2021-07-29 Passion flowers and fruits

2021-06-20 Passion flowers

2021-06-20 Passion flowers climbing on a neighbour’s fence

For those of you that don’t know I am a health science witch, studying Nutrition and Naturopathy. I am doing a module at the moment on Flower Essences, which is a healing modality which works on emotional energetics. You make the essence by soaking your chosen flower in a glass bowl of purified water in the sun until the petals go transparent, you then reduce and suspend the essence in a mixture of brandy and water. You take the essence by dropping the liquid under your tongue or on your chakra points. You know Resuce Remedy? It’s the same shiz. For my assignment I had to make one and write about the process, so I thought I would share it with you here.

I planted this passionflower vine when I first moved into my house four years ago. A very close family relative had always grown passionflowers and I remember thinking that it was a special and important plant to grow.

I have recently done a lot of self-work, physically and spiritually. I have been doing cleanses and seeing healthcare professionals to sort out various imbalances in my homeostasis which were all based around my pelvis. Then more recently I have been working on treating my energetic body. I am booked in to do a ten-day meditation retreat in December, and part of my preparation for that was to take a break from my chronic marijuana smoking habit. This was so I wasn’t withdrawing at the retreat, but also to gain autonomy over my mental state without the constant influence of a drug.
I use marijuana to encourage creative thinking, and also to treat my anxiety. I knew that quitting would have a big impact on my mental and emotional well being. The herb when taken as a tincture is considered to be a hypnotic, sedative and is also believed to help metabolise drugs in the liver during the withdrawal process.  I believe that the essence of the flower would surely also help relieve some of my symptoms of withdrawing from weed such as anxiety and insomnia.

As part of my energetic healing I saw a kinesiologist (the appointment randomly, but not randomly, ended up being at 11am on 11/11) who worked on treating my sacral chakra, as my body was telling them that my imbalances were based around pelvis with creativity and sexuality being central, and that I needed to pull divine energy through my crown chakra to regain the balance again. I felt the urge to tell her about my desire to make and use a passionflower essence, and after doing muscle testing on me they agreed and suggested I put seven drops on my crown and sacral for thirty days morning and night as treatment.
Upon researching the flower and its use as an essence I found that its qualities really resonated with me. The flower is named because of it’s resemblance to the crown of thorns worn by Jesus during their crucifixion. It’s about understanding the need for personal suffering to be able to accept a higher conscious state to connect with our true purpose of service on this planet. It is believed to clear kundalini energies as well as encouraging natural and peaceful sleeping patterns.

Subjective Impact

I’ve been taking my essence for one week now and have noticed a series of subtle changes. The biggest thing I noticed was how manic I would be if I forgot to take the essence. The evenings that I forgot I wasn’t able to sleep for hours, and the sleep that I did get was erratic and restless. And then when I had forgotten to take it in the morning I have also been quite crazed and restless, ending up feeling very agitated and frustrated. But since taking the essence consistently I’ve been more drawn to sitting at my alter to turn inwards for meditation, as well as being more committed to my yogic practices. And asides from occasionally feeling like I would enjoy a joint in a few social situations, I have not experienced any really consuming cravings for the drug, and have barely even craved tobacco alone. Since taking the tincture consistently for a few days and nights I have also slept better, woken up feeling more refreshed, and have been able to remember my dreams more clearly.
I don’t attribute all of these results purely from the flower essence, because it takes more than one element to change a whole, but I would definitely say that it has been helping me on some level.

Not super great photos and my trellis isn’t here yet, but just wanted to record my little achievement :)

This #passifloratrifasciataxtelesiphe has acclimatised to my place (I think) and is growing quickly! Well, in relative to my other plants, that is.

When she came, there was an amusing discussion among my family members to “debate” if the leaves look like chicken feet or dragon feet ‍♀️

And I wasn’t used to such thin leaves so I broke that bottom left leaf when it was still at the state of that leaf in the middle 2 days ago, when trying to untangle a tendril from it when the vines “fell over” during the day before but the tendrils work very fast! I had to pull to let it release the hold it was starting to have on one of my succulents!

Anyway, also wanted to thank Fendi from littlebotany for reassuring me that the plant is fine and healthy because the first few days when she arrived at my place I wasn’t sure of what to expect, whether the way she was behaving was normal

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