Podcast 223: Interview with Virginia Joy

Today, I interview one of our sponsors and speakers for the upcoming Whole Health Summit.  For over 38 years Virginia Joy aka V.Joy has been teaching. Initially, as an elementary school teacher teaching 5th grade in New York. While teaching in New York, V. Joy worked in conjunction with Columbia University training teachers “How to Teach writing”. In 2004 she founded Stillpoint Life Back in Balance, an energetic and massage practice in Sedona, where she combines her expertise in energy medicine and massage to create holistic healing sessions for her clients. In 2010 she founded Stillpoint Aromatics where she imports over 470 organics, wild-harvested, and biodynamically farmed essential oil and extracts worldwide. Concurrently, V joy teaches Aromatherapy Certification Programs, both beginner and advanced as well as many weekend workshops and a killer Mystery School. Most of these classes are available virtually and in-person in Sedona. She has been published in numerous Aromatherapy journals and has been a speaker at National Aromatherapy conferences. She also holds a certification in Compassionate Care Bereavement counseling where she assists people who are dealing with catastrophic, traumatic grief and abuse as well as seeing clients in her Clinical Aromatherapy Practice.   You can reach V.Joy through her at her website: www.stillpointaromatics.com, via text 928.606.0363, or through her social channels Instagram | Facebook Save your seat for the Whole Health Summit: https://www.drsamberne.com/summit/ Enjoy the show. If you want more, sign up for my newsletter at: www.drsamberne.com. SUMMARY KEYWORDS essential oils, oils, aromatics, people, rosemary, pine, maritime pine, lemon, awesome, favorite, essence, summit, energetic, little bit, put, laurel leaf, swims, maritime, life, inflammation 00:05 Hey, everybody, it's Dr. Sam and I'd like to welcome you to another EyeClarity podcast. As part of the Summit Series, today, I am interviewing a fabulous summit speaker and she has been a teacher. I think her whole life she is, wow, she's had many lives. And she is the founder and owner of Stillpoint aromatics. I'm doing a little commercial here. This is my top essential oil company that I use. And you might, you know, in my community, I recommend aromatherapy and it's in all my classes and all my work. And so Virginia joy. Let me give you a little background. She's originally from New York. And she has migrated to one of my favorite cities Sedona, Arizona. And she opened up Stillpoint aromatics, which imports over 470, organic and wild harvested biodynamically farmed essential oils that are extracted through the entire world. And I just bought a lot of oils, and just brings back so many memories of all the oils that that I use. And so Virginia, Joy V. Joy, welcome to the program. It is so great to have you. How are you doing today? How's it going? 01:43 Oh, pretty good. Yes, yes. Pretty good. And thank you my honor to be here. Really, my honor. 01:50 Well, both of our honors, but thank you so much. So tell me a little bit about how you got involved in the essences, and you've made it your passion, you have a very successful company, how did you get into it? 02:07 Oh, my God, that was in my other life, I used to use the essential oils, when I taught fifth grade with the kids.