Flower essences are a gentle form of treatment, unique in their ability to address physical, mental, emotional and spiritual aspects simultaneously. They offer complete healing.

Flower essences are usually made by a delicate process of attunement, in which sunlight creates a transference of the flower's vibration into water, resulting in a potent healing essence like a kind of liquid energy. Flower medicine has been known to man for many thousands of years for its calming effect on the mind and emotions.

When one is very sensitive and open to nature, it is clear that plants and their flowers each have their own character and qualities. When taken as an essence, these can resonate with, and awaken the same qualities within a person. Nature offers us complete healing, restoring balance and well-being, allowing us to awaken to the truth of our wholeness and interconnectedness with all of life.

Walk in Beauty Products contain the following Essences:
~Bach Flower Remedies
~Panacea Flower Essences
~Himalayan Flower Enhancers
~Harmonics International Essences
~Flower Essence Services (FES) Flower Essences

Positive qualities and patterns of imbalance for the FES flower essences and descriptions of the Seasons of the Soul herbal flower oils, used by permission. Written by Patricia Kaminski for Flower Essence Services. © by Flower Essence Services. All rights reserved. www.fesflowers.com.

Blackberry - Rubus ursinus (white-pink)
Positive qualities: Competent manifestation in the world; clearly directed forces of will, intentional and decisive action
Patterns of imbalance: Inability to translate goals and ideals into concrete action or viable activities; procrastination

Deerbrush - Ceanothus integerrimus (white)
Positive qualities: Gentle purity and clarity of purpose; motives and actions that are allied with one's true feelings
Patterns of imbalance: Mixed or conflicting motives; dishonest or polite responses not based upon genuine feeling

Iris - Iris douglasiana (blue-violet)
Positive qualities: Inspired artistry, soulful creativity in touch with higher realms; radiant, iridescent vision in all aspects of life
Patterns of imbalance: Lacking inspiration or creativity; feeling weighed down by the ordinariness of the world; dullness or spectator consciousness

Lotus - Nelumbo nucifera (pink)
Positive qualities: Expansive and inclusive spirituality, ability to synthesize diverse life experience in service to the spiritual world
Patterns of imbalance: Spiritual pride, inflated sense of Self, out of touch with ordinary personality and humble tasks

Mountain Pennyroyal - Monardella odoratissima (violet)
Positive qualities: Strength and clarity of thought, mental integrity and positivity
Patterns of imbalance: Unconscious absorption of negative programming, psychic contamination or possession

Pomegranate - Punica granatum (red)
Positive qualities: Joyful expression of feminine creativity, actively productive and nurturing at home or in the world
Patterns of imbalance: Ambivalent or confused about the focus of creativity, especially between values of career and home, creative and procreative, personal and global

Pretty Face - Triteleia ixioides (yellow, brown stripes)
Positive qualities: Radiant inner beauty; self-acceptance in relation to personal appearance despite handicaps or blemishes
Patterns of imbalance: Feeling ugly or rejected because of personal appearance; over-identified with physical appearance

Trillium - Trillium chloropetalum (purple)
Positive qualities: Secure sense of personal welfare and financial well-being; ability to serve and give to others
Patterns of imbalance: Distortions in survival chakra, fear due to materialistic emphasis, greed for possessions and power; poverty consciousness that leads to overly-materialistic focus

Borage - Borago officinalis (blue)
Positive qualities: Ebullient heart forces, buoyant courage and optimism
Patterns of imbalance: Heavy-heartedness or grief, lack of confidence in facing difficult circumstances; depressive behavior

California Wild Rose - Rosa californica
Positive qualities: Love for the Earth and for human life, enthusiasm for doing and serving
Patterns of imbalance: Apathy, resignation, pronounced passivity; inability to catalyze will forces through the heart

Sage - Salvia officinalis
Positive qualities: Wisdom derived from life experience; ability to assess and understand life process from a higher perspective
Patterns of imbalance: Seeing life as ill-fated or undeserved; inability to perceive higher purpose and meaning in life events

Violet - Viola odorata
Positive qualities: Delicate, highly perceptive sensitivity, elevated spiritual perspective; socially responsive but self-contained
Patterns of imbalance: Profound shyness, cool and aloof, fear of being submerged in groups

