Healing Animals with Flower Essences
Written by Lynn McKenzie
Who doesn’t love flowers? They are beautiful, full of life force
energy, fragrant and always seem to put us in a good mood. They
have been used in society for years as expressions of love,
celebration, sympathy and thanks. In addition to this, the
‘energies’ of flowers have been utilized in healing for close to
a century in the form of flower essences. These subtle but
powerful vibrational energies can help to profoundly heal not
only us but our beloved animal companions on a variety of
levels.
Flower essences were first developed in England in the 1930's,
by researcher and physician Dr. Edward Bach. The ‘Bach Flower
Remedies’ as they are called, were developed originally for
humans as a catalyst for personal growth and emotional healing
but have also been used safely in animals over the past sixty
years. Many other flower essence lines have been developed
around the world, since that time, using Bach’s methods.
One of the most commonly known Bach Flower Remedies, Rescue
Remedy, is a mix of five different flower essences (Cherry Plum,
Clematis, Impatiens, Rock Rose and Star of Bethlehem) which
together help humans and animals deal with emergency situations
and stressful events. Most essence producers have their own
version of this remedy, which is known to ease stress, distress
and tension, and encourage calm, reassurance and relaxation. It
is a safe alternative to a sedative or tranquilizer and can be
used in animals in any emergency or stress situation. The uses
are countless.
Simply put, flower essences are the energetic or vibrational
frequencies of flowers captured in spring water. These
frequencies contain the unique life force energy pattern or
imprint of the flower, and when taken internally as an essence,
they awaken specific resonant qualities in the animal’s soul.
Animals in general are much closer to nature and flowers than we
are as humans, both physically and figuratively speaking. In
natural surroundings animals even have an innate knowing of
which plants are essential to heal them, whether by ingesting
the plant or just by resting beside it and absorbing its energy
frequency. How many of you have seen cats basking in the energy
of the alyssum in your flower-bed, or witnessed the dandelion
anointed crowns of dogs that have been rolling on a summers
lawn?
In general, animals respond more profoundly and swiftly to
flower essences than humans, due to the fact that they have
considerably less complicated emotional and mental energy
patterns. Often, the imbalances or diseases in their systems are
absorbed from the people in the home, the environments that they
are living in, or caused as a result of their failure to thrive
in unnatural environments. As the animals are such sensitive
energetic beings, they are also prone to suffering the
collective injustices that are done to their species as a
whole.
Personally I have found in my more than ten years of healing and
communing with the animals, that there are specific energy
patterns and imbalances, unique to the them, that benefit from
flower essence healing. Therefore, I have developed a line of
essences, The Animal Energy Essences
http://animalenergy.com/flower-essences.html ,
especially for animals and specifically for the issues that they
have been presenting. The benefit of these essences, which are
all blends of more than one flower, is that they address these
specific situations and patterns as a whole.
To give you an example of what these essences can do, my
Spirit Renew formula was designed to work at a deep
level to enhance and restore the will to live, help animals heal
from injury, separation, loss, relationship changes, abandonment
and during or after spending time in an animal shelter. The
Who’s the Boss formula was created to deal with issues
related to jealousy, dominance, aggression, territory and
inflexibility, commonly found, but not exclusively, in dogs.
With the Bach remedies I found I was recommending 4 or 5
remedies to work with this specific situation alone. I have also
developed special remedies for each individual domestic species
that offer over-all support for vitality, well-being and enhance
their natural qualities.
Flower essences have no impact whatsoever on animals in the
household who don’t require them, and as a matter of fact it is
recommended that all occupants of a household, including the
people, take the same essences. This helps to create an
integrated and harmonious environment. Often the animals are
absorbing energies and emotions from the people in the family
anyhow so this may help to clear up the source of their issues
as well.
Essences are fragrance free, easy to administer and safe. With
no known side effects, they do not interfere with medications
making them a great addition to holistic and allopathic
medicine. Whoever coined the phrase “Take time to smell the
roses” just might have been on to something
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