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Essence of the Week: Iris
Oct. 27th, 2010 07:06 pmIn not feeling very inspired this week to think or write about essences [I have been focused on power/totem animals and practicing meditative trance to drumming]. I am also preparing [albeit only mentally at the moment ... as in mentally warning the plants maybe?] to thin, move and remove my beds of irises. They are thick and unruly and being by the front sidewalk gather garbage. There may be a metaphor here ...
Iris derives it's name from the Greek word for 'rainbow'.
Full disclosure ... irises are my favorite flower :-)
Positive qualities:
Inspired artistry, deep soulfulness which is in touch with higher realms; radiant, iridescent vision and perspective.
Patterns of imbalance:
Lacking inspiration or creativity; feeling weighed down by the ordinariness of the world; dullness.
" ... As the physical body needs air to breathe, so does the soul need inspiration in order to live.
... Iris is a fundamental remedy for restoring and revitalizing the soul. It is indicated not only for those who are on a specific artist path, but also for many individuals who need to bring passionate creativity to their life work.
Iris flower essence impels the soul to create and cultivate beauty, within itself and within the world. It is an excellent, universally applicable remedy for initiating and sustaining development through flower essence therapy and other applied healing arts; for the flowers are the soul colors of Nature. Thus Iris flower essence helps the inner life of the human soul harmonize with the Soul of Nature, and in this way to become alive, and truly “iridescent.”
- excerpted from the 'Flower Essence Repertory', by Patricia Kaminsky and Richard Katz.
Iris used in aromatherapy and as an herbal has a sedative effect on the mind and body.
"Iris has strong psychological effects. Its heavenly scent helps balance the mind, dissolves mental or emotional blocks, and heals inner hurts. It helps stimulate creativity, intuition, and love. ... The essential oil also functions as an expectorant, blood detoxifier, and diuretic." [easyhomeremedy.com
These qualities of detoxification appear to be echoed in the essence as the ability to clear the mind, kindle creativity and clarify the soul's purpose.
Something that occurs to me as well is the massive variety of irises. Irises come in many colours, shape and form and grow in very different environments depending on the species. From the shaded forest floor to a swampy marsh in colours ranging from white to the blackest purple it reveals itself as an example of the variety that creativity and inspiration can take on.
Everyone approaches life in the same manner. [Our lives being a true work of art and a masterpiece always in progress!] Iris then is an appropriate essence for anyone at anytime and could be included in an initial formula as it offers an awakening and renaissance to not only the person but also in the therapeutic process. What is therapy, after all, but a form of creativity?
So back to uprooting and thinning and replanting my irises. Is it that creativity and inspiration have gone amok and now needs rethinking plus a different place to spread it's roots? A place where overwhelm [weeds] and garbage the ordinariness of the world] will no longer fowl it's beds? A chance to transplant my favorite flower to a place where I will see them in a better perspective? [i.e. out my back door ... one of my favorite gazing places.]
that's a bit of Feng Shui for plants and energetic thinking!
Here's to inspiration and beauty finds you this week ...
Namaste!
Full disclosure ... irises are my favorite flower :-)
Positive qualities:
Inspired artistry, deep soulfulness which is in touch with higher realms; radiant, iridescent vision and perspective.
Patterns of imbalance:
Lacking inspiration or creativity; feeling weighed down by the ordinariness of the world; dullness.
" ... As the physical body needs air to breathe, so does the soul need inspiration in order to live.
... Iris is a fundamental remedy for restoring and revitalizing the soul. It is indicated not only for those who are on a specific artist path, but also for many individuals who need to bring passionate creativity to their life work.
Iris flower essence impels the soul to create and cultivate beauty, within itself and within the world. It is an excellent, universally applicable remedy for initiating and sustaining development through flower essence therapy and other applied healing arts; for the flowers are the soul colors of Nature. Thus Iris flower essence helps the inner life of the human soul harmonize with the Soul of Nature, and in this way to become alive, and truly “iridescent.”
- excerpted from the 'Flower Essence Repertory', by Patricia Kaminsky and Richard Katz.
Iris used in aromatherapy and as an herbal has a sedative effect on the mind and body.
These qualities of detoxification appear to be echoed in the essence as the ability to clear the mind, kindle creativity and clarify the soul's purpose.
Something that occurs to me as well is the massive variety of irises. Irises come in many colours, shape and form and grow in very different environments depending on the species. From the shaded forest floor to a swampy marsh in colours ranging from white to the blackest purple it reveals itself as an example of the variety that creativity and inspiration can take on.
Everyone approaches life in the same manner. [Our lives being a true work of art and a masterpiece always in progress!] Iris then is an appropriate essence for anyone at anytime and could be included in an initial formula as it offers an awakening and renaissance to not only the person but also in the therapeutic process. What is therapy, after all, but a form of creativity?
So back to uprooting and thinning and replanting my irises. Is it that creativity and inspiration have gone amok and now needs rethinking plus a different place to spread it's roots? A place where overwhelm [weeds] and garbage the ordinariness of the world] will no longer fowl it's beds? A chance to transplant my favorite flower to a place where I will see them in a better perspective? [i.e. out my back door ... one of my favorite gazing places.]
that's a bit of Feng Shui for plants and energetic thinking!
Here's to inspiration and beauty finds you this week ...
Namaste!
