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"Before we were born into this material realm, our embryonic selves floated within fluids of the womb, the waters of life. Advance scientific research in genetics and epi-genetics and DNA science reveal evidence that we are influenced by this genetic code. Our reactions, emotions, and unconscious behaviors are governed equally by our generational influences, environment, and karmic patterns. Family members may each have their own unique patterning and DNA factors." Isha Lerner The design of a human embryo is a spiral pattern, an evolutionary signature at the core of all life beginning sea creatures, shells, rocks, plants and flowers. The interconnection indicates a fundamental unity with the cosmos and the Milky Way; a spiral of multitudes of stars and planets. Our very natures are interdependent on this source of life, a greater mystery, and a vibrational energy we call Human Incarnation. We are indeed a human tribe. Together our bodies carry variable emotions, experiences, and memories. For centuries, human consciousness has been explored through the design of the human body. Ancient cultures considered the body a microcosm of the universe, where body organs were connected to planets; meridians represented connecting lines of energy flow and the mystical and science were interconnected, not alienated from each other. Today, however, a chasm interferes with the flow of universal oneness. The energy between matter (physical) and energy (vibrational) was separated. Connectivity was shattered and a new paradigm of logic swept human consciousness. A great error occurs as humanity became more and more separated from nature, the living intelligence of ancestry, and most importantly, we became increasingly estranged from the Life of the Soul. Emotional energy is the source of our creative center. We will not find the source of purpose, sustainability or destiny without contact with core energy, or true self. Many in today’s world push in the wrong direction, causing burn-out, exhaustion, depression, anxiety, compromised immune systems and illness. Our health depends on new paradigms of healing, new daily health practices and a revival that extends into vibrational healing. Our bodies are living, breathing kaleidoscopes connecting multiple links between stars and plants. This universal template is a divine mirror between the co-creative forces of Humanity and Nature; ethereal yet grounded, a magic mirror of life. We are indeed indebted to the tireless work of generations in the field of health and healing. As medicine advances in the world of science and technology, we must not lose the inter-connectivity between the design of nature and human genetics. With respect for all fields of medicine in the world, may we continue to embrace the beauty of our origins, the Great Mother Womb, that has imprinted upon our Destiny the work of the Soul. “The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore, the physician must start from nature, with an open mind.” ~ Paracelsus

All forms of life resonate on energetic wavelengths. Plants, animals, humans, and planets are interconnected on a greater spectrum of energy. Progressive healing models are researching the multi-dimensional phenomenon of our physical as well as emotional bodies. Understanding the full picture of our life force and health opens a dynamic field of study known as Vibrational or Energy Medicine. The impact of this awareness offers new systems of healing as we develop a greater awareness of emotional and mental care. Flower Essence Therapy is one such medical model brought to our attention by the late Dr. Edward Bach in the early 1900’s. Ahead of his time, Dr. Bach understood the synergy between emotion, mental constructs, the physical body, and the soul’s karmic template. His well documented work has proven a gold mine and serves as a pioneering inspiration in the field of Vibrational Medicine. His work has opened the door to our understanding of how emotion may hinder the progress of wellness. We now have a model of energy medicine that has been well documented for nearly a century. Flower essences heal the body in a different way than aromatherapy and homeopathy does, however, they all share in the support of whole body awareness. Each modality has profound impact on the emotional, mental, physical, spiritual and etheric body field. A Flower Essence is a living energetic medicine made from the biological imprint of the living plant's vibrations in water. The Flower Essences are created and preserved in pure spring water and a preservative, most commonly brandy; however, vinegar, vodka, and glycerin have been used for sensitive individuals. Flower essences are taken orally under the tongue, applied to the body, or made into a spray. When a person places a few drops of a flower's essence under the tongue, the energy of the flower, vibrating at its own special frequencies, floods one's aura. The flower's vibrations are now within the body/aura's vibrations and the flower's healing essence will harmonize the body/aura vibrations to its own special healing needs. Each flower carries within its plant signature a healing message; an attunement to the human body. When the needs of the individual are met by the healing qualities of the flower, a unique resonance of light and healing may occur. Flower essences bring the individual into balance with the subtle properties of nature and thereby with their own embodiment potential. Flower essences have the ability to alter epi-genetic processes by energizing the body’s ability to gently shift the static and broken aspects of a soul’s evolution. Once flower essence therapy has begun for an individual, profound shifts in consciousness may occur allowing for a rejuvenated experience of freedom and health. Unlike herbs and supplements, flower essences have the unique ability to alter psychological aliments. Since we are all linked on the vibrational spectrum, the energetic imprint has a deep affect spiritually. What makes us who we are? – It’s the psychological debate of nurture versus nature. While we are a combination of these two, false dichotomy states that we do not take part in the magical creation of our incarnation. We are now discovering the link between our own mysterious DNA and the fabric of a much larger medical model that will continue to reveal the part we play in our well being through emotion, mental attitudes, and behaviors. The act of evolution is an ongoing process and flower essences are key in helping humanity align with new scientific and spiritual truths.

