic,” I add conspiratorially.

“What’ll it do?” she asks.

“Oh, you’ll have to see. But I promise, it’ll be good, really good.”

The traffic has started to move. “Oh, gotta run! Thanks for the lemonade. It’s fabulous.” I hurry back to my car, turn to wave, and drive back to here. To now. To selling potions that she and I have made. We have gift sets! For the holidays. For you and your people. Come visit our potion store! It’s nowhere near the mall and we will never play Jingle Bell Rock. Promise!

Oh my! Come say HI to Sprezzatura!

“Spritz-a-whatta?” you ask.

Sprezzatura! Its tagline —Hocus Focus!— sums up what its magic is all about. I’ve been needing (and working on) this potion for a looooong time. Although maybe, true to its name, it will seem to you that I created Sprezzatura in a flash of ta-da!

I’ve been told that just reading Sprezzatura’s page is magical… Just imagine what reading AND experiencing the potion can do for you. OK then. Off you go…

Can’t wait to hear what you think!

xo
Heidi

P.S. When you’re over there be sure to press the Italian pronunciation button for Sprezzatura… I hope it makes you as ridiculously happy as it does me!

I’ll be quick.

The snarky, sassy and always lovely Cranky Fibro Girl is starting a tradition on her blog. Wednesdays will be all about soothing. And on this first day of her series she has interviewed Heidi.

If you don’t like to know secrets, don’t read it. Because Heidi went and told the main magic in our potions. This morning I was all, “What! You go and tell our secrets without consulting your biz partner?”

To which she said, “Bite me!”

Really. I think she’s been sniffing a bit too much of our Sassypants potion. Cheekypants, more like–

Anyway. That is all.

Oh. The linky bit… almost forgot! Here you go: A-Little-Bit-of-Soothing-Wednesdays: Heidi and The Aardvark pay us a visit.

Tell Cranky Fibro Girl I said hi. I ♥ her!

Signed,

The Aardvark

P.S. If you’re reading this in a reader and have trouble with that link, just copy and paste this URL into a browser: http://www.jennyryan.com/?p=4869

(Also, I tell a wee secret about how Sassypants came to be Sassypants).

We talked about the aardvark, and about juggling many balls of work—massage, potion-making, and writing—and about writing in one’s own voice, even when running a business.

You can read the whole thing over HERE.

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Inspiration-igniting and Fear-taming Audios
(meditation/hypnosis recordings to invite the potion’s intention at the deepest unconscious level)

The audios will be available for download on Wednesday, July 28. AND you can order them now.

Why would I want to order now?

We are offering a we-really-want-our-people-to-have-this-pre-release special!

Nice. How special do I get to be if I order now?

You are still super special even if you didn’t order, but if you just did, thank you thank you! *Kisses* We’re super excited for you.

Still have questions? Keep reading… we hope to answer them.

Heidi, why does this potion plus audio thing get you so excited?

Did you know that smell is the most direct and primal of all our senses? When you smell something, your cerebral cortex sends a message straight to your limbic brain. Limbic brain? Yep, that’s your emotional center.

And did you know that hypnosis bypasses your ingrained patterns and outworn beliefs, allowing you to chat directly with your unconscious?

That’s a whole lot of bypassing of our ingrained patterns and usual places of stuck and muck!

We can’t wait for you to have this magical potion+audio set to ignite transformation in the zippy and super-charged subtle places where body and mind get it on and things can’t help but change.

Which 3 potions will it be?

Remember when you voted and let us know which ones you wanted us to make an accompanying hynosis/meditation audio for? We had a 3-way tie! You wanted:

Night Queen to develop your confident passion

Losing It to calm you the heck down in moments of overwhelm and fear

Sassypants to help you live your truth, without worrying about the world’s approval

What exactly will my Potion+Hypnosis Audio Set include?

• ½ oz. Losing It potion (with essential oils of sandalwood, lemongrass, vetiver and more) PLUS accompanying meditation/hypnosis audio to calm you down and ground you.
• ½ oz. Night Queen potion (with essential oils of jasmine, clary sage, chamomile and more) PLUS accompanying meditation/hypnosis audio recording to strengthen your calm and assertive confidence.
• ½ oz. Sassypants potion (with essential oils of cardamom, lime and more) PLUS accompanying meditation/hypnosis audio recording to help you hold your chin high and live your good life without waiting for the world’s approval. (No more tongue biting. ow!)

Shipping and delivery:

The potions will be shipped via United States Postal Service Priority Mail. Yes, we ship internationally, too. (Domestic shipping is $6.00 / international shipping is $15.00).

The mp3 audio recordings will be available for download on July 28.

