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Flowers of the Soul
Baneberry
(Actaea pachypoda)Water Element» Baneberry-Crown Vetch « | Dandelion-Marsh Marigold Mountain Laurel-Yarrow | Memory Flowers | Ordering Spring Flower Selection Surrender to the process of transformation, knowing you are always supported. Letting your inner divine child take you for a walk. Image: being rocked by angels. Bellflower (Codonopsis ovata)Wood Element An embrace of unconditional love for your inner child. For overcoming a childhood filled with criticism. For feeling "not OK", "good enough", "not lovable". In Chinese medicine the Codonopsis root is children's ginseng. Image: infinity sign (  ) your soul-self always was and always will be perfect.
Blue Flag (Iris versicolor) Earth/Water Element To tap into the womb of mother earth to draw forth nourishment. Connection with the archetypal mother. For manifesting will and destiny with grace and fluidity. For those who have overdrawn on willpower,stressed out their reserves. Image: a black bear hibernating in cave deep beneath the winter snows. Blue-Eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium) Fire/Water Element Bring forth the deepest level of who you are into the public eye; keeping an unshakable connection with the self in an environment of negativity. For speakingand enacting your inner truth. Helpful for public speaking and leadership roles without ego. Image: a spiral widening upward from the inner pool of knowing to the heart and then spiraling; widening outward into the world. Bluet (Houstonia serpyllifolia) Fire Element Carefree playfulness.To bring our your child-self and child-like sense of fun. Zest for life. Camaraderie, Innocent joy and friendship, without emotional chains or hidden agendas. Image: skipping arm-in-arm, singing. Bowman's Root/Indian Physic (Gillenia trifoliata) Earth Element For healing profound exhaustion, weakness, debility. "I can't go on like this any more." For when you've mined the last of your inner resources. For wasting illnesses, chronic fatigue. Image: you have fallen into a deep well and a white swan flies you up and out on her back. Bunchberry(Cornus canadensis) Wood Element Mid-life medicine.Preparing the space, groundwork for the rest of your life. For closures and initiating projects. Image: an architect laying out blue prints before you. Calla Lily(Zantedeschia albo-maculata)Fire/Earth Element Especially for healers and caregivers - enhances compassion for self. For those who live outwardly focused on others and the external reality. Image: enfolded within the embrace of the lily. Chickweed(Stellaria media) Wood Element To open self to broader(360 degrees) possibilities.Opening the self to embrace and feel the harmony of the universe. For self-censure, self judgment, holding back from self-criticism, self doubt. Image: a whirling dervish. Chinese Eleuthero(Eleutherococcus gracistylus)Water Element Uplifting. To feel that life is full of promise. For victim mentality, feeling life is a dead-end. "Why me?" Image: bird song at dawn. Chinese Hibiscus(Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) Fire Element Connecting to your deepest passions. Coltsfoot(Tussilago farfara)Fire Element Unbridled high spirits. Youthful exuberance and energetic playfulness. Healing early adolescence. For those burdened and overwhelmed by day-to-day responsibilities. Image: a colt kicking up its heels in a field of dandelions. Crown Vetch/ Axseed(Coronilla varia) Metal Ignites the spark of joy that gives meaning to emptiness. For when what you've invested with meaning in your life comes up bankrupt. For "nothing matters to me" depression. Of benefit in terminal illness. For dying to your old self.Image: embracing the void. |
