
From tension to relaxation, calm and renewed energy
We live in a time in which our nervous system is constantly being stimulated. Sensory input, pace and expectations follow each other rapidly and all influence how we feel. Tension can build up, energy can drop, and sleep, concentration and recovery can come under pressure. Your system loses its balance.
During this day, you consciously take time to pause and tune into your own system. You explore how scent can support you in shifting states — from restlessness to calm, from tension to relaxation, from fatigue to renewed energy.
Pure essential oils offer a direct pathway here. They act through the nervous system and support you in realigning with what you need.
What we will do
During this aromatherapy deepening day, you will gain insight into how scent directly influences the nervous system, and therefore impacts tension, relaxation, energy and focus.
Through smelling, experiencing and reflecting, space is created to better recognise and understand your own signals. By experiencing many different oils, you discover which ones truly support you.
We work with various essential oils and hydrosols, always with your personal balance as the starting point.
We take time to explore specific oils that support, among other things:
- overstimulation and inner restlessness
- mental presure and fatigue
- the need for rest or, on the contrary, activation
You will not only learn wat an oil does, but also how to recognise it and when to use it. I will take you into the background of these plants — their properties, character and action — so you begin to understand why a scent affects you the way it does.

Deepening in scent and application
Throughout the day, you develop a more refined awareness of what is happening in your system and how you can respond to it.
There is time for practical exercises. You will explore combinations of oils and experience how they can enhance each other. From all your experiences, you will create your own scent anchors: aromatic blends of different essential oils that support you with calm, focus or recovery, and that you can use at any moment when you need them.
You will go home with...
At the end of the day, you will go home with a personal balance guide that you have created yourself. A collection of exercises, insights and choices that suit your system.
You will know which oils support you and how to use them in a focused way at the moments you need them.
You will understand how to use scent as part of your self-care and how it can bring more balance into your daily life.

Who is this for
This aromatherapy deepening day is for you if you:
- notice that you are sensitive to stimuli or tension
- want to experience more balance in your daily life
- want to understand how scent works on the nervous system
- want to use scent as part of your self-care
- want to use scent as part of your self-care
Practical information
- Date: 3 October 2026
- Time: 10:00 – 16:00
- Location: Magical Naturals, De Corantijn 87F, 1689 AN Zwaag (NL)
- Investment: €175 – including all materials, vegan lunch, coffee, tea, and water
Sign up
Would you like to join this aromatherapy deepening day? You are welcome and can register here Im looking forward to meet you.
Do you have a question? Feel free to contact with me.
I work with small groups of up to twelve participants, allowing space for personal attention and guidance.
Would you like to organize this workshop for your own group? I am happy to explore the possibilities with you. Here you are welcome to contact me.
“Smelling a scent is a connection from soul to soul. With an open heart, we are invited to listen to its story and discover what the scent has to offer us.” – with love, Joanne – With love, Joanne

Over AromaWise by Joanne
For more than twenty-five years, Joanne has worked with aromatherapy, scent perception, and plant processes. Drawing on her background as a massage and movement therapist and her extensive practical experience, she has developed a deeply embodied body of knowledge.
She moves between knowing and sensing, between knowledge and experience, to arrive at essence. Her strength lies in bringing these together. Clear, practical, and profound, with respect for both human beings and nature.
Joanne is gecertificeerd door de International Federation of Aromatherapists (IFA).


