Bach to the rescue

It's now next to the yellow clock on the bookshelf, as this little bottle of magic has come in handy four nights this week.
Last night, there was no need, but I'm not ready to take it down just yet.

My baby boy, beside himself with tiredness he just couldn't shake, cries loudly. The first in a string of 9pm melt downs, it had been a while of dancing and singing and dancing and shushing and singing and loving.. and still no rest for him. I remembered the little yellow dropper bottle, and gave him a fast dose of it. I then went back for another dropperful and gave it to myself.

Bach to the rescue. It works every time.

It worked like a charm when my first baby girl had breakdowns. A touch of rescue remedy seemed to rescue all of us at once. It was my magic yellow bottled last try, and I always asked myself afterwards why I hadn't tried that first?

I've even seen it work on a toucan! Dizzy from the an accidental crash into my mother's window, this toucan hit the glass hard and landed on her deck in the jungle in Costa Rica. What an amazing bird. They have this incredibly thin long tongue - it looks like a delicate wooden feather. She was wild eyed and scared - she was flying high and fast when she crashed. Lucky for her, she fell into good hands. My Mama is the gentlest of healers. She held her with one hand and her beak with the other, a dose of rescue remedy and she got straight fast. We all held our breath as she took off with a slight wobble that was replaced quickly with strength and grace into the forest to the branch of a high tree. She was going to be just fine.

So what is this rescue remedy about?

Over 60 years ago, Dr Edward Bach, recognized the need for an emergency treatment to help people cope with such everyday stressful situations and created Rescue Remedy. It is made up of five of the 38 Bach ® Flower Essences:

Rose rock for terror and panic
Impatiens for irritation and impatience
Clematis for inattentiveness
Star of Bethlehem for shock and
Cherry Plum for irrational thoughts.

The flower essences work by treating the negative emotional states of a person. They are helpful in an emergency because the emotions that come up in an emergency are usually on the surface. However, I have seen people take flower essences for long periods of time in order to change deep rooted emotional responses, or to help initiate great life change.

I am constantly amazed at how generous nature is. Everything has a purpose more profound than meets the eye.
May the rains and sun drops bless the flowers!

More info:
rescueremedy.com
http://www.bachcentre.com/centre/faq.htm