TREE OF LIFE RANGE OF ENVIROMENTAL ESSENCES AND PURE ESSENTIAL OILS

The Tree of Life essential oils were created to celebrate the passing seasons and the stages of life. Following the theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the flow of energy in our bodies mirrors the energy of nature. One aspect of achieving and maintaining vibrant health is to work with the energy of nature at all times of year. For example, Winter is a time for replenishing our energy and visioning, Spring is time to shed any stagnant habits and begin new projects, Summer is time for action and to celebrate the beauty of nature while Autumn begins the gradual spiral downwards into quieter, more inward energy as we reflect on the year that has passed.

These essential oils encourage us to tune into the flow of nature, helping us to remain balanced, accepting and respectful of the upward and inward phases of our lives.

The photos above represent each of the essence/essential oil blends.

They are:

• New Growth for Spring
• Coming Into Fullness for Early Summer
• Mother Earth for Late Summer
• Alchemy for Autumn
• Invocation for Winter

HOW DO I CHOOSE THE CORRECT ONE FOR ME?

Here are some suggestions:

1) One of the most powerful ways to choose an essence or oil is to allow our subconscious minds to choose for us. People who attend my training courses display this intuitive gift all the time. We can ALL do this. Look at the photos - which represent each of the essences and oil blends - and choose (without allowing your conscious/logical mind to activate) the photo which most appeals to you RIGHT NOW. This will most likely be a profound and healing choice.

2) We all have a tendency towards a particular physical/emotional constitution. Read the descriptions below and see which one you fit into - you may “find yourself” in two or more of the descriptions but most of us have one dominant element. Ask yourself - When I go out of balance, what happens to me physically and emotionally? As the body and mind are not separate, also look at how you react emotionally during these times.
Once you find your constitutional element, you may like to use these products throughout the year or during stressful or challenging periods to remind your body/mind of how to find true balance.

3) You can also the oils to help you stay mindful and in tune with the seasons of the year i.e. during Spring time use New Growth. Start by observing Mother Nature and bringing your life into a healthier rhythm with her. Using the correct oil for the season reminds our cells and senses of the wisdom and beauty of Mother Nature and helps to balance under or over active tendencies.

4) Finally a great way of using these essential oils is to choose the oil which mirrors what is going on in our lives at this particular time. If we are wishing to invite new energies into our lives, then New Growth is perfect; if we are wishing to be more sociable and go out offering your gifts to the world, use Coming Into Fullness; if you wish to become more aware of the beauty of Mother Nature and invite abundance and security into your life, use Mother Earth. If you are going through transition - such as bereavement, divorce, menopause, then allowing the gifts of Alchemy into your life would be very healing. Finally, if you are unwell, in the process of recovery and needing deep levels of support and guidance, then choose Invocation.

Please email info@flower-essences.net if you would like some guidance in choosing the best essence and/or essential oil for YOU.

WAYS TO USE THESE ESSENCES AND OILS

1) The Environmental Essences can be used on their own to invite these energies into your life. As you take the essence, awarenesses/insights will come to you as to how you are blocking these experiences and therefore allowing you to find new ways to move forward. These Essences can also be applied to your body (in a body lotion or cream) to feed your cells with new light and energy of these seasons. Over time deep change in body and mind can be affected.

2) For everyday support, the essences and essential oil combinations can be used in shower gels, bath soaks, body lotions. Feeding our energy systems with these positive messages can over time effect permanent change in your life.

3) Portable therapy exists in using the rollerballs. Carry the appropriate rollerball with you at all times and whenever you feel yourself lapsing into “old” patterns, breathe deeply of the essential oils and apply the combination to your temples, pulse points or to the part of the body that is affected.

4) If you are a therapist, then using the oils for massage or reflexology is perfect once you identify with your client the correct oil for them. Allowing them to choose by “smell” will give you great insight into where this person needs to go with their healing. Burning an appropriate oil in your therapy room during the treatment would be gentle way to relax and open your client for deeper healing. Lastly, you may like to offer your client support during treatments by making up a product -such as a roller ball, bath soak or lotion for them to take home with them.

If you would like training to make your own products to use for your own use, your family or your clients, we run regular training courses in flower essences and essential oils. Please follow this link to find out more...

SPRING - NEW GROWTH - WOOD ELEMENT

How is your Wood Energy?

According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, during Spring the Liver and Gallbladder energies are at their peak. The Liver and Gallbladder energies are primarily responsible for the flow of qi (and therefore blood and energy) throughout the body. Therefore the following physical and emotional symptoms may occur:

• Do you have muscular problems and/or headaches or migraines?
• Do you have still, tight muscles?
• Do you have menstrual problems including difficulties conceiving and discomfort during peri-menopause or menopause?
• Do you feel anxious and/or depressed?
• Are you a workaholic/perfectionist?
• Or do you feel frustrated and stuck and unable to move on?
• Are you feeling stressed and out of balance?
• Are you needing to cleanse and purify your liver and gallbladder?

