Flower Essences for the Fertility Journey

Flower essences are herbal infusions or decoctions, made from the flowering part of the plant, which uniquely address emotional and mental aspects of wellness. The first 38 flower remedies were formulated by a British physician, Dr. Edward Bach, in the 1930's, although new remedies from other plant species are now available.

How do flower essences work?

To understand how flower essences work requires a recognition that the human being is more than a physical body, but also incorporates a "body" of life energy, a "body" of sensitivity and feelings, and a spiritual essence or Self. Flower essences are energetic imprints of the life force of plants which interact with these subtle bodies of the human being, and evoke specific qualities within us. We can say that they work in a similar way to inspirational music or art, which carry meaning through the vehicle of sound or light, while the flower essences work through the medium of water.

Modern physics has known for nearly a century that matter and consciousness are intertwined. However, medical science still generally works with a nineteenth century model of the human being as a mechanism in a world of machines. We expect that in the coming century medical science will develop ways of studying the impact of consciousness on health, and we will learn more about the ways in which flower essences work. However, empirical research, which consists of the collection of case studies and practitioner reports, will remain the primary source of knowledge about how flower essences work.

How are flower essences used?

Flower essences can be used in a number of ways. The most common way is to take them orally, four drops, four times a day. Our experience shows that it is not necessary to take them internally. They can also be used by adding five to seven drops in a plant sprayer bottle and misting a room or our bodies. You can also add a few drops to the bath, spray clothes before ironing them, or spray your pillow before sleeping. What is important to remember is that they are a vibrational essence, and surrounding yourself with them, inside or outside, is the best way to experience their effects.

The following are some of the categories of emotions that tend to arise when travelling down the Fertility Journey path. Look through the categories and read about the essences that are in each category to find the one's that best fit you are your particular situation.

(from the Flower Essence Society)

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From the Alaskan Essence Society:

Align­ment

• between phys­ical, emo­tional, mental, and spir­i­tual levels—Alpine Arnica, Mala­chite
• between the male and female ener­gies in our body—Blue Poppy
• deep realign­ment with one's highest pur­pose in life—Ladies' Tresses
• restores align­ment between the spir­i­tual and phys­ical bodies—Alpine Arnica
• strengthens cen­tral ver­tical align­ment—Rutile
• with the power of one's per­sonal truth—Cat­tail Pollen
• with Uni­versal sources of energy and infor­ma­tion—Ruti­lated Quartz, Silver, Topaz

Ances­tral Healing

• clearing ances­tral pat­terns—Cinnabar, Cotton Grass, Fire­weed, Liard Hot Springs, Nootka Lupine, Northern Lights, Purifi­ca­tion
• for estab­lishing and strength­ening bound­aries—Hematite, Pyrite
• for healing ances­tral pat­terns that are blocking our ability to receive—Go-Create
• for non-judgement and accep­tance of what we inher­ited—Pearl, Rein­deer Moss, Sphagnum Moss
• for pro­cessing inher­ited anger—Blue Elf Viola
• for under­standing the ori­gins of our family pat­terns—Black Spruce, Nootka Lupine, Sitka Burnet, White Lupine
• opening to the pos­i­tive sup­port of our ances­tors—Golden Cory­dalis, Yellow Dryas

Anger

• helps one calm down after being angry—Valerian
• main­taining a strong sense of self when dealing with anger—Tiger's Eye
• resolving old anger—Moun­tain Worm­wood
• under­standing and releasing anger through the heart—Blue Elf Viola

Anx­iety

• calms mental anx­iety—Aqua­ma­rine, Blue Topaz, Goats­beard, Valerian
• from being over­whelmed—Paper Birch, Purple Poppy, Red Elder, Stinging Nettle
• soothes anx­iety as we con­front change—Redoubt Vol­cano

Attach­ment

• for attach­ment to dis­trac­tion—Bunch­berry
• let­ting go of attach­ment to old wounds and griev­ances—Cotton Grass, White Lupine
• let­ting go of attach­ment to the form of what has been—Bog Blue­berry, Glacier River, Green­land Icecap
• let­ting go of inap­pro­priate emo­tional attach­ment to others—Moun­tain Worm­wood
• releasing attach­ment to old emo­tions—River Beauty
• releasing attach­ment to pain—Cotton Grass
• releasing attach­ment to the form our sup­port must take before we are willing to accept it—Spi­raea
• releasing inap­pro­priate attach­ment to the ego—Round-Leaved Sundew

