What is anxiety from the perspective of flower therapy?
Anxiety is an emotion, it is an energy that sets us in motion and, like all emotions, from the perspective of flower therapy, there is a part we can experience positively or negatively, in its shadow or in its light. Like fear, anger, etc. All emotions have a luminous part and a part of darkness, a positive part and a negative part that are necessary for our lives, because emotions are what move us.
Like any other emotion, anxiety is important because it is what allows us to prepare for something. For example, when we have an exam, it makes us feel a little anxious, so we get motivated and study. But if we let this emotion overcome us, we can become blocked.
So, it is normal to feel anxiety, but it is fundamental to keep in mind that if it is continuous or very intense, it can have some repercussions on us, as it can lead us to develop an illness or cause the emotion itself to become something chronic.
What is the effect of Bach flower essences on anxiety?
All emotions have vibrations. When they vibrate high, we can say they are in their light, in their positive part, and when they are in their shadow they have a low vibration.
So the flower essences coming from flowers, which are the most evolved part of plants — they have color, texture, aroma, and are like leaves but much more developed, receiving the most sunlight, therefore we say the flower is light.
Keeping this in mind, we can experience emotions in shadow or in light. When we are experiencing an emotion in shadow, the flower essence that is at a high vibration comes to help us elevate that emotion — that is what flowers truly do.
Furthermore, we allow the flower to synchronize with that emotion we are experiencing in shadow so we can see what is happening with us and transform it, because only when we see what is happening can we make a modification or a change.
Bach flower essences are a bit more sensitive to our emotions
They are called Bach flowers because the doctor who discovered them was an English physician named Edward Bach. He discovered that the cause of illnesses was linked to the emotional and mental realm.
Bach used to say that if we pay attention in time to the changes a person is experiencing in their mind — something that could lead to illness — it was possible to start being treated in time with flower essences.
The Bach flowers work on a level of emotions that is part of daily living. All those emotions we go through in our daily routine can be worked on with these flowers — there is one for each case.
Ideal Bach flowers for working with anxiety
Anxiety is always linked to the future, to time. We feel anxiety about something that is going to happen, or perhaps out of fear of the unknown. That is why we give you some flowers that will help you cope with this and bring you the peace you need for your well-being.
The name of the first flower, whose distinctive phrase is "fear of unknown things," is Aspen, it works on anticipatory fear. Another flower that helps us control those everyday fears is Mimulus.
In this group we also find the first flower that Dr. Edward Bach discovered: Impatiens. It is a personality flower or soul flower. What does this mean? There are people who lead a fast-paced life and don't realize it.
Now, the mind plays an important role because we are always thinking. Sometimes we develop repetitive thoughts in response to certain situations. For this, there is a flower called White Chestnut, ideal for finding mental balance.
You can make a blend of all these flowers and take 4 drops, 3 to 6 times a day.
