Living Blossoms Wellness

I’m a Flower Essence Practitioner who loves supporting families through difficult transitions at all stages of life.

As a parent of three sons and a teacher for over 25 years, I’ve spent decades working with families and know firsthand the challenges they face.

Over the years, I’ve seen the transformative support flower essences play in supporting children, teenagers, and parents — especially during life changes and transitional times when challenges can be the most intense.

That’s why I’m passionate about and dedicated to offering Flower Essence Therapy — to private clients as well as residential communities for those with developmental differences, and their caregivers.

Trained by many gifted teachers and certified by the Flower Essence Society, I create custom formulated blends to help clients regain emotional balance and wellness.

Flower Essence Practitioner Training

The School for Flower Essence Studies (Ruth Toledo Altschuler, Kathleen Aspenns, and Rochana Felde)

• • FES Flower Essence Practitioner Certification Program Fall 2024 & Spring 2025)
  • Botanical Families in Flower Essence Therapy Parts 1, 2, and 3
  • Bach Flowers in Contemporary Practice Parts 1, 2, and 3
  • The Bach Flower Learning Program (Julian Barnard)

Flower Essence Society (Patricia Kaminski and Richard Katz)

• • Practitioner Certification (July 2025)
  • Professional Course (July 2023) 

Alaskan Essences (Judith Polerands)

• • Practitioner Training Program Levels 1, 2, 3

Essence Circles (Ruth Toledo Altschuler)

• • Flower Essence Society Practitioner Training Program (2023)
  • Feminine & Masculine Communication (2022-2023)
  • The Archetypal Language of Western Astrology for Flower Essence Practitioners (2022-2023)

Bach International Education Program

• • Level 1 and Level 2 with Marjorie Ville

Since I was a child playing beneath our Willow trees or running through fields, I have been enlivened and nurtured by nature. I loved picking Buttercups and holding them under my chin (to see if I loved butter, of course!). I loved smelling the sweet scent of the Red Clover blossoms when pressed between my fingers and gathering bouquets made from Dandelions, Queen Anne’s Lace, and Chicory. As an adult, I am continually nourished by nature—by hiking in the woods, walking in the creek, and spending time in the company of flowers.

I was introduced to flower essences in 2010 by a wise older woman who had used Bach Flower Remedies from Healing Herbs for years and recommended I try them for myself.

I was intrigued by her suggestion, so I purchased a Healing Herbs 38-essence Bach Flower Remedy kit and a few resource books on how to use them and began taking the essences. I noticed subtle shifts—in my moods, my feelings, my perspectives.

Soon, I began sharing single essences with my family and, occasionally, offering essences to other family members and friends. They noticed positive, subtle shifts occurring in themselves, as well. I loved that the essences worked on the soul level using emotions as the guide to understanding one’s disharmonies and imbalances.

In 2012, I was faced with a challenging decision: should I enroll in a three-summer Waldorf High School teacher training program across the country at Rudolph Steiner College? As I had already taught for years in private and public schools and had young children, I was unsure if becoming a Waldorf teacher was the right choice for me at the moment. I came across the name of a local herbalist, who was also a flower essence practitioner, and made an appointment with her.

At our consultation, she recommended I take Scleranthus to help me make this decision. Days later, it became clear. I deeply wanted to enroll in this three-summer training. Soon after, I enrolled. This training turned out to be life-changing for me and led me on a path to become a teacher in a Waldorf school and in Waldorf-inspired high school homeschool groups.

It was there in Sacramento that I first became introduced to the Flower Essence Society. Their essences seemed so intriguing— flowers biodynamically grown at their Terra Flora Gardens or found in the Sierra Nevada region. Here were essences that differed from the Bach Remedies and were made from flowers such as Mountain Pride, Sunflower, Hibiscus, Shasta Daisy, Star Tulip, and Mariposa Lily. 

While I did not begin using the FES essences at this time, I joined their mailing list, and over many years, continued to read about the good work done by FES practitioners affiliated with this organization: helping refugees in Greece, earthquake victims in Japan, and disadvantaged children in Mexico. Wow, I thought, I would love to be able to offer people help and support using the flower essences.

I continued using Bach Flower Remedies over the years, always consulting my books and manuals to choose the right essences, and yet also yearning to understand the essences on a deeper level.

In 2020, world events brought many challