In her best-selling book “You can heal your life”, Louise Hay made popular the concept that there are deeper “issues” beneath our illnesses. These issues need to be addressed to achieve a full healing. All too often our society’s approach to illness has been to treat the symptoms. If the symptoms are gone, we think we are healthy….until the next “unfortunate” attack of disease.

Many well-respected natural therapists and healers look to a deeper cause when they are treating a disease. Not only do they consider the physical cause (such as Dr. Bernard Jensen’s teachings that “All disease begins in the bowel”); but they also look to any emotional or spiritual issues that may be creating disharmony within us, and sowing the seeds for disease.

One of the most highly respected vibrational remedies for returning us to a “core” connection with ourselves and our own Divinity is the Bach Flower Remedies (created by Dr. Edward Bach).

Which of the 38 Bach Flower remedies is right for you at this time? Make up little cards with the numbers “1” to “38” on them. Put the cards into a bowl or hat. Ask for guidance as to what Flower remedy is right for you today, then reach in and intuitively choose one of the cards. If you don’t have the Bach Flower remedies, you can ask the qualities of that flower to be with you that day “in spirit”, and witness how the vibration of that flower helps you to heal the particular area of your life you have been led to work with.

1. Agrimony…the Honesty Flower

Compels you to love yourself and trust in life, to be completely honest with yourself and others.

2. Aspen…the Psychic Flower

Brings wholeness by helping you dispel fear and distinguish the real from the unreal.

3. Beech…the Tolerance Flower

Creates harmony and acceptance; heals separation, and the need to feel isolated through criticising others.

4. Centaury…the Service Flower

Allows you to fulfill your true purpose by helping you release your need to please people all the time.

5. Cerato…the Intuition Flower

Supports you to trust your intuition and guidance, and not be swayed by your thoughts.

6. Cherry Plum…the Openness Flower

Helps you accept your own powerful emotions, so you can surrender to your feelings.

7. Chestnut Bud…the Learning Flower

Helps you move forward in life, by overcoming denial and examining your true thoughts and feelings.

8. Chicory…the Motherliness Flower

Helps you release the need for other people’s approval and gratitude.

9. Clematis…the Reality Flower

Brings you alive in the present moment, able to deal with reality.

10. Crab Apple…the Cleansing Flower

Helps you accept the perfection of life’s bigger picture, releasing your need to constantly “fix” little details.

11. Elm…the Responsibility Flower

Shows you how to honour yourself by accepting your humanness and asking for help when needed.

12. Gentian…the Belief Flower

Helps with perseverance, to persist through life’s ups and downs, without losing sight of your purpose.

13. Gorse…the Hope Flower

Brings hope, so you approach each moment afresh without projecting past experiences onto the present.

14. Heather…the Identity Flower

Helps you source nourishment from within, so you don’t expect others to meet your unquenchable needs.

15. Holly…the Heart-Opening Flower

Opens your heart, so you can forgive those who don’t love you the way you want them to.

16. Honeysuckle…the Past Flower

Allows you to embrace new experiences, rather than holding the past as your security blanket.

17. Hornbeam…the Vitality Flower

Lets you open to new ideas and become excited (rather than bored) with your life.

18. Impatiens…the Time Flower

Helps you act at the perfect time, and pause at the perfect time. Great for impatience!

19. Larch…the Self Trust Flower

Encourages you to accept (not judge) your abilities, so you’ll try new things and not be held back by doubt.

20. Mimulus…the Bravery Flower

Allows you to face things you are afraid of, with courage and confidence.

21. Mustard…the Light Flower

Helps awaken your soul, so its lightness brings a higher focus into your life.

22. Oak…the Endurance Flower

Lets you see life from a higher perspective, so the burden of responsibilities does not overtake your life.

23. Olive…the Regeneration Flower

Brings you into harmony with your energy, so as not to overexert yourself or push beyond your limits.

24. Pine…the Self Acceptance Flower

Helps you love and value yourself, so you accept your equality and your right to “receive” life’s blessings.

25. Red Chestnut…the Cutting Free Flower

Enables you to accept another’s path, without feeling you have to live it for them, releasing co-dependency.

26. Rock Rose…the Liberation Flower

Allows you to surrender to your higher guidance, so you don’t overreact from fear.

27. Rock Water…the Flexibility Flower

Lets you embrace life and “run with the wolves”, rather than insisting that life fits your expectations all the time.

28. Scleranthus…the Balance Flower

Helps you trust in your ability to make decisions from your inner guidance.

29. Star of Bethlehem…the Comfort Flower

Helps you cope with life’s challenges, stepping out of feelings of shock.

30. Sweet Chestnut…the Deliverance Flower

Enables you to trust in a higher power, when faced with an insurmountable problem.

31. Vervain…the Enthusiasm Flower

Supports you to be passionate about your dreams without needing others to validate you.

32. Vine…the Authority Flower

Helps you respect and love those around you, without needing to always be right and in control.

33. Walnut…the Midwife Flower

Enables you to move forward, trusting wholly in your decision.

34. Water Violet…the Communication Flower

Helps you become part of life, immersed in your experiences, connected with those around you.

35. White Chestnut…the Thought Flower

Supports you to clear your head of its mental agonies, and trust in the Universe and your own Higher Self to lead you on the best path.

36. Wild Oat…the Vocational Calling Flower

Helps you discover your true calling and take steps for its fulfillment, rather than dispersing your energy in many different directions.

37. Wild Rose…the Zest for Life Flower

Encourages you to re-open to life’s mysteries, releasing your stuck thoughts and believing in the power of change.

38. Willow…the Destiny Flower

Inspires you to step into your own power, releasing feelings of being less-than, jealous and a victim.