Flower Essences

Castilleja miniata (red). Positive qualities: Lively, energetic creativity, exuberant artistic activity. Patterns of imbalance: Low vitality and exhaustion, difficulty rousing physical forces to sustain the intensity of creative work; inability to bring creative forces into physical expression.

The FES Quintessentials flower essences are liquid potentized extracts derived from flowers grown in the Biodynamic gardens at Terra Flora, or pristine wildflower habitats. Created in 'Nature’s laboratory' through a careful orchestration of the four elements of Earth, Water, Air, and Fire, FES essences combine the fifth quintessential element of the sensitive attunement and awareness of the...

Cypripedium parviflorum (yellow). Positive qualities: Higher purpose aligned with daily work, integration of spiritual vision with vital forces in the root and creative chakras. Patterns of imbalance: Life purpose and direction not aligned with outer activity; nervous exhaustion or sexual depletion due to inability to access life force in the lower chakras.

 Lavandula officinalis (violet). Positive qualities: Spiritual sensitivity, highly refined awareness intact with stable bodily health. Patterns of imbalance: Nervous or high-wired energy states, over-stimulation of mental or spiritual forces, depletion of physical forces; insomnia.

Madia elegans (yellow/red spots). Positive qualities: Precise thinking, disciplined focus and concentration. Patterns of imbalance: Easily distracted, inability to concentrate, splintered activity that is unproductive.

Sidalcea glauscens (pink-violet). Positive qualities: Warm and personable, open-hearted sharing, trust in social process. Patterns of imbalance: Insecure in relationships, paralysis in reaching out to others, resulting in social barriers.

Asclepias cordifolia (red-purple). Positive qualities:  Healthy ego strength; independence and self-reliance. Patterns of imbalance:  Neediness and emotional regression, dulling the consciousness through drugs, alcohol, overeating; creating dependency or sickness to receive attention.

Penstemon newberryi (magenta). Positive qualities: Forthright masculine energy; warrior-like spirituality which confronts and transforms. Patterns of imbalance: Vacillation and withdrawal in the face of challenge; lack of assertiveness, inability to take a stand for one's convictions.

Artemisia douglasiana (yellow). Positive qualities:  Integration of psychic or dream experiences with daily life; flexible, multi-dimensional consciousness, warm and expansive soul qualities. Patterns of imbalance:  Tendency to hysteria, fantasy or projection, overactive psychic life unable to distinguish or integrate trans-physical experiences.

Tropaeolum majus (orange-red). Positive qualities: Glowing vitality, radiant warmth; living thinking. Patterns of imbalance: Overly “dry” or intellectual consciousness; depletion of life-force and emotional verve from too much study.