Abundance Formulas and How to Create them Part 2

Flower essences are useful tools for increasing our feelings of abundance. Because feelings proceed thoughts and thoughts proceed action and action leads to results, it is worth your while to include flower essences in your personal development work. If you are not thinking abundantly or just need an extra boost to get you over the hump, examine what characteristic of feeling is lacking. Then choose essences to help you overcome your limits.

Characteristics of an Abundant Personality

• Motivation
• Self Esteem
• Self Worth
• Inspiration
• Focus

This list of 14 flower essences can help you overcome your limits and live an abundant life.

• Sunflower-This essence enhances the third chakra to project energy outward. Confidence increases and subconscious blocks to success are diminished. Treats fear of success as well as fear of failure.
• Money Plant- This essence enhance feelings of worthiness and self esteem. It also helps to shift our feelings about money itself, from one of lack to one of universal abundance, helping us to see money as an energy rather than object.
• Hornbeam-This essence helps us get our 'joie de vivre' back, it helps us to shake our weariness and encourages dynamic mental and physical energy. As well as helping us face our tasks with more enthusiasm.
• Blackberry-This essence helps one to overcome inertia, it activates the will in clear in direct ways. It supports decisive action and activating their vision.
• Cayenne- This essence stirs the inner fire, helping one to overcome stagnation and take action.
• Horseradish-This essence helps ones ideas to come forward for action, release or manifestation; one feels more power/energy to act; obsessive thinking patterns are discarded.
• Larch-This essence helps us to overcome fear of failure, it builds our self confidence helping one to overcome feelings of being a second class citizen. Those needing this essence generally have the ability but lack the confidence.
• Tansy-This essence helps one to take straightforward action and overcome habits which subvert the real intentions of Self. Great for goal directed activity and deliberate, purposeful action.
• Sticky Geranium- This essence supports focus on various parts of a plan, useful for long term focus and strategies to accomplish goals successfully.
• Tamarack-This essence enhance self confidence, helping us to reach deeper understanding of our unique strengths. Encourages us to develop our unique strengths and individuality.
• Blueberry Pollen-This essence helps one expand on all levels to accommodate abundance; facilitates the release of mental and emotional attachments that limit our ability to manifest higher purpose in physical form.
• Bellflower-This essence helps one to develop certainty in their inner selves, trusting intuition.
• Loveage- This essence helps on to move into the world with a sense of safety and joy; developing a sense of exhilaration in walking one's path; confidence in taking action
• Missouri Primrose- This essence helps one develop feelings worthiness/self esteem; helps those who cannot recognize or utilize their own power; for those who will not take in their own value.
• Arrowwood- Clarity of direction and purpose, guides us to the heart of the matter.

These essences are catalysts and strengtheners. They energize the system, creating movement where there has been stagnation. They help an immobilized will activate and move forward with assurance. They help one to overcome apathy and ambivalence and feel a renewed sense of confidence with taking action.

You will be amazed by how you feel and what starts happening in your life when you start moving forward with greater confidence and inspiration.

Abundance Formulas and How to Create them Part 1

Abundance Formulas and How to Create them Part 1

I view working with flower remedies as a process, akin to painting, when a painter sits down to create he/she begins with a blank canvas. This freedom of space allows creativity to blossom. When applying this process to creating a personalized formula it is helpful to clear out the old, then rebuild. When negative thoughts and feelings creep out of the shadows and into our life they can wreak havoc. This is important to understand because negativity can be a factor X. An unseen force which acts against our own good intentions.

Some essences for clearing negativity and removing blocks to abundance. These twelve essences are not the only one you could use but they are a good place to start.

