How to Use Flower Essences for Animals
Why and How Do They Work with Animals?
Morgan is a sweet, tender hearted little boy, who is learning a lot about letting love in from his brother Griffie, and his human companion, Toni. His ability to learn to take in their love has been greatly enhanced by taking the Inmortal flower essence and with the help of telepathic animal communication. Photo by Toni Crossen
My biggest attraction to flower essences is that they address the root cause of issues rather than merely mask the symptoms. They do not work as quickly as drugs, but they also do not create harmful side effects. If animals are given drugs for behavioral problems, the intensity of their behavior—especially the degree of its unacceptability to humans—may decrease. However, drugs will not do anything to help us determine the cause of a behavior problem, nor will they heal a behavior problem. They will simply suppress symptoms of a problem. Flower essences, especially when used in conjunction with telepathic communication, support the healing of the root cause or core issue of problems.
Since 1989 I have witnessed their unique, therapeutic power assist the healing journeys of thousands of animal clients. They can support animals through many issues such as behavioral problems, health issues, separation anxiety, grief, dying, adjustment to family and home changes, and healing from emotional stress, trauma, and abuse. Flower essences work most effectively when matched carefully and specifically to the problem at hand.
Gracie is one of the most charming dogs on the earth! However, because of a complicated, difficult past, she began fighting aggressively with other dogs in her family. In great thanks to her patient, unconditionally loving human mother, multiple animal communication sessions, several different flower essences over time, and some segregation, the situation stabilized. Gracie's gift to me—beyond the grace that I literally feel when connected to her—is that in my attempts to help her I needed to go deeper and deeper with her, then even
more deeply to understand not only her feelings and stories behind her behavior, but to understand her very soul. Gracie let me in to see and to touch her soul. It forever changed me. The work we did together inspired me to create and continue to consciously use a paradigm of helping I call Soul Empathy- aka The Gracie Model.
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Happy Dogs Play
A client I worked with had a dog whom she said “went crazy” when she took her yearly vacation with a friend. He would try to escape from their home, he would keep her spouse up all night whining, he wouldn’t eat much food and had no interest in playing or taking walks. During one of the woman’s trips, her husband got sedatives for the dog from their vet to calm him because of his extreme agitation and anxiety while his wife was away. The sedative kept the dog quiet and physically still, but it also made the him somewhat drowsy and mentally "out of it" during most of the day. Perhaps most significantly, it didn’t solve the underlying problem. When the woman called me prior to another vacation, we first talked to the dog to let him know why his person was going away, for how long, and when she would be back. He was glad to finally know what was going on when his person went away and that she would be back, because he was always terrified she wouldn’t return. He also expressed deep sadness at the impending separation and he believed he would still be pretty anxious and upset when she left.
For the sadness, I recommended Bleeding Heart. For the anxiety and agitation I recommended Chamomile and Five Flower Formula. The dog’s people gave him these essences for a few days before the woman’s trip and for the duration of her stay away from home. They reported that the dog still seemed slightly sad during her absence, but that he ate well, did not whine and seemed to fully enjoy playing and taking walks.
This story is an example of how effective it can be to combine animal communication with flower essences in resolving problems. The telepathic communication provided the dog reassurance that his person would always come back, and helped his person understand the specific reasons for his distress. The flower essences that took over from there, helping the dog better accept the woman’s’ absence and to feel more calm and enjoy life despite her absence. It was the combination of animal communication and the flower essences which really resolved the problem. Just as the insights we experience as humans can help us better understand our issues, insights don’t automatically heal issues. Flower essences often help us make that journey from insight to full healing and letting go of limitations. Insights and venting about problems can be very powerful. For both animals and people insights alone are sometimes enough to bring tremendous relief and healing to a problem. Sometimes, however, it is not enough. Flower essences pick up where talking about problems and logic leaves off. They gently drive and support the continuation of healing of issues often uncovered and clarified during animal communication.
