Flower Essences

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.

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...

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.

Achillea millefolium var. rubra (pink-purple). Positive qualities: Loving awareness of others within a field of self-contained consciousness; appropriate emotional boundaries. Patterns of imbalance: Unbalanced sympathetic forces, overly absorbent auric field, lack of emotional clarity, dysfunctional merging with others.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Campsis tagliabuana(red-orange). Positive qualities: Articulate and colorful in verbal expression; active, dynamic projection of oneself in social situations. Patterns of Imbalance: Lack of vitality or soul force in expression; inability to be assertive or to speak clearly, speech impediments.