the elements
Flower Essence
Natural healers have long known about the health benefit of flower essences, particularly for their ability to positively affect the mind and emotions. In the 1930s Dr. Edward Bach, a British physician, extensively studied and researched the subtle energy of flower essences, making them one of the most helpful healing tools we have today. The subtle energies of flower essences are a form of homeopathic medicine felt throughout our body that relaxes our being at the core level. The flower essences used in OM Infusion are organically grown or harvested wild from around the world.
I personally grow many of the plants and make the essences I use in my formulas. The process of planting, harvesting, and essence making are a co-creation between the plants, mother earth, and myself. When I visit a garden nursery, I often hear plants calling me. After I bring them home, I plant them at the time and location they choose, and offer them the crystals and organic fertilizers that best fit with their growing pattern.
I personally grow many of the plants and make the essences I use in my formulas. The process of planting, harvesting, and essence making are a co-creation between the plants, mother earth, and myself. When I visit a garden nursery, I often hear plants calling me. After I bring them home, I plant them at the time and location they choose, and offer them the crystals and organic fertilizers that best fit with their growing pattern.
Herbal Extracts
Herbal extracts are an ancient and time honored method for healing our physical body. Like essential oils, they work with the organs, glands, and meridians on a more physical, chemical level. Herbal extracts include soluble and insoluble plant material. They detoxify our body system and uplift our energy. When combined with other elements such as flower essences, gem elixirs and essential oils, herbal extracts anchor healing energy into our physical body, and help bring the body and the mind together. This is an important step because it starts to bring emotional healing to the level of the organs, meridians, nervous and muscular systems.
Gems & Crystals
In native cultures gems and crystals have traditionally been used for spiritual and emotional healing purposes. The vibration of gems and crystals travels faster and more directly than the subtle energy of flower essences. Combining crystals and flower essences creates a cooperative relationship with a wider ranging healing potential. Gems and crystals support the flower essence energy by providing more structural energy. It is like adding a mid-range sound to a selection of high pitched music. Some of the flowers used in Om Infusion are grown with crystals, further harmonizing and deepening the effects.
Essential Oils
Essential oils are the life blood of plants. They are the steam distilled essence of flowers, herbs, and plant matter that carry a vibration more closely tied to the physical world. Essential oils work directly on the limbic area of the brain, the seat of our emotions. When the molecules of essential oils are inhaled, the olfactory bulb in the brain is stimulated. Since the olfactory bulb is very close to limbic system, the electrical impulses triggered by the scent are able to influence the limbic system and affect the emotional state.
Hydrosols
Hydrosols are the by-product of the essential oil steam distillation process. Steam is used to extract many of the plant essential oils. When plant material is steamed, the essence of the plant is released into the mist. The heavier essential oils are captured and collected. As the steam rises and cools, it condenses back into water carrying with it a small amount of the soluble plant essence. Hydrosols help purge emotional blockages and release them in an uplifting way.
Vibrational Waters
Vibrational waters are special waters taken from various springs. Each carries a unique combination of energy, ph balance, and minerals. Vibrational waters help renew our own energy by washing away old, stagnated emotional debris. They give us a sense of renewal and help us to find our way home.
Environmental Essences
Created by the Alaskan Essence Company, environmental essences are specific elemental qualities found in nature. These essences contain a unique combination of the natural environmental vibrations of a forest, waterfall, meadow or full moon, for example. They are a captured healing energy from the earth reflecting different states of change. Environmental essences provide a frame work and strong unifying center for all of the elements in a formula to work together harmoniously.