Fawn Lily - Erythronium purpurascens
Positive qualities: Involvement in the social fabric of the world; ability to share one's spiritual gifts with others
Patterns of imbalance: Withdrawal, isolation, self-protection; overly delicate or mystical, lacking the inner strength to participate in community and family

Lady's Slipper - Cypripedium parviflorum
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 charkas

California Poppy - Eschscholzia californica
Positive Qualities: Radiant heart-centered spirituality; strong interior alignment for values and choices
Patterns of Imbalance: Attachment to illusion or grandeur, superficial spirituality or fantasy, external glamour or escapism through psychedelic drugs or other out-of-body activities

Indian Paintbrush - Castilleja miniata
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

Yarrow - Achillea millefolium
Positive Qualities: Luminous and strong auric field, compassionate and inclusive sensitivity, refined and flexible psychic forces
Patterns of Imbalance: Extreme vulnerability to others and to the environment; easily depleted, overly absorbent of negative influences, psychic toxicity

Lavender - Lavandula officinalis
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

Chamomile - Matricaria recutita
Positive Qualities: Serene, sun-like disposition, emotional balance
Patterns of Imbalance: Easily upset, moody and irritable, inability to release emotional tension, especially in the stomach or solar plexus

Larkspur - Delphinium nuttallianum
Positive Qualities: Charismatic leadership, contagious enthusiasm, joyful service
Patterns of Imbalance: Leadership distorted by self-aggrandizement or burdensome dutifulness; inability to motivate or inspire others

Nicotiana - Nicotiana alata
Positive Qualities: Inner peace centered in the heart and breath; physical and emotional well-being through harmonious connection with rhythmic pulsations in the Earth
Patterns of Imbalance: Rigid or mechanized qualities in the body; blunted feelings, shallow breathing; over-use of hard-edge masculine forces

Mariposa Lily - Calochortus leichtlinii
Positive Qualities: Maternal consciousness, warm, feminine and nurturing; mother-child bonding, positive connection to mother and similar female figures
Patterns of Imbalance: Alienated from mother or from mothering role, feelings of childhood abandonment or abuse; orphan state of consciousness

Calendula - Calendula officinalis
Positive Qualities: Healing warmth and receptivity, especially in the use of the spoken word and in dialogue with others
Patterns of Imbalance: Argumentative, lack of receptivity in communication with others; verbal abuse

Sagebrush-Artemisia tridentate
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

Buttercup-Ranunculus occidentalis
Positive Qualities: Radiant inner light, unattached to outer recognition or fame; self-assured
Patterns of Imbalance: Feelings of low self-worth, inability to acknowledge or experience one's inner light and uniqueness; self-deprecating

Evening Primrose - Oenothera hookeri
Positive qualities: Awareness and healing of painful early emotions absorbed from parents; ability to open emotionally and form deep, committed relationships
Patterns of imbalance: Profound feeling of rejection stemming from in utero or early childhood experience; avoidance of commitment in relationships, fear of parenthood; sexual and emotional coldness or repression

Basil - Ocimum basilicum
Positive qualities: Integration of sexuality and spirituality into a sacred wholeness
Patterns of imbalance: Polarization of sexuality and spirituality, typically leading to clandestine behavior, bifurcated relationships or sexual addiction

Manzanita - Arctostaphylos viscida
Positive qualities: Joyous embodiment, spiritual identity integrated with the physical body
Patterns of imbalance: Estranged from the earthly world; aversion or revulsion toward the body and physical world; eating and sleeping disorders

Fairy Lantern-Calochortus albus
Positive Qualities: Healthy maturation; acceptance of adult responsibilities, positive integration of 'child' identity
Patterns of Imbalance: Immaturity, helplessness, neediness, childish dependency; unable to take responsibility

Dogwood - Cornus nuttallii
Positive qualities: Grace-filled movement, physical and etheric harmony in the body
Patterns of imbalance: Awkward and painful awareness of the body; latent emotional trauma or abuse affecting the body, accident prone

Morning Glory - Ipomoea purpurea
Positive qualities: Sparkling vital force, awake and refreshed; in touch with natural life rhythms
Patterns of imbalance: Dull, toxic, or "hung over", inability to fully enter the body, especially in the morning; addictive or erratic living habits that deplete life force

Self-Heal - Prunella vulgaris
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

