We have a pirate in our midst!

[Guest guest]

Some of you may be interested to read my latest web page:

http://www.aromamedical.com/new.html

 

This names a person in the Canadian aromatherapy scene, who despite

legal warnings, has pirated information from the course notes that I

license to IATA in Canada. I won't name this individual on this

group for now, as that may be against group rules, but I would urge

you to read the information on my site and see the name. Such nasty

individuals need exposure to public scrutiny because they simply

steal other peoples hard work and turn it into profit for

themselves. This woman is not the only one doing this, but so far

she is the first who has been foolish enough to push her luck with

me. I hope readers here spread the word so that we can ostracize

such people and point students away from their courses.

 

In my licensed course notes we have these headings:

 

HEALTH AND SAFETY DATA

CONTRA INDICATIONS:

VALIDATED MEDICINAL ACTIVITY. Please note the use of the

term 'validated' where else in this trade do you see that term used?

 

ROOM FRAGRANCE:

BATHS:

INHALANTS:

FIRST AID:

 

Under each of these headings, this woman has copied extracts from my

course notes, into her own, often word for word. The selection of

oils she covers is also identical to my own.

 

Thanks for any support you can give in spreading the word.

Martin Watt

Any emails via my website email please not to this group one.

[Guest guest]

Hi Martin,

 

That REALLY stinks! I hope you're able to get it taken care of swiftly.

 

We certainly support you!

 

*Smile*

Chris (list mom)

 

http://www.alittleolfactory.com

 

 

 

 

 

On Behalf Of aromamedical2003

 

 

Some of you may be interested to read my latest web page:

http://www.aromamedical.com/new.html

 

This names a person in the Canadian aromatherapy scene, who despite

legal warnings, has pirated information from the course notes that I

license to IATA in Canada. I won't name this individual on this

group for now, as that may be against group rules, but I would urge

you to read the information on my site and see the name. Such nasty

individuals need exposure to public scrutiny because they simply

steal other peoples hard work and turn it into profit for

themselves. This woman is not the only one doing this, but so far

she is the first who has been foolish enough to push her luck with

me. I hope readers here spread the word so that we can ostracize

such people and point students away from their courses.

 

In my licensed course notes we have these headings:

 

HEALTH AND SAFETY DATA

CONTRA INDICATIONS:

VALIDATED MEDICINAL ACTIVITY. Please note the use of the

term 'validated' where else in this trade do you see that term used?

 

ROOM FRAGRANCE:

BATHS:

INHALANTS:

FIRST AID:

 

Under each of these headings, this woman has copied extracts from my

course notes, into her own, often word for word. The selection of

oils she covers is also identical to my own.

 

Thanks for any support you can give in spreading the word.

Martin Watt

Any emails via my website email please not to this group one.

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

That's really sad and what's worse this person has the gall to charge

$2100 for her course the same thing I complained that the Australasian

College was doing. To make matters worse, she's passing herself off as

being a spiritual person (I got from her Goddess workshops). Not the

firt time I've encountered people like that.

 

I have a book on making dream pillows by Jim Long and while I was net

surfing looking for soap supplies ran into a woman who had plagerised

his book and instructions. I e-mailed him the website and he e-mailed

me back, but he said he probably wouldn't be able to do any more than

write her a nasty letter because I don't think he had the funds to

really go after her.

 

Hopefully you can resolve this matter.

 

Michele Madison Robles

[Guest guest]

, " Chaeya " <chaeya> wrote:

> That's really sad and what's worse this person has the gall to charge

> $2100 for her course the same thing I complained that the Australasian

> College was doing.

 

 

Hi Michele:

Can you help clear up my confusion? Are these two different

people/places? I'm really trying to figure out who these players are.

You can reply privately, if you feel more comfortable that way.

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[Guest guest]

Hi Anya,

 

These two people are different. It's no secret that I'm upset with the

Australasian College because they offer a correspondence course in

Aromatherapy. I signed up for the course in 2000, but became pregnant

and sort of shifted all my focus to the baby. At the time they charged

me $1300 for the course which included the course materials, supporting

books for reading material (a chemistry book by Williams, essential oil

safety by Tisserand/Balacs, the practice of aromatherapy by Valnet and

a medical dictionary), a video on aromatherapy massage, and oils. Last

year I contacted them to start studying again and they had upped the

price to $2200 and you get no books, just the oils. When I mentioned

that I had been a student before and my circumstances, they offered me

no discount or anything. I asked about the price hike and I was told

that they were one of the most accredited schools in the country. I

told them that aromatherpy wasn't a licensed or certificated field and

they responded with what a highly accredited school they were again.

That was when I did some research and found out about Martin Watt and

decided to take his course which is far superior in regards to

essential oils safety, information and research and much more price

worthy.

 

I admit that at first I hadn't properly done my homework and had

believed much that was written in aromatherapy books and bought into

the school the first time. I didn't know much about essential oil

safety other than what is written in most books. Then you have these

schools which teach herbalism, aromatherapy and other " holistic " health

courses to people and their hype is real good so you really think

you're getting something when they charge an exuberant amount of money

for it, but after doing some homework you find that many of the people

involved are not properly educated or licensed, have very little

experience in the field and are not teaching enough in regards to

safety or their safety information is not accurate.

 

While studying with Martin I compared his course with that of the

college's and found that much of their contraindications of essential

oils are related to the internal use of the herb and has nothing to do

with the oil, they supported using essential oils internally and found

that the uses were attributed to the " herb " and not the essential oil.

For instance, for Lemon oil they mentioned that it can cause irritation

and sensitization and may be phototoxic - " use in moderation. " What

does that mean? I don't know if their course materials have been

updated since 2000, I would hope so.

 

Michele Madison Robles

 

, " rastapoodle " <mccoy@n...> wrote:

> , " Chaeya " <chaeya> wrote:

> > That's really sad and what's worse this person has the gall to

charge

> > $2100 for her course the same thing I complained that the

Australasian

> > College was doing.

>

>

> Hi Michele:

> Can you help clear up my confusion? Are these two different

> people/places? I'm really trying to figure out who these players are.

> You can reply privately, if you feel more comfortable that way.

>

> Anya

> http://naturalperfumery.com

> The Web's Premier site for information on Natural Perfume

>

> for a great discussion group