Returning to Nature with Flower / Life Essences
Today i had the pleasure of running a life essence workshop for the beautiful retreat-ers on Paula from Serenity Yogas retreat here at Cara Creek in central Portugal.
I really do love flower / life essences as a way for us to connect back to nature, of allowing the land and our body to be our compass to health and happiness.
Our disconnection to this planet and to the whispers of our own body creates much disease and dis-ease. We are almost all nature deficient (I have a blog about this HERE). However, there are many ways we can incorporate little bit of nature in our day to day lives. For instance; hugging trees, eating seasonally and locally and rising with the sun, sleeping with the moon and walking barefoot. And, another beautiful way we can be guided by nature and our own true nature is to make medicines from natures offerings. Flower / life essences are one of these medicines. And one of the many magical things about these essences is that unlike tinctures you cannot overdose or poison yourself, you don’t need to be a herbalist or even a forager to make them and you use the whispers of your body to guide you in what you need in that moment.
Most people have heard of BACH Flower Remedies, and what I am talking about is the same thing, but you make them yourself and you make them from whatever you are drawn to make them with. This could be flowers, but it’s often it’s trees, crystals/stones, moss, mushrooms or pretty much anything (even music) can be encapsulated in an essence that you can then carry with you wherever you go.
Here’s how…
- Get yourself a clean class jar and fill it half way with spring water.
- Take a trip into nature and be guided by your own inner whispers and not the head full of ‘knowledge’. Add to your glass what calls to you. Branches, leaves, flower, stones, dead bugs, whatever feels right for you in that moment (make sure it’s all submerged though).
- Leave the glass our in the sunshine for at least 3hrs. And/or you can leave it outside over night to allow the moon to work it’s magic too.
- Strain using a fine mess sieve (you don’t want any plant-matter in there) in the morning and pour back into your jar.
- Either use right away (or within a couple of days) as it is or fill the other half of the jar with vodka or brandy (we used 70% aguardente – a traditional Portuguese drink) and use over the next year or so.
- Use by adding a few drops under your tongue or in your water/food daily (maintenance dose) or by taking 2-3 drops 2-3 times a day (in water/food or under the tongue) if you feel you are in need of more of this magic medicine.
- This can also be used as a face/hair wash/added to creams/potions/lotions or to drip your feet in, it’s really whatever you feel you need in that moment.
- Just like homeopathic remedies essences increase in potency the more you dilute them down. Less is most definitely more!
Let nature nourish you whilst connecting more deeply with your body and nervous system once more.
PS: The more we listen to our body the more we teach our nervous system it is safe to be in this crazy-ass world.
Website: www.faithcanter.com
Telegram Channel: https://t.me/faithcanter
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/faithcanter/?hl=en
