Flora-Sleep
Quiescent flowers for restful repose and rejuvenation
Primary Indications:
* Promotes deep relaxation in order to facilitate falling asleep and staying
asleep
* Encourages more restful, undisturbed sleep so that one awakes feeling refreshed
* Helps the soul more fully release from the body while sleeping, in order to
experience dreams and related spiritual information
* Can be used topically to help calm specific energy centers (according to each
individual’s need) that are too awake in the evening. Typical applications
include: the third eye, left and right temples of the forehead, the heart center
and the solar plexus (stomach region)
* Facilitates recognition and release of chronic mental and emotional patterns
that hinder rest and sleep, including specific sources of stress, anxiety, emotional
upset or worry about the future
* A beneficial travel remedy when the body needs to set a new internal clock
for sleep. Take at least two doses one or two hours before sleep and one further
dose just prior to sleep
* A beneficial night-time formula for children who are prone to nightmares,
fitful sleep or other sleep disturbances
* A good remedy for animals who have disturbed or agitated sleep, or who need
to develop more consistent sleep patterns in harmony with their households
The Flora-Sleep formula features:
California Valerian – Heals and calms the nervous system;
promotes deep relaxation by guiding the soul to live in present time rather
than feel anxious about future events
Chamomile – Release of emotional tension and
agitation, particularly from the solar plexus and stomach; stabilizes the digestive
system at night for metabolic regeneration
White Chestnut – Release from deeply internalized
states of worry, such as repetitive thoughts, incessant mental agitation, or
hyper-processing of past emotional experiences
Red Chestnut – Release from obsessive worry
or emotional upset directed toward others; over-anxious concern or mental pre-occupation
for situations that involve the free will and choices of others
Olive – Promotes immune health and deep restoration
following prolonged stress or exhaustion from challenging life episodes
Aloe Vera – Helps the body – especially
the heart center - to replenish during sleep; helps soothe over-stimulation
due to intense responsibilities at work or home; helps hydrate and soothe overly
inflamed states of body-soul consciousness
Alpine Aster – Assists the soul to fully release
from the body during sleep, so that higher states of spiritual consciousness
and dreaming can provide inspiration and insight
St. John’s Wort – Provides spiritual protection
and nourishment while sleeping; regulates nighttime and daytime forces of light/darkness
and waking/ sleeping to work in harmony and wholeness
Essential oils: The essential oil of blue Chamomile
helps calm the digestive system and soothe the emotions, while Sandalwood essential
oil provides deeply relaxing, grounding and analgesic qualities.
Text by Patricia Kaminski, Photos by Richard Katz