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Healer Priestess✨Artist & Alchemist✨Esoteric Hypnotherapy✨Sacred Plant Medicine✨Botanical Incense✨Spiritual Counselling✨Buddhist Chaplaincy✨Rituals & Ceremonies✨Card Readings✨Esoteric Astrology

Meet Tawa (Beilschmiedia tawa), a dominant native canopy tree with tall dark single trunk found in lowland forests. Tawa...
08/07/2025

Meet Tawa (Beilschmiedia tawa), a dominant native canopy tree with tall dark single trunk found in lowland forests. Tawa produce small inconspicuous flowers followed by large long fruit of a dark red plum colour. The tree relies solely on the Kererū and (were present) the North Island Kōkako for dispersal of its seed. Tawa plays a key role in forest regeneration.

Tawa has been coming up alot for people during sacred plant medicine card readings I have given over the past few months. It is a shamanic teacher plant and powerful ally for soul healing. It is the Self-Integration Essence that assists with the integration of experiences, healing and shifts in consciousness. It helps us hold the new pattern in place after major changes, it stakes the new tree while it settles.

Tawa is a key essence in the Soul Retrieval remedy I make for clients after Esoteric Hypnosis sessions. It helps them to integrate the newly found parts of themselves after a healing process, and especially supports soul retrieval work. It is the plant ally that supports major changes at the soul level and enhances our journey to become whole.

It's a great essence to take when we stubbornly resist change and fear of the ‘new self.' It supports us when we are giving up habits of a lifetime and we are ready to avoid slipping into old thoughts or ways which no longer serve us. I give this essence to clients when they have done a lot of healing, but none of the shifts in consciousness have really been long-term. Tawa helps us to embrace change.

🌸 No. 105, The Self-Integration Essence, First Light Flower Essences of New Zealand.

📖 Information sourced from The Sacred Plant Medicine of Aotearoa by Franchelle Ofsoskyé-Wyber.

Meet Cabbage Tree | Tī kōuka (Cordyline australis). One of the most distinctive native trees in the New Zealand landscap...
07/07/2025

Meet Cabbage Tree | Tī kōuka (Cordyline australis). One of the most distinctive native trees in the New Zealand landscape, growing all over the country, preferring wet, open areas like swamps. Growing 12 to 20 metres high with long narrow leaves that may be up to a metre long. It has lovely scented flowers in early summer, which turn into bluish-white berries that birds love to eat.

Cabbage Tree is the Sovereignty Essence from First Light Flowers of New Zealand Seeds Collection. The seed essences have the power to release us from core negative beliefs and fears that have blocked or limited us from being who we feel we truly are. The seed essences help us to release karmic blocks and negative patterns from our genetic lineage consisting of both past lives and the ancestral family line.

Cabbage Tree Seed essence is used to release blocks and limiting negative patterns around spirituality, our direction, connection and sovereignty. It helps release the primary fear of losing control, bringing us into alignment with our higher self. This seed essence supports us to be guided by our higher self and to be a channel for higher spiritual forces. As the Sovereignty Essence it helps us to have true independence of spirit.

Cabbage Tree seed essence is one of my constitutional essences in this life. From an esoteric perspective the ancestral wound I have chosen to heal in this life is the 'fear of losing control.' I was once told by a spiritual healer when I was 18 that I would be a spiritual channel one day and at the time the thought of this terrified me. For years I avoided meditation and other spiritual practices because I thought spiritual energies were going to hijack me.

As I have worked with Cabbage Tree seed essence over the years I have found my relationship with the Divine open and deepen and I have been able to surrender more and more to my spirit. I am now at peace with the spiritual realm and I have an empowered relationship with spiritual forces. Releasing the fears I had around the spiritual realm has enabled me to connect with my spirit, have clear direction in my life and follow my destiny.

Cabbage Tree seed essence helps us to know who we are and where we are going.

🌸 No. 57, The Sovereignty Essence, First Light Flower Essences of New Zealand.

📷 Cabbage Tree | Tī kōuka (Cordyline australis), Hamilton, May 2018.

📖 Information sourced from The Sacred Plant Medicine of Aotearoa by Franchelle Ofsoskyé-Wyber.


