Bach Flower Remedy: The Blossoming of Essences

Many hold the view, which has some truth, that the Bach essences are all that is required to provide the support a normal household may require. However, in this age of global communications, life has lost much of its simplicity, but amazing new opportunities for technological advancement, personal and spiritual growth, knowledge and creative expression compensate for this. Unfortunately, these bonuses of modern life are set against a darker background of racial prejudice, unemployment, pollution war, financial difficulties or family breakdown. Life can prove exceedingly stressful and can move so fast it almost seems possible to live lifetimes within lifetimes. These challenges push many individuals to their limits, and in response to this desperate need a vast blossoming of flower essences has arisen from every country of the globe, providing an enormous and overwhelming choice of healing opportunities.

Essences From Indigenous Flowers

Some people believe that it is better to take essences that are made from locally grown flowers, as the individual’s personal energy will be more in tune with them. If that suggestion seems to ring true, then there will certainly be a selection of local companies providing a superb range of healing essences from which to choose.

Choosing Essences From Around the World

Why not try a beautiful flower from Australia, the Amazon, the Pacific, the Himalayas or somewhere equally exotic? There is a wide choice of interesting flower essences available from these faraway locations, but at first it might seem overwhelming to find the best choice from such a wide selection. Solve the dilemma this way: if there is a country that you have always wanted to visit or that has a special meaning in some way, you may feel closer to the spirit of the place by trying a flower essence made there. Alternatively, dowsing or using other intuitive techniques may suggest an appropriate choice of essences.

Synchronicity

If all else fails, consider allowing synchronicity to provide the answer. That is, wait for a set of essences to turn up via friends, workshops, healing fairs, books, magazines or by surfing the huge volume of information on the Internet.

Whatever ultimate choices is made, most individuals will respond positively to a well-chosen essences no matter where it comes from, or who made it. All essence makers are of the same breed-gentle spirits who are in love with nature, trying to help other in their own special way; much like the essences themselves.

Choosing Flower Essences From Pictures

An increasingly popular diagnostic technique is viewing pictures of the flowers, and many of the available books on various sets of flower essences have attractive illustrations that can be used in this way. Card sets of the Bach essences are easily obtainable, and are easier and more effective to use, since it is possible to see all the flowers at once. It is fun to lay them out and instruct the client, friend or family member to pick out the ones they are most drawn to and also the ones they most dislike, putting them in order. Then, discuss which of the strongest choices will be included in the treatment bottle. Alternatively, limit them to two or three of each. The results can be astonishingly accurate in expressing what the client most requires in an essence, and this is an ideal approach if the client is someone who finds it difficult to talk about their feelings. Used as part of the traditional consultation, this technique can add confirmation of the final choice and is a further way of involving the client.