Aware­ness

• clearing and focusing aware­ness to deepen our con­nec­tion with nature—Comandra, Green Bog Orchid, Northern Tway­blade
• of emo­tional ten­sion held in the muscle tis­sues of the body—Dan­de­lion
• of how our energy affects others—One-Sided Win­ter­green, Red Quartz
• of one's Divine iden­tity—Monks­hood, Scepter Amethyst, Sug­alite
• of one's life pur­pose—Ladies' Tresses, Paper Birch
• of one's true self—Tama­rack, Topaz
• of our highest spir­i­tual poten­tial—Scepter Amethyst
• of subtle energy flows in and around the body—Lady's Slipper
• of sup­port and guid­ance from higher realms—Chalice Well, Hairy But­ter­wort, Kun­zite
• of the omnipres­ence of light—Single Delight
• of the source of one's vitality—Choco­late Lily, Fire Opal
• of the sup­port and nur­turing that is avail­able from nature—Emerald, Grove Sand­wort, Pineapple Weed, Rock Spring, Spi­raea
• of what is in the present moment—Star Ruby

Change

• for main­taining one's family iden­tity through pro­found cycles of change—Yellow Dryas
• for under­standing the deeper meaning of earth changes—Augus­tine Vol­cano
• helps us let go of our resis­tance to change—Glacier River, Redoubt Vol­cano, Round-Leaved Sundew
• impa­tient with the pace of change—Polar Ice
• strengthens and sta­bi­lizes the body so it is better able to cope with change—Cow Parsnip, Fire­weed Combo
• sup­port for deep inner change—Green­land Icecap, Spi­raea, Tidal Forces
• sup­port for moving through change without cre­ating crisis—Hairy But­ter­wort

Clarity

• brings clarity to an over­ac­tive mental body—Aqua­ma­rine, Cit­rine
• emo­tional clarity in com­mu­ni­ca­tion—Azu­rite, Beyond Words, Sweet­gale
• hearing and speaking from a place of inner clarity—Twin­flower
• increases clarity and alert­ness by dis­si­pating con­fu­sion—Easy Learning
• mental clarity, espe­cially during demanding sit­u­a­tions—Blue Topaz, Bunch­berry
• of dreams—Herkimer Dia­mond
• of pur­pose—Dia­mond
• of vision—Rainbow Hematite
• trans­lating clarity of per­cep­tion into appro­priate action—Alder

Cleansing

• chaotic and con­fused energy from the heart—Emerald, Fox­glove, Mon­tana Rhodochrosite, Rhodochrosite, Rose/Smoky Quartz
• core cleansing and repat­terning of the heart—Northern Lights
• emo­tional energy stuck in the lower chakras—Ama­zonite, Blood­stone, Cinnabar, Ruby, Sweet­gale
• old energy pat­terns from the body—Fire­weed, Green­land Icecap, Purifi­ca­tion
• the body's elec­trical system—Stinging Nettle
• the channel of com­mu­ni­ca­tion between the heart and the mind—Wild Rhubarb
• the etheric body—Car­nelian, Flu­o­rite, Flu­o­rite Combo, Purifi­ca­tion, Sweet­grass
• toxic energy from the mind, emo­tions, and phys­ical body—Black Tour­ma­line, Green­land Icecap, Northern Coral Root, Portage Glacier, Purifi­ca­tion, Smoky Quartz, Tour­malated Quartz 

Clutter Clearing

• for estab­lishing new bound­aries with our belong­ings so we don't attract more clutter in the future—One-Sided Win­ter­green
• for extreme clutter that has taken over the house—Devil's Club
• for holding onto stuff because of a fear of not having enough—Blue­berry Pollen, Bog Blue­berry
• helps us let go of what is inessen­tial—Typhoon, Winter In August
• helps us release mental and emo­tional energy attached to our clutter—Northern Coral Root, Purifi­ca­tion
• seals the energy space after the Clutter Clearing process is com­plete—Guardian

Depres­sion

• for those feeling sep­a­rate and alone in times of dark­ness—Lighten Up, Single Delight
• for those who feel lost or out of touch with their own inner dynamics—Chiming Bells
• from lack of light—Orange Cal­cite, Sol­stice Sun

Father

• for­give­ness around father issues—Moun­tain Worm­wood
• strength­ening the father prin­ciple, in men and women—Cit­rine, Fairy Slipper, Sitka Spruce Pollen, Sol­stice Sun, Sun­flower

