Showing posts with label Bach Flowers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bach Flowers. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Choose Your Own Flower Remedies - Part 3

Years ago, I walked into a supermarket in search of Bach Flowers. I knew very little, only that there were remedies for different mental and emotional states, for example; anxiety, jealousy, self-doubt, undue optimism or even arrogance. Going by the descriptions, I chose the ones that sounded like me. Since then I've discovered that my choice of remedies corresponds to the more influential signs in my birth chart: Moon in Capricorn, Soul Growth House in Cancer, Past and Present Life Suns in Aquarius (maybe I flunked and got a do-over?) Apparently, we can use our birth charts to narrow down the range of Bach Flowers, making the selection process easier. We can then leverage the healing qualities in the flowers to soften our limitations and unlock our strengths, which often coincide with our star signs.  

Below you will find Edward Bach's original remedies, known as The Twelve Healers. Bach hypothesized that they corresponded to the Moon Sign in our birth charts. He didn't connect the dots, however, and the correlations below are based on Peter Damien's book, The 12 Healers of the Zodiac. Before we continue, please read Part 2 for an intro to Astrology, or this post won't make much sense. Also, I should mention that the descriptions below are my interpretations, read the official Bach Centre explanations HERE.


Without further ado, the 12 Healers! 

For Aries: Develop the qualities of patience with Impatiens  
For those of us who want things done yesterday, patience is a virtue worth cultivating. Relax your sense urgency so that it doesn't isolate, rush or frustrate relationships. 
For Taurus: Banish feelings of doubt with Gentian   
Are you unusually discouraged by setbacks and obstacles? Do you feel like throwing in the towel when things go wrong? This essence can help put challenges in perspective. 
For Gemini: Learn to trust your own wisdom with Cerato
Do you look to others for permission, authority or wisdom? Cerato can help us trust our own inner guidance and personal power. 
For Cancer: Ground your gentle energy with Clematis
This essence grounds the dreamers in reality, bringing our attention back from plans for a better life, to the present moment where we can exert our influence. Time to take action. 
For Leo: Become more tolerant of different views with Vervain  
Sometimes we can be so passionate about an idea that we speak of it continually, trying to get others to agree. The truth is relative and subjective, we can all learn from each other.  
For Virgo: Boost your Self-Worth and Self-Care with Centaury
For those who go out of their way to help others, to the point of neglecting themselves. Centaury reminds us that we matter, just as much as anyone else. Please prioritize yourself. 

For Libra: For committed decision-making, try Scleranthus 
Do you spend hours going over options before making a decision? eventually, we have to go for A or B, and commit to making it work. This essence can help us be more decisive. 
For Scorpio: Possessive or too protective of loved ones? Try Chicory. 
We've all heard of smother love. Sometimes we "love" others so much that we go to extremes to care for them and protect them. Chicory gives us space, independence and self-reliance. 
For Saggitarius: Expecting the worst? Find your peace with Agrimony.  
This personality hides "what lies beneath" well. They may be fearful of conflict, or riddled with anxiety and a sense of dread. Agrimony makes it easier for us to admit our feelings.  
For Capricorn: What are you afraid of? Find courage with Mimulus. 
Does your fear of heights keep your from climbing the Eiffel Tower? Or does maybe fear of lack leads to hoarding. Mimulus helps us relax, it's is for fear of concrete (if irrational) things. 
For Aquarius: Team building, sharing and friendship with Water Violet. 
Everything you need to know, you learned in Kindergarten. It's a reminder that sharing is caring, we can accomplish more in teams than on our own. It's about community building.   
For Pisces: Keep your calm in crisis situations with Rock Rose.  
Pisces is the most sensitive sign in the Zodiac. When we feel emotions acutely, we may freeze as a Self-Defense mechanism. It might be an underlying sense of terror, overwhelm or dread. 

A Few Parting Words ... 
  • Bach Flower Remedies are complementary to medical care, not alternative. Please see a doctor if you are worried about a medical condition or symptom. Take care of yourself =) 
  • Birth charts have a lot going on, with aspects or conjunctions playing the planets and signs off each other to dial up (or down) the effects. Go by your intuition and self-awareness when deciding which remedies to take. For example, my sun is in Aquarius but Water Violet wasn't my first choice.
  • I haven't explored the Zodiac in depth as that would take ages and I still feel like a beginner with astrology. If you'd like to know more about the meaning of the planets, signs or houses in your birth chart, visit CafeAstrology.comSee here for Sun SignsMoon Signs and Nodes of the Moon/Past Lives. 
  • Tell us about your impressions in the comment box below, thank you! 


