We are often told about being stronger, to show we are invincible, to flex our muscles. For me, showing our vulnerabilities shows much more strength. To be able to do this, we should look at our emotional wounds. They can be on the surface or buried deep inside. Some people make a conscious effort to deal with their emotional problems, while others choose to ignore them, hoping that they will go away (time heals) or denying that they exist altogether.
Unfortunately, these emotions often resurface in the form of ill health. As Caroline Myss (author of Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing) says: "Your biography becomes your biology". In other words, the events of our lives that have not been fully integrated and accepted do not go away. They remain within us and can have a powerful effect on our health and well-being.
Dr. Edward Bach created the first flower essences in the 1930s. His theory was that most physical illnesses are the consequence of underlying emotional problems. This assumption is being validated by the newly emerging science of psychoneuro-immunology, whereby we are discovering the impact that our emotions have on our immune system.
We often hear on social media that we create our own reality, meaning that we must take responsibility for our lives. This means that we are not powerless but can choose to participate in our own healing. We can do this:
- by eliminating all toxic emotions of guilt, fear, resentment, bitterness, hatred, and jealousy
- by healing our emotional wounds, whether they be current or buried deep in our past; and
- by learning to love and accept ourselves for the wonderful beings that we are.
If we take responsibility for our emotional healing, our lives will change.
Dr. Andrew Tresidder is a general practitioner in the UK who uses flower essences in his practice. His philosophy is to offer his patients the best of conventional medicine in conjunction with complementary approaches like flower essences. He seeks to treat his patients as partners who participate in the healing process. He has found that flower essences help his patients to heal emotional wounds and that this emotional healing has a positive impact on their health. In his book Lazy Person's Guide to Emotional Healing: Using Flower Essences Successfully (available from Amazon), Dr. Andrew Tresidder proposes using what he calls the ladder of emotional healing to review and heal the events of our lives. This process has five steps:
- Accept - In order to begin the process of emotional healing we have to accept that there is a situation or event in our lives that needs healing. This is not as easy as it seems as many of us live in denial ("There's nothing wrong with me, I'm fine"). But if there is an aspect of our lives that we prefer to hide, if we have not spoken to a member of our family for many years, if we feel that we are victims of the circumstances of our lives, then there is certainly something to be healed.
- Acknowledge - Once we have accepted there is an emotional wound that needs healing, we have to acknowledge what it is about the situation that needs healing. This requires some soul searching, as the initial reason that comes to mind might not be the real reason. Sometimes we feel that someone has hurt us but with hindsight we realise that the person in question simply reflected back to us a part of ourselves that we do not like.
- Forgive - for many of us this is the hardest part. Forgiveness is a three-fold process: we must forgive the other person, forgive the event and most importantly we must forgive ourselves. We will know that we have really forgiven when we are able to think about the incident or situation without opening old wounds.
- Release - forgive and forget. Many people hang on to their wounds, to the memories of hurtful situations. In our society it is acceptable and even desirable to be able to talk about our wounds, but we must also know when to let go of them. Real emotional healing occurs when we release the past to live fully in the Now.
- Move on - taking this last step on the ladder of emotional healing often implies the need to change. We have forgiven, we have left the past behind us, but we must also move on with our lives, enriched by our life experiences, with a positive attitude and confidence in the future.
Use flower essences to help you climb the ladder of emotional healing. Identify the wounds in your life – we all have some. Determine where you are on the ladder and choose an essence to help you move up to the next step. This is a powerful yet gentle way to heal the body/mind. Flower essences act as catalysts that allow us to break free from much of the conditioning and ancestral baggage which hinder our ability to achieve the emotional stability we need to live a healthy well-balanced life.
Here are some of the essences that can help you on the path to emotional healing:
- Amethyst (Crystal Energy Essences) - transmutes toxic emotions into forgiveness and compassion; helps us to release the past and embrace the present.
- Badger Cub (Wild Earth) - helps express deep anger repressed since childhood in a healthy and constructive way.
- Black Currant (Green Hope Farm) - cleanses and purifies our etheric body of the detritus of the past seven generations of our family, all of which is often still held in our energy system.
- Bloodroot (Green Hope Farm) - helps us to reconcile ourselves with our family of origin and our roots.
- Boab (Australian Bush) - personal freedom by releasing family patterns; clearing of other non-family negative karmic connections.
- Courage (Ile de Lumière) - gives us the courage to face our fears and accept the changes that are an integral part of our evolution as individuals.
- Dagger Hakea (Australian Bush) - resentment; bitterness towards close family, friends and lovers; brings forgiveness; open expression of feelings.
- Frog (Wild Earth) – helps those who need strength and certainty as they experience times of great spiritual or emotional change.
- Fuchsia(DEVA) - understanding repressed emotions; catalyst that allows repressed emotions to rise to the surface to be understood and resolved. These are often emotions of anger and sorrow which go back to childhood.
- Gazelle (Wild Earth) - helps you face your own vulnerability and learn the power of healthy vulnerability.
- Grape Hyacinth (Pacific Essences) - for times of external shock, despair, stress; allows the individual to step back from the situation while harnessing inner resources to meet the challenge.
- Inner Child Essence (South African Essences) - facilitates access to our inner child; to ease the pain and trauma from childhood.
- Mary Queen of Scots Rose (Green Hope Farm) - to dissolve long standing feuds and deep enmity; for internal as well as external conflict.
- Painted Lady (South African Essences) - jealousy, resentment, holding of grudges, suspiciousness, hardening of the heart; allows forgiveness, joy and unconditional love to flow into the heart.
- Poison Hemlock (Pacific Essences) - for letting go; for moving through transition periods without getting stuck.
- Raspberry (Spirit-in-Nature) - helps us to be both forgiving and compassionate; to master the ability to transmute negative and harmful emotions.
- Raccoon (Wild Earth) - helps you discover and accept your hidden sides.
- Rose Quartz(Crystal Energy Essences) - inspires love, compassion, forgiveness for oneself and for others. This essence comforts the wounded child within us, allowing us to move beyond the experiences of our childhood.
- Sunshine Wattle (Australian Bush) - optimism, hope, accepting the joy and beauty of the present, the joyful expectation of the future.
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Australian Bush Flower Essences
These workshops are led in French by Nadia Jacquemin, the official representative of the teachings of Ian White and the flowers of the Australian bush in France and French-speaking countries.
Level 2
On line via zoom in French in April and May, dates to be announced.
Numerology with Ian White
With Ian White on the 8th and 9th of June 2024 in Poët Laval (near Montelimar) - the workshop is in English with translation to French.
You will find the brochure for this workshop here (in French only)
For more information on the workshops for Australian Bush Flower Essences, contact Nadia Jacquemin on 06 08 80 60 32 or by email.
The program has two parts:
- Remotely, by studying a series of recordings and meetings via Zoom
- A 3-day in-person workshop in the Bordeaux region on October 11, 12 and 13, 2024 led by Daniel Mapel
For more information on this programme, see our website. To sign up, please contact Eve Apprill on 05 46 70 69 58 or by email.
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Inner Dog from Wild Earth Animal Essences
The Inner Dog Essences are intended to enable us to receive and be nurtured by the many energies and gifts of domestic dogs. These unique formulas provide powerful support to experience the wisdom and wonder offered to us by dogs.
Each Inner Dog Essence presents a unique way to connect with the gifts that dogs represent, such as unconditional love, joy, exuberance, simplicity, loyalty, presence and much more.
These essences help us connect with our deepest aspects of love, joy and exuberance, and empower us to feel and express more joy, love and delight in our lives.
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