ESSENCE OF HEAVEN - Part 7 Self help and development.

Nature has many answers to the questions and puzzles of life and they can be found in the most obvious of places.

It is well-known that plants have healing qualities and benefits for many ailments and research is ongoing in this area within mainstream medicine and pharmaceutical circles.

The indigenous healers and alternative therapists of all modalities have been aware of plant medicine throughout history and have utilised herbs and other plants, from roots through to leaves and flowers. The ways in which the beneficial components are extracted are as varied as the problems they treat.

Often our emotional state is the cause of further health problems and by addressing this in the first instance when out of balance any further destruction can be minimised and even halted. Over time we can improve our physical problems by treating our emotional states.

Flower Essences embody the energetic keys to unlock the negative patterns we get caught up in. They can release the positive feelings and inspiration needed to venture forward again in our life journey. Many different Essences have been discovered, for example, the Edward Bach Flower Essences, the North American Flower Essences, The Findhorn Flower Essences, The Australian Bush Flower Essences, just a few of the more commonly used.

How the Flower Essences benefit us can not be verified as yet by scientific methods and have been developed through intuitive experimentation and discovery but this does not detract in any way from the outstanding results they achieve.

For every emotional state, condition and impediment there is a counter-balancing essence that will act gently and effectively to realign the individual. Good health stores generally stock a range of Flower Essences that can be easily selected from for the individual. For more indepth analysis a professional practitioner can be consulted and many Naturopaths and Homoeopaths encompass Flower Essences within their dispensary of medicinal remedies.

One of the Bach Flower Essences, Rescue Remedy, is so successful and widely recognised that it is commonly carried on hand and within First Aid Kits. Rescue Remedy is a combination of 5 essences to treat shock, fright, trauma and fear.

Both humans and animals gain immensely from the regular use of Flower Essences and they can be relied on to produce soothing and gentle healing for very positive results.