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Regina Chouza is an energy healer, angel medium and the author of A Personal Guide to Self-Healing, Cancer & Love and Chakra Healing & Magick. Blogging at Diary of a Psychic Healer since 2010, her passion is bringing the qualities of love, joy and empowerment to healing pursuits. Read her books to unlock your intuition. 






 

Friday, February 6, 2015

Choose Your Own Flower Remedies - Part 2


Last year I booked a session with a flower healer in Mexico, hoping to ground my energy and cool my nerves. I had just landed a gig as a weekly radio host with A1R Psychic Radio, and truth be told, I was terrified about giving angel and tarot readings on air. What if I froze and couldn't say anything? In any other setting, it wouldn't matter if the messages took a minute or two. I cringed at the thought of radio silence. So I went to Cati the Flower Healer and asked her to give me liquid courage and clarity. Her consultation room is small but gorgeous. A glass desk full of angels, buddhas and flowers. Behind her, a bookcase filled with hundreds of flower essences: Bach Flowers, Australian Bush Flowers and a few Planetary Elixirs. 

Suddenly, I wasn't all that nervous and spent most of the hour asking about flower remedies and vibrational healing. This is what I learned: 

When Edward Bach created his flower essences in the 1930's, the original set was known as The Twelve Healers. The remedies corresponded to common personality types, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. Bach's theory was that we could use flower remedies to soften each personality type's limitations, and tap into its strengths. If I'm not mistaken, Bach also hypothesized that our personality types may overlap with our Moon Signs, but he didn't connect the dots. Others have gone on to connect individual remedies with their corresponding essence. The big surprise that day, was that I had intuitively chosen the correct essence for my Moon in Capricorn. You wouldn't guess it, but I can be very fearful, prone to worst-case-scenario thinking. The Bach Centre tells us that Mimulus is for people with a: 
"Fear of worldly things, illness, pain, accidents, poverty, of dark, of being alone, of misfortune. The fears of everyday life. These people quietly and secretly bear their dread, they do not freely speak of it to others"
My first experience with Flower Remedies was at a supermarket shelf. I read the descriptions and chose the ones that were right for me. It wasn't until I had this impromptu Q&A with Cati the Flower Healer, that I realized these remedies corresponded to my Sun, Moon and Past Life signs. These essences soften aspects of our personality that get in the way of our happiness. I'm no expert on astrology, but as far as I can tell, we have the most to gain by balancing and healing these placements: 

  • Sun Sign: How we channel our energy into the world. 
  • Moon Sign: Inner feelings, emotions and personal life.  
  • Ascendant: How we relate to the world and those around us. 
  • Mercury: How we communicate our thoughts to others. 
  • Venus: Our relationship with love, money and creativity. 
  • Mars: How we channel desires into the realm of action. 
  • South Node Moon: Lessons brought forward from a past life.

Your astrological chart will tell you what House and Sign the planets were in at the time of your birth (see here for a free birth chart). The zodiac sign refers to the attitude or energy that you bring to a particular situation, and the house is that situation (career, family life, spirituality, etc). The essences that I chose intuitively corresponded to the zodiac signs for my sun, moon and three other planets that are all placed in the same sign (Virgo). I think it was the preponderance of Virgo energy that made me gravitate to that particular essence, so keep an eye out for lots of planets in a particular sign or House. 
That's not all! The Houses also have intrinsic zodiac signs; and we can be influenced by their energy, rather than the transiting sign's. For example, my North Node is in the 4th House, and even though Leo was transiting through the 4th house at the time of my birth, I was drawn to the remedy for Cancer. My karma is theoretically in the 4th & 10th houses, and that's where I'd do well to focus my energy * 

Here is a quick summary of the Houses and their native signs:  
  • 1st House:  Our personal identity, who we are in the world. ARIES. 
  • 2nd House: The material world, riches, resources. TAURUS.
  • 3rd House:  Our community environment, siblings. GEMINI. 
  • 4th House:  Family life, the home, childhood. CANCER
  • 5th House:  How we express our creativity: art, music & love affairs. LEO
  • 6th House:  Vocations, teamwork, help, service to others (or not). VIRGO
  • 7th House:  Marriage, romantic relationships, partnership. LIBRA
  • 8th House:  Shared resources, monetary gain, legacies. SCORPIO
  • 9th House:  What is the meaning of life? Philosophy. SAGITTARIUS
  • 10th House: Social and career status, ambition, ripple effect. CAPRICORN
  • 11th House: Do we identify with all of humanity? Oneness.  AQUARIUS
  • 12th House: The realm of past lives, karma & family secrets. PISCES. 

