Flower Essences and The Energetic’s of The Environment We Live In.
Excerpt from Naturopathy Assignment 60512
Part 1 Prepare a flower essence
You are asked to prepare a flower essence by selecting a flower that preferably, has grown in an environment away from pollution and power-lines. Over a period of no less than 2 weeks, you will take the essence you have prepared. It is highly advised (and only if possible) that during this time, you are not taking any other medicine that could affect your findings i.e. other vibrational medicines (including flower essences or Homoeopathics).
A small report/diary will need to be submitted (approximately 3-4 pages, 1000 words +/- 10%) which includes the following information:
Indicate your flower’s origin and botanical name.
Pink Camellia Spp – Camellia
Acacia adunca – Wattle
(Integrated Biodiversity Information System (IBIS) Australian National Botanic Gardens Australian National Herbarium, 2017)
Jasminum Officinale – Jasmine polyanthum (Botanical accuracy, 2017)
Include a photograph of your preparation process.
This flower essence preparation was made with 23ml of filtered water and 2ml of Brandy (Caufield, 2011).
Your preparation story – how you came to locate and choose this flower.
The pink camellia is a supportive flower for healing effects of mother daughter and mother child (boy or girl) relationships, it is known to support the energy of self-nurture, care and unconditional love, especially where a person may feel that they did not receive this from their mother, and they are not good at providing this for their own children; the supportive energy assists in resolving past and present traumas (New Millennium Essences Natural Health Website, 2017).
Jasmine assists in, ‘unloading past burdens and living in the now,’ and it also supports: ‘balance in the digestive tract, protein absorption, and nasal and bronchial mucous regulation’. The affirmation given for Jasmine by Natures flowers of life is: ‘I release memories of past experiences with love and gratitude, clearing the path ahead of me. I live totally in the NOW’ (Natures Flowers of Life, 2017).
Wattle supports the positive qualities of being ‘alert, wise, mature, aware, and responsible’ and assists where there are tendencies towards attitudes which are; ‘naive, scattered, vulnerable, and or avoid facing reality’. Furthermore the affirmation given for this essence by living essences of Australia is: ‘Today I know but little, tomorrow I will know more. Each step will bring me closer to understanding what lies beneath so many veils and layers, which keys fit in which doors,’ (Living Essences of Australia, 2017), thus developing personal clarity is a feature of this essence. In addition to this the following quote further expresses wattles resonance:
‘It is a much happier Path to look for wisdom than to ignore peril. To look for wisdom and understanding of Life allows us much more freedom, and positive consequences. To be foolhardy and ignore peril, hoping nothing bad will happen, leaves us in a state where we will have to learn through pain. Naivety will not protect us from the consequences of our choices. However wisdom will give us the choice of which difficulties we are ready for, and which we need to avoid’ (Living Essences of Australia, 2017)
The three essences I’ve chosen are the main three flowering bushes and trees in my garden at home. The camellia and Jasmine are growing side by side and the wattle is standing just across from these. Sometimes my neighbour helps prune back trees, bushes, and shrubs in my garden and gives me the cuttings in exchange for the sharing of our Wi-Fi. With synchronistic timing, she brought me a camellia cutting recently and I found the information about this along with Jasmine, and Wattle online. I was surprised to learn that the flowers I have in my own garden really can support some of the health issues I presently have. I have known for a long time that I store emotions from my relationship with my mum (camellia), I get mild stress induced asthma and my digestion is affected whenever I experience anxiety (Jasmine) and in relation to Wattle, my goal is to focus on clarity surrounding my strengths, whilst acknowledging and being forgiving of myself, and my mum, and being realistic about my life as I grow in authenticity as a person. I also have a family to care for and as I navigate being a mum to teenagers, I see the delicate daily life balance they have as they leave childhood and make decisions about their future, the world is a safe and supportive place, however there are dangers as well; it’s a balance of personal self-knowledge and growth as a mother to support teenagers through their own time of changes, learning, personal growth, and decision making. Wattle’s wisdom resonates as our family is growing, learning, and being present to life! I planted this wattle 5 years ago and it has grown a lot since then. I wonder if sometimes we are attracted to plants and locations which show us where we need to grow; and can offer wisdom which can support our growth, as the plants in my garden have already presented to me.
The subjective impact your essence has had upon you that shows the story over a two week period (there must be a journal entry daily).
Journal
Introduction
I’ve chosen this essence because we have Camellia, Jasmine, and Wattle growing in our garden, and true to the doctrine of signatures they bring shape, form, colour, and location of growth into the healing picture. The Camellia has beautiful pink flowers with deep green leaves which represent the heart, healing, and unconditional love, and the Jasmine flowers are star shaped and smell beautiful, they’re white, bright, refreshing and bring hope. Wattle is yellow and vibrant, and is growing really well alongside our home and just opposite to the others; following is a snippet of my experience of the two week journey I shared with the flower essences
Sunday August 27th
Camellia: There are already synchronicities occurring along with the presence of this flower essence in my home; as it assists one’s relationship to the mother aspects of ourselves I consider that my elderly neighbour who is a kind lady actually brought a cutting to my doorstep recently, I’m also coming up to the anniversary of my late nan’s birthday on the 6th of September and next month it will be 2 years since my mother’s passing on the 15th of October.
I am aware that my relationship with the divine feminine is somewhat wounded as I’ve experienced difficulties with self-nurturing and care and tend to run my life to the point of exhaustion; the directive energy this takes has a yang resonance in my opinion. I have not always felt this way, but presently feel a superficial, rather than a deep connection to the Yin energies as part of my life, and so in living alongside the camellia bush, one of the only trees flowering in my garden alongside the Jasmine flowers and the Wattle my essence has encouraged great introspection and thought…