Star Tulip - Calochortus tolmiei
Positive qualities: Sensitive and receptive attunement; serene soul disposition, inner listening to others and to higher worlds, especially in dreams and meditation
Patterns of imbalance: Inability to cultivate quiet inner presence, lack of attunement or soul insight, unable to meditate or pray

FES Seasons of the Soul Herbal Skin Oils

~Spring ~Dandelion Dynamo
Dandelion Dynamo is an excellent tonic for the spring season, but is also an important year-round formula for balancing the spring-like forces in the body and soul.
For those who tend toward an overly phlegmatic or lethargic condition, Dandelion Dynamo cuts through many forms of congestion and contraction in the body.
Dandelion Dynamo can also benefit those individuals with too much intensity and activity, tending to over-schedule and over-plan their lives. Because these mental, air forces are out of touch with the metabolism, the head, neck and shoulders are particularly subject to stress and chronic patterns of tension.
Dandelion Dynamo is also very helpful for many forms of premenstrual or menopausal tension, especially where symptoms of fluid retention predominate.

Dandelion Dynamo Major Indications
· As a general spring tonic, to bring lively, active forces to the body, counteracting winter lethargy or spring fever.
· For overexertion or excessive physical activity leading to stiffness and tightness in the muscles.
· Helpful for women who experience water retention, especially as a prelude to the menstrual cycle or for general symptoms of premenopause.
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·Generally beneficial as a compress in many situations in which the liver meridian needs to be regenerated, such as drug detoxification or menopause.
· Beneficial for those whose lifestyle or temperament tends toward a great deal of mental or physical activity, often short-changing rest and relaxation.
· Especially helpful for chronic tension and stiffness in the neck and shoulders.

~Summer ~Mugwort Moon Magic
The abundant and expansive lunar qualities of Mugwort make it a plant which is highly favored for the feminine reproductive system. Mugwort Moon Magic is valued by midwives who use it to stimulate the uterus at the concluding stages of pregnancy and throughout the birthing process, as well as to facilitate lactation for the nursing mother. Mugwort oil is also very helpful for toning and regulating the reproductive system and enhancing female fertility.
Mugwort oil holds many other qualities which are very salutary for a wide spectrum of general health needs. In acupuncture, moxa made of Mugwort is applied as a smoke to meridian areas which need to be brought into greater warmth and expansiveness. Mugwort oil can provide these same qualities without the invasive use of smoke.
Mugwort Moon Magic should be particularly considered for parts of the body which are lacking in circulation and appear blue or feel cold. Mugwort Moon Magic also balances those who may have too many summer forces and are thus quite psychically expanded and dreamy. Mugwort has the unique capability of uniting lunar forces with solar forces and thus facilitates the integration of thoughts with feelings, clarity of psychic impressions and dream recall. Regular application of Mugwort Moon Magic on the breast and the heart areas helps to balance and center the three lower 'embodiment' chakras, with the three higher spiritual energy centers of the soul.
Mugwort Moon Magic
Major Indications
· Apply compresses of Mugwort Oil to areas of the body which are blue in color or cold to the touch, such as varicose veins where the flow of blood is restricted or stagnant.
· Extremely beneficial as a general balm for female reproductive health, especially erratic moon cycles longer than 28 days, or premature onset of menopause.
· Recommended by many midwives during labor and delivery, and for facilitating lactation .
· Helpful for bringing summer forces during the winter-time, or for winter-like conditions of the body: cold hands and feet, and hardening or stiffening conditions like rheumatism.
· Similar to the moxa treatments of oriental acupuncture, Mugwort oil increases circulation and energetic flow within the various meridian pathways of the body by pulling constricted forces to the periphery.
· Helpful for those who need to balance a predominance of 'moon' qualities (such as emotional and psychic sensitivity) with solar clarity and embodied physical warmth.