“Fairy stories serve as a stepping-stone between worlds of imagination and real-life lessons.” ~ Isha Lerner ~ from Inner Child Cards Are you an Earth Orphan? Sometimes lonely, though surrounded by loving people? Magnetic and joyful, yet oddly melancholic for no apparent reason? Loved as a loyal friend, family member and confident leader, yet secretly feel disconnected from the norms of everyday society. If you answered yes to any of the above questions, then you may be an Earth Orphan? Symbolically, we are all Orphans. When the cosmic umbilical is severed at birth, we become a participant of earthly existence. The Universal Mother Womb is indeed our ultimate birther. We are made of Her stars, planetary dust, and heavenly particle. Upon our birth, our earthly family, gender, and genetics make up the karmic material of incarnation. These factors, including environmental influences, creates the framework for the soul to do good work; to fulfill a destiny. I love this quote from the original tale of Beauty and the Beast, ‘A Broken Heart is an Open Heart.’ Fairy tales are made to lift the spirit by sharing treasured wisdom. As we explore our human emotion through fairy tales, myth and archetype, evolution through suffering may be the very way we retrieve love, compassion and empathy. As I studied and researched the essence of fairy tale lore and it’s mystical meaning, I came to understand the significance of repeated characters in a story, be it the wicked witch, princess, prince, huntsman, and so on. They symbolize raw and powerful fractals of oneself, mirrored aspects of the initiations we face throughout a lifetime. Within the context of tarot and fairy tale myth we find three major steps toward Soul Healing. These three stages are found within the twenty-two Major Arcana tarot cards and within fairy tale lore. They depict the organic transformations an individual will experience during momentous shifts of consciousness and maturation. One, Birth, (the orphan stage), Two, Initiation, (work of the soul), and Three, Enchantment, (liberation, freedom, and awakening). The first stage, Birth, is represented in most fairy tale stories as an ‘orphaned birth,’ and represented as the ‘Fool’ or ‘Hero’s Journey,’ number zero, in the Major Arcana. The orphaned birth is paramount; it urges growth when the process of individuation must begin. It invites one to explore expression through authenticity. The seed of genius, the magic of the genie, is planted within the garden of imagination. Events in stories, or, in real life, when we are lost, abandoned, or within the embrace of suffering, prompts us to find our 'own way.' The pursuit must be earnest, and to succeed, a willingness to endure future tasks is paramount. The second phase, Initiation, fosters an active pursuit to seek inner nourishment through courage and willingness. In whatever manner the fragments of a shattered past have hardened or paralyzed the soul force, in this phase, the energy must be softened, reshaped, and made conscious. The tasks of Initiation are then rendered through service. The ‘work of soul;’ urges resolution, resolve, and understanding. The third stage is Enchantment. This is the final breakthrough. At this stage, divine intervention and miraculous potential takes over. The individual has recognized and resolved the odds that had been stacked against them from past karmic patterns, childhood trauma, and limitations through fear and judgment. This process breaks a spell, or curse, that had resided within the unconscious. The individual is offered a gift of rebirth and revelation! In fairy tales, the Enchantment phase is represented by the appearance of a genie, a frog turning into a prince, a loving kiss that awakens a sleeping princess from one hundred years of sleep, and so many other magical events that reshape reality. As consciousness awakens, and as we find new forms of love and nourishment, a growing hunger for ‘enchantment’ or ‘rebirth’ knocks upon the door of the Soul. And, Once Upon a Time, a new chapter begins. A creative relationship with The Inner Child or Original Self is restored. This is a beautiful stepping stone toward the Retrieval of Love. Inner Child Cards: A Fairy Tale Tarot by Isha Lerner

Shooting Star expands my role, So I may truly unite, With the memory of my star-bright soul, And my mission of cosmic light. Shooting Star is a spring flower. It can be found growing in meadows and other wild areas where the soil is rich and fertile and there is an abundance of water. This beautiful little flower resembles a star or comet zooming to earth-hence, its name. As a flower essence, Shooting Star is most beneficial to those who feel alienated from the numerous aspects of earthly existence-and suffer deeply for it. Many were the so called ‘black sheep’ of their families, and report a decided lack of affinity with their familial roots. Like the Shooting Star, they possess a highly sensitive disposition and thrive only in very refined environments. The essence re-patterns the soul force and reconnects them to their true, cosmic origins. Once they have remembered their true identity, place of origin, and destiny, these weary wanderers are finally able to embrace earthly existence, as well as to offer their special gifts to the more earth-bound beings in their midst. At last, their evolution, their experiences in the human realm become fuel for their own evolution, as the daily spectacle of human confusion and suffering awakens their tender hearts to love and compassion. This can be a wonderful remedy for the children who have had an especially traumatic birth and are mightily resisting their earthly incarnation. Many of these souls are, in fact, star beings seeking a way to usher in the unique flights of spirit they have carried