Fem­i­nine

• bal­ancing mas­cu­line and fem­i­nine ener­gies in the heart—Green Fairy Orchid, Water­melon Tour­ma­line
• blending the power of the mas­cu­line and fem­i­nine—Blue Poppy, Fairy Slipper, Sitka Spruce Pollen, Solar Eclipse
• helps one embody fem­i­nine qual­i­ties of spir­i­tu­ality—Sug­alite
• opening to the nur­turing ener­gies of the Divine Mother—Emerald, Ladies' Mantle, Larimar
• opening up to a greater aware­ness of the fem­i­nine in nature—Ama­zonite, Northern Lady's Slipper, Paper Birch
• recon­necting to the wild fem­i­nine—Green Jasper

For­give­ness

• of old wounds in rela­tion­ships—Alpine Arnica, Bleeding Heart, Moun­tain Worm­wood
• through a clean and appro­priate expres­sion of anger—Blue Elf Viola
• through accep­tance of self—Alpine Azalea

Grief

• helps one con­tact, open to and release grief car­ried in the phys­ical body—Chryso­colla, Cotton Grass, Diop­side, Ladies' Mantle,Rein­deer Moss
• sup­ports, bal­ances, and nur­tures the emo­tional process during the grieving process—River Beauty, Tidal Forces, White Fire­weed

Hon­esty

• helps one make deci­sions based on an honest regard for one's highest good—Beyond Words, Paper Birch, Pyrite, Topaz
• will­ing­ness to see the truth of a sit­u­a­tion—Alder, Blad­der­wort, Cat­tail Pollen

Hope/Hopelessness

• helps us replace hope­less­ness with open­ness, courage, and a renewed interest in life—Prickly Wild Rose, Tundra Rose
• reminds us that we are loved and sup­ported by the angels and the entire web of life on this planet—Calling All Angels, Chalice Well
• restores a belief in mir­a­cles—Augus­tine Vol­cano, Rock Spring

Inti­macy

• helps one create appro­priate bound­aries for—Cov­el­lite, Pasque Flower
• helps one open again to inti­macy after a painful or trau­matic expe­ri­ence—Chryso­colla, Mon­tana Rhodochrosite, Rhodochrosite,White Fire­weed
• strengthens the heart so one is able to main­tain inti­macy—Mangano Cal­cite, Rose Quartz

Loss

• becoming empow­ered by con­sciously let­ting go—Fire­weed, Tidal Forces
• coping with recent emo­tional loss—Bleeding Heart, River Beauty
• of place, home, or habitat—Rein­deer Moss
• pro­cessing ancient feel­ings of loss—Cinnabar, Ladies' Mantle

Man­i­festing

• abun­dance on all levels—Blue­berry Pollen, Bog Blue­berry, Go-Create, Rock Spring
• pos­i­tive reality from the quality of one's thoughts—Goats­beard, Willow
• through a strong con­nec­tion with one's cre­ative power—Bog, Club Moss, Gold, Wild Iris

Mas­cu­line

• bal­ancing mas­cu­line and fem­i­nine ener­gies in the heart—Green Fairy Orchid, Water­melon Tour­ma­line
• bal­ancing power and gen­tle­ness in men and women—Blue Poppy, Sitka Spruce Pollen
• helps men reclaim their spir­i­tual self-image—Brazilian Amethyst, Star Gen­tian
• strength­ening the flow of mas­cu­line energy in men and women—Fairy Slipper, Solar Eclipse, Sol­stice Sun, Sun­flower

Mother

• helps the single mother find bal­ance between moth­ering and fathering—Solar Eclipse
• opening the heart to the Divine Mother—Chiming Bells, Emerald
• strength­ening the mother prin­ciple—Bog, Grove Sand­wort, Pineapple Weed
• sup­port for becoming a mother—Preg­nancy Sup­port

Nur­turing

• helps the inner child receive nur­turing from the Divine Mother and from the Earth—Emerald, Northern Lady's Slipper, Rose Quartz
• helps us learn how to receive nur­turing without struggle—Larimar
• learning to nur­ture and be nur­tured uncon­di­tion­ally—Spi­raea
• sup­ports the prac­tice of nur­turing between mother and child—Grove Sand­wort, Preg­nancy Sup­port

Recep­tivity

• cre­ating func­tional energy bound­aries to sup­port one's recep­tivity—Cov­el­lite, Stone Circle, White Violet
• ded­i­cating one's mental capac­i­ties to receiving the cre­ative impulses of the soul—Jacob's Ladder
• devel­oping emo­tional recep­tivity—Sweet­gale
• helps one move from over sen­si­tivity to cen­tered recep­tivity—Moon­stone
• increasing mental recep­tivity by opening the channel between the heart and mind—Wild Rhubarb
• to one's spir­i­tual power—Brazilian Amethyst, Ice­landic Poppy, Scepter Amethyst
• to the angelic kingdom—Angelica, Chiming Bells, Kun­zite