~Autumn ~ Arnica Alleve
Arnica Alleve can be used preventatively to aid body and soul to maintain equanimity, as well as when there is specific pain and injury. Arnica is known traditionally for its many anti-inflammatory and analgesic qualities, as well as for promoting tissue regeneration. It is used in herbal and homeopathic practices to provide restoration from many kinds of bodily traumas, such as bruises, sprains, contusions, various forms of myalgia, hyperextensions, sports injury and recovery from surgery.
On a more subtle level, Arnica Alleve helps the soul to reestablish its balance and equilibrium from any kind of physical or psychic trauma. Please note: Arnica in any form can cause an adverse reaction if applied to open cuts or wounds, or in cases of acute hypersensitivity in the skin (such as dermatitis). However, compresses can be applied over properly bandaged areas when there is need of pain relief.
~Arnica Alleve Major Indications
· Rub Arnica Alleve directly into areas which are experiencing trauma or injury such as bruises or sprains. Do not apply to open wounds or cuts; use in warm compresses over properly bandaged areas.
· Massage Arnica Alleve into potential stress areas of the body before major sports events or other physical challenges. Then use again for post-event massage and/or take a warm bath with Arnica Alleve immediately afterwards.
· Use Arnica Alleve in massages or baths as a preparation for surgery and in compresses over the bandaged areas after surgery.
· Warm compresses of Arnica Alleve can be applied directly to the kidney area or kidney meridian points. These applications can be particularly beneficial for those who experience health challenges in the autumn season.
· Use Arnica Alleve for soul-healing at times of personal adversity or challenge; or at times when one feels melancholic and weighed down by life events.
· Include Arnica Alleve as part of your first aid or travel kit, and have it with you during any major wilderness excursion or sporting event. Immediate applications may speed pain relief and prevent more serious complications later.

~Winter ~Saint Johns Shield
In recent years, St. John's Wort has exploded into prominence, noted primarily for its natural ability to treat symptoms of depression. The essential quality of St. John's Shield is its capacity to carry light into the dark well of the soul, providing a source of inner emotional radiance.
This marvelous herb has a wide panorama of therapeutic possibilities. In addition to addressing depression and feelings of immobilization, it is very beneficial for 'Seasonal Affective Disorder' from which many people suffer during winter, when outer light is reduced. St. John's Shield can be equally helpful during summer, especially for fair-skinned persons who become easily disoriented and out-of-focus when exposed to harsh light conditions.
St. John's Shield should also be considered for insomnia, and other related disturbances in the sleep rhythm of the body, such as bedwetting in young children, or bodily upset from travel. The strong light-bearing qualities of St. John's Wort give it many excellent anti-viral and neuralgic qualities. Current scientific studies point to its potential in the treatment of AIDS, while St. John's Wort has been used for centuries in the treatment of wounds and for a myriad of neuralgic complaints such as sciatica, shingles and, more recently, carpal tunnel syndrome.
Please note: St. John's Wort has been proven to have many powerful photosensitive properties, and caution should be exercised in applying the oil to the skin before prolonged exposure to the sun, especially for fair-skinned individuals. However, St. John's Shield can be very helpful for treating sunburned skin.St. John's Shield is a real "pick me up
Saint John's Shield Major Indications
· Generally beneficial as a winter balm, for helping to counteract such conditions as the winter blues or Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), by anchoring light into the inner body and soul.
· Highly beneficial for all winter depressive conditions throughout the year, when one feels bereft, anxious, immobilized or fearful, and must discover an inward sense of light and emotional containment.
· To help bedwetting in children, massage St. John's Shield into the inner-thigh and bladder regions on a nightly basis. Warm compresses on the kidney and bladder areas can also be very helpful.
· Use warm compresses of St. John's Shield for wounds, especially injuries involving peripheral nerve damage or trauma.
· Use in baths on a nightly basis to regulate sleep rhythms disturbed by insomnia, stress or travel.
· Consider St. John's Shield for times of psychic stress or spiritual challenge, especially in conjunction with prayer and meditation, and for dealing with adverse influences from nonphysical realms.

~All Year~Calendula Caress
Calendula is a remarkable restorer of the human flesh, with outstanding anti-inflammatory, vulnerary and disinfectant properties. The maternal, comforting qualities of Calendula Caress make it ideal for the delicate skin of infants and children, and as a beneficent balm for birthing and nursing mothers.
Calendula Caress bestows a calming, quieting touch and should be used for all forms of irritation and inflammation. Compresses of Calendula can be applied to areas of internal inflammation, such as the digestive organs, or to parts of the body which are swollen, such as the lymphatic glands.
On a more subtle level, Calendula Caress helps bring us into a gentle and loving disposition of soul, showing us the path by which we can heal others with our own word and touch.
Calendula was named by the Romans who observed that this plant blooms nearly every month of the calendar year. Through Calendula Caress we come to the very essence of the Seasons of the Soul journey that what lives in Nature as a creative, nurturing force can also live in our own hearts.
Calendula Caress Major Indications
· Use for irritated or inflamed skin, and apply in compresses over slow-healing wounds or skin ulcers.
· Use for children or infants, or for any skin which is delicate and hypersensitive.
· Baths and massages with Calendula Caress bring a calming, receptive quality to the soul, especially to counteract irritable or argumentative situations.
· Use as a gentle harmonizer for the feminine: for the breasts of nursing mothers, as a balm for the birthing belly, and for calming and centering the moon cycle.
· Apply compresses over any part of the body which is swollen, especially areas of lymphatic drainage.· Use throughout the year to maintain a vital connection to the life-force of Nature and to keep the skin alive and receptive.

