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Dear friend, Much has happened since we've last been in touch with you. Read and follow the links below for all our recent news and new postings on the Society web site. May the healing light of the flowers continue to inspire you! The FES Staff |
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Clinical Report
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Panic Attacks: Treating the Soul, Not the Symptoms Marina Angeli, a psychiatrist in Athens, Greece, shows how flower essences can be an effective alternative to drug treatment for treating panic and severe anxiety. Learn why she obtained her best results when she looked behind the presenting symptoms to deeper soul issues. |
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Practitioner Profile |
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New Dawn in Kodiak, Alaska: Trained as a nurse, Rebecca Dawn uses flower essences for such issues as ADD in children, domestic violence, sexual abuse, and substance abuse. She works with a wide range of populations in the Kodiak area, including native Alaskans. The article is based on an interview by Jann Garitty. |
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Flower Essence Therapy and Reflexology: Treating Muscular Pain and Rigidity in a 23-Year-Old Man, by Maite Hernandez, M.A. (Spain) Flower essences have remarkable benefits for bodily pain when used in topical applications or taken internally. Read this case that describes how key flower essences relieve bodily pain and address underlying emotions that are at the root of the outer condition. |
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Flower Essence Spotlight |
Impatiens was the first flower remedy made by Dr. Edward Bach. * Read excerpts from Julian Barnard's new book, Bach Flower Remedies: Form & Function, describing qualities of the Impatiens plant and flower essence. * Learn why Impatiens essence is a leading remedy for cases involving pain. * Read a case study by practitioner Gayle Eversole about an elderly woman who used Impatiens for pain relief from a severe spider bite. * Read an
article by practitioner Mimi Ellison
that describes the use of Impatiens for pain relief in cases involving
sinus surgery and osteoporosis with fractured vertebrae. |
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Flower Essence Spotlight
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Mariposa Lily: A Foundational Remedy for Addiction Mexican psychologist Gabriela Diaz Urbina describes the benefits of Mariposa Lily essence for cases of drug and food addiction. A new book on Mariposa Lily is being prepared by the Iberoamerican Association of Flower Therapists, edited by Dr. Eduardo Grecco of Mexico. You are invited to submit case studies. |
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Field Study
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Sunflower
and Learn how these two powerful late-summer flowers address issues of surrender and acceptance in contrasting yet complimentary ways. Observations from Richard Katz in the Terra Flora Gardens, August, 2002. |
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Field Study |
Psychologist Elizabeth Heyns of Mexico presents a sensitive and insightful plant study of the Corn Lily, part of her work for the 2002 FES Practitioner Training Program. Read her delightful original fairy tale illustrating properties of the Corn Lily essence. |
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We have posted an electronic version of our Flower Essence Repertory to facilitate your choosing of flower essences by various issues, complete with the same cross references found in the print version. Color photo studies of each plant will be included as part of the Members' On-Line Repertory. Many photos are currently posted and more will be added in the coming months. As with our research essence profiles, the on-line Repertory is accessible if your membership is current. If needed, you can sign up or renew online. |
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Bach
Flower Remedies: This recently released book by Julian Barnard is a call for the renewal of flower essence therapy. Barnard's book discusses the spiritual healing philosophy of Dr. Edward Bach, compelling soul portraits of the gestures of the Bach flowers, and a thoughtful analysis of the natural groupings of Dr. Bach's remedies. Read the in-depth commentary by Richard Katz. |
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Publications |
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Journey into Healing,
This informative and engaging film was originally produced for television by the British documentary filmmaker Charles Stewart. It introduces the first group of remedies discovered by Dr. Bach, known as "The Twelve Healers." Julian Barnard demonstrates the intimate and parallel relationship between the lives of plants and human beings. |
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Publications |
Messages from Water (two volumes), by Dr. Masaru Emoto. These groundbreaking books visually document the remarkable relationship between thought forms and their effects on water, with stunning photographs of ice crystals subjected to various influences. |
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International Outreach |
Read about Patricia Kaminski's teaching visit to Brazil in November, 2002, with a special report on social outreach programs serving the community with flower essence therapy. |
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Lake Tahoe, California Site
of the FES Flower Essence Practitioner Training Program |
FES
Introductory Weekend
Enjoy the spring wildflowers in the Sierra Nevada foothills at Terra Flora, Nevada City, California. Practitioner
Training and For two decades, this highly acclaimed professional program has combined in-depth therapeutic principles with wildflower studies in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Join us at the Granlibakken Conference Center, Tahoe City, California. Europe, 2003 Patricia
and Richard will be teaching a Practitioner class Friday evening, August
15 through Sunday afternoon, August 17, 2003 in the region of Frankfurt,
Germany. Tel: +49
(0)2241 923128 Healing
with Flowers Conference Including a keynote address and workshops by Patricia Kaminski, at the Rowe Conference Center, Rowe, Massachusetts.
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| Other News |
Landmark Health Freedom Legislation passed in California. |
| Flower
Essence Society PO Box 459 Nevada City, CA 95959 USA |
tel:
800-736-9222 530-265-9163 fax: 530-265-0584 www.flowersociety.org mail@flowersociety.org |
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2003 Flower Essence Society Editorial
staff: Patricia Kaminski, |
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