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Sunflower flower essence (Helianthus annuus) is associated with identity, self-esteem and a balanced sense of individuality.

There are times when life becomes noisy: not necessarily because anything dramatic is happening, but because the mind simply refuses to become quiet.

Non-restorative sleep is a very frustrating experience. You may spend adequate hours in bed, yet wake feeling as if you have barely rested at all. One of the most common causes is your emotional and mental state. Flower Remedies offer a gentle yet precise way of addressing these underlying emotional imbalances.

Aspen Flower Essence: When Fear Has No Name Sometimes fear has an obvious cause. We are afraid of an illness, an examination, losing a job, or something happening to someone we love. But sometimes there is no because. There is simply a feeling. A vague uneasiness. A sense of apprehension. You may wake in the night with the strange feeling that something is wrong, although everything around you is perfectly quiet. Or you may go through the day with an inexplicable sense that s

I gave a presentation and workshop on the Bach Flower Essences recently. I think it went well. Since flower essences are an enjoyable topic to talk about I thought I’d speak about them again next month. Most of the audience speak Japanese so I need to simply what I’m saying. I decided to draw a picture of each remedy, that way trying to capture its essence in an image. Here are five examples of Bach flower essences I spoke about, along with Dr. Edward Bach's original descript

Black-eyed Susan flower essence is for the hurried, impatient and overcommitted person who lives at high speed, often moving rapidly from one task, thought or obligation to the next. There may be a strong inner drive to remain productive, efficient and constantly engaged, with little tolerance for inactivity or delay. Even when the body is resting or asleep, the system may retain the momentum of continual activity, making it difficult to enter a state of profound stillness an

With some people every conversation is peppered with the words "I'm sorry." Most of the time, they have nothing to be sorry for but apologize anyway.

Dr Edward Bach is best remembered today as the creator of the Bach flower remedies, a system of 38 flower preparations associated with different emotional states and patterns of personality.