Meet Lace Fern, the Energetic Integrity Essence. It is a delicate and attractive native New Zealand fern known for its f...
05/05/2025

Meet Lace Fern, the Energetic Integrity Essence. It is a delicate and attractive native New Zealand fern known for its fine, lacy fronds. It is found in damp, shaded forest floors, often in mixed podocarp or beech forests.

Lace Fern is one of the 12 essences in The Healers Collection from First Light Flower Essences of New Zealand. This set of essences supports healers to address the metaphysical spiritual challenges of our times.

Lace Fern is a teacher plant I turn to when I want to restore my energetic integrity. As a sensitive empath I can easily be effected by the energy of others and Lace Fern helps me to recalibrate and restore my own unique energetic matrix.

It is a plant essence that helps us to recognise how we are being affected by the energy fields of others and discover who and what is ‘good’ or ‘not good’ for us. It supports us to avoid being dragged down to the lower frequency energy around us and be selective about where we go and who we spend time with.

Lace Fern helps us to maintain positive changes in wellbeing at an energetic level and supports us not to slip back into old patterns of behaviours after a successful period of healing. Lace Fern is a helpful essence for those who resist change and have an attitude that they ‘just are the way they are.’

🌸 No.92 Lace Fern, The Energetic Integrity Essence, First Light Flower Essences of New Zealand.

📷 Lace Fern (Leptolepia novae-zelandiae), Bushy Park, Whanganui, March 2020.

Celebrating the new moon with a new incense blend. ‘Sacred Circle’ is a botanical incense handcrafted from four sacred h...
27/04/2025

Celebrating the new moon with a new incense blend. ‘Sacred Circle’ is a botanical incense handcrafted from four sacred herbs of North America; Sage, Cedar, Sweetgrass and To***co. A powerful blend for ceremonies to promote purification, protection, healing and gratitude. In many stories, these four herbs are all siblings, each with a unique voice, that work together to keep the sacred balance between humans, nature, and Spirit.

Prepare your self and your space for sacred connection with this potent incense. Purify your whole being and clear away all that does not serve you with Sage. Cedar, a powerful guardian tree, offers grounding and a shield of protection. Invoke blessings, love and good spirits with the sweet smoke of Sweetgrass. Offer your gratitude and prayers with the smoke of To***co, the bridge between heaven and earth.

SAGE
White sage carries a profound spiritual presence, deeply revered for its cleansing, protective, and sacred qualities. It has long been used in spiritual and shamanic traditions for its ability to purify, uplift, and realign energy. White sage is considered a powerful energy purifier, clearing stagnant, heavy, or negative vibrations from people, spaces, and objects. Many Native American tribes have long used white sage in purification rituals, prayer ceremonies, and healing practices.

CEDAR
Among the Cherokee and other nations, it is said that Cedar holds the spirits of ancestors. Some say when you breathe in cedar smoke, you breathe in the breath of your ancestors. Cedar is used for cleansing, grounding and protection. Cedar is protective and is said to call in powerful spirits for safeguarding during ceremony. In some traditions, cedar branches are placed around doorways and it is often placed on fires or used in sweat lodge ceremonies.

SWEETGRASS
In some Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) stories, Sweetgrass was the first plant to grow on Mother Earth and is often called ‘The Hair of Mother Earth’. It’s a plant of blessing, love, kindness, and beauty. Sweetgrass invites in positive energies — joy, healing, good spirits, and harmonious relationships. When Sweetgrass burns, it smells soft, warm, almost like vanilla, a living reminder of sweetness, gratitude, and connection. Usually braided into three strands, to represent mind, body and spirit and symbolising wholeness.

TO***CO
To***co is considered the first medicine by many native traditions, it is seen as a direct bridge between humans and the Spirit World. It is said that when humans were created, they were given To***co to carry their prayers directly to the Creator. The smoke is believed to rise and carry thoughts, wishes, gratitude, and healing up to the Creator and to the ancestors. Traditionally To***co is offered before prayer, before harvesting plants, before important meetings as an act of respect and right relationship with all beings.

This incense is available in 30g jars. Each jar is made to order and comes with a roll of 10 charcoals to burn the incense powder on.

Order online here: https://www.teresagoodin.com/product-page/sacred-circle-incense-blend

I’m now offering pick up from my new space in New Plymouth central, with regular dispensary hours starting in May. Details coming soon.

