Fleurs
de Vie Newsletter 
Welcome to the July edition of the Fleurs de Vie Newsletter.
The Australian Bush workshops with Ian White took place at the end of June and were a big success. For us, it was a pleasure to finally meet people face to face to whom we have spoken over the phone, sometimes for many years. It was also nice to get reacquainted with old friends and make new ones. We will be distributing the essence made in the Level 3 workshop for those of you who are interested (see article on Scabieuse Colombaire).
I also attended the Wild Earth level 2 workshop with Daniel Mapel in Paris at the beginning of July and will share some of the information learned there in this and future newsletters.
Below you will also find information on the next Dolphin watching tour with Frédérique Pichard, upcoming workshops on the Australian Bush Flower Essences with Nadia Jacquemin and our summer special.
The Wild Earth Healing Path (part 1)
During the level 2 seminar in Paris, Daniel Mapel talked extensively about his Healing Path Essences which help us to move from suffering to joy and freedom and finally to union with the Divine. Sometimes, the only way to move forward is to stop looking outward and to look inward at our wounds, whether they be recent or from our distant past. The three key essences to starting this process are Inner Inner Work, Healthy Anger and Grieving Heart.
Inner Work helps us to have the courage and strength to do the work, even if we don’t want to. It is about allowing our feelings to come out. This combination essence contains two of the Wild Child essences: Lion Cub helps our inner child to feel strong, courageous and capable and Elephant Calf helps us to feel safe, supported and cared for, even if we felt abandoned and alone as a child. Both these essences encourage us to feel and express the feelings that have been repressed. The third essence in Inner Work is Hippopotamus. The larger the land mammal, the deeper the quality of grounding. Hippo provides good grounding, but it is also a water animal, with water representing the emotions. So it is the integration of being grounded and feeling deeply. Raccoon helps us unmask the truth, see things as they are and come out of denial. And finally Bat helps us navigate through the darkness in our inner work – to face our shadow and what we prefer to keep hidden.
Once we start our inner work one emotion that often arises is anger. This anger needs to be expressed, but in healthy ways. Healthy Anger helps us do just that. Many people grew up in families where anger was completely suppressed or where it was expressed in violent ways. Anger is not bad, it is a natural emotion and one that we use to say “no”, to draw our boundaries. There are two animal essences in Healthy Anger: Badger helps us establish a harmonious relationship with our anger and Gazelle to feel emotionally safe and know that it is ok to be vulnerable.
The other emotions that often arise when we begin our inner work are grief and sadness. Grieving Heart helps us to “empty our well of sadness” and cry. Crying is our own natural purification system, helping us to embrace and release our wounds. The three animal essences in Grieving Heart are Hippopotamus for feeling deeply and expressing our emotions, Wild Horse that is a tonic for the heart chakra and a balm for the broken heart and Gazelle to feel safe while grieving.
Daniel recommends taking Inner Work and adding Healthy Anger and or Grieving Heart when appropriate. You can also choose to take the essence that supports where you are on your healing path. We will look at the rest of the Healing Path Essences in the September newsletter.
The highlight of the Australian Bush Level 3 workshop in June was the making of a group flower essence. Nature ensured that we found the perfect spot for our essence making. The field was filled with many different types of flowers, but the one that spoke the loudest was Scabieuse Colombaire. See our Autumn 2004 newsletter for a description of how an essence is made.
As with all essences, Scabieuse Colombaire revealed itself to each of us in different ways. For me Scabieuse Colombaire is an essence of communication and connection. It connects the masculine and the feminine to create balance. It connects the 4th and 5th chakras to facilitate heartfelt communication. It aligns the 1st and 7th chakras to create a grounded spiritual connection to the Divine.
Scabieuse Colombaire helps us to hear the essence of what is being said, the underlying essence of the communication. It helps us to express that truth in our own communications.
Scabieuse Colombaire also offers a protective shield that allows us to experience joy and love and to trust that we will find our place. It helps us remain open, centered in the heart and connected to Nature, the spiritual realms and all parts of ourself.
This essence is the result of a group of people putting their energy together to co-create with Nature. Working together is increasingly important if we wish to bring peace and harmony to Planet Earth. The ability to come together for the greater good, in spite of and with respect for our differences, is the way we will co-create a positive future.
Fleurs de Vie would like to offer a bottle of the Scabieuse Colombaire essence to anyone who feels drawn to its message. So if you would like to receive a bottle of Scabieuse Colombaire, just let us know. You can add it to your order (please type the name of the essence in the “additional information” field on the identification page of the order), or simply request it on its own. It is being offered free of charge.
Here are the dates for the next workshops being taught (in French) by Nadia Jacquemin, the official teacher for the Australian Bush Flower Essences in France and Francophone countries.
Level 1
11-12 September, in Châteaubriant (Bretagne)
25-26 September, in Dijon (Côte d’or)
23-24 October, in Aix en Provence/Marseille (Bouches du Rhône)Level 2
27-28 November, in Annecy (Haute-Savoie)Click here to see the programmes, or contact Nadia directly at 06 08 80 60 32, e-mail: nadiajacquemin@mac.com.
Frédérique Pichard is organising another trip to the Azores from 25 September to 2 October.
There will be boat trips and possibilities of swimming with the dolphins in the mornings and workshops on relaxation and creative visualisation in the afternoons to integrate the energetic messages of the dolphins and whales.
Contact Frédérique at 06 25 10 16 61 or institutdony@yahoo.fr.
White Light – Higher Self Essence: This Essence was prepared at the Mayan ruins in Palenque, Mexico. It allows one to align to and access their Higher Self. The Higher Self Essence funnels and channels energy of the highest order into one’s very core, from where it will radiate out and expand dramatically. It helps us to be aware of what is beyond the physical experience and can help one tap into sources of ancient wisdom and knowledge. Our Higher Self is comprised of every lifetime we have ever had and this Essence offers the opportunity to help a person connect with these earlier incarnations. You will then be able to beam back the energy of whatever it is that you need from that past life.
Special offer 20 € (normal price 27 €). Valid until 31 August 2010.