• *Ti Plant- this is a powerful universal clearing remedy; it works to clear negativity from the mind, cut cords and clear our “path to power”. This remedy is highly beneficial for all aspects of clearing.
• *Goldenseal- This essence works to clear out the subconscious helping one to release obsessive thinking patterns and blocks.
• Gorse- This essence treats both pessimism and a complete lack of sense of hopelessness.
• Gentian- This essence treats despondency after a setback.
• Starflower-This essence helps on to balance both light and dark aspects of the personality, offering protection from negative influences.
• Bluebell- This essence is for those who dwell in negativity, trouble cycling out of grumpiness and cynicism.
• Borage-This is an uplifting essence which helps us to feel more buoyant when feeling down.
• Witch Hazel- This essence offers lightness and hope in times of darkness and anxiety; it helps to lift us out depressed moods.
• *Northern Coral Root-This essence helps to turn old, dark, scummy energy into light. Helps us to let go and move toward a new stage in life.
• River Beauty- This essence helps us to start over from an emotionally devastating experience.
• *Pennyroyal- This essence helps to release from our own negative thought patterns by stopping the recycling of these thoughts in the energy field.
• Wild Rose-This essence helps us to overcome apathy and ambivalence, it helps one to regain an interest in life. Useful when feeling chronically flat or dull.
• *Pine-This essence is for clearing feeling of guilt and self blame, very useful when clearing negative patterns.
• *Crab Apple-This essence helps to clear obsessive thoughts and feeling, also useful for general clearing.

Essences marked with a * are specific remedies to address negativity in a broad way. They help in a broad way to clear the energy system of dense, dull and draining energy. All of the essences listed above are available from www.essencealchemy.com. Select the ones you want and we will make them into a dosage bottle for you. Other essences to look at include Holly, Beech and Star of Bethlehem.

Part of this process of clearing it is recommended that you review your thoughts and feelings in regards to money, abundance and your own self worth. Also look at value and compromise. How much do you value you time and how much are you willing to compromise? This is a potent question when you sit with it and begin to examine the thoughts and feelings that arise around it.

By compromise I mean: What are you giving up by working in a job you dislike? What could you be doing differently so you don’t have to compromise? Life is short and time is precious. You have the power to change your life and move in a direction of your choosing.

Abundance Formulas and How to Create Them

Happy New Year to All!

" Abundance Formulas and How to Create Them" is a new series I created help you help yourself. In this series we will examine a 3 areas to help you best fine tune an "Abundance Formula" for yourself. Abundance as defined by the Merriam-Websters dictionary is "an ample quality; relative degree of plentifulness".

It helps to asses the many factors underlying the term of abundance before deciding on which essences to include in your formula(s). The first area we will examine relates to clearing negativity and removing poverty consciousness. In Part 2 we will look at the importance inspiration, self esteem, self worth and motivation. . Then in Part 3 we will examine how to more fully identify with the positive aspects of ourselves and the importance of gratitude.

Success with this program will be an evolutionary process. Results will not happen overnight, results will be based on your input and action. The essences are tools to facilitate your growth and progress, you cannot just take them, sit back and expect miracles. You can use them proactively, take action and create miracles.

Change of this nature is an inside out process, happening first within yourself, in the area of thoughts and feelings. These changes will give you access to a new perspective helping you to see things differently. Such as seeing possibilities where you have previously seen blocks and insurmountable obstacles. New perspectives knocking at your door are a call, an invitation to live in a new paradigm from your higher self. If the old perspectives are not getting you where you want, why not change? There is nothing to lose but old limiting thoughts, beliefs and patterns, that you don't care for anyway.

This series is designed to help point you in the direction where you are empowered to look into areas of your life that aren't working and make the changes you desire. I will be adding steps 1,2 and 3 over the coming weeks. If you have any questions in regards to this process or would like more a personalized consultation feel free to e-mail me at flowerremedy@gmail.com. I look forward to sharing insights and hearing your feedback.

All the Best to you in the New Year!

Mark D'Aquila

A Few Flower Essences to Help you Sleep

Below is a list of key flower remedies that come to mind when I am asked: Which flower essences can help with sleep difficulties?

White Chestnut one of Bach’s Original essences is the first essence that comes to mind. This essence helps to calm an over active mind, indicated by chattering repetitive thoughts which circulate relentlessly. This restless mind syndrome is most troubling at night when a calm mind is needed to help ease us into sleep and relaxation.

Lemon Balm: This essence facilitates deep relaxation of the mind; it also helps one move into an alpha state more easily.