Rela­tion­ships

• bal­ancing com­mu­ni­ca­tions in rela­tion­ships—Twin­flower
• bal­ancing one's rela­tion­ship to the Earth—Turquoise
• encour­ages mutual aware­ness and healing of rela­tion­ships—Full Moon Reflec­tion
• opening emo­tional inter­ac­tions in—Sweet­gale
• release of unfor­given areas in—Moun­tain Worm­wood
• seeing rela­tion­ships from a spir­i­tual per­spec­tive—Pale Cory­dalis

Release

• of a neg­a­tive or false self-image—Columbine, False Helle­bore, Lace Flower
• of emo­tional and mental ten­sion held in muscle tissue—Dan­de­lion, Valerian
• of emo­tional ten­sion in male/female rela­tion­ships—Sweet­gale
• of energy con­nec­tions with others that are no longer useful—Arag­o­nite
• of energy pat­terns that no longer serve us—Cinnabar, Fire­weed, Green Tourmaline/Smoky Quartz, Northern Lights, Purifi­ca­tion
• of pain held in the body—Cotton Grass, Potato
• of self-doubt—Tama­rack
• of sexual ten­sion stem­ming from expe­ri­ences of abuse—Balsam Poplar
• of the fear of one's own power—Soap­berry

Releasing

• attach­ment to dis­trac­tion—Bunch­berry
• con­stric­tions held deep in the heart—Green Bog Orchid, Green Fairy Orchid, Pink Quartz
• deep pat­terns of lim­i­ta­tion held in the mind—Blue­berry Pollen
• deeply held trauma—Ladies' Tresses, Soul Sup­port, White Fire­weed
• emo­tional shock—White Fire­weed
• emo­tional ten­sion cen­tered around the heart—Fox­glove, Soap­berry
• familial and tribal karmic pat­terns—White Lupine
• inner poten­tial—Sticky Gera­nium
• judg­ment from the heart—Sphagnum Moss
• mental resis­tance to change—Glacier River, Green­land Icecap, Jacob's Ladder, Willow
• old habits that are no longer useful—Portage Glacier
• pain held deep in the sub­con­scious—Forget-Me-Not
• resent­ment towards one­self or another—Moun­tain Worm­wood
• self-destructive pro­gram­ming—Bog Candle, Diop­side
• the energy sur­rounding unre­solved con­flicts—Blue Elf Viola
• the need to men­tally con­trol the events of our lives—Jacob's Ladder
• through self-acceptance—Rose/Smoky Quartz
• toxic pat­terns in an envi­ron­ment where there has been addic­tion, depres­sion or abuse—Purifi­ca­tion
• unex­pressed emo­tions in a pos­i­tive way—Augus­tine Vol­cano

Sad­ness

• brings peace and joy to those who are lost in sad­ness—Chiming Bells, Orange Cal­cite, Pink Quartz, River Beauty
• helps us release deep sad­ness from the body—Cinnabar, Ladies' Mantle, Tidal Forces, Tundra Tway­blade

Self-Appreciation

• of one's beauty, regard­less of how it dif­fers from others—Columbine
• of one's unique con­tri­bu­tion to the evo­lu­tion of humanity—Lace Flower
• of our cre­ative abil­i­ties—Wild Iris

Sensuality/Sexuality

• clearing neg­a­tive pro­gram­ming around sex­u­ality—White Fire­weed
• for over sen­si­tivity to phys­ical touch—Pasque Flower
• helps one express one's pas­sion in ser­vice to Spirit—Blue Poppy
• restores earthly sen­su­ality and healthy sex­u­ality—Green Jasper, Ladies' Mantle
• syn­chro­nizing sexual energy with plan­e­tary cycles and rhythms—Balsam Poplar

Spir­i­tual

• brings a depth and phys­ical rich­ness to one's spir­i­tual life—Sug­alite
• helps one bal­ance the flow of spir­i­tual ener­gies in the body—Lilac, Red-Purple Poppy
• pro­motes a recog­ni­tion of the spir­i­tual realm—Brazilian Amethyst, Forget-Me-Not, Scepter Amethyst
• seeing rela­tion­ships as cat­a­lysts for spir­i­tual growth—Pale Cory­dalis
• sup­ports spir­i­tual recep­tivity and radi­ance—Ice­landic Poppy

Stress

• let­ting go of emo­tional stress stored in the muscle tissue—Dan­de­lion
• relieving stress from the expe­ri­ence of extremes—Labrador Tea, Soul Sup­port
• stress from a pre­oc­cu­pa­tion with mental activ­i­ties—Aqua­ma­rine, Blue Topaz, Jacob's Ladder, Wild Rhubarb