In today's interview, it is my great honor to introduce you to an experienced and multiple certified aromatherapist with many years of experience and a trusted expert, Xenia Bodorík Pilíková. Xenia is one big element and one big concept! I see her as an uncompromising lover of life, herbs, travel, distillation of hydrolates and essential oils. She passes on her knowledge and experience with love in various online and offline courses. In her studio in Brno, she helps people with various traumas. Her practice as a medical masseur harmoniously blends with her life passion for aromatherapy. She constantly educates herself and inspires others with her energy. I have prepared several questions for her, with the help of which she will certainly reveal more about her life's mission.
Hi Xenia, thank you for taking the time to read my reviews and for the products. SoZoLe Rose have found a place in your heart. I would like to ask you a few interesting facts about your life and professional practice.
1. Who is Xenie? How would you describe yourself in 2 sentences??
So let's start off nicely! First question and then a quick one. I'm laughing. How would I describe myself? I am a person who perceives humanity in its entirety. My purpose is to relieve people of pain and tune them in to themselves through words, writing, touch and scent so that they can help themselves in joy and well-being.
2. What is aromatherapy for you?
For me, aromatherapy is the Soul of a plant, which must first die in order to then act in another dimension on the Soul of a person who needs help. And it doesn't matter if it is physically, psychologically or spiritually. Smell is part of our essence, without it we are helpless in this world. Loss of sight will be replaced by our inner sight, loss of hearing will be replaced by looking, but smell cannot be replaced by anything. Smell helps us find our dream partner, helps us recognize whether we can, for example, eat the food in front of us, or whether its consumption is no longer suitable for us. With smell, we can perceive danger, for example, gas, or that something is burning in the kitchen, we can recognize mold and so on. Now, thanks to Covid, many people understand me more than before, because they have seen for themselves how unpleasant and terrible it is to lose our sense of smell. For me, aromatherapy is work with memories. It is a kind of self-awareness of how we are in our subconscious. It can make us sad or happy. Aromatherapy is a powerful helper on our journey through life, whether we are experiencing twilight or dawn.
3. I know you are actively engaged in self-education, so I can't help but ask. How many professional certificates do you have in total? Which was the most difficult? Which one do you have the fondest memories of?
I have a lot of certificates. But they are of no use to me in the Czech Republic, because here Aromatherapy is considered one of the most despised alternative methods. And which one was the most difficult? At the moment, I consider the most difficult to be: Tisserand Institute. And that's just because it's in English. Which wouldn't be difficult if the videos had English subtitles for what they say. I mainly understand written text in English (I'm working on improving my listening English) and if they speak professionally in the video, then I have something to do. But I take it as another challenge in my life that will enrich and entertain me. Another question, which certificate do I have the fondest memories of? I have the fondest memories of all of them. I have all of them connected to specific people whom I respect and love very much. I have all of them connected to specific situations that helped me move somewhere and gave me something revolutionary in my life. And I definitely have the fondest memories of enriching trips to spices, herbs, trees, distillations and humanity to countries like India, Vietnam, Bulgaria, South Africa, Croatia or Italy.
4. Why is your colorful website called Energy from Xenia?
A colorful website. Well, that's nice! I have a colorful website and a colorful life. 😊 My clients came up with the name of my website. My first work website, when I started giving massages in Brno in 2007, I named it logically and quite simply after my name XENIE. And as time went on, people admired my energy and, without knowing it, called my massages, lectures, activities, therapies and my life the energy of Xenia. Then, when I started learning how to create online courses in 2018, a website called Energy from XeniaBecause this website is about meeting not only online, but mainly in person, so that the energy of sweet comfort, kind caress, and useful enrichment flows to those who need it.
5. What attracted you to the products? SoZoLe Rose?
Products SoZoLe Rose first contacted me thanks to a person named Michaela Piskořová. Michaela was and is the managing director of your family business. SoZoLe Rose. She came to me for massages long before you two met. And because I know her and know that she is an honest, fair and reliable person, I immediately reached for those products. Misha blew me away with the enthusiasm she put into it. She blew me away with her story about you. About the fact that you live in Bulgaria and live by your products. She told me that you approach companies there that distill those essential oils and hydrolates there. And thanks to that, it was clear that I wanted to get to know your company and you better. I was wondering who is behind such beauty? Who cares about every bottle that she offers? In Bulgaria, my husband and I were on a private trip to learn about the historical distillation of roses. We slept right in the Valley of Roses in Kazanlak, we picked roses early in the morning together with the locals... that land, that landscape, it has its own depth. You yourself are very precise about quality and you can feel the love for it all. SoZoLe I like Rose.
6. You run many online courses. Which one is your favorite?
Chiiichii! You're asking me questions! They are all my sweethearts.. In the online course Spices, a powerful aid for the body and soul, there are a few short videos from India, where my husband and I visited an Ayurvedic pharmacy, where herbal medicines are brewed, on one of our trips to this fascinating country for us. In The gateway to the heart of aromatherapy, so I saved there, in addition to a pile of knowledge, of course, a large number of videos and photos from our trips to distill herbs into essential oil and hydrolate. In each of my online courses there is a piece of my heart, memories and life. I just lack time, because I live very intensely live 😊. But thanks to Covid (yes, again it is that bastard who gave me a lot and taught me), I am already learning to have a balance in what I do. So I balance in time between everything that I enjoy, want to do and experience. Thanks to this, my online consists of heartfelt lives.
7. You are very busy. Are you still accepting new clients in your massage studio? What will a client find with you?
At the moment I am not accepting, and if I am accepting, it is only on the recommendation of my existing clients. Before Covid, I was very busy and I did not accept for several years. After the big, eight-month lockdown, I accepted new clients for a while, because after such a break, everyone in our industry was starting more or less again, from scratch. But now, in combination with new and my rock clients, at the moment I do not know where my head is. And what do I offer? I try to help people remember the journey of their Soul through words, writing, touch and scent. This means that I teach, lecture, write articles, have various reflections, massage and create custom fragrances. And even though I have a full capacity for massages now, I will meet people who I somehow interest and like at one of my live courses in the forest. And for those who purchase one of my online courses, I also offer a meeting once a year with free refreshments and a free program, because I want them to have the opportunity to get to know us and our famous aromatherapy waffles and coffee in person. So that they don't miss out on anything. After all, live is live.
8. What new things are you planning for this year 2022?
Beauty… For people, for myself, for everyone. It all connects. I create for people and thanks to them I feel beauty again and the world is beautiful… oh well, I’ll come back to earth. I laugh. After two years of Covid, when we had a total of 10.5 months of work ban, I plan to organize courses, lectures, travel… live again, apart from massage, which I have already in full swing. I used those 10.5 months to make various changes, by selling an apartment in the center of Brno and buying a house in Brno in the forest with a 4700 m2 plot of land. On this site, my husband and I built a place for people to meet. Thanks to the forest and those changes, that meeting became deeper and more real in terms of experiences, experiences and perceptions. I also believe, Veronika, that we will meet in person. You are a very inspiring and admirable woman. Thank you for your interest in me and what I do. I really appreciate it from you. Thank you. Good luck!
I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the nice interview and I wish you many successful and experience-filled courses and lecture activities that we can find at www.energieodxenie.cz