Blue Vervain: This essence is excellent for tightness and rigidity; it helps to bring about a state of relaxation to the mind and body. This essence is great for Type A, over achiever personalities who have a hard time slowing down and relaxing.

Lavender: This essence is great for nervous insomnia; it has a soothing quality that helps to calm the nerves, mind and spirit. Lavender is a wonderful essence for highly sensitive people, you may also want to combine it with Aspen. Aspen brings strength to highly refined souls who suffer from anxiety.

Blueberry Cactus:This essence works similar to White Chestnut; in that it helps to slow the mind down. Blueberry cactus also has calming properties that helps one to gain deeper states of relaxation, facilitating deeper sleep and more restful sleep.

If you suffer from nightmares trying adding St. John’s Wort to any of the above essences in a sleep formula.

How to Use: If one is high strung and generally has a more anxious personality, these essences can be used throughout the day without fear of falling asleep. For more acute times of anxiety and restlessness you can use these remedies around the evening and before bed.

This is a small list but they are my top recommendations to support a good nights sleep.

Treating symptoms of ADD and ADHD with Bach Flower Remedies Part 2

In this section I will outline a few possible combination flower remedies to address various areas of learning difficulties. The themes are mentioned in bold italics and the essences suggested are meant as guidelines; where certain essences fit. This is to give you an understanding of how to design a formula. Other essences that may be applicable but where not mentioned in Part 1 will also be included.

Below is a list of possible combinations based on themes:
Shy Student Low Self Confidence:
Larch, Hornbeam, Gentian, Sunflower, Missouri Primrose (Delta Gardens)
Day Dreamer:
Clematis, Star of Bethlehem, Hornbeam, Rosemary, Wild Rose
Forgetful, Low Grades, Always Trying:
Chestnut Bud, Peppermint, Larch, Gorse, Rosemary,
Study Formula:
Chestnut Bud, Rosemary, Shasta Daisy, Larch
Hyperactive Mind:
White Chestnut, Lavender (FES), Lemon Balm(Delta Gardens), Chamomile(FES), Blueberry Cactus( Essence Alchemy remedy)
This list is meant to provide a basic starting point on which to build. All the essences mentioned are available to order through the site. If you have any questions feel free to contact me via my webpage, www.essencealchemy.com.

Discclaimer
The information presented here is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease or medical condition, this in NOT medical advice. 

Spring Cleaning with Flower Essences

Flower essences are versatile and can be used for cleaning and freshening environments as well as our bodies. Below is a list of just a few essences that are useful this spring season for bringing fresh healthy vibrations into your life. There are a few ways you can use flower essences for spring cleaning. 1.) Add the chosen essence(s) to your cleaning water, Crab Apple is good for this and 2.) purchase a 2-4 oz spray bottle fill it with 1/3 vodka and 2/3 water, to this solution add the essences and essential oils of your choice. 
Once you've cleaned and cleared your space consider what energies you want to usher in. Clearing essences can also be used after fights or arguments to "clear the air".
Angelica: Use this essence to call in angelic energy into a space. This essence carries with it a lite blue protective energy, great for kids rooms or anywhere you want to call in angelic protection.
Aspen: This essence is excellent for clearing negative psychic energy from spaces, use in spray bottles particularly good for areas that have do not receive much attention such as attics or basements.
Black Cohosh: Use this essence to cleanse dark, heavy, violent energy from a space, useful in spaces where there has been abuse verbal, physical or otherwise.
Cerato: Useful for bringing "beautiful" energy into a space. 
Crab Apple: This is the quintessential cleansing flower; useful for space clearing, in floor washes and a air freshening spray.
Honeysuckle: Use this essence during cleansing to remove the 'remnants' of past from a space, very useful to clear out the old and make room for newness.
Hornbeam: Use this essence to bring an uplifting energy to areas that feel stagnant, heavy and drab.
Morning Glory: Use this essence to bring the fresh energy of the morning into your space, useful to clear heaviness and lethargy. 
Mugwort: Use this essence in bedrooms if you have a history of insomnia, works good as a spray.
Sunflower: Use this essence to clear a space of gloomy energy, particularly good in spaces that receive little sunlight. 
Walnut: This is an essence for newness,it breaks the 'spell' of the past so that we can move forward. Useful for bringing in fresh energy to spaces; such as old rooms, also helpful clearing energetic cobwebs.

