About Maren Good

908.389.0737 | info@scentandsoundworks.com | Westfield, NJ and New York City

Welcome! | Meet Maren

Welcome to Scent and Sound Works. This site is all about Maren Good's work with scent and sound, and the fact that "scent and sound works!"

Please take a little time to enter this site and take a stroll through the world of Aromatherapy, Acutonics® Sounding Healing, and Planetary Gong Meditations. Come discover how they each work and how they complement one another. My explorations into the world of essential oils and sound healing for more than ten years continue to inform my product development and my work with sound healing and the amazing planetary gongs. Learn more about the gongs by clicking here.

The Good Scents product lines were initially created with the intent to simplify your experience of aromatherapy and essential oils. My goal has always been to make it inviting for you to bring aromatherapy into your daily life so you can discover the value and excitement of making these oils a part of your world. Over the past few years, inspired by the works of Masaru Emoto and studies of sacred geometry, I began harmonically tuning my essential oils blends by utilizing the specific harmonic structures drawn from the Music of the Spheres. I have combined my knowledge of sound healing with the powerful world of essential oils. Using a selection of Paiste Planetary Gongs (of which I have 12), planetary hand chimes, singing bowls, as well as resonant crystals and minerals, all of my products are now sounded into harmonic resonance to even more deeply activate the intent of the essential oil creations. To learn more about the tuning of my essential oil blends, please click on this link.

This site would not be complete without a tribute to the Paiste Planetary Gongs. First and foremost, the gongs activate and invite. Anyone who has experienced a gong meditation with my husband, Michael (a gifted musician and recording engineer) and me for an equinox or solstice; attended one of the New Moon ceremonies at the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors in New York City when we played our gongs; or attended various other venues which featured our gongs, knows firsthand their sonic call to remembrance and re-harmonization. We were privileged to be able to capture the magic of these gongs by recording them live at the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors in Chelsea, before CoSM relocated to Wappingers Fall, NY. Please click on this link to learn more about this amazing recording experience.

I also teach aromatherapy and sound healing. I am approved by NCBTMB to teach aromatherapy and the full Acutonics Sound Healing Certification Curriculum (Acutonics is also approved by NCCAOM). If you are interested in studying aromatherapy or sound healing, then explore the classes that I teach in both of these fields. These are exciting and rapidly growing areas of study that will not only expand your existing practice but can be immediately incorporated into your current sessions... or it can be for your own growth and enrichment.

Meet Maren

Maren Good is the owner of Good Scents, Inc., a company specializing in aromatherapy products, is a Nationally Certified Massage Therapist and Reflexologist, a Certified Practitioner in Acutonics® Sound Healing and a Senior Faculty member with the Kairos Institute of Sound Healing. In addition, Maren currently teaches, aromatherapy, massage, reflexology and Acutonics at the Therapeutic Massage Training Center in Westfield, New Jersey. She has also recently taught at the New York Open Center, the Center for Human Integration in Philadelphia, PA and the Swedish Institute in New York City. She is a continuing education provider for Acutonics and Aromatherapy approved by the NCBTMB. Maren has been working in the holistic arts for over 30 years, beginning with a form of energy work called Attunement. She also has an extensive background in the corporate world where she developed documentation, training materials and provided leadership skills for management teams for such companies as Intel, Tektronix and other high tech and financial institutions. Drawing on all of these experiences, Maren brings a rich blend of business acumen and the healing arts to her business, teaching and body work practice. Maren uses essential oils, tuning forks and other sound tools as a way to combine scent and sound with her reflexology and massage sessions to create new dimensions in bodywork. In addition to individual therapeutic sessions, she offers quarterly public gong meditations in Westfield, NJ, bringing the power of the Paiste Planetary gongs to the community and uses the gongs to collaborate with Alex and Allyson Grey at the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors in New York City in their monthly New Moon Ceremonies.

Education/Training/Awards

• BA, Organizational Communication, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, Oregon
• Certification, Therapeutic Massage Training Center, Westfield, NJ
• Certification, New York Open Center Reflexology Training, New York, New York
• Practitioner Certification, Acutonics® Sound Healing
• Teacher Certification, Acutonics® Sound Healing, certified to teach Levels I-IV
• National Certification, American Reflexology Certification Board
• NCBTMB approved continuing education provider for aromatherapy and sound healing
• Member, Reflexology Association of New Jersey
• Professional Member, National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy (NAHA)
• Professional Member, IMA Holistic Benefits and Services
• Member, Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals (ABMP)
• Diploma with honors, Michael Scholes School of Aromatic Studies, one-year program
• Advanced Certification, Michael Scholes School of Aromatic Studies
• Aromatherapy Teacher Training, Michael Scholes School of Aromatic Studies
• Continuing education classes with Kurt Schnaubelt of Pacific Institute of Aromatherapy, Jeffrey Yuen in Chinese Medical Aromatherapy, and Debbie Freund in Natural Perfumery
• Intel's Manager Training Program
• Recipient of Intel's Pegasus Award for Continuous Improvement for Global Automation and Change Control Board for the Master Specifications Project

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