Living Tree Orchid Essences

Active Serenity

Working primarily on the mental body centres, this combination is excellent for distress and fatigue. Tension held in the brain stem and alta major chakra (back of the head) is dissolved. One can experience relief in the frontal lobes, aiding critical thinking and decision making. The end result is that the crown chakra opens to a new clarity and mental energy which is calm yet energised. an excellent essence to use in times of major life transitions.

Contains: Serene Overview (Devata), Angelic Canopy, Core of Being, Clearing the Way/Self Belief, Shiva's Trident.

Being Present

Combining Walking to the Earth's Rhythm and Being in Time, this essence helps one to be present within one's surroundings. Very good to use after a long journey, to assist all the parts of one's body and mind to 'arrive'. Also helpful in facing difficult issues in conversation or in therapeutic circumstances.

Contains: Walking to the Earth's Rhythm, Being in Time.

Celestial Defender

Celestial Defender is a combination of Defender from the Dark and Celestial Siren. Celestial Siren is like a gentle inner call to experience the divine; yet in the experience of high levels of meditation, there is some risk of leaving one's core unprotected while engaged in the transcendental journey. This essence leaves one protected and watched while the activity of celestial Siren is enhanced due to the presence of a protected space. On a more mundane level, one is likely to feel a clearing of one's head when taking this essence.

Contains: Defender from the Dark, Celestial Siren.

Clearing and Releasing

There are times when we are have to address deeply-held or especially challenging energies, and it is for these situations, either within a space or within an aura, that the Clearing & Releasing combination was created. It is also an extra-strength space-clearing spray, bringing a cleansing to office or home even when there are very dark energies confronting one. Brings a very reassuring, positive and strong light to the space. Use the drops form if there are energies within a person which need clearing out, for example if there has been any history of drug abuse.

Contains: Angelic Canopy, Releasing Karmic Patterns, Pushing Back the Night.

Defend and Protect

There is a kindredness of spirit between Defender from the Dark and Protective Presence. Both orchids display a fierce attentiveness, warding off malign influences. When one is faced by external negative entities, this is a very powerful combination to provide protective armouring for our spirit. It helps to re-energise our determination to move forward on life�s difficult paths, with a deeper sense of our true worth. The signature of the Protective Presence is that of ancient symbolic and protective spirits of the Chinese dynasties, and the "wrathful deities" of Tibetan paintings. Defender from the Dark complements this energy entirely, making it yet more effective.

Contains: Defender from the Dark, Protective Presence.

Defend Protect & Purify

This essence helps to cleanse the etheric body of low-level entities which may have attached themselves to one, especially since the period of August 2010 which gave rise to the creation of the Defender from the Dark essence.

The essence can be usefully applied topically, as well as taken orally.

Contains: Joyous Purification, Defender from the Dark, Protective Presence.

Defender of the Light

Defender of the Light a combination of Defender from the Dark and Violacea Veritas, and it is useful in that the powerful impact and expansion of the 3rd eye (brought about by Violacea Veritas) may in some instances lead to a person being exposed to probes of negative energy which can disturb the psyche. This combination allows the activity of Violacea Veritas to take place under a sort of protective canopy, enabling a transformative experience from the essence. One is likely to notice a pronounced awakening of the 3rd eye / brow chakra, and a strong sense of alertness.

Contains: Defender from the Dark, Violacea Veritas.

Defender of the Source

Defender of the Source is a combination of Defender from the Dark and Source of Life. The latter is a profound essence which awakens the beauty of the second chakra, helping us to express our true sexual nature. However, as sexual energy has its dark side the action of Source of Life benefits from the inclusion of Defender from the Dark in providing the sacral area with protection against interfering dark energies. This essence seems to act like a guard to the gateways to the soul.

Contains: Defender from the Dark, Source of Life.

Double Espresso

For those times when one needs an extra boost to one's energy. an essence equivalent to a cup of strong java, not an essence to take daily or frequently, but rather in critical instances when extra energy is urgently required.

