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Face Masks + DIY Aroma-Self-Relax-Therapy = Feel Better During the Pandemic - Martie Kramer
© 2020 by Martie Kramer and Paul Kramer
The intent of these authors is only to bring information about the use of some organic oils with Aroma-Self-Relax-Therapy for face-masks. Their methods and techniques have the potential to help you in your personal search for emotional and physical well-being during the global pandemic due to the coronavirus. The authors and the publisher assume no responsibility for your personal choices if you decide to use the content of this book for yourself or others with whom you share this information.
The authors of this book do not offer medical advice or prescribe the use of any methods or techniques as a form of treatment for any physical, medical or emotional problems. They recommend you should always consult your physician to be safe with any conditions you may already have.
ISBN: 978-1-09-833915-9
To our late Dad (Paul Clinton Kramer) – You have always been a great inspiration, literally from the earth to the moon.
To my late Godfather (Uncle Karl Holmsten) – Thank you for teaching me (Martie) how to use my gifts to achieve my goals.
To all our international family members in Panama, Costa Rica, the United States, France, Finland, Germany, and Spain – Each one of you is a part of us.
This book is also dedicated with great gratitude to all the hard workers around the world who are risking their lives every day to keep all of us in the best ways to survive during this global pandemic.
From our hearts to yours - thank you so much,
Martie and Paul Kramer
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Preface
We are living in a world that is changing every minute due to the global pandemic. The coronavirus is killing thousands of people every day – but it’s not killing our spirits to fight this battle and try to adapt to new ways to survive. It’s our mission to bring creative applications in the use of face masks to protect ourselves when we have to venture outside our homes. We decided to join our education and experience as professionals to help the world, even in a little way, deal with this new way of life during the pandemic. As a psychologist and life coach, I want to help by offering relaxation methods to those who have anxiety, panic attacks and stress about having to use a face mask. You will learn how to quiet your mind through techniques that will aid relaxation and the most important thing: how to reduce stress when you use the face mask by using aromatherapy to relax the body and mind. As a professional and an author I keep the privacy of the ones who share with me their personal problems. We will be sharing in this book, some of our own personal experiences as examples of human behavior to establish a direct connection with the readers. I will write about probabilities in some examples that come from the use of statistics in my research as a psychologist. This book will give you psychological advice for dealing with all the different aspects that are affecting our lives with Covid-19 such as: your health, finances and relationships. On the other hand my husband Paul Kramer – an expert organic chemist and scientist– will bring the use of aromatherapy with organic oils while using a face mask. Paul provided the information about the properties and benefits about the organic oils. He knows as a chemist the importance of understanding in simple words without all the chemical formulas and complicated words for all our readers.
Both of us contribute with our fields of expertise and we called it: The Kramer’s Method 1995. As a result of the use of this method, together we created Aroma-Self-Relax-Therapy when you go to public places with a face mask. It’s the perfect marriage of two extremely different professional backgrounds to use during this time with the global pandemic of the coronavirus.
Be well and stay safe!
Martie and Paul Kramer
Chapter One
How our lives are changing around the world with the use of face masks
You’ve probably thought about how our lives have changed almost entirely overnight. All of us have many changes in different aspects. It feels sometimes like a big hit we got in our heads from an unexpected brick. Most of us were not ready for all the changes we have been forced to make in order to, basically, survive. The early news of the coronavirus was that only older people and those with underlying medical conditions would be at extreme high-risk from COVID-19. But now, it’s clear that anyone, from babies to seniors, can develop severe symptoms and possibly death if they contract the disease. And unfortunately, it’s taking time to understand the importance of using face masks for prevention and specifically to protect seniors and others with high risk that we may come into contact with. Now, it’s possible for one to have the virus but not show any symptoms and then spread the virus to family members and people who get in close contact with them. This problem was not on our list of things to deal with as soon as it should have been. Every single aspect of our regular routines is a thing of the past. We have to realize that we need to adapt to this new way of life. This new way includes the use of a face mask when we need to go outside from the place we call home. We have to remember to wear face masks in public places, and we need to have extra face masks in our cars and in our purses just in case. Most women don’t even use makeup anymore because it will simply come off on the inside of the face mask. Some men have stopped shaving their faces because what’s the point? The importance of vanity has been thrown out the window. There are far more serious topics to discuss. Many businesses are closed like indoor restaurants, bars, malls, and many offices worldwide. Many have been laid off and are still waiting for an unemployment check. People have had to delay making mortgage payments or paying their rent. And mandatory quarantine means something different now, with many different rules about quarantining in each country.
In some countries like Panama, they only allow women to go out to buy groceries two days out of the week. Men are allowed to go on other days and only at certain hours. From Friday at 5:30 p.m. until Monday at 5:30 a.m., everyone have to stay inside their homes (except for medical emergencies). Seniors only go in public and buy groceries from 7:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. Maybe this sounds weird for some people. In my personal opinion this is a method that can decrease organization of criminal activity. If we try to understand that perspective it makes sense.
I once had the opportunity to travel almost all over the world, doing research as a psychologist in aviation. My research goes back to the first time I traveled aboard an airplane in the 1980s. It changed the way I used to see things and helped me open my mind about life. I was exposed to the different cultures and ways of living in many countries.
I have registered with the Federal Aviation Administration more than five thousand hours aboard airplanes as a psychologist in aviation. I was the Director of my psychological research in countries like Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Chile, Uruguay, Belize, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominic Republic, France, Amsterdam and Spain among others.
From 1989 to 1994, I traveled to a few countries where it was normal to see some people on the streets wearing face masks to protect themselves from air pollution. Back in those days, we were not trying to survive from coronavirus. Now all over the world, a face mask is basically mandatory when you go in public spaces.
I am extremely grateful I had the opportunity to learn the culture of those countries and make great friends too. Unfortunately for this planet I have been in countries where the skies were so dark from pollution that they seemed right out of a horror movie. It was sad to see some children wearing face masks or having a bandana to cover their nostrils to protect them from the air pollution around them. And now, global air pollution has gotten even worse and we have the pandemic due to the coronavirus.
When I was younger, I really thought that all countries were going to protect Mother Earth. I thought that the oceans where going to be cleaner and safer. Now, I feel maybe I had far too high expectations in that department and many other issues I was totally wrong about. I’m sure that I am not the only person that was thinking like that during those years. How did we get to this point in our planet? Well, we know the answers to that question: the negative contributions we have been giving to our environment. We can’t make more excuses for not protecting the legacy we are living for future generations, and we need to be more proactive in protecting the environment. It’s better late than never...
I wish now that the only reason for a mandatory face mask was for air pollution and not to put an end to a global pandemic. Fortunately, we have the ability to create solutions for our problems. When we put our minds to work, we can accomplish many goals to help each other to achieve a better outcome.
I have to recall these feelings of emotions: hope, faith, and love. Each emotion needs to be activated in every person during this pandemic. Just think about this, in most countries around the world the only businesses that are still operating are groceries stores, gas stations, postal services, online services, some professionals working from home, hospitals and clinics to offer the basic and essential services we need to continue the new daily journey. Many schools around the world have been closed for months and some of them are able to offer classes online. Some countries are trying to go back to normal in phases by following rules such as using face masks and keeping a distance of six feet between each person.
In the United State there are some differences between states with the new rules of quarantine and the