If this sounds complicated, go by your intuition and let it guide you. Read the descriptions and see how they feel. We can take up to 6-7 remedies at a time, so its a good idea to choose the ones that sound like they will benefit us the most. We can also use a pendulum to select the remedies. I have done this in the past by putting eight or nine bottles on the table in front of me, turning them around so that I can't see the labels (I don't want to bias the results) and letting the pendulum choose them for me. Maybe it's magic, but the pendulum usually says Yes to the remedies that resonate with my life at the time. 

That's all for today! I hope this crash course in astrology was useful, and not too confusing. There is so much to learn, I am very much an amateur myself. Please have your birth charts ready for my next post. We'll explore Bach's original remedies and the Zodiac signs they've been linked to. If you don't know your star signs, generate a chart at Astro.com






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Friday, May 9, 2014

How do Flower Essences Work?

I am halfway done with writing my next book, which sounds wonderful, unless I admit I've been stuck for the past month or so. Earlier this week I booked an appointment with my favourite flower healer. More than anything, I needed to get going again and I was hoping she could help. I've been taking a mix of flower essences since Tuesday. Yesterday I finally finished that chapter I'd been stuck on. Phew! 

How do flower essences work? 

The way I understand it, each flower has a vibrational pattern which can be used to soften aspects of our personality. Especially quirks that sabotage your life. Say for example, it's in your nature to underestimate yourself. You could take the Bach Flower Essence Larch and with time, your confidence would increase. It would make it easier to rise to new challenges. We can also rely on essences to help us through temporary problems. For example, Elm could help a person who is feeling overwhelmed by responsibility after a big life change. 

Bach Flowers are wonderful, I also really love the Australian Bush Flower Essences and the Alaskan Essences, especially their space clearing and protection sprays. I am a self-study amateur when it comes to flower healing. I'll go to Whole Foods and read through the descriptions, picking out the essences that fit my current mental and emotional state. Over time, I have accumulated maybe 15-20 essences which I take as and when I need them. One of the essences I chose also happens to relate to my star sign. 

You can also used a quartz pendulum to discover which essences you need. I do this at home with the ones I already have, lining up the bottles so that the labels face away from me. This way, I am not influenced by what I think I need. Then I glide the pendulum over the bottles and let is say YES or NO. When I did this last month, I got LARCH (underestimating myself, low confidence, thinking others are more capable) as well as ASPEN (inflexible mind, being too strict with yourself or others, narrow minded). 

That odd combination fit my mental state perfectly! How could I be imposing, if I was also underestimating myself? The mental flexibility helped me open up to different ways of doing things, which I needed. If you're the type to paint yourself into a corner with rigid thinking, then ASPEN is for you! I have a life long habit of underestimating myself, and then realising I could have done the job as well as anyone else. That is where Larch comes in handy. I took these essences for about two weeks and then stopped. Part of being able to choose your own essences is having the self-awareness and introspection to be honest when you're blocking your progress in some way. We all have our blind spots, and its also possible to meditate and ask your Higher Self for answers =) 

Sooo, I hope you consider flower healing! I have a sneaking suspicion that you might enjoy the same effect if you fill your home with the flowers you need. Sometimes I buy flowers by color to stimulate a particular chakra. Also helps! 

Read Dr Bach's Book

Dr Edward Bachs flower remedies were meant to be a Do-It-Yourself emotional and mental support system and his manual with recipes, uses and applications is available at BachCentre.com. Read it to get started with essences! Hope it helps =) 




Reiki hugs, 
Regina  





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Regina Chouza is an energy healer, angel medium and the author of A Personal Guide to Self-Healing, Cancer & Love and Chakra Healing & Magick. Blogging at Diary of a Psychic Healer since 2010, her passion is bringing the qualities of love, joy and empowerment to healing pursuits. Read her books to unlock your intuition. 




Saturday, July 20, 2013

Flowers and Floral Healing

Today I have a surprise for you! Loads of flowers!   

Flowers lift our spirits and heal our soul. Like many others, I'm drawn to flowers by their color, fragrance and how they make me feel. It is really nice to meditate on the flower's energy too. Below you will find pictures of the flowers that I photographed at Jamaica Flower Market in Mexico City this morning.

If you're drawn to a particular photograph, close your eyes and visualise the flowers around you. How do they make you feel? Flower meditations can be really lovely, they help us blossom. Enjoy the flowers!  














































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Regina Chouza is an energy healer, angel medium and the author of A Personal Guide to Self-Healing, Cancer & Love and Chakra Healing & Magick. Blogging at Diary of a Psychic Healer, her passion is bringing the qualities of love, joy and empowerment to healing pursuits. Read her books to unlock your intuition.