New Growth Environmental Essence:
This Essence can be taken whenever we wish to summon the energies of Spring and to encourage New Growth in our lives. It is indicated for those who push themselves too hard or conversely for those who have low energy and have lost hope for the future. They are especially helpful for anyone who feels stuck, depressed, or anxious or for “Speedy” types who push themselves constantly and lack balance in their lives. This essence allows us to move forward with appropriate levels of enthusiasm and positivity while at the same time knowing when to retreat and rest.

New Growth Essential oil blend contains pure essential oils of: Juniper, Hyssop, Ravensara, Orange, Neroli Absolute, Basil, Cypress, Fennel, Myrtle, Patchouli, Marjoram, Ylang Ylang, Cedarwood, Sandalwood and Frankincense

Useful for :
New beginnings, fertility in all its senses, energy, the workaholic, clearing, cleansing, feeling “stuck”, stressed, unfulfilled, angry and frustrated, anxiety, depression. Excellent as a room spray for clearing stagnant energies.

To find out more about the NEW GROWTH essences and essential oils please click here

EARLY SUMMER - COMING INTO FULLNESS
FIRE ELEMENT

According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, during Early Summer our heart, pericardium, small intestine, triple warmer energies are at their peak. These energies are primarily responsible for distributing balance and warmth throughout the body and mind.

At this time of year energies in nature reach their peak - it is a time of expansive energy, of outwards and upwards movement. Depending on our state of balance, the light and warmth of Summer encourages us to move, to communicate from the heart, and to feel compassion and empathy towards others.

How is your Fire Energy?

• Do you have “heat “ symptoms in your body such as eczema, painful urination, painful joints, heartburn, palpitations?
• Do you suffer from anxiety, or extreme anger?
• Do you suffer from nervous exhaustion and/or feel vulnerable, sensitive and withdrawn?
• Are you needing to share your gifts with the world?
• Do you suffer from depression?
• Are you suffering from burnout?

Coming Into Fullness Environmental Essence:
This Essence encourages us to come into our own unique fullness, and develop awareness of what we need for our lives to be full, to flourish and thrive. It helps us to develop the qualities of expansiveness, radiance and vibrancy in our lives.

For realising our life purpose - why we are really here at any given moment. An awakening from lethargy, sitting back, resting or waiting. For when we feel withdrawn, introverted, procrastinating. This essence helps us respond to our calling, listen to our heart - it is time to get moving, time for action, time to connect with others and acknowledge that we are part of the web of life.

Coming Into Fullness Essential oil Blend
Benzoin, Basil, Hyssop, Lemon, Orange, Patchouli, Peppermint, Frankincense, Geranium, Lavender, Petitgrain, Roman Chamomile and Sandalwood

Useful for: Anxiety, rage, hysteria, nervous exhaustion, feeling vulnerable, sensitive and withdrawn, burnout

To find out more about the COMING INTO FULLNESS essences and essential oils please click here

LATE SUMMER - MOTHER EARTH
EARTH ELEMENT

During late summer, according to Traditional Chinese Medicine, there is a hiatus, “a period in which time seems to stop and the glory of summer hangs suspended”. We are “momentarily free of the cycle of birth, growth, decay and death”. (Between Heaven and Earth - Benfield/Korngold). At this time of year, the power of Earth becomes dominant. The organs which correspond with Earth are the spleen and stomach. According to TCM the spleen is the source of life for all other organs. It is a massive distribution centre, supplying the body/mind/spirit with sufficient energy, blood and nutrients.

The stomach receives nourishment, integrates it, brings it to fruition and passes on the food energy to be distributed by the spleen.

We can see from reading these descriptions how key these organs are to keeping our energy systems healthy. Many Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners treat the spleen and stomach first and foremost - no matter what the presenting symptoms are - for if we are not receiving nourishment and sufficient energy, then it is difficult for us to truly heal.

How is your Earth Energy?

• Do you struggle with your weight and/or water retention?
• Do you suffer from digestive discomfort?
• Do you have irregular bowels and/or bloating?
• Do you have problems with your menstrual cycle, conception, miscarriage?
• Do you often feel tired and physically and mentally “heavy?”
• How are your boundaries? How good are you at saying NO?
• Do you feel supported and nourished by your family and friends?

Mother Earth Environmental Essence
For allowing ourselves to open fully to the abundance that is rightfully ours. For helping us when we feel there is not enough to go around, that we are powerless in creating our own reality.

