Healingways

18/09/2025

It’s ok to not be ok, we don’t always have to say we are fine. There is always someone who will listen.🙏

23/04/2025

Perfect advice about regulating our nervous system and restoring our natural way of being.

If Bach were creating his system in today’s world, he might well have talked about regulation of the nervous system.

He was an advocate of many approaches that today are recognised as vital for nervous system health.

He was a great proponent of raw foods, spending time in nature, being around animals and getting plenty of exercise all of which are highly recommended to support the nervous system.

For Bach, nature was more accessible then than it is now and certainly of a higher quality. He spent considerable amounts of time, and many pairs of shoes, walking in search of plants that would provide an additional dimension to nervous system support.

Introducing qualities of nature through the essences influences nervous systems in a more sustained way.

Mimulus, for example, shares its brightness to banish fear and restore our natural state of being. Fear is an emotion that very effectively upsets the nervous system. Meditation, yoga, mindfulness and breathing can all help to keep the fear at bay and Mimulus can support this process.

The essences bring nature into our bodies to allow us to restore our natural state of being.

Even when the nature is not directly available to us, we can still benefit by using the essences to restore balance.

https://www.bachflowerlearning.com/the-language-of-plants/mimulus/

05/12/2024

Recognising our emotions, knowing and accepting how we feel, can make a positive difference to our physical wellbeing.

In Bach Flower Essences & the Elements of Plant Life Julian Barnard weaves together ideas, thoughts and questions that have emerged over more than forty years working with the plants that bring us Bach Flower Essences. He travels beyond the simple art of observation of the structure to explore more....

27/09/2024

Essences are for those times in life, “when we can’t see the wood for the trees”.
When we are too involved in a situation, we can lose our clarity.
Essences, not always from flowers, but always from Nature, are a simple system that can help unravel the knots and reinstate our sense of balance and purpose.
Trying to achieve this ourselves when thrown off balance by illness or life events, can be challenging.
It can help to have a Consultation, which is a confidential conversation based on current circumstances.
This can aid the choice of Essences, which can be used internally and externally to regain balance and vitality, to live our best life 🌼
Contact details in the comments

01/02/2024

HAPPY IMBOLC – LIVING WITH NATURE'S RHYTHMS

As we move from January into February, the first bright green shoots of the spring bulbs poke through the soil.

"Hazel catkins glow in the welcome sunlight and everywhere there is the feeling that life is stirring. Seen from a distance, some of the native trees have taken on a coloured hue, caused by the gentle swelling of their buds, faint at first, but increasing as the increase in the day’s length begins to influence the plants. There is a sense of rebirth in the air, of new beginnings waiting for their right time to come."

Observing Nature's rhythms and celebrating the changes in light, energy, growth and life, is a great way to connect to Mother Nature.

Glennie Kindred has spent most of her life entwined with Nature, and here she shares how she celebrates Imbolc, and how you can too.

https://www.permaculture.co.uk/articles/living-in-tune-with-the-seasons-imbolc-january-into-february

21/12/2023

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Tomorrow brings the winter solstice, the darkest day of the year. It’s a reminder that even in the darkest of times, the tiniest glimmer of light can bring hope.

As Howard Zinn so sagely said, “To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness.

What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places—and there are so many—where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction.

And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.”

Our task is to keep turning towards the light. We are the light, beings of the stars and Earth. Each small light glows with a certain radiance, but when our lights are flickering together, like stars, they can be seen from a thousand miles away.

This winter solstice may we all choose to shine our lights in whatever small way we can. Together, those lights can change the world.

07/12/2023

So grateful to Healing Herbs for their professionalism and integrity. Stockists of some amazing books as well as the Bach Flower Essences.

When Healing Herbs was first set up, we started to create a garden of Dr Bach’s flowers. Many of the 38 species can be found in our gardens; there are a few that require very specific environments that we cannot grow.

We created the garden not only to create a living library of Dr Bach’s work, but also to ensure we are not collecting from fragile populations of the plants in the wild.

Sadly, the health of our environment has suffered so much since Dr Bach’s days walking in nature. Even though we only need a small number of flowers to create our stock essences, some populations of plants would be severely impacted even by a single harvesting.

Our ethics in production always come first.

A healthy environment is the bedrock of Bach’s system and we will continue to do our best to help protect and restore the environment in any way we can.

https://buff.ly/2M5Qg41

20/10/2023

Thankfully our 14 year old Staffy isn’t bothered by fireworks, but I’ve seen how devastating it can be for some dogs. With the firework season on its way it’s good to know the Pet Blends from Creature Comforters are there to help ❤️

Creature Comforters® six Pet Blends® are used to help address the key emotional and behavioural problems experienced by animals, naturally.
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​​Simply add to food, water or treats.
100% natural ingredients.
​Used by vets, trainers and people with their pets for over 30 years.

https://www.creaturecomforters.org/store/c2/Pet_Blends.html