Contains: New Vitality, Unicorn (Invincible Force), Clearing the Way/Self Belief, Shiva's Trident.

Energy Matrix Protection

This combination has been created in response to the very worrying situation inn Japan, brought about by the earthquake and tsunami of March 2011. We are not permitted of course to say what we believe this combination essence is able to help achieve, but our aim in researching this combination was to create a support and protection for the healthy energetic matrix of the body at the cellular level.

This essence is also noteworthy for two reasons in particular: it is the first combination we have ever made which includes the Narnia Sphagnum Moss essence, with its energetic signature of vibrant, healthy cellular growth. It is also the first essence we have made for general release to our customers which includes a small dose of sea salt. We have long been adding 1% sea salt to our essences which are sent to Japan, as this is the only way the authorities there will permit flower essences to enter the country. Yet in our testing we have always found that this was not a negative, but rather that the inclusion of the sea salt was a mild enhancement of the action of each essence. As most of the bottles of this new combination in the first few months are likely to be sent to Japan, it made sense for us to muscle-test the impact of sea salt being added to it, compared with a non-salted version. And it was very clear that for the purposes of this essence, the addition of the sea salt is beneficial to its energetic action.

Contains: Light of My Eye; Core Release; Moon Child; Wisdom of Compassion and Narnia Sphagnum Moss.

Gentle Geisha

Energetically almost the opposite of Double Espresso (immediately above), this combination is excellent for unwinding at the end of the day. Helps to calm the overly-active mind, bringing one - very gently, graciously - back into one's body. Imagne sinking one's head down into a soft silk cushion, and knowing that there are times when it is entirely appropriate to set aside concern for the many responsibilities and cares that one has acquired. Allow the energies of these three beautiful orchids to soothe and nuture you, while you relax with a cup of tea.

Contains: Behold the Silence, Purity of Heart, Boundless Peace.

Gentle Sleep

Gentle Sleep is an enhanced version of Gentle Geisha, with the addition of the essence of Rhododendron griffithianum, made by Don in Achamore Gardens. Rhod. griffithianum produced a deeply calming, relaxing and peaceful essence. Yes, this 4th component is not an orchid essence, but these days, especially in the UK, disturbed sleep has become a major issue for many, and so the importance of 'bending' our tradition in this one instance felt appropriate. Gentle Sleep helps one to achieve a deeper and more relaxed sleep.

Contains: Behold the Silence, Purity of Heart, Boundless Peace, Rhod, griffithianum.

Happy Relief

Brings a sense of happiness and gentle yet strong vitality. Has the surprising effect of making one feel quietly happy, and at the same time clearing mental/emotional tension and distress. The Baihui (the "place of a hundred gatherings") in Chinese medicine opens to give the head a sense of upward lift. The vaihui point is on the summit of the skull just two fingers width behind the crown chakra. In the Chinese tradition it governs the major acupuncture meridians. A good relief in challenging circumstances.

Contains: Angelic Canopy, Core of Being, Clearing the Way/Self Belief, Shiva's Trident.

Healing the Hidden (Heyoka)

Heyoka is the Native American Contrary or in England the Shakespearean Fool. Real spiritual power is non-structured and can work in reverse or backwards motion taking things out of the aura. More inner space brings the cusal body into place. Energetically works on the outer aura and then inwards to the inner core and then to the head. If you are in tears, Heyoka will bring relief; if you are hiding tears, Heyoka will remind you that you are carrying that pain and grief. Why hold on to it?.

Contains: Andean Fire, Angelic Canopy, Liberation/Deception.

Love Beyond Love

For children and adults who may have been unloved while in the womb, the energetic and emotional impact of that circumstance can be challenging. The underlying message one receives is that of not being wanted, and therefore being unloved. Love Beyond Love has been created to help address these embedded imprints on the psyche, to help the inner child to know that he or she is loved and worthy of love.

