This is a common question. It seems that some are saying that if you can drink  an oil that this is a sign of purity. Then there are others that say that you cannot ingest oils at all. Where does Gritman stand on this issue.? We can support both sides. For us at Gritman, we [...]

    When I was in graduate school I wanted to do a paper on depression. I could not do it because I could not find research that supported the same depression definition. I realized that depression means many different things to different people. True Depression is a pathology suffered by a small part of [...]

The media is telling you that you need to get the flu shot. They are running out of it. What if you are not able to get the shot and concerned about contracting the flu? The first thing they will tell you is wash your hands with every contact that you make. Be careful of [...]

The flu has become epidemic. We now hear from the media that the flu virus can become dormant for up to eight hours and still infect you. Touching door knobs or surfaces that have come into contact with flu viruses hours after exposure can still pose a threat. What to do? The media suggests that [...]

As we enter this time of thanks giving, I am evaluating how I do this. Is saying thanks to your family enough? Who am I in this ever changing universe? I look to my Native American friends and they seem to continually thank their world and nature for all that they have. They do not [...]

  Fall Equinox Blend     Soon the Fall Equinox of the year will be here. We have journeyed together to balance our emotions to create stability balancing our feminine and masculine within to create equality. Now it is time to release, let go, forget, and begin anew. We are at a remarkable time when [...]

At Gritman we make the distinction between Lemongrass from South America and Lemongrass from India. If you take a look at the chemical analysis, they look almost identical, but their emotional resonance is very different. The plants although different in scientific name look identical to most people. Indian Lemongrass has an almost soft, nurturing quality [...]

Everyone or should I say most of us love lavender. It tends to be one of the most commonly used essential oils. Some think that lavender will relieve most symptoms and use it for everything. When lavender was hit with poor growing season last year, most of the world’s lavender quality suffered. Our beloved Tasmanian [...]

Continuing in the process started at the 2012 Equinox, we have cleared, released, and balanced within our own process. Now it is time to integrate the work into our lives. Yesterday I went in and asked the oils what needed to be put together. It was clear that the blend is to be used after [...]

Clary Sage Clary Sage is growing in the Gritman garden. It is getting hot and we fear that she will not bloom. The blooms of Clary Sage are heavenly. Will she or won’t she bloom? It seems that she needs several months of cold to bloom and we had a relatively warm winter. We will [...]