with them from other worlds. The flower’s archetypal signature is the Star Child. This influence exists in children as well as adults. As I work with clients in need of Shooting Star it is often revealed that there is something highly unusual and uniquely wonderful about this person, some rare combination of qualities and interests that make for a special gift. Along with this gift often comes suffering, associated with feelings of invisibility at the deepest level, combined with a potent longing to be truly seen and affirmed. Shooting Star has proven itself an excellent remedy for the individual suffering in this way, perhaps because like the starship-shaped flower, he or she seems to have zoomed into the Earth realm for some very special reason. This essence offers a potent reminder and celebration of one’s distant origins and unique perceptions and talents. If you would like to order Shooting Star please click on this link: Shooting Star From Book/Deck Power of Flowers by Isha Lerner: Order here

Blessing Shooting Star expands my role, So I may truly unite, With the memory of my star-bright soul, And my mission of cosmic light. ~ From the Power of Flowers book/deck set by Isha Lerner Shooting Star is a spring flower. It can be found growing in meadows and other wild areas where the soil is rich and fertile, where there is an abundance of water. This beautiful little flower resembles a star or comet zooming to earth-hence, its name. As a flower essence, Shooting Star is most beneficial to those who feel alienated from the numerous aspects of earthly existence, and suffer deeply for it. Many were the so called ‘black sheep’ of their families, and report a decided lack of affinity with their familial roots. Like the Shooting Star, they possess a highly sensitive disposition and thrive only in very unique environments where individuality can be expressed. The essence re-patterns the soul force and reconnects them to their true, cosmic origins. Once they have remembered true identity, place of origin, and destiny, most individuals are able to embrace earthly existence, as well as to offer their special gifts earthly service. This can be a wonderful remedy for the children who have had an especially traumatic birth and may have resisted incarnation. Many of these souls are, in fact, star beings seeking a way to usher in unique flights of spirit they have carried from other worlds. The flower’s archetypal signature is the Star Child. This influence exists in children as well as adults. As I work with clients in need of Shooting Star, it is often revealed there is something highly unusual and uniquely wonderful about this person, some rare combination of qualities and interests that make for a special being. Along with this gift often comes suffering, associated with feelings of invisibility at the deepest level, combined with a potent longing to be truly seen and affirmed. Shooting Star has proven itself an excellent remedy for the individual suffering in this way, perhaps because, like the little rocket shaped flower, he or she seems to have zoomed into the Earth realm for some very special reason. This essence offers a potent reminder and celebration of one’s distant origins and unique perceptions and talents. If you would like to order Shooting Star please click on this link:

While researching and writing The Inner Child: A Fairy Tale Tarot, I was inspired by the profound connections between Tarot and fairy tale mysticism. While researching layer upon layer of hidden mysteries, I launched an earnest endeavor that has led me to a lifetime study and research into the Soul's Code, Incarnation and Destiny. Through the twenty-two Arcana cards, I've uncovered a pathway that leads to higher consciousness beginning with the Fool and ending with the World Card. This pathway reveals secrets of incarnation, karma, initiation, (hard work of the soul,) liberation, enchantment, and success. I discovered this same pathway to consciousness is found within the story-line of each unique Fairy Tale. Both, the journey through the Major Arcana Cards and the fairy tale mirror an evolutionary path toward revelation and evolution. For example, The Tower Card’s message suggests liberation from the past, often indicated with lighting flash insights. In Inner Child Cards we connected The Tower with the story Rapunzel that involves a fairy tale protagonist captured by an enchantress (the curse of incarnation) held captive within the tower walls (the initiation), then liberated from the Karmic Law of her Soul Contract, (alchemy and enchantment.) (We each have our own code at birth.) Ultimately, the interior of Rapunzel’s own awakening called forth sudden events; the cutting of her long braid, (the ego,) and her abandonment into the desert, (search for nourishment), where, stripped from all she had known, must find her way into her new world, (new perspectives and rebirth). We find this is true when we have entered “The Tower Phase” of life perhaps influenced by transformational planetary alignments from Uranus, Neptune or Pluto. As time progressed working many years with clients, the tarot, and karmic astrology, (Power Mapping) I discovered a three-fold pattern held within a fairy tale, the birth chart of an individual, and the twenty-two Major Arcana cards can be put to good use as revelatory life work. This three-fold pattern consists of Incarnation (the orphan stage), Initiation, (tests and work of the soul) and Enchantment, (liberation, freedom, and healing). The first layer, Incarnation, is represented by the primordial orphan, the protagonist in the ‘Fool’s Journey’ or ‘Hero’s Journey,’ portrayed often in Jungian and transpersonal psychology as the beginning stage of life. The Orphan represents new beginnings, actual birth, innocence, and the pure child within. A fairy tale will often begin with an orphaned baby or child, either by the death of the mother or orphaned through other circumstances. This phase mirrors the notion that by the virtue of our own birth, the umbilical that had connected us to the heavenly or spiritual origins of our Soul (The Divine Mother), is released or cut off, thereby setting us afoot upon the earth where we must find our Own Way. Along this path we seek the riches of meaning and destiny. This stage is often represented as The Fool, ruled by the planet Uranus, and governed by the number zero. The second layer, Initiation, fosters growth as one seeks to identify and conquer limitation or obstacle encountered upon the Earthly path. These challenges are fragments of a shattered past including past lives, and must be repaired or reshaped in order to renew the incarnation blue print at birth. In time, through initiation and hard work of the soul, reward, wholeness and repair will crown the individual. This Initiation profoundly shifts one’s life story, offering well-earned empowerment that may defeat and/or ally with the symbolic dragon, i.e. fears, limitations, and setbacks. This process is found in various Arcana cards such as The Magician, Justice, the Wheel of Fortune, The Hanged One, The Death Card and Temperance The third layer, Enchantment, liberates limiting constraints held within the individual’s soul pattern, illuminating an ‘Awakening,’ that may arrive from a sudden insight or miraculous moment that can transcend reality into revelation. This is the phase of life when everything must or can change. The experience may involve a ‘Divine Intervention’ such as a teacher, a person, an event, or even a powerful dream. We come to recognize that the odds seemingly stacked against us has been rooted from karmic patterns and may be released and freed in this lifetime. A catalytic rebirth becomes possible. The outcome is experienced as spiritual reward; Alchemy, Enchantment and Transformation. This third stage enchants or breaks a spell that had been hidden within the unconscious. In fairy tales, this enchantment phase is often personified by the appearance of a genie, a frog turning into a prince, a loving kiss that awakens a sleeping princess, or other magical events that reshape the story. Ultimately, we seek to embody The World Card, where we may heal with a renewed Saturn perspective. We recognize secret gifts, self-love, and creativity as we face obstacles with courage and willingness, and may realize through the astrological blueprint that the planet Saturn actually holds the Pattern of Potential Joy, the seed point of growth. We are born with a quest for ‘Enchantment.’ Renewal knocks upon the door of the Soul in pursuit of an Inner Light that may reveal the clearest way forward. In the Awakened Stage, the individual’s myth or story changes, reuniting one with Love, Service, and Joy. It is the empowerment and Evolution of The Fool’s Journey. Research and work with hundreds of clients over the years inspired me to create Power Mapping work. It's my wish to share more information about the Power Mapping/Karmic Imprint process that includes deep healing work including the placement of Saturn in the birth chart and its aspects to personal planets. We find that each individual is a protagonist in their very own Fairy Tale seeking the secrets that lie within the terrain of Destiny. Check out Power Mapping with Isha Lerner

"From the seed grows a root, then a sprout; from the sprout, the seedling leaves; from the leaves, the stem; around the stem, the branches; at the top, the flower....We cannot say that the seed causes the growth, nor that the soil does. We say that the potentialities for growth lie within the seed, in mysterious life forces, which, when properly fostered, take on certain forms." ~ M. C. Richards All myths and icons are potential patterns in the psyche of humanity, yet each individual activates these images in their own way. There are archetypal patterns which are universal, and patterns which are personally activated. Archetypes can be called blueprints. These are energies that are contained within the seed of the psyche. How the seed is cultivated determines the way in which the seed grows into its actual form. Several energies may be present or one major archetype may blossom at any given stage in an individual’s life. Stages of life determine new elements that may be forming within the psyche, and these new potentials give rise to different patterns and visions of one's true nature. We might call it our psychological landscape. It is what goes on beneath the surface. This becomes our individual expression of the cultural archetypes reflected in our culture. Our past is etched in stone, so to speak, as aspects of the collective Mind and the Divine Images we hold as a Mass Logos. Archetypal Consciousness has two ways of manifesting. It manifests on the personal level and on the collective level. From the view of the personal experience we are able to tune into ourselves. It is here that we access our inner consciousness. We come to understand the under-lining of our dynamic self in action. If we have a deep challenge in our life, the patterns that we identify can help us to respond creatively to the core issue so that we may not have to repeat our pain and mistakes over and over again. Often there is an archetype that is ruling or governing these emotions and impulses, whether we are in harmony or not. The Tarot, specifically the twenty-two cards in the Major Arcana, reflect powerful archetypal images that guide the individual through various stages of life experience. Other ways to identify our archetypal patterns are through icons, dreams, visions, song, art, wishes, and passions.

As we progress upon the wheel of life, we discover guides and directions, steering us toward highest aspirations. We journey upon the wheel of life together, however, at any given time, a new gate of initiation will open, offering each individual guidance and healing suitable to current situations. Take a moment to read each cycle, and as you ponder and reflect, you may find yourself drawn to one or more gates of initiation. Gently ask yourself: Which gate of initiation is most suitable to my life at this time? I've added Suggested Flower Essences to each stage of growth in order to enhance and benefit individual evolutionary progress. Flower Essences, the Angels of Nature, offer subtle forces and serve as Helpers for the highest and most beneficial transformation for Self and Others. Phase One: Working with the Feeling Body. This is a new beginning that can occur at any age. New developmental foundations emerge within. In this stage we connect to the fundamental emotions and memories that have shaped our inner life from childhood up into the present day. This is a time we must revisit this most tender places within and begin to communicate with our Inner Child. Suggested Flower Essences: Fuchsia, Buttercup, Glacier Lily, White Snow Drops Phase Two: Grounding and Tending the Garden of the Soul. In this stage of development we recognize the need to see our body as a garden, a place of beauty, and we accept with humility the incarnation we’ve been given. We embody and accept our human life and its connection to earth and the greater cosmos. Suggested Flower Essences: Nootka Rose, Manzanita, Hibiscus, Angelica, Apple Blossom Phase Three: A Changing Paradigm. Here we review the facts and/or fiction we have gathered in our mind and emotion regarding our current life, self-value, and life progress. Is there need for change? How can transformation occur? What steps do I need to take to rewrite the script of my inner and outer life as it exists today? Suggested Flower Essences: Black Cohosh, Dandelion, Fig, Cherry Plum, Black Eyed Susan Phase Four: Redefining Life and Goals: At this level we explore the possibility of new structures that will support future awakening and life purpose. This is the job of the inner architect and the more creativity one allows, the greater the joy and realization of dreams may prosper. Suggested Flower Essences: Mountain Pride, Oregon Grape, Larkspur, Saguaro Cactus, Trumpet Vine Phase Five: Uniting Spirit and Form: At this stage the individual is ready for change and may receive sparks of inspiration. This is a time when the spiritual and material world unites; when the sacred aspects of fulfillment come alive within. The individual allows the letting go process to proceed with ease as a bountiful terrain of fertile opportunities emerges. How may we increase intuition, insight, and trust? Suggested Flower Essences: Iris, Indian Paintbrush, Borage, Silversword, Lilac Phase Six: Vibrational Healing: The body has become sweetly enlightened and revelations occur. How then do we recognize the integration of shadow and fear? The beauty of this stage releases limitations from the past due to an awareness of spiritual purpose, trust, and safety. The body vibrates at a higher level with universal energies. There is a greater harmony and increased health. Suggested Flower Essences: Sunflower, Cosmos, White Magnolia, Purple Aster, Blue Camus Phase Seven: A New Service: At this stage we explore the beauty of the Heart; the joy of Service. We’re able to give freely of ourselves by offering increased levels of compassion, understanding, and empathy toward others. We are less judgmental of others and discover that we are truly one with the Universe. We are dancing beautifully with our Purpose. Suggested Flower Essences: Shooting Star, Passion Flower, Rock Rose, Blue Jade Flower Phase Eight: Natura; Bridging the Divine Feminine, The Soul of Nature, into Everyday life. Eight is a master number. At this stage the entity of Earth and Her Bounty of Fullness is embedded within our consciousness. We take our position on the world stage; we understand with humility that we must fulfill a purpose, and that our work is sacred. We come to understand a more subtle harmony with the environmental and its integrity. Our role in the world has peaked and we are guided to fulfill our Destiny. Suggested Flower Essences: Morning Glory, Angel’s Trumpet, Blue Columbine, Blue Chicory, Lilac

Magnetic energy ~ Devic Consciousness ~ a quickened magnetic field of higher vibrational energy and light ~ Subtle matter ~ astral matter …all fields of vibration are magnetic and expansive. Movement at this level is relatively fluid compared to the dense physical plane. The slower moving, dense physical matter is referred to as the Atomic Plane. The quicker moving matter can be considered the Devic Realm, or simply Higher Vibrational Energy. Our universal template is composed of multi-dimensional consciousness from angels, plant devas, flowers, sound, color, and the magnetic force field. This quickened magnetic field is pure energy and light, and it is Soul Awakening, and I believe it to be a royal gift of multi-dimensional Truth. I’d like to share a very real experience. Among other intervening experiences…this one is most special. It is 1990 and I just arrived at the coast in Oregon where I will continue to write the text for Inner Child Cards. My cabin rests on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean. I recall the force of elemental intrusion that had shocked me out of my sleep the last time I stayed there. I lay my bags and books on a table and arrange my writing desk just the way I want it. I put away the groceries that I brought for my two-week writing retreat. I can’t say why, but I lie down on the bed in this one room cabin and fall asleep. In my sleep I am once again ruffled as if someone is on the bed with me… I resist, and then I feel surrender…soon I am embraced in a sphere of blue, a blue I cannot describe, and will never see again. The blue sphere becomes smaller and smaller until it is a jeweled dot of energy and then, I am in it. I am zinging about the room with quick and blissful movement. I fly over the ocean and then back again to my room. I also know, simultaneously, I am lying on my bed. The duality of this reality does not disturb me. When I return to my body it is a soft landing and these words are heard,” You have just experienced the joy of the universe. It is a permanent force of light that you may tap into whenever you wish. It will never betray you.” My life felt different from that day on…Awakened, I take a long walk on the beach and I am certain I saw a mermaid sitting on a rock that day. Finding our way through life changing events can prove enchanting and mysterious, offering opportunity to explore the responsibility of what it means to embody a mystical experience. I've understood in my life that I must align my life so as not to get carried away by the awe of these experiences, instead, actualize the gift of this physical life. True knowledge can only live within the individual when, alongside the aspirations for higher consciousness, a full measure of willingness to fulfill a destiny is sought. A journey into elemental consciousness can be life changing. When we become kindred with the light of vibrational energy, something shifts deeply within the cellular body. It is a visceral experience. It will enchant the soul forever. I urge everyone who has had a mystical experience to honor your own Truth. Remain humble and full of gratitude...allow this special gift to assist your Human Experience.

We've connected various flower essences to each chakra for healing purposes. We balance our Chakra centers and 'Chi Power' with a myriad of modalities such as yoga, meditation, exercise, massage, therapy, rest, and healthy eating. We may also utilize 'Vibrational Healing' or 'Energy Medicine.' In my practice I use the healing modality Flower Essence Therapy, using flower elixirs to aid emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being. Flowers are like little mirrors of body and soul, each one carrying an energetic pattern that reflects special attributes for healing. Each flower has a Plant Signature, a system studied by early botanists as a way to explore and understand the medicinal qualities of plants, flowers, and herbs. Each pattern composition offers a gift to humanity from the very soul of nature. Over a span of hundreds of years, we’ve learned the many benefits of plant medicine and elixirs: those that heal the maladies of each living being. First Chakra: Healing Flowers: Red iFulva Iris, Angelica, Shooting Star, Rose. Located at the base of the spine and the back of the knees. Its Sanskrit name is Muladhara, meaning, “root support.” This Chakra connects one to the earth and reveals patterns related to issues of insecurity, fear, greed, safety, and prosperity. When healthy one is vital, grounded, feeling safe in the world. It's the root from which true health, well-being, and empowerment grows. Second Chakra: Healing Flowers: Hibiscus, Wild Iris, Pomegranate, Indian Paintbrush Located between the pubic bone and the naval. Its Sanskrit name is Svadhishthana, meaning “dwelling place of the self.” The patterns of imbalance associated with this energy center are creative stagnation, fear, sterility, lust, inertia, and unconscious somatic memories. When in healthy alignment, you will be able to source energy for creativity, movement, procreation, desire, pleasure, and relationships. You will be able to freely express your wants and needs in relationships, and pleasure will be a priority. Third Chakra: Healing Flowers: Sunflower, Buttercup, Wall Flower, Saguaro Cactus Located in the solar plexus, the lumbar spine, and the umbilicus. Its Sanskrit name is Manipura, meaning “city of jewels.” This chakra is also associated with digestion. The key patterns of imbalance are anger, self-denial, lack of integrity, inertia, and an inability to take leadership. When you feel self-confident, have a strong sense of purpose, and are self-motivated, your third chakra is open and healthy. Fourth Chakra: Healing Flowers: Nootka Rose, Bleeding Heart, Phlox, Borage Located between the shoulder blades, the heart region, and the palms of the hands. Its Sanskrit name is Anahata, meaning “unstruck.” It is also known as the Heart Chakra. The key patterns of imbalance associated with this chakra are over attachment and neediness, an inability to receive, emotional paralysis, feelings of abandonment, sexual dissatisfaction, and conditional love. The Fourth Chakra serves as our center of love for oneself and others, compassion, empathy and forgiveness. When healthy, it is associated with unconditional love, compassion, and joy. It is the source of deep and profound truths that cannot be expressed in words. Fifth Chakra: Healing Flowers: Snap Dragon, Morning Glory, Sagebrush, and Dandelion Located at the back of the neck and the throat region. Its Sanskrit name is Vishuddha, meaning “pure.” It is also known as the Throat Chakra. This chakra affects communications and speech patterns. Patterns of imbalance include unresolved grief, fear of judgment, speech impediments, and all hindrances related to self-expression and inspiration. A balanced throat chakra helps to set us free from the fear of judgement or need for approval from others. This chakra helps us to embrace our originality and unique individual experiences in the world. It is also associated with purity, thus connecting it to the concept of truth. Sixth Chakra: Healing Flowers: Cat’s Ear, Purple Water Lily, Queen of the Night Cactus, Located on the forehead between the eyebrows. Its Sanskrit name is Ajna, meaning “command” or “perception.” This area is also known as the Third Eye. Patterns of imbalance include lack of vision and imagination, and an inability to connect with devotion. An open sixth chakra can enable clairvoyance, telepathy, lucid dreaming, expanded imagination, and visualization. Clear-Seeing and intuition is developed. Seventh Chakra: Healing Flowers: Lotus, Silversword, Passion Flower, Orchid Located at the top of the head. Its Sanskrit name is Sahasrara, meaning “thousand-petaled.” It is also known as the Crown Chakra. Patterns of imbalance include self-delusion, escapism, lack of clarity, and a tendency to glamorize the spiritual world or indulge in spiritual materialism. When healthy there is a strong connection with the supreme Self. The awakening of the Crown Chakra means a universal flow of energy and spiritual enlightenment and humility that ultimately connects the individual with compassion for global Peace and Greater Understanding. Many of the flowers mentioned are wild flowers from the mountains of the Northwest and can be purchased by visiting www.powerfloweressences.com We also have a Seven Chakra Healing kit that includes all seven chakra healing blends.

Interview with Isha Lerner Inner Child Cards An interview with Isha Lerner By Erin M. Kelly At a time when people run the risk of losing their imaginations to excessive television and mass-media advertising, the Inner Child Cards, created by two professional astrologers with extensive backgrounds in tarot symbols, acted on a wonderful vision of fairy tales and the tarot. They explored the idea one summer morning in 1988, at the time of a full moon. They found the mystical force of the tarot to be a graceful companion to the mystery teachings of fairy tales and myth in a deck of cards for children and the young at heart. "Revelations showered down on us like brilliant falling stars," said authors Isha and Mark Lerner. "We were impregnated by a vision and wisdom beyond ourselves. To say this project has been inspiring for us would be an understatement." It had been an ongoing manifestation since an initial meeting at the Findhorn Foundation in Forres, Scotland, in 1977, where Isha and Mark met up with several hundred people working with personal transformation and planetary service. Together they set free the ideas and inspirations that were gestating for several years. The deck is like a butterfly, liberated from the cocoon, open to the light and dancing with the fire. "My deepest inspiration was my own pain and childhood longings, and learning through teachings of my mother who was strong and respectable," Isha said. "She taught us that our tears are the elixir and that our pain is an unpolished jewel of potential radiance. My deepest hope is to bring forward that message." The deck has been translated in six languages, hitting a worldwide audience. "It has been very rewarding," Isha said. Many specialists are using the cards for past life recall, in children’s shelters and for child therapy. They are also used in remembering the lost innocence of childhood memories and have been inspirational in opening the channel of the heart. "It’s really incredible what children see in these cards," Lerner said. Inner Child Cards are an evolutionary expression of the wisdom and magic of the tarot. The tarot is an ageless body of knowledge whose origin is not determined. However, the first actual tarot deck was recorded to be found in the twelfth century in Europe. In the Inner Child cards, suggestion of early imprints of rhyme, riddle and verse become the stepping stone toward maturation and imagination for those who study them. Hundreds of decks continued to be created - from many cultures and in all corners of the world. In designing the Inner Child Cards, Mark and Isha Lerner have revealed the beauty, wisdom, joy and innocence embedded in the twenty-two Major Trumps. "We were striving to create a deck that parents, teachers and families could utilize without getting lost in a myriad of arcane meanings that are difficult to fathom," Isha said. Isha and Mark Lerner were inspired to create these cards through curiosity and innocence. "We wanted a deck to be safe in the hands of people of all ages including children. I have three daughters ages 20, 18 and 6, and it was important to do this for them. My husband at the time and I put our heart and soul into this project and worked on it for seven years. It was part of our own journey to find wholeness again..." Isha explained. The ornate cards were visualized by Isha after meditating on each image. "I brought the image down and then had them illustrated by Christopher Guilfoil." Impressionistic and colorfully vibrant, the Inner Child Cards stir the imagination and express the movement of the cards’ meaning. The tarot images help to bridge the faceted pieces of our broken self. These images probe the soul, unveil the power of