Contains: Just Me, Love's Secret, Moon Child, Unconditional Snuggles and White Beauty.

Memory Enhancer

These four essences individually each have the effect of improving the clarity of mental processes & our retention of information. Combined they appear to help all the more so with this process in students, in people with age-related memory problems & in cases where memory function is poor. Appears to improve the processing of information from the primary storage capacity of the brain & shift it into the deeper storage areas of the brain, thereby freeing up available mental capacity. Supports the bio-energetic process of the brain.

Contains: Liberation/Deception, Moon Child, Positive Outcome and Serene Overview.

Party Time!

A celebration of the sensual dance of life. To everything there is a time and purpose, and with this essence we can remember the value of fun, and the enjoyment of the senses. Dance again, before you forget the joy it brings!

Contains: Carnival, Laughing Butterflies.

Positive Flow

Positive Flow came into being in response to a question put by our wonderful Japanese distributor, when she asked which of the LTOE would be best for helping with Abundance. This essence combines the positive mental attitude fostered by Positive Outcome, with the high reach and power of our essence Pushing Back the Night. This combination provides one with a shift in mental outlook combined with a strengthening of the solar plexus, and an intentsification of the "ajana" centre between the eyebrows. This centre is at the heart of our mental body's ability to make things manifest. So with this essence one remembers how to 'make things happen', and one is energized to do so with immediate effect.

Contains: Positive Outcome, Pushing Back the Night.

Sacral Regulator

Sacral Regulator is a combination of three essences: Core Release, Source of Life and an essence called Child's Play. This latter essence was made by Rose Titchiner in Norfolk, England as part of her Light Heart Essences range. She stopped producing and selling her essences in 2009 for health reasons, but the Child's Play essence had been so vital to Adrian's work for several years that he bought the mother tiuncture, and arranged for it to be sent to us at Healing Orchids Switzerland, for us to bottle, so there could be a continued supply. Along with Vital Core, Unveiling Affection, Unconditional Snuggles and Sacral Release, Child's Play has been a key energetic tool for Adrian in correcting blockages and imbalances in the pelvic pulsation points and receptors. Not a flower essence, Child's Play is one of what Rose referred to as her "Intentional" essences. There is a lightness and innocence to this essence which Adrian has found to be exceptionally potent in his Therapeutic Energy Kinesiology.

This combination does what the sum of the parts would be in that it acts on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 7th chakras; it is purifying of the liver and also produces an increased sense of wellbeing and comfort within the pelvic region after a period of disturbance. On testing the essence it is clear that it has a marked effect on both levels of the dead pelvis syndrome, and does start the process of renewing and regeneration of the Gate of Life.

We should explain that the term "dead pelvis syndrome" is used by Adrian for a set of energetic conditions he frequently finds in his work, whereby various of the receptors and pulsation points in the pelvic area are blocked or suppressed. Please see his chart in the second half of this book for an illustration of the points, and the essences he uses to re-balance these points.

Outside of the kinesiological descriptions, one is likely to find that Sacral Regulator gives a sense of wellbeing, emanating from the pelvic area, and at the same time an expanded awareness around the head. Sexuality moves away from "performance" to intimacy and deep communion.

Contains: Core Release, Source of Life, Child's Play.

Serene Power

Contains: Pushing Back The Night, Voice of Courage, Serene Overview.

Shadow Defense

Shadow Defense is a combination of 3 essences: Defender from the Dark, Pushing Back the Night and Shadow Warrior. The latter helps us to not have our shadow side be dominant in our daily life, whilst Pushing Back the Night brings a powerful temple of energetic support to this process through strengthening & heightening our inner alignment. Defender from the Dark provides protection to this inner process, preventing exterior dark influences from interfering. In other words, this essence combination provides us with protection against both inner and outer shadow elements.

If further support is found to be needed, then Spike Thorn from the Platbos African Tree Essence range is highly recommended.

