Hello there Reader,

Someone seems disengaged from their life. They’re distracted, daydreaming, not fully present.

Clematis or Honeysuckle?

On paper, the two can sound quite similar. Even the plants have something in common: both are scrambling, climbing types.

But look more closely, and they’re moving in very different directions.

🌿 With Clematis, the person isn’t fully here because they’re… somewhere else. Unfocused, floating, not quite bringing their full presence into physical reality.

🌸 With Honeysuckle, the person isn’t fully here because part of them is still back there. Attached to the past, to what was, or even to what might have been.

As Kathleen puts it:

“Same description, but the underlying cause is ninety degrees apart.”

And that distinction matters in practice.

The person daydreaming on the sofa instead of living their life might look much the same from the outside. But are they disappearing into an imagined elsewhere, or continually returning to something behind them?

It’s also one reason these two essences feel especially interesting to revisit now.

We live with almost unlimited opportunities to leave the present: phones, feeds, news, entertainment, and a constant awareness of what’s happening everywhere at once. Checking out can almost become a form of self-preservation.

At the same time, the world changes so quickly that looking backward can exert its own pull: things used to be this way; I wish they still were.

How do we stay fully present when we’re pulled both away from the present and back toward the past?

That’s the kind of question we’ll spend time with in Bach Flowers in Contemporary Practice Part Four.

Rather than treating the Bach remedies as fixed descriptions to memorize, Ruth and Kathleen bring decades of practice together with close observation of the plants themselves, teasing apart distinctions that can completely change how we understand—and use—an essence.

Clematis and Honeysuckle get a full two-hour session together on October 1.

If you’ve been thinking about joining us, Early Bird enrollment for Part Four ends this Friday, September 11.

New to the series? You don’t need Parts One through Three to join us for Part Four. And if you’d like the complete series, the four-part bundle is also available through September 11.

Already have one or more of the earlier parts? When you enroll in Part Four, your welcome email will include details on how to save on any earlier part you’re missing.

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With warmth,

Kathleen, Ruth, and Rochana
​The School for Flower Essence Studies​

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