Benediction Oil
A transcendent blend of essential oils, flower essences, and Saint John's Wort oil formulated for life's turning points. Benediction Oil encourages us to respect and respond to the seasons within our own souls: rites of passage, moments of awakening, and all stages of healing and transformation. Benediction Oil is intended to be a heart balm which not only helps us open to the bliss of love, but also to the blessedness and heartache of love.
Through the use of this sacred anointing oil, we can gradually come to understand the meaning of any anguish that we suffer. Pain which is rightly received by the soul sensitizes and opens us to a deeper communion with the spiritual world, making our souls ever more receptive to spiritual impulses which can enrich our lives.
Use Benediction Oil to open and bless all the sacramental gateways of human experience: birth, coming of age and other rites of passage throughout life, marriage, illness and death. It should be considered for all sacred holy days and festivals, whatever one's spiritual path may be. Benediction assists the soul to be conscious and receptive to any turning-point in life, both within nature and within human experience.
When to Use Benediction Oil
· For all life passages and special events, as a sacramental anointing oil which encourages the soul to make a turning point in time.
· Especially beneficial as a sacred unction for those who are very ill or dying, helps the soul to move through pain and surrender to its spiritual destiny.
· A beautiful anointing oil for young babies, calling their soul to come into the world and to feel and accept the force of human love.
· Use for 'dark nights of the soul' when feeling anguish, anxiety or bewilderment.· Use to help recover from any violation to the body or soul such as violent attack, sexual abuse or other similar trauma.
· Apply Benediction Oil to areas of chronic pain, especially when there is a need to surrender to and understand the soul dimension of such suffering.
· Use to balance all the energy centers (chakras), especially through the middle heart chakra.
· Use for times of intimate and loving sexual exchange, to allow body and soul to open fully and experience love through the heart.

Bach Flower Remedies (simplified explanations)
1. Agrimony - mental torture behind a cheerful face
2. Aspen - fear of unknown things
3. Beech - intolerance
4. Centaury - inability to say 'no'
5. Cerato - lack of trust in one's own decisions
6. Cherry Plum - fear of the mind giving way
7. Chestnut Bud - failure to learn from mistakes
8. Chicory - selfish, possessive love
9. Clematis - dreaming of the future without working in the present
10. Crab Apple - cleansing remedy, also for self-hatred
11. Elm - overwhelmed by responsibility
12. Gentian - discouragement after a setback
13. Gorse - hopelessness and despair
14. Heather - self-centeredness and self-concern
15. Holly - hatred, envy and jealousy
16. Honeysuckle - living in the past
17. Hornbeam - procrastination, tiredness at the thought of doing something
18. Impatiens - impatience
19. Larch - lack of confidence and self-esteem
20. Mimulus - fear of known things
21. Mustard - deep gloom for no reason
22. Oak - the plodder who keeps going past the point of exhaustion
23. Olive - exhaustion following mental or physical effort
24. Pine - guilt
25. Red Chestnut - over-concern for the welfare of loved ones
26. Rock Rose - terror and fright
27. Rock Water - self-denial, rigidity and self-repression
28. Scleranthus - inability to choose between alternatives
29. Star of Bethlehem - shock
30. Sweet Chestnut - Extreme mental anguish, when everything has been tried and there is no light left
31. Vervain - over-enthusiasm
32. Vine - dominance and inflexibility
33. Walnut - protection from change and unwanted influences
34. Water Violet - pride and aloofness
35. White Chestnut - unwanted thoughts and mental arguments
36. Wild Oat - uncertainty over one's direction in life
37. Wild Rose - drifting, resignation, apathy
38. Willow - self-pity and resentment