Contains: Defender from the Dark, Pushing Back the Night, Shadow Warrior.

Shiva's Crown

Heightens and deepens the soul's understanding of its journey in this physical body. This essence goes into a part of the brain known as the limbic system and connects the causal body with the soul's journey and its divine contract, thus enhancing the process of spiritual healing. Assists in the therapeutic effects of other healing processes in the body as well. On a slightly technical note, Shiva's Crown connects the dreaming point on the top of the head with two points on the temporal axis the right and left, the left being the shadow side of the energy system.

Contains: Shiva's Trident, Crown of Consciousness.

Sleep of Peace

Sleep of Peace helps to promote deeper and longer-lasting sleep, but in a different manner from our combination Gentle Sleep. The latter chiefly is helpful in bringing about a more relaxed state of mind and heart, to help ease one into a restful sleep. Sleep of Peace on the other hand is a combination which was originally arrived at by one of our therapist customers, who found these 8 orchid essences when combined helped her sleep pattern considerably. More research on this combination was then done by Dr. Brito-Babapulle and Healing Orchids Switzerland, both to see how it could be made to optimum potency for most people, as well as to understand more fully how it is helping sleep.

Sleep of Peace appears to help with our processing of memories, so that the mind is in the first instance able to process the data from the day more efficiently while one is asleep. After a few or several days of use it appears to bring about deeper processing and shifting of old memories which are 'gathering dust' and interfering with the efficient processing of the daily data. It is this jumble of old memories, traumas and fears which are often a significant part of the picture of disturbed sleep patterns. In general it is best to take Sleep of Peace for no more than 10 days at a time, as the new pattern of deeper sleep is able to carry on without the essence, though taking a drop at bedtime once every two weeks should be helpful.

We are not claiming that this essence offers 'protection' against external disturbances of sleep (such as Tetra masts), but by enabling the psyche to process its information more efficiently, it appears that we become less susceptible to these external factors.

Which of our two sleep essences is best for one will depend on the individual. The challenges to our sleep patterns these days (technological and psychological) are so prevalent, that it makes sense for us to offer these two options for people to choose from.

Contains: Clear Mind, Boundless Peace, Settling with a Smile, Purity of Heart, Behold the Silence, Pushing Back the Night, Sacral Release, Protective Presence.

Solus

This combination is aimed at transforming the single-child syndrome (which is especially common in China, due to former State policies), wherein the one child may develop as a rather self-centered & solitary individual. Due to the lack of sibling play, the psyche of the soul is unable to develop fully in the usual social context, leaving them lacking in the emotional ability to relate in a communal spirit. It is important that Solus is followed up after a few weeks with either Wisdom of Compassion or Love Beyond Love, to help the emotional and compassionate side of the child or adult to develop more fully.

Contains: Moon Child, Night Soul, Voice of Courage and Violacea Veritas.

Soul Shield+

There are times when we need to protect ourselves, for a variety of reasons. People that work with light are highly likely to attract challenges from diverse and sometimes dark energies from time to time. As well there is the global situation, which is increasingly shrowded in threatening shadows. Soul Shield provides powerful protection at multiple levels, to help us bring that light we carry within safely through with strength and certainty. Now with Defender from the Dark added to the formula, to give protection in further dimensions of our chakra system.

Contains: Pushing Back the Night, Protective Presence, Knight's Cloak, Defender from the Dark.

Spirit of Life

There is a sense with Spirit of Life that this combination was the reason its two component essences (Furnace of Life and Fire of Life) were brought into being. In part this essence helps to clear 'tribal' blocks and ancestral patterns in the first and second chakras, helping one to become more centered within oneself. Much of the rest of the action of this essence is best described in relation to the Ming Men point.

In Chinese Medicine there is a point situated between the Kidneys called Ming Men (translated as 'The Gate of Destiny'). This key point is the major 'gateway' for the infusion of all physiological dualities in a way that supports life and fuels the process of evolution.

