Oh the blooms of spring and summer. I’ve been adding more flowers to my garden ever since we moved into our house a few year ago, and this year has been a delight. Tons of purple irises and a few gorgeous pink peonies. Wildflowers that can actually thrive in our sandy, cold high desert climate. A wall of rhododendrons that ranges from neon pink to dark purple.
Humans love flowers. I think part of us recognizes that these ephemeral blossoms do more than offer seasonal delights — they transform our consciousness.
In Taoist alchemy — a lineage that shapes much of how I work — flowers are said to hold the gift of consciousness transformation at the most spiritual level of our being.
And flower essences are such a gentle, accessible, and effective way to receive these gifts.
Flower essences work at the level of frequency. There is no aroma and no chemical constituents in a flower essence . What gets transferred is the vibrational signature of the flower, captured in water through an infusion process developed in the 1930s. So you're not ingesting a plant so much as a liquid record of who the plant is.
This isn’t transformation that comes from excavating old traumas and poking at our deepest wounds. Working with flower essences doesn't require you to revisit anything painful.
Halle-f-ing-lujah.
Flower essences offer soul-level transformation inspired by beauty. They help us remember the beauty of who we are at a soul level.
Rather than endless processing, we engage in tuning — we attune our frequency to greater harmony with our soul's true nature. And your true nature is beautiful.
And the scale of this is bigger than personal healing.
Our world is insane right now. I like calling these metamorphic times because it's hopeful sounding…but we all know a caterpillar turns to goo before growing wings. And that kind of feels like where we’re at right now.
There’s only so much we can do about all this on the surface. But underneath — we have infinite power to work with the foundational frequencies of what’s being created right now. And flower essences are essential allies for this practice.
Flower essences help us shift into greater resonance with who we really are — and as each one of us shifts into a vibration that brings more beauty to Earth, there is a real ripple effect as our soul-level coherence radiates outward.
Partnering with the Frequency of Beauty is no small thing.
This is why I've been making flower essences in sacred ceremony for over a decade. Not because they're a nice self-care product. But because the world actually needs this medicine — we need more humans doing the wild work of remembering ourselves back into resonance with the Earth.
This is what we're doing on June 28. ;)
For years, people have been asking me to teach a workshop on how to actually make flower essences.
It’s true: you can find a good amount of info on making essences online. But my process is a little different…and deeply animist….and really effective. And I’ve gotten a strong message that this summer is the perfect time to share it with you.
The Living Medicine: A Flower Essence Workshop is a 4.5-hour live online and immersive workshop happening on Sunday, June 28th at 9am PT.
My practice is rooted in the Dr. Bach and Perelandra traditions, and it's evolved over the past decades into something that reflects the deeply animist, spiritual, and land-based way I walk through the world.
The technical process of making a flower essence isn't complicated to learn. What takes time is the relational foundation. How to attune yourself to the land you're on. How to enter into real communication with the plants growing around you. How to discern which plant is calling you and what gifts are being offered.
We'll cover the full dilution process from mother essence to dosage bottle, plant morphology as a way to read plant medicine intuitively and archetypically, and how to work with your essences well after the workshop ends.
You'll walk away with a homemade essence and a reference guide you'll use for years.
The ongoing gifts of the practice are so extensive that this is probably one of the most valuable offerings I’ve ever shared. And it’s very much needed during these metamorphic times…so I’m also making it insanely affordable.
Early bird price is only $144 through June 15. Standard price is $197. Registration closes 48 hours before the workshop.
(That’s right — $144 gets you a full 4.5 live workshop, comprehensive guidebook, live feedback and questions, and skills you will use for the rest of your life. I've seen plenty of folks charge that much for a 60 minute micro class!)
This is a heartfelt invitation for you to deepen your relationship with the spirits of nature through beauty, nature communication, medicine making, and planetary healing. What could be better?
P.S. In Taoist alchemy, flower essences offer profound yet gentle shifts, but it is up to us to integrate and maintain the shifts. They don’t last unless we do our part.
This is actually different from working with floral oils (and all sacred oils for that matter). These scented offerings work at the jing level of our being — it’s as if they shift our spiritual DNA. We are changed, and the changes last. If this is of interest, be sure to join my monthly anointing ceremonies with Rewilding the Temple. Our inaugural gathering is June 14th!
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