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Flower essences are natural remedies made from flowers, water, the energy of the sun and the elements. They are preserved in alcohol and diluted for personal use to support looking inwardly toward root energies affecting aspects of well being and relating.
Flower essence therapy has been known in its modern form since the early 20th century, through the work of Welsh physician Dr. Edward Bach. Practices involving flowers, water and sunlight for human healing related to emotions however can be traced back over centuries in different forms, across geographical regions and peoples. Their therapeutic use today continues to evolve through the work of contemporary practitioners, gaining further insight from trauma-informed approaches to healing, mindfulness practices, as well as other mind and body integrated healing modalities.
There is now a greater understanding of emotions and feelings as a fundamental aspect of cognition and wisdom in the human body. Together with the recognition of the intelligence of plants and our unique human relationship within the natural world, the process of working with flower essences offers a rich framework for deep seeing and healing that can complement standard health practices.
About Flower Essences
Flower essences are subtle vibrational remedies made by infusing clear spring water with the life force energy of a flower. Taken internally over time, flower remedies can support the process of releasing unhelpful emotional patterns and limiting thoughts to help establish harmony and well being in body and spirit. These delicate, unscented remedies work in alignment with one's personal evolution, with the potential to naturally bring into conscious awareness that which may be blocking a sense of contentment and connection.
Flower essences may be used as a support to help clarify an excess, deficiency, suppression or block of a current emotional or mental pattern. They can help an individual to digest experiences so that they may be better able to inhabit their bodies and lives in the present. They may also be supportive around uncovering, elucidating and shifting more long-standing, complex or deep-rooted relational issues that include inherited patterns and trauma-related survival strategies.
Developing a relationship with the wisdom of one's emotions through the support of the flowers and the ritual of taking a remedy can be a beautiful process of fine-tuning inner guidance and establishing clarity around a sense of sovereignty in balance with interconnection. Emotions are a source of deep wisdom within the cognitive process. They are foundational to one's capacity for making meaning out of experience and directly influence the ability to think, act and be present for life and relationships. Flower essences can help put an individual in touch with these deeper layers of emotional, elemental and cosmic intelligence through the sense of a spacious, supported, slowed down capacity for internal seeing. This process is naturally healing, empathic, deeply soulful work.
Flower essences are safe for children and pets and are not contraindicated with other medicines. They are an excellent complement to other therapeutic work. Please see a medical professional for all serious physical or psychological issues. Working with flower remedies is a process of examining root emotional influences rather than a way to suppress or relieve symptoms the way a pharmaceutical medication might function. For more detailed information please see the FAQ page.
Fogo Island
Fogo Island's landscape is wild, nuanced and continually shifting. Its geology is a living record of the magma chamber from which it emerged 400 million years ago, and the ice, fire and sea that have continued to shape it since then. The harsh weather, Fogo's many seasons and the delicate, pristine growth found here speak of the vitality, diversity, adaptability, and strength of the island's embodied spirit.Verditer is a project by Erin Hunt, an artist living and working on Fogo Island. Through close attention to the subtle energetic and formal qualities of local flowers, Erin’s practice includes identifying flowers that might offer support to others. What began intuitively and informally over the years, has deepened through trauma-informed flower essence training and certification through the lens of the five element theory of Taoist philosophy (TCM). The subtle energies of the flowers also inform her art practice. A portion of proceeds from remedy sales supports pro bono consultation work for members of the local community experiencing financial need. Please feel free to get in touch with any questions.