Students smelled relaxing oils that came in tiny bottles, where some also served as a pick-me-up or head-clearer. Thursday’s Aromatherapy event was a stress-relieving session held by graduate assistants from the counseling department.
“It was a really popular event last year,” graduate assistant Angela Baker said. They decided to wait for a warm spring day for the event because they thought the nice weather would add to the different scents’ effects.
Students poured scentless lotions into small cups and added a few drops of the essential oils they wanted. Some even mixed the scents together to create their own unique aroma.
Having already made one lotion, junior Heather Hockenberry asked her friend, Megan Baer, if it would be too much to mix peppermint and rosemary.
“It can’t be worse than mine,” Baer said. “Mine’s waking me up and putting me to sleep,” she said of her lotion, which was a mix of peppermint and sleepy lavender.
Each essential oil has certain qualities, Baker said. Eucalyptus will clear your head, peppermint and rosemary will wake you up, lavender will put you to sleep and ylang ylang will help you to relax.
This time of year, students need a little relaxation.
“This is the worst part of the semester,” junior Sara Landis said. All of her professors have schedued everything at the same time, so she is especially busy right now.
Not only lotion, but fortune cookies were also available at the event. The fortune cookies were leftover from the Wellness Fair, Baker said. The cookies contained more than a typical fortune — lucky winners had free massages in their future.
Senior Vito Grippi seemed a little confused at first, when he read his fortune of a free massage.
“I feel like I got the golden ticket right now,” Grippi said.
Winners just have to sign up for a time slot, and they will receive a free, professional 15-minute massage in the Ceddia Union Building.
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