What kinds of Careers in Aromatherapy are out there?

3 min to read
Andrea Butje
09/20/2021

Welcome to a fresh start!

Are you considering big changes in your life? Perhaps dreams you've been nurturing or adjustments you wish to make?

Revolutionizing your life for the better revolves around having an inspiring dream and then progressively taking actions towards that goal.

Have you contemplated starting a career in Aromatherapy?

Is that feasible?

What kind of opportunities really exist that Aromatherapists can explore for work?

Actually, any time is the IDEAL time to use essential oils professionally! Many people are beginning careers in Aromatherapy, or incorporating essential oils into their existing business.

The trend towards leading healthy, natural lifestyles is on the rise. We're adopting more natural habits, from the food we eat, to the way we clean, and the means we use to care for our health. Aromatherapy is skyrocketing in popularity, as essential oils provide an array of natural, effective alternatives.

However, the accessibility of sharing "information" about essential oils means that misinformation can easily spread, despite the best intentions of those disseminating it.

As Aromatherapy is surging in popularity, we need well-educated professionals, role models who understand how to use the oils effectively and safely.

So here are 30 ideas for careers in Aromatherapy, and ways you can incorporate Aromatherapy into a business:

  1. Teach people to make their own body butters and skincare products.

  2. Start your own line of natural perfumes using essential oils.

  3. Use Aromatherapy in a massage business and sell products to your clients.

  4. Manufacture and sell your own line of natural incense.

  5. Offer classes about using essential oils for maintaining health during flu season.

  6. Become an Aromatherapy consultant for clinics and healthcare centers.

  7. Integrate Aromatherapy into your nursing practice.

  8. Care for patients in hospice or palliative care with Aromatherapy.

  9. Sell natural, eco-friendly cleaning products online and in local stores.

  10. Write a blog.

  11. Author a book.

  12. Distribute Aromatherapy products through spas and massage studios.

  13. Launch an Aromatherapy podcast.

  14. Create an Aromatherapy YouTube channel and educate people on how to concoct recipes.

  15. Conduct interviews with professionals in the Aromatherapy field.

  16. Sell meditation blends (and natural yoga mat cleaners!) at local yoga studios.

  17. Conduct classes on essential oil safety.

  18. Import essential oils from small-scale farmers and distillers.

  19. Market your homemade Aromatherapy products at a local farmer's market.

  20. Develop a line of stress-relieving perfumes.

  21. Teach classes specifically for healthcare professionals, demonstrating how to use Aromatherapy to aid their patients.

  22. Sell Aromatherapy products on a community-oriented Facebook page and shop.

  23. Establish an Aromatherapy Instagram account and showcase your products.

  24. Offer in-home consultations.

  25. Teach reiki practitioners to incorporate essential oils into their practice.

  26. Create a line of "study support" Aromatherapy inhalers for students.

  27. Start a green cleaning business using your own homemade natural products. (You could also sell them your products!)

  28. Develop a unique natural pain relief blend and market it online or at your local health food store.

  29. Conduct classes for parents and caretakers about using Aromatherapy for children.

  30. Organize weekend-long workshops about utilizing essential oils.

Did these suggestions inspire you?

This is just the beginning of the multitude of careers in Aromatherapy you can initiate. With the ubiquity of the internet, your possibilities are only restricted by your creativity.

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