If we fail to accept life as an opportunity to cultivate virtue, or attribute disempowering meanings to challenging or painful circumstances, then the fires of Ming Men will be severely diminished and life will be governed not by highest universal intentions, but by self generated belief systems.

This smothering of the Ming Men point leads to further polarised dualities within one's subtle energy system, which in turn will create further painful challenges within the body and psyche. Spirit of Life helps to clear the mist from the lens of perception of the observer even more fully than Furnace of Life, and so more readily enabling the truth of any given situation to reveal itself effortlessly.

Spirit of Life is therefore the combination of two remarkable essences, which embody the highest universal male and female energies; and it fulfills their potential as spiritual enablers. Spirit of Life produces a calm certainty in relation to the inner path of the soul; this trio of essences has great potential for enhancing the human soul's journey into light.

Contains: Furnace of Life, Fire of Life.

Temple of Light

Temple of Light was created to meet a specific problem in that there is an incongruity between The Bai-Hui point and the inner chamber of the heart, and the seventh chakra and the fourth chakra as well. Most authorities believe that there is not real healing when these four points are out of synchronisation or not connected. There are various ways that these points could be connected but nothing that acts quickly or permanently. To assist a rapid resolution of this problem, this essence was called into being.

Contains: Core of Being, Pushing Back the Night, Renewing Life.

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Temple of Light (5)

Temple of Light (5) was created to meet the challenge of the energetic instability of prolonged use of Temple of Light in that there are certain clients who are unable to allow the connections of the soul to the incongruity between The Bai-Hui point and the inner chamber of the heart, and the seventh chakra and the fourth chakra as well.

Contains: Core of Being, Pushing Back the Night, Renewing Life, Releasing Karmic Patterns, Protective Presence.

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True Beauty

This essence has Rising to the Call of Beauty and Purity of Soul at its core, two essences which are deeply connected to the idea and energy of Beauty. Just Me and Clearing the Way help that beauty to glow with confidence. But with the addition of True Connections, the combination reaches an entirely new level, to the realm of Celestial Beauty. It brings a humbling experience of the truth of the beauty in oneself, and the same truth of beauty in others.

Many years ago Don saw a woman at a public concert who was in her 70's, who to this day was the most beautiful woman he has ever seen. She was radiant with an inner glow that took his breath away. In all these 30 years since he has never been able to state just what that beauty was like, until experiencing this essence. When meditating on the mother tincture, he suddenly recalled that woman and her extraordinary glow. This essence conveys an exquisite beauty we would associate more readily with angels and other celestial beings. And yet that woman all those years ago embodied this very energy.

One person upon taking this essence, and each time after, kept hearing angelic music, and was bathed in a shower of white and gold stars. The night after this combination was created, Don was told in a dream that we are in fact learning to re-make these orchid essences, as they have already been made in heaven.

True Beauty enables us to see the deep beauty of spirit and Being that is in each one of us, and to begin to embody that celestial grace.

Contains: Rising to the Call of Beauty, Purity of Soul, Just Me, Clearing the Way, True Connections

Vital Defense

Vital Defense is a combination of Defender from the Dark and Vital Core. Vital Core has a close affinity to the "sacral gates" (energy receptors just below the lower back) and therefore has a rekindling effect on the Ming Men. Vital Core helps to clarify shadow aspects of the 2nd chakra, and so this combination can be seen as a useful adjunct to Defender of the Source. These essences are all related to the increased need for awareness of the soul's true purpose without the clutter of the baggage which we invariably carry.

Contains: Defender from the Dark, Vital Core.

Vital Lift

This combination is the same as Double Espresso, but with the aligning and calming addition of Core of Being. Vital Lift gives one a calm, centred 'in-the-body' boost of energy. Helpful when one is flagging, giving stamina for focused work.

Contains: New Vitality, Unicorn (Invincible Force), Clearing the Way/Self Belief, Shiva's Trident, Core of Being.