Eye awareness

Cleaning around the eye:

The eyes are one of the most sensitive areas of the body and as such must never come into direct contact with an essential oil. When using something like a Sandlawood wipe around the eye, make sure any excess water is squeezed out of the cotton wool. The dilution should be no more than 1 to 2 drops of Sandalwood in 50ml of water or Cornflower water.



It needs to be noted that when working with your clients, you have taught them how to clean around the eye, should that be necessary, and inform them that Cornflower water is extracted from a blue flower and is not obtained from the flour used in cooking.

More on grapes

Grapes are still very much a topic of discussion in classes, since grape seed oil is very popular with dogs and when they select it they do seem to do well on it, but as discussed in a previous blog it is unclear as to whether the whole grape, in rare cases is toxic for some dogs, even fatal, or if it is just the flesh or skin. However in the October dog class, a student told us that her dog had had had a seizer due to eating grapes, none the less when she read that dogs often select the oil with positive effects she decided to offer the grape seed oil, which he continues to take with no ill effect.

This makes me wonder if the culprit is mycotoxin (a fungal toxin) found on the skin of some grapes, especially taking into consideration the work of Sarah Kinson with captive meerkats. Sarah noticed that the only food being taken to the clay was the grapes, which they were dusting them in it before eating them. Another student noticed his parrot pealing the skin off some grapes but not others.

IAZ clothing range

We are very happy to announce that the IAZ clothing range is now available to IAZ graduates:

Practitioner leaflets

We are delighted to say that the practitioner leaflets have arrived. These are the equivalent of an A4 sheet with three folds (the leaflets come already folded). They are available to all IAZ graduates, see website for more details: