What are Flower Essences?

Most of us are familiar with the use of plants as medicine. Generally we use certain herbs to target a specific physical ailment in the body, (such as a headache for example). Flower Essences differ from herbal medicine because unlike the herbs that are used to work with the physical body, flower essences are used to address the emotional subtle body and address imbalances. The basic idea in holistic medicine is that physical disease is manifested through emotional/spiritual dis-ease in the body. With that being said, you may see why it’s important for us to work through and heal our emotional traumas.

Flower essences are a form of energetic medicine that was developed by Doctor Edward Bach in the early 1900’s. When you are consuming a flower essence you are consuming the vibrational pattern or energetic imprint of the flower, which can be infused in water (the holding medium) via sunlight. Similarly to homeopathy, the essences that you are actually consuming are highly diluted, and because it is an energetic medicine there are no contraindications. Anybody can take flower essences from children to the elderly, whether you’re on medications or not.  Flower essences are safe for everybody. Sometimes they bring up emotional experiences we need to process and work through, and sometimes the work is more subtle. Any which way, flower essences help us do really powerful emotional and spiritual work by helping us acknowledge and move through past or present experiences that may be holding us back.

In a better effort to understand how flower essences work, you have to have an understanding of vibrational medicine. Some people believe the concept of that to just be “woo-woo” non-sense, and I’m here to tell you that it’s actually quite scientific. Every single thing in this universe has a certain vibrational pattern and effect. There has been tons of research done how certain frequencies and attitudes affect plants, water, food, etc.

Here are a few articles to get you acquainted with the idea:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3385746/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4010966/

I really hope you take some time to explore some essences with me, and give them a try! They have been life changing for me, and as we go about, I will share my experiences, and hope to hear about yours as well!