Meet Red Rata, a woody evergreen vine endemic to New Zealand. It climbs in the similar way to ivy, sending out short roo...
24/04/2025

Meet Red Rata, a woody evergreen vine endemic to New Zealand. It climbs in the similar way to ivy, sending out short roots that adhere to the trunks of host trees. Adult vines can grow up to 15m and are easily identified by a profusion of crimson flowers in late winter to spring.

I recently found this mature vine flowering on the edge of a steep valley near Oakura in Taranaki. It’s a delight to get up close to the flowers of this tree, which are often only seen from a distance high up in the forest canopy.

Red Rata is the Guidance essence, it is a powerful spiritual essence that helps us to be directed by our inner guidance and our spiritual connectedness. It helps us to connect with our life path, listen to inner instruction and act on it. It helps to create a bridge between the higher and lower self and supports us when we are experiencing an inner shift or an urge for something more in life than the material.

Red Rata helps us to awaken to and recognise the voice of our guardian angel. It supports us to tap into our ‘inner teacher’ and find higher answers or resolution. It helps us when embarking on a search for personal truth or meaning and supports spiritual open-mindedness. It is a great essence for counsellors, therapists or those who give guidance, expertise or counsel to others.

I give Red Rata to people who tell me they want to regain their personal or spiritual autonomy. It helps us to think for ourselves and follow our own unique path. It supports us to be ourselves when we feel like we have to conform to get family approval or social acceptance. A great essence for us when we are tempted to give into external pressure, expectation and conditioning.

No. 67 Red Rata, The Guidance Essence, First Light Flower Essences of New Zealand.

Red Rata (Metrosideros carminea), Koru, Taranaki, April 2025.

Information sourced from The Sacred Plant Medicine of Aotearoa by Franchelle Ofsoskyé-Wyber.

My next koha clinic at the New Plymouth Care Café is on Monday and Tuesday. I'm offering one hour consultations and cust...
23/04/2025

My next koha clinic at the New Plymouth Care Café is on Monday and Tuesday. I'm offering one hour consultations and custom made natural botanical remedies for koha.

I specialise in New Zealand Native Flower Essence Therapy and support people to transform negative emotions and mental states, to clear trauma, to restore balance, to break free of limiting patterns, to grow and evolve and address a range of spiritual issues with the native plants of this land.

Spaces are limited, bookings are essential. You can book a one hour consultation with me on Monday morning (28 April) or Tuesday afternoon (29 April) by contacting me or book online at: https://calendly.com/carecafe-proton/

New Plymouth Care Cafe is a koha-based holistic health service organised by People’s Health Alliance Taranaki, a local hub for Peoples Health Alliance New Zealand.

Meet Karaka also known as New Zealand laurel, an evergreen canopy tree endemic to New Zealand. From August to November, ...
27/03/2025

Meet Karaka also known as New Zealand laurel, an evergreen canopy tree endemic to New Zealand. From August to November, Karaka produces large abundant panicles of tiny greenish-yellow flowers which grow into large oval orange berries.

Karaka is the Knowledge Essence. It is associated with the astrological sign of Sagittarius and the archetype of the Sage. It is the keynote essence for those born from December 11th – December 20th.

I give this flower essence to clients who are depressed and can't see the meaning in anything. Karaka restores our faith and helps us see light in the darkness. It helps us to know in our heart that everything will work out and that everyday brings new opportunities.

Karaka is great essence for negative mental programmes, it helps to uplift the mind and lifts us out of negativity, pessimism and melancholy. It's a great flower essence for long term study, it helps us to break through mental limitation and stagnation.

Whenever clients are depressed and despondent about their life purpose Karaka will step forward for them. It's a great essence when we feel like life has passed us by or it's too late for us. When clients tell me they have lost their mojo I will give them Karaka, it is the essence for those who have no 'fire in the belly.'

Karaka is the essence of the Sage or the Wise One, it helps us pass on our wisdom and life experience to others, making it a great essence for teachers, mentors and guides. It supports us to share our knowledge through teaching, counselling and writing.

🌸 No. 28 Karaka, The Knowledge Essence, First Light Flower Essences of New Zealand.

📷 Karaka (Corynocarpus laevigatus), Oakura, Taranaki, October 2020.