For developing an attitude of gratitude and appreciation in our lives, for celebrating the beauty inside ourselves and around us. For allowing us to see the interconnectedness of life and how we are all part of the same. The essence equally helps us to see what is blocking us from having the abundance that is rightfully ours
This essence will help us feel nurtured, safe and nourished enough to develop a deep knowing of who we truly are. As we become our true selves, abundance will come to us…….in all its senses….health, relationships, material possessions and much more

Mother Earth Essential oil Blend
Benzoin, Clary Sage, Frankincense, Ginger, Marjoram, Orange, Patchouli, Spearmint and Tangerine

Mother Earth is a rich, warm blend which takes us away from our worries to a soothing, comforting place where we can rest awhile, allowing our mind, body and spirit to regenerate. In this place we open to receiving and are more able to connect to the realm of safety, happiness and the knowing that all is well. We gather the strength, courage and self-esteem to go out into the world and give of ourselves yet we also feel peaceful enough to come back to centre and spend time with ourselves.

Useful for feelings of Overprotection, emptiness, loneliness, undernourished, hungry for love and attention, clingy

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AUTUMN - ALCHEMY - METAL ELEMENT

According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, the lung and large intestine meridians are at their peak during this season. These energies are primarily responsible for allowing us to transform and let go.

RESHAPING THE NOW USING THE WISDOM OF THE PAST

How is your Metal Energy?

• Do you have a tendency towards respiratory disorders such as asthma and allergies?
• Do you have dry skin and hair?
• Do you have IBS types symptoms when under stress?
• Do you have stiff joints and muscles?
• Do you suffer from sadness and depression?
• Are you wishing to move on from a period of bereavement such as following the loss of a loved one, miscarriage, menopause?

As we move towards Autumn, Metal energies peak, often making our immune systems more vulnerable if we are out of balance. According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, we cannot separate ourselves from nature around us so as nature lets go and allows its energies to contract and start ITS downward journey, then if we wish to remain in balance - so must we.

On an emotional level, Autumn is a time to reflect on the year that has passed, time to give thanks for what we have achieved, make decisions about what is no longer serving us in our lives so that we can move on, taking with us the wisdom of the past.

Alchemy Environmental Essence
Perfect to support you as you go through periods of transition in your life. Take to let go of patterns you no longer need and make room for new energy to enter your life. It encourages us to reflect on what we have gathered in our lives, to give thanks for these experiences, focus on what we are creating and let go of the parts that no longer serve us. It is also useful to take during periods of deep self-reflection with the intention of releasing cellular memory that no longer serves us. For looking back with love at our past and moving forward in wisdom and self-love

ALCHEMY essential oil blend
Jasmine Absolute, Sandalwood, Patchouli, Myrrh, Marjoram, Lavender, Hyssop, Frankincense, Clary Sage, Roman Chamomile and Benzoin.
Useful for : grief, transitional stages in life such as divorce, menopause, moving house, needing to let go
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WINTER - INVOCATION - WATER ELEMENT

According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, our kidney and urinary bladder meridians are at their peak during Winter. These energies represent our deepest core, the keeper of our spiritual, hereditary and constitutional forces. Our kidney energies represent our battery - our life force. Looking after our kidney energy is vital at all times of year but particularly during Winter. Just as nature retreats and rests during Winter, so must we if we wish to grow healthy shoots and live fruitfully in the following year.

How is your Water Energy?

• Have you been through challenging times?
• Are you recovering from illness and/or shock?
• Are you a fearful person?
• Do you find it difficult to find stillness in your life?
• Does your reproductive system and/or kidneys/bladder need support?
• Do you suffer from hypertension?
• Do you have arthritis and/or stiffness in your body?
• Do you need to rest and heal?

If you answer YES to any of these questions, your kidney/bladder energy is most probably in need of strengthening and support.

On a physical level these oils are supportive of kidney and bladder energy, improving circulation, strengthening the nervous system and releasing nervous tension. Emotionally they bring comfort, grounding any anxiety and instilling feelings of strength and protection. In deep Winter, nature appears lifeless; however, according to the I Ching, “movement is just at its beginning; therefore it must be strengthened by rest so that it will not be dissipated by being used prematurely.”
These oils encourage us to slow down, be still and find clarity within ourselves yet all the while feel comforted, protected and know that we are never alone.

Invocation Environmental Essence
This combination essence encourages us to allow stillness of mind and body - in this stillness, we are able to gain understanding as to why we follow our path and develop a sense of trust that our prayers are heard - even in our darkest moments. It can be taken at any time when rest, time out or time off is needed. Invocation helps us trust that within the dark, there is light and a sense of hope for the future. Useful for calling any hope, dream or desire into the light.

Invocation Essential oils Blend
Ylang Ylang, Rosewood, Pine, Lavender, Juniper, Cypress, Clary Sage, Chamomile, Cedar wood, Benzoin.

Useful for feelings of lethargy, isolation, cynicism, suspicion

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