Flower Essences

Briza maxima (green). Positive qualities: Harmonious community consciousness, flexible and receptive in group work. Patterns of imbalance: Dysfunctional in group settings, inability to compromise, over-attachment to personal will and desire in social situations.

Chaenomeles speciosa (red). Positive qualities: Loving strength and firm loving; integration of masculine initiating power and feminine nurturing qualities. Patterns of imbalance: Inability to catalyze or reconcile strength and power with affection and tenderness; dysfunctional or inconsistent parenting or leadership behavior.

 Trifolium pratense (pink-red). Positive qualities: Calm and steady presence, especially in emergency situations, internally generated behavior. Patterns of imbalance: Susceptible to mass hysteria and anxiety, easily influenced by panic or other forms of group thought.

Artemisia tridentata (yellow). Positive qualities: Essential awareness that releases what is extraneous, receptive “emptiness” capable of transformation and change. Patterns of imbalance: Over-identification with illusory parts of oneself; cluttered and chaotic attachments; need to release dysfunctional and stifling aspects within the personality or surroundings.

Hypericum perforatum (yellow). Positive qualities:  Illumined consciousness, light-filled awareness; solar strength. Patterns of imbalance:  Psychic and physical vulnerability; fearful or disturbed dreams; depression due to lack of contact with spiritual world.

 Prunella vulgaris (violet). Positive qualities: Ability to tap into health-giving forces for body and soul; lifestyle choices that lead to wellness and wholeness. Patterns of imbalance: Inability to take inner responsibility for one's healing, lacking in spiritual motivation for wellness, overly dependent on external advice for health choices.

Dodecatheon hendersonii (violet/pink). Positive qualities: Humanized spirituality, cosmic consciousness warmed with caring for all that is human and earthly. Patterns of imbalance: Profound feeling of alienation, especially not feeling at home on Earth, nor a part of the human family; disturbed birth trauma.

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...

Mimulus aurantiacus (orange). Positive qualities: Balanced integration of human warmth and sexual intimacy; ability to express deep feelings of love and connectedness in sexual relationships. Patterns of imbalance: Repressed sexual feelings, inappropriate sexual behavior divorced from human love; inability to experience human warmth in sexual experiences; deep fear of sexuality and intimacy.

 Lathyrus latifolius (red-purple). Positive qualities: Commitment to community, a sense of one's place on Earth, ability to form social roots. Patterns of imbalance: Inability to form bonds with social community or to find one's place on Earth; homelessness, dislocation or frequent travel and moving.