📖 Information sourced from The Sacred Plant Medicine of Aotearoa by Franchelle Ofsoskyé-Wyber.

Meet Chatham Island Forget-Me-Not or Kopakopa, a perennial endemic to the group of Chatham Islands. A stunning plant wit...
27/03/2025

Meet Chatham Island Forget-Me-Not or Kopakopa, a perennial endemic to the group of Chatham Islands. A stunning plant with large, glossy, emerald green, deeply veined leaves and sprays of beautiful blue flowers in late spring. In the wild it's found growing on rocky and sandy stretches of coastline.

Chatham Island Forget-Me-Not is the Aspiration Essence. It is associated with the astrological sign of Capricorn and the archetype of the Apprentice. It is the keynote essence for those born from December 21st – December 30th.

I give this flower essence to clients who feel unsuccessful or lack satisfaction in their achievements. It helps us heal the wounds of disapproval, inadequacy and failure. Chatham Island Forget-Me-Not helps us to reclaim our authority from external sources such as parents and authority figures, and heal childhood experiences of rejection, condemnation and ridicule.

It's a great flower essence for anyone starting a new promotion at work, a new job or a new business venture. Chatham Island Forget-Me-Not promotes aspiration, healthy ambition and self-recognition, supporting us to believe we can be successful and manifest our goals.

When clients tell me they want to discover their true vocation and make a contribution in the world I will give them Chatham Island Forget-Me-Not. It is a native flower essence that helps us fulfil our potential.

🌸 No. 28 Chatham Island Forget-Me-Not, The Aspiration Essence, First Light Flower Essences of New Zealand.

📷 Chatham Island Forget-Me-Not (Myosotidium hortensia), Pukeiti, Taranaki, October 2023.

📖 Information sourced from The Sacred Plant Medicine of Aotearoa by Franchelle Ofsoskyé-Wyber.

Meet Marsh Ribbonwood, the Spiritual Warrior Essence. It is a bushy native shrub that grows around estuary areas. In Spr...
27/03/2025

Meet Marsh Ribbonwood, the Spiritual Warrior Essence. It is a bushy native shrub that grows around estuary areas. In Spring and early Summer its thin branches burst with sweetly scented small cream flowers. While its physical presence is subtle, its spiritual power as a shamanic teacher plant is quite profound.

New Zealand is home to more teacher plants of a uniquely high order than is found in any other country on Earth. These ancient teacher plants help us to deal with advanced and complicated issues at the soul and spirit level.

Marsh Ribbonwood is the spiritual antidote I turn to when a client is bring influenced or affected by intrusive spiritual energies or curses. It facilitates the expulsion of difficult entities and removes intrusive energies that do not serve us.

Marsh Ribbonwood helps us to move out of our comfort zone and specifically from personality into divine ego. It is the teacher plant that we work with when we are ready to be the spiritual warrior, when we are ready to stand for the greater good and fight for a better world.

Marsh Ribbonwood strengthens our spirit and helps us to stand up for our own wellbeing. It teaches us to be wise and recognise what to become involved in and what to avoid. It is a great plant ally for us when we are allowing people and situations to overpower us.

🌸 No.109 Marsh Ribbonwood, The Spiritual Warrior Essence, First Light Flower Essences of New Zealand.

📷 Marsh Ribbonwood (Plagianthus divaricatus), Lake Rotomanu, Taranaki, September 2024.

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Teresa is passionate about promoting holistic wellbeing and facilitating wholesome change. In her private clinic she focuses on assisting individuals to transform limiting patterns, express their own unique gifts and blossom into their full potential. She specialises in New Zealand Native Flower Essence Therapy and works with First Light Flower Essences of New Zealand® to address a wide range of emotional, mental and spiritual conditions. Teresa has worked with vibrational essences as a holistic therapy and as a spiritual pathway since 2012.

For the past decade she has studied and explored various pathways to wellbeing and wholeness including Naturopathy, Flower Essence Therapy, Psychosynthesis, Shamanic Healing and Buddha Dharma. Teresa’s background is in the creative arts and she has enjoyed using creative expression as tool for exploring consciousness and deepening self awareness for over two decades. She is currently the President of VENZ (Vibrational Essences New Zealand Incorporated), the professional body for flower essence practitioners in New Zealand.