Flower Essence Mini Master Course
Out of the therapeutic bottle and into the energetic garden.
The connection between plants, essential oils and flower essences.
The recent trend over the past few years in aromatherapy seems to have been a tremendous focus on therapeutic use and chemistry and GCMS reports. The “whole” value of the plant or tree also seems to have taken a back seat to the medicinal value of certain chemical components. I hear so frequently, “There is an oil for that” and while there is truth to this statement, there are also other botanical preparations that are good for “that”. It seems that many are turning to essential oils first for everything. For example, for a digestive upset, the question we are often asked is can I ingest the Fennel essential oil? In my opinion it would be much better to have a cup of Fennel tea. I do believe that the chemistry and knowing the chemical constituents is extremely important and essential oils are powerful healing plant medicine, but there are other botanical preparations such as tinctures, infusions, and flower essences that may, at times, be more fitting and most certainly may be added as a wonderful complement to the use of essential oils.
I have noticed that many people that love aromatherapy and use essential oils have a curiosity regarding flower essences but may not have the working knowledge of how to use them effectively alone or in combination with essential oils or other botanicals.
In this mini class we explore and:
• Discuss what a flower essence is and a bit about the history of how they came to be.
• Discuss the importance of the “electrical system” of the human body and how flower essences can assist in healing.
• Illustrate how to make your own flower or plant essence.
• The slight difference between a flower essence and plant essence.
• Talk about the connection between plants, trees, flower essences and essential oils.
• Demonstrate the different application methods when using flower essences.
• How to use flower essences in blending with essential oils (and hydrosols).
• How to blend flower essences with each other to create flower essence synergistic blend.
• Discuss the correlation between flower essences and the essential oil that come from the same plant or tree.
• What types of situations or conditions are ideal to use flower essences.
• When to choose a flower essence instead of an essential oil… when to combine a flower essence with an essential oil.
