Flower essences for the New Year
Flower essences can provide a quick and effective source of help in times of need when life becomes a challenge. By Saskia Marjoram
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Winter is the ideal time to turn inwards, to focus on yourself and give some thought as to what you want to change and release in your behaviour and actions, what you want to focus on, and what no longer serves you.
Flower essences are the masters of change. Like good and loyal friends, they gently but firmly help you to see where change needs to happen and then, as if by magic, by taking the right ones, somehow the shifts have occurred with no real effort on your part.
They really are miracle makers. Taking an essence is a bit like handing all of your problems over to a friend to sort out because you either don’t know how, or can’t even put your finger on what the real issue is.
I first got into the magic of this method of vibrational healing when my life was in chaos more than 20 years ago. Things had built up to crisis point, but having two children, a tricky relationship dynamic, and running two jobs simultaneously I didn’t have the time or energy to do anything to help myself. Fortunately, someone suggested I tried flower essences and, after just a few weeks, things became more manageable for the whole family – all I had to do was remember to take them twice a day and choose which ones we all needed…which, for some people, besides the resistance to change, can be the more difficult bit.
Fortunately many flower essence producers make ready-formulated blends that are targeted towards specific issues and if you have an ‘acute’ issue at the forefront that is stopping you moving forward I would suggest going with one of those. So that might be sleep, anxiety, procrastination or self-confidence, for instance.
However, if you are on a personal transformation journey and want to shift issues from your past right back to childhood that affect everything you do and how you behave, I would suggest either choosing just a handful of single essences that call to you or have a personal blend made up by a flower essence practitioner. Many practitioners, including myself, offer online and in-person consultations and work in several different ways.
My preferred way of working is using a pendulum to dowse for someone as this gets past the limiting beliefs of what is causing the issues, bypasses our conscious thoughts to find the essences that are needed in the correct order.
So if you are up for change and want to use something that is effective, completely natural and safe to use alongside any other medication, supplements and homeopathy then I would highly recommend giving these underrated liquids a try.
Saskia Marjoram is a flower essence practitioner and producer and has been making flower essences for more than 20 years. Contact her to find out more about her highly-acclaimed range of award-winning essences at: saskiasfloweressences.com.
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