light and dark and unleash the impulse to understand desire, love and conflict. From the deep perception of "story hood" archetypes comes the awakening of subconscious forces that, in time, heal the spirit. For instance, the story of "Sleeping Beauty" and the Death card are parallel in meaning if you understand the deeper messages of personal metamorphosis at the core of the fairy tale and the thirteenth Trump. In an interesting way children are being taught about the magic of the tarot and the twenty-two-fold path of destiny through fairy tales. They have been given a "key" to the treasure chest of the hidden meaning in fairy tales and ancient folklore. Inner Child Cards has ordered the fairy tales into a magical sequence on the royal road of the tarot. "These stories of yesteryear imply solutions. They are never meant to give answers, to judge, to punish or to dismiss the reality that, while we are mortal beings, we are not unlike the magnificent fairies, angels and wizards encountered in childhood literature, Lerner says. "Life’s riddles and complexities are not solved in words but in foresight, clear vision and experience. The inward knowledge renews the soul’s life. We all feel more youthful and vibrant as we grow into the imaginative world. Because human beings must enter life through the gates of childhood, fairy tales will always be here. They provide a fertile meeting point for the simple, young mind and the wisdom of age." Fairy tales themselves speak to the alchemy of the soul. They have reached and touched people more than I would have ever imagined... I have been very grateful. "The inner child cards are a tiny facet of a greater collective of healing tools," explained Isha. "When used, they can be part of the treasure chest of interpersonal and personal healing." Isha Lerner has been working with flower essences, astrology, tarot and the healing arts for the wholeness of her adult life. She learned the value of nature and beauty while living in Hawaii in early years, and later at the Findhorn Foundation in Forres, Scotland where she was a community member for four years. ~ ** ~ * ~ * ~ ** ~ * ~ * ~ ** ~ An international astrologer, tarot consultant, lecturer, and Writer, Isha has been a staff member and writer for the monthly astrological journal, Welcome To Planet Earth, and has authored two notable works: The Inner Child Cards: A Journey Through Fairy Tales, Myth, and Nature published by Bear and Co, in 1993, and The Power Of Flowers, Triple Goddess Tarot, and Tarot of the Four Elements Isha is owner and creator of Power of Flower Healing Essence Company. The flower essences are a high vibrational healing method which work at the cellular level as well as the higher levels of consciousness. Visit Power of Flower's here: https://www.powerfloweressences.com/ Isha lives in Eugene, Oregon. Her work is dedicated to and inspired by the unfolding beauty of her three daughters, Gabrielle, Katya and Sophie and five grandchildren: Francesca, Kingston, Kora, Nino, and Ari.

The Tarot is a language of images and divination, whisperer of images that open doors and windows for serious seekers of full, rich lives. It is a complex yet simple interpretation of the Journey into the Path of Evolution. It corresponds beautifully with the concept of the hero's and heroin's journey toward wholeness. The Tarot is a mystery. Sometimes, it seems the deeper implications, symbols and wisdom of Tarot are lost, yet that is not so. The Tarot is ancient. We don't know it's exact origin, although it resurfaced in the 14th and 15th century in notable ways. Tarot decks were used from at least the mid-15th century in various parts of Europe to play Italian, French and German games of chance. Even today, versions of these early decks are still used in Europe to play games of chance. Throughout time, Tarot has been connected to playing cards and thought of as a game, possibly to disguise the true virtue of its wisdom. Tarot has been recognized as a work of art; a secret document, and, as an historical treatise on the origins of human consciousness. The complete Tarot deck consists of 78 cards. These include 22 Major Arcana Cards, 40 Minor Cards and 16 Court Cards. The 4 suits of the Tarot deck represent the elements: Air (Swords), Fire (Wands), Water (Cups), Earth (Pentacles). Though a Spanish deck of cards from 1450 may have been the earliest Tarot deck used for divination, it is generally thought that, for the purposes of divination, Jean-Baptiste Alliette (Etteila) was the first to produce a Tarot deck in 1789. The deck’s themes related to the Gods, Goddesses and Familiars of ancient Egypt. The initiates of Egypt were said to master insight and consciousness in what was called The Hall of Mirrors. An Initiate would study and connect with particular deities and gods as a means to discover the implications of those characteristics within themselves. Today as well, the Tarot deck serves as a Hall of Mirrors for initiates. We discover liberation and awakening within the 22 cards that are known as the Major Arcana (The Greater Mysteries). Aleister Crowley, who devised the Thoth deck with Lady Frieda Harris, said of the tarot: "The origin of this pack of cards is very obscure. Some authorities seek to put it back as far as the ancient Egyptian Mysteries; others try to bring it forward as late as the fifteenth or even the sixteenth century...[but] The only theory of ultimate interest about the Tarot is that it is an admirable symbolic picture of the Universe, based on the data of the Holy Qbalah."