Flower Essences

Zea mays (yellow-white). Positive qualities: Alignment with the Earth, especially through the body and feet; grounded presence. Patterns of imbalance: Inability to stay centered in the body; disorientation and stress, particularly in urban or crowded environments.

Taraxacum officinale (yellow). Positive qualities: Dynamic physical energy and expressive life force; inner ease in work and play. Patterns of imbalance: Tense, rigid or stiff, especially in the musculature of the body; over-striving and hard-driving.

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 feelings.

Cornus nuttallii (yellow/whitebracts). 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.

Erythronium purpurascens (yellow with purple). 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.

Myosotis sylvatica (blue). Positive qualities: Awareness of karmic connections in one's personal relationships and with those in the spiritual world; deep mindfulness of subtle realms; soul-based relationships. Patterns of imbalance: Lack of connection with souls in the spiritual world; loneliness and isolation due to death of a loved one; soul myopia.

Ehrendorferia chrysantha (yellow). Positive qualities: Ability to remember and understand core experiences that define emotional history; nourishment and insight from past experiences. Patterns of imbalance: Suppressed toxic memories of childhood; feelings of pain and trauma about past events, affecting present emotional identity.

Solidago californica (yellow). Positive qualities: Strong and secure sense of individuality, balanced with group or social consciousness. Patterns of imbalance: Overly influenced by group or cultural ties; inability to be true to oneself, easily susceptible to peer pressure or external social demands.

Cynoglossum grande (blue/white). Positive qualities: Holistic thinking; perception of physical reality united with lively thoughts, integration of imagination and intellect. Patterns of imbalance: Materialistic world view, weighed down or dulled by a mundane or overly analytical viewpoint; can be accompanied by heaviness or torpor in the physical body.

Silene californica (red). Positive qualities: Ability to remain centered and focused, even under stress or high levels of activity; managing and coordinating diverse tasks. Patterns of imbalance: Psychic forces which are easily fragmented by too much movement; frayed and overwhelmed during multi-leveled activity.