What are Flower Essences?
by Catherine Wilson
Flower essences can bring about significant healing and personal spiritual development for little financial outlay. The Flower essence that is made by a essence practitioner is the energy signature (the energetic life force) of the plant. They work through the medium of the water. Our body is 73 per cent water so water is essential for our organs, body systems and tissues to function in a healthy way.
“Energy all around us vibrates; we just have to find the right pitch and the body, mind and emotion will work in harmony”1
Different plants have different energies which act like a key to a door can unlock certain healing in a person. Finding the right flowers is essential and can target what the patient requires to balance their emotions. In the 1930’s Edward Bach in England discovered this method and used the healing properties of herbs and wildflowers that grew native to his area in the countryside. Thus the Bach Flower essences were created.
The essence is made with filtered water and some practitioners use moon water or make them on the solstice or special occasions to harness a certain energy. Our own bodies can detect positive effects if we are in tune and this can vary from person to person.
Flower essences are crafted by sitting the flower heads in water in the sun for 4 to 5 hours. During this time the water acts as a transporter for the energy of the flower. As water is made up hydrogen and oxygen these basic elements are capable of memory and can respond to the plants in a natural way.
Flower essences are crafted by sitting the flower heads in water in the sun for 4 to 5 hours.
Flower essences have been used by several civilisations for centuries. The Australian Indigenous people have been using flowers and plant medicine for tens’s of thousands of years. The ancient Greeks and Egyptianns held nature -flowers, plants and itself as a religious symbol. Temples were build in places where there was outstanding beauty and flowers were believed to have superior powers.
“In combination, the 38 Bach Flower Remedies can restore emotional balance and promote joy and happiness for humans and their animal companions.
The remedies work in harmony with herbs, homeopathy, and medications, and are safe for everyone, including children, pregnant women, pets, and the elderly.
Dr. Bach made sure the system was easy to use and understand, and millions of people around the world still use it today.” 1
In understanding how flower essences work one has to accept that were are more than just a physical body. We are in fact, a physical body in side a spiritual body, astral body and an emotional body. To balance all these body energies takes time, healing, good health and a regular practices such as meditation and exercise to stay peaceful, grounded, positive and aware.
Our emotional body is our feeling body, our sensitivity, reactions and habits which can make us fearful, stresses, anxious or angry. There are many more emotions to name, however flower essence can interact with these negative emotions and have a positive effect on us. Like inspirational art or music it carries a vibrations which can help us work through our difficult or stuck emotions very quickly and effectively rebalancing the mind, body and spirit.
The Silver Banksia helps one to heighten an awareness to the core of the major energy lines. It can help feel more grounded and able to cope like theres an army on your side. It allows a fresh outlook on how things unfold in your life and assist one to let go of all negativitiy leading to inner growth and great achievements.
1. The Flower Healer, Flower essence medicine for healing. Barbara Olive, CICO books 2007
2.https://www.bachflower.com/
3. The Essence Practitioner, Choosing and using Flower and other essences. Sue Lilly, Singing dragon, London 2015.
