What Are Flower Essences?
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What Are Flower Essences?
Remember "flower power” in the '60's? Flowers
symbolized peace, love, and brotherhood.
Flower essences are another kind flower power. They promotes peace
on earth from the inside out, for they help heal emotions. Flower
essences are infusions of flower petals in spring water, preserved in
alcohol or apple cider vinegar. The petals are then removed and the
vibrations of the flower remain. A few drops are taken several times a
day, under the tongue. Essences are chosen by matching your current
emotional issues with the corresponding flower, proven in repeated
case studies to catalyze that emotional pattern to completion.
The essences heal at the vibratory or soul level, so a little goes a long
way. Each drop of essence contains the energetic pattern of the flower.
Flower essences do not suppress feelings. On the contrary, they seem
to open us up in a deep and receptive way to the process of embracing
and moving through them. Without resistance, feelings are much less
painful and more quickly resolved.
The flower remedies were first discovered in England during World
War I by Dr. Edward Bach, a homeopathic physician. Bach first
noticed a distinct correlation between the body and emotions in the
condition "shell shock." Dr. Bach believed that pain, suffering, and
illness are opportunities to grow and discover ourselves. To avoid the
transitory walk through pain is to say no to wholeness. For this reason,
tools like flower essences, which enable the spirit to face and work
through feelings, are so valuable.
Bach's flowers tend more toward "heavy" issues, no doubt because of
when they were developed. After all, "war is hell," so Bach's remedies
focus on the dark side, issues like depression, guilt, jealousy, trauma,
and grief. There are 38 Bach Remedies--39 counting the multi-
purpose combination, Rescue Remedy.
The North American Essences have been developed over the past
two decades. Patricia Kaminiski and Richard Katz are the keepers
of these essences, also known as the FES Quintessentials They live
in Nevada City, California where they operate Flower Essences
Services inside a compound with gardens full of wildflowers. I feel
privileged to have trained as an essence practitioner with these two
highly spiritual, on-purpose mentors, dedicated to healing our planet
through better communion with nature.
The FES Quintessentials cover a larger variety of issues. Just a few
examples include help to release a relationship, get grounded, contact
your own inner sense of conscience, open up to draw in friendship, and
get in touch with your inner child. There are 72 basic essences, with new
and exciting research essences in continuous in development.
This is just brief introduction to flower essences and some of the
pioneers in the field. There are many other wonderful essences and
essence-makers, among them the Master’s Essences of Nevada City,
Calif., made from the flowers of fruits and vegetables; Desert Alchemy
of Tucson, Ariz., and its deeply healing essences from cactus and other
desert flowers, including a whole range of blends for astrological cycles;
Ancient Forest Essences of Jenner, California with remedies from a
variety of pines and other long-lived trees, infusions made at sacred
sites throughout the world, and essences chosen to represent the
positions on the Native American Medicine Wheel and their meanings.
If that isn’t creative enough for you, Pacific Essences makes infusions
from sea creatures. Barnacle is one of my favorites, for “radical trust,”
when we cling, like barnacles on a boat helm, to what was, rather than
leaping into the void and meeting our next opportunity for growth.
Intuitively, people have always linked flowers and feelings. Flowers
are the gift of choice in our most emotionally charged times of
transition: birth, death, illness, marriage, anniversaries, and celebrations
of all kinds. Flower essences help us celebrate life by freeing stuck
energy that keeps us in the painful past by giving us the present of “the
present”--and a new start.
This article does not mean to imply any recommendation or
certification of any individuals or companies mentioned. It is provided
purely for informational purposes. Please make your own
determination about the quality of the services and products offered .
These articles are not meant to constitute advice, nor are they meant to
replace medical or psychological treatment.
© Joyce Mason, 2008-2012. All Rights Reserved.
Link freely, quote short passages, but please seek permission
for all other uses of the author's material.
Remember "flower power” in the '60's? Flowers
symbolized peace, love, and brotherhood.
Flower essences are another kind flower power. They promotes peace
on earth from the inside out, for they help heal emotions. Flower
essences are infusions of flower petals in spring water, preserved in
alcohol or apple cider vinegar. The petals are then removed and the
vibrations of the flower remain. A few drops are taken several times a
day, under the tongue. Essences are chosen by matching your current
emotional issues with the corresponding flower, proven in repeated
case studies to catalyze that emotional pattern to completion.
The essences heal at the vibratory or soul level, so a little goes a long
way. Each drop of essence contains the energetic pattern of the flower.
Flower essences do not suppress feelings. On the contrary, they seem
to open us up in a deep and receptive way to the process of embracing
and moving through them. Without resistance, feelings are much less
painful and more quickly resolved.
The flower remedies were first discovered in England during World
War I by Dr. Edward Bach, a homeopathic physician. Bach first
noticed a distinct correlation between the body and emotions in the
condition "shell shock." Dr. Bach believed that pain, suffering, and
illness are opportunities to grow and discover ourselves. To avoid the
transitory walk through pain is to say no to wholeness. For this reason,
tools like flower essences, which enable the spirit to face and work
through feelings, are so valuable.
Bach's flowers tend more toward "heavy" issues, no doubt because of
when they were developed. After all, "war is hell," so Bach's remedies
focus on the dark side, issues like depression, guilt, jealousy, trauma,
and grief. There are 38 Bach Remedies--39 counting the multi-
purpose combination, Rescue Remedy.
The North American Essences have been developed over the past
two decades. Patricia Kaminiski and Richard Katz are the keepers
of these essences, also known as the FES Quintessentials They live
in Nevada City, California where they operate Flower Essences
Services inside a compound with gardens full of wildflowers. I feel
privileged to have trained as an essence practitioner with these two
highly spiritual, on-purpose mentors, dedicated to healing our planet
through better communion with nature.
The FES Quintessentials cover a larger variety of issues. Just a few
examples include help to release a relationship, get grounded, contact
your own inner sense of conscience, open up to draw in friendship, and
get in touch with your inner child. There are 72 basic essences, with new
and exciting research essences in continuous in development.
This is just brief introduction to flower essences and some of the
pioneers in the field. There are many other wonderful essences and
essence-makers, among them the Master’s Essences of Nevada City,
Calif., made from the flowers of fruits and vegetables; Desert Alchemy
of Tucson, Ariz., and its deeply healing essences from cactus and other
desert flowers, including a whole range of blends for astrological cycles;
Ancient Forest Essences of Jenner, California with remedies from a
variety of pines and other long-lived trees, infusions made at sacred
sites throughout the world, and essences chosen to represent the
positions on the Native American Medicine Wheel and their meanings.
If that isn’t creative enough for you, Pacific Essences makes infusions
from sea creatures. Barnacle is one of my favorites, for “radical trust,”
when we cling, like barnacles on a boat helm, to what was, rather than
leaping into the void and meeting our next opportunity for growth.
Intuitively, people have always linked flowers and feelings. Flowers
are the gift of choice in our most emotionally charged times of
transition: birth, death, illness, marriage, anniversaries, and celebrations
of all kinds. Flower essences help us celebrate life by freeing stuck
energy that keeps us in the painful past by giving us the present of “the
present”--and a new start.
This article does not mean to imply any recommendation or
certification of any individuals or companies mentioned. It is provided
purely for informational purposes. Please make your own
determination about the quality of the services and products offered .
These articles are not meant to constitute advice, nor are they meant to
replace medical or psychological treatment.
© Joyce Mason, 2008-2012. All Rights Reserved.
Link freely, quote short passages, but please seek permission
for all other uses of the author's material.
Intuitively,
people
have always
linked
flowers and
feelings.
