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Flower Essences: Gentle Guides for Our Daily Journeys

Flower Essences: Gentle Guides for Our Daily Journeys. Lorina Shinsato, ND, LAc, LMP Primavita Family Medicine 11415 NE 128th St., Ste. 130 Kirkland, WA 98034 425-273-0741 tel / 425-250-8212 fax dr.shinsato@primavitamedicine.com. What are Flower Essences?.

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Flower Essences: Gentle Guides for Our Daily Journeys

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  1. Flower Essences: Gentle Guides for Our Daily Journeys Lorina Shinsato, ND, LAc, LMP Primavita Family Medicine 11415 NE 128th St., Ste. 130 Kirkland, WA 98034 425-273-0741 tel / 425-250-8212 fax dr.shinsato@primavitamedicine.com

  2. What are Flower Essences? • Subtle liquid extracts taken orally to help support physical, mental and emotional well-being • Sun infusion of wildflowers or garden blossoms in a bowl of water that are diluted, potentized, and preserved with brandy • Contains life force of plant

  3. History • Most cultures cherish flowers for their beauty, fragrance, and manner in which they bring special awareness to celebrations, ceremonies and occasions • Flowers calm, balance and expands one’s awareness of their surroundings • Flower essences are based on Dr. Edward Bach’s work in the 1930’s

  4. Dr. Edward Bach • English physician and homeopath • Successful conventional doctor • Continually searched for the purest methods of healing • Became unsatisfied with the limitations of orthodox medicine and their focus on curing symptoms • Walking in the garden, discovered that each dewdrop on a flower acquires the vibration of that plant

  5. “Disease is entirely the result of a conflict between our spiritual and mortal selves.” • “Health and happiness result from being in harmony with our own nature, and doing the work for which we are individually suited” • “Disease is the re-action to interferences. This is temporary failure and unhappiness and this occurs when we allow others to interfere with our purpose in life and implant in our minds doubt, or fear, or indifference”

  6. Bach Essences • 38 Bach flower essences divided into 7 groups • Fear • Uncertainty • Insufficient interest in present circumstances • Loneliness • Over-sensitivity to influence and ideas • Despondency or despair • Over-care for the welfare of others

  7. Choosing Essences • Does this match the type of person that you are? • Does this also match the state of mind you are in? • Inappropriate essences will not have an effect on you • Safe, effective, subtle

  8. Dosing and Guidelines • Frequency vs. Quantity • Methods of usage • Under tongue • In water • In a bath • In a misting spray • On pulse or acupuncture points • As you feel guided to

  9. Rescue Remedy,5 Flower formula • Emergency combination • For worry, nervousness, anxiety, bad news, fear, confusion • Helps to restore balance • Impatiens, Star of Bethlehem, Cherry Plum, Rock Rose, Clematis

  10. Impatiens

  11. Impatiens • Individuals who are easily irritated • Think, act and speak quickly • Capable and efficient but get irritated and frustrated by slow co-workers • Positive: An individual who is decisive and spontaneous but less hasty in thought and action

  12. Star of Bethlehem

  13. Star of Bethlehem • For the after-effects of • trauma • mental or physical as a result of accident • bad news • bereavement • sudden disappointments • fright • Useful for both mother and child after birth • Positive: To neutralize the effects of trauma, whether immediate or delayed thus helping the sufferer to recuperate

  14. Cherry Plum

  15. Cherry Plum • For people who fear losing control of their behavior. • May be in deep despair, afraid of losing sanity. • Positive: A person who has a calm mind and is able to think and act rationally

  16. Rock Rose

  17. Rock Rose • For terror after an accident, or near escape, or witnessing an accident • A sense of frozen fear and helplessness • Positive: A person who has courage and presence of mind; someone who is calm and self-forgetful in emergencies

  18. Clematis

  19. Clematis • For individuals who live in a world of their own with no interest in the real word • For people who find it difficult to live in the present • They yearn for better times but take no action to bring this about • Positive: An individual who has a lively interest in the world around, enjoyment of life, open to inspiration and has a sense of purpose.

  20. Flower Essence Companies • http://www.bachcentre.com/ • http://www.fesflowers.com/ • http://www.starfloweressences.com/ • http://www.alaskanessences.com/ • http://www.greenhopeessences.com/ • http://www.davidsgarden.com/ • http://www.ausflowers.com.au/ • http://www.3flowershealing.com/ • http://www.mastersessences.com/ • http://starmen.com/

  21. References • The 38 Bach Flower Essences, an introduction and guide to flower essences • Choosing Flower Essences, An Assessment Guide by Patricia Kaminski • Flower Essence Repertory by Patricia Kaminsky and Richard Katz • The Complete Floral Healer by Anne McIntyre • The Flower Remedy Book, a comprehensive guide to over 700 flower essences by Jeffrey Garson Shapiro

  22. Thank You! True Inner Joy is Self Created. It does not depend on outer circumstances and outer achievements. -Sri Chinmoy

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