The sooner you pre-order, the more likely you will be to have your potions when the audios arrive on July 28.

About the potions:

“Lotions and potions for mixed up emotions” is all about helping people with their hard stuff. The stuff that makes you cry. The stuff that makes you melt down. The stuff that makes you bite your tongue, even though what you have to say is important. You are totally and awesomely amazing as you are, AND the potions help you grow into and practice the qualities you want more of.

Aardvark potions are essential oils that have been combined for therapeutic effect, and hand-blended into a base cream made of shea butter, jojoba oil, grapeseed and/or apricot kernel oil, vitamin E and rosemary oleoresin. (Last 2 ingredients are antioxidants. They do not smell of rosemary).

• They melt upon skin contact and go on silky smooth.
• Can be used on entire body, including face.
• Lovely glide, without being too slippery. (Developed by a massage therapist. Hi!).
• One application last for hours. Fantastic for rough skin places when left on overnight.
• The scent unfolds upon skin contact, inviting the intention of the potion.
• The scent is subtle. As the essential oils meet air, their scent fades, while the potion’s intention remains.
• Made from organic, wild-crafted or farm select essential oils. In a few cases the essential oils are conventionally farmed, but all are pure: no synthetic additives, fillers or chemical imitations of scents. (This is very good news for people allergic to commercial perfumes, because unlike those, Aardvark Potions is very unlikely to make you sneeze. Nor will any sensitive souls near you have to move away.)
• Shelf life of about a year. (No preservatives. No parabens.) Aardvark potions are fresh stuff! Use them soon.

About the audios:

The magic of the audios comes from Shannon Wilkinson‘s use of neuro-linguistic programming and hypnosis. Shannon’s extensive training and her work with hundreds of people means that she has fine-tuned methods that make a noticeable difference.

Listening to the audio recordings will help you relax and take in, at a conscious and unconscious level, the unique qualities that these potions are meant to bring out. Think of it as you –by way of Shannon’s lovely soothing voice—having a chat with your unconscious mind. No one will be making you do anything you don’t want. You will simply be calling forth qualities you’d love to experience that, for whatever reason, may have been dormant until now.

The audios are downloadable MP3s (playing time of about 20 minutes).

All you will do is listen, preferably with headphones, after applying the companion potion, or simply opening the jar and taking in its scent.

Your mind may wander as you listen, and that’s okay. When you notice, just bring your awareness back to the audio.

Different people experience different things when listening to an audio like this. You might feel like you’ve been asleep, or daydreaming, or you may feel fully conscious of what you’re hearing. Even if you feel like you’ve been asleep, rest assured(!), your mind will be soaking up all of the good stuff. And, you can listen again, if you’re curious about what your conscious mind missed.

So, what do you say! Want?

DEE-lighted to announce the people- and potion-winners of our contest!

*Drum roll, please!*

[Picture Shannon and Heidi, in fanciest of fancy Potion-Oscar gowns...  Shannon hands Heidi the envelope:]

The Grand Prize goes to:
Karencita

Great Prize One goes to:
Bridget (@intuitivebridge)

Great Prize Too goes to:
Elizabeth B

[When clapping dies down, Heidi hands Shannon another white envelope, this one with the Potion winners... Shannon is opening the envelope... Her eyes widen in surprise...]

“Oh. My! It’s a 3-way tie! And the winners are:”

Night Queen
(to develop your confident passion)

Losing It
(to calm the heck down in moments of overwhelm and fear)

Sassypants
(to help you live what’s true for you, without worrying about the world’s approval)

Wow! Yay! Cheers all around.

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We had loads of fun reading all your votes, tweets and blog entries and send big kisses to everyone who participated and cheered us on.

Contest winners: We’ll be contacting you shortly to get your mailing information.  Your potions will be mailed out in the next week, and your audio downloads will be available on Wednesday, July 28. Congratulations!

Because we’d love everyone to win in some way, and because we’re super excited to start selling these creations now, we are offering a Pre-Release Sale to anyone and everyone who would like to get in on the Potion+Audio Alchemy Package:

Order now, and get all 3 potions & accompanying audios for:

$56 (plus shipping)
(after July 28th, the price will be $80)

Like contest winners, your potions will be mailed out within in the next week, and your audio downloads will be available on Wednesday, July 28.

What is included in the Potion+Audio Alchemy Package?

1/2 oz. of 3 Aardvark Essentials Potions
(artfully blended essential oils in a silky handmade lotion)

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3 MP3 Inspiration-igniting and fear-taming hypnosis-y meditation audios
(to invite the potion’s intention at the deepest unconscious level)

Read more about the Potion+Audio Alchemy Package.

KBye! xoxo

Heidi