This is a good list to start from and it is helpful for you to know there are many ways you can use flower essences. They are also helpful to use with your pets and plants both indoor and outdoor. May this list give you inspiration to fill your life and space with the expansive energies that the essences hold and carry.


PS.
A few years ago while on a trip to Kauai I made an essence of Ti plant. It is useful for cleansing and breaking ties with unwanted energies. Ti plant is a powerful energetic cleanser it carries a swift purifying energy, it was used in ancient Hawaiians to break spells and curses. Ti is useful for a clarifying and clearing spaces as well as ones personal energy field.

Essences for people with ADD and ADHD with Bach Flower Remedies Part 1

Using Bach Flower Remedies for focus, concentration and learning.

Chestnut Bud

If you suffer from or know someone suffering from the symptoms related to ADD/ADHD there are many options available to help you live a better life. It is important to review diet especially the intake of caffeine, refined sugars, gluten and processed foods. These substances should be greatly reduced as they affect the ability to concentrate and focus. Since this blog is about flower remedies I have made a list of Bach Remedies that support focus and concentration. I have also included 3 remedies from FES. This is a partial list and a good starting point to build on.

Chestnut Bud: This is a powerful remedy is useful for learning especially when the person makes the same mistakes repeatedly but fails to learn from them. Chestnut bud is good for all types of learning disabilities. This premier Bach remedy for learning is also good for concentration and attention.

Clematis: This essence is for the dreamer; the person whose head always seems to be in the clouds. Clematis can help one be present, focused and attentive to the task at hand. This remedy is good for people who drift off, whether from lack of interest or mental laziness.

Gentian: This essence helps to bring confidence to a person after a setback; gentian enhances perseverance, confidence and faith. Oh how school has become a competitive environment and the drive for perfection a near pathology. Thank goodness for the support of gentian. The fact of life is there are setbacks but they don't need to stop you in your tracks. 

Gorse: This is a powerful remedy for treating pessimism and a complete sense of hopelessness. People suffering in this state see no point in trying because they lack faith in a positive resolution to their challenge. This remedy builds optimism by supporting a sunnier outlook on life.

Hornbeam: This essence is useful for the ‘Monday Morning’ feeling that kids may experience as they dread going to school. It is helpful for staving off procrastination, it helps one to organize better and gather inspiration.

Larch: This essence helps with confidence; good for students who are shy, timid or don’t feel confident enough to embrace their school work. Larch is very useful when beginning to study a new topic or learning a new language or instrument; it helps one to make an effort and ’stay the course’.

White Chestnut: This essence is helpful for calming an overactive mind that is characterized by mental chatter. Those needing this remedy are stuck in their heads along with repetitive thoughts that just race incessantly.

Wild Rose: This essence helps the student to overcome apathy and take a renewed enthusiastic approach to school work. This essence can be extremely helpful for those in the learning environment. Wild rose has tremendous potential to really activate the will and encourage tenacity. The benefits of these qualities can go a long way to enhancing performance and renewing interest.

Essences from Flower Essence Services of Nevada City, CA.

Peppermint: This flower essence is for mental clarity helping to bring wakeful clarity to a dull, sluggish or lethargic mind. This essence is also good for an unbalanced metabolism which depletes mental forces and hinders focus.

Rosemary: This essence helps the soul to more fully incarnate. Rosemary renews the forces of incarnation, helping one to feel secure in their bodies and in the world. Rosemary is useful for forgetfulness and enhancing vitality, it helps to make one more alert and grounded.

 

Shasta Daisy: This essence is helpful for what is called holistic thinking or consciousness. It helps one to see information as a whole rather than in bits and pieces. It helps one synthesize ideas with greater clarity and get a grasp on information.

Part 2 I will present a list of possible combinations to address the challenges of ADD/ADHD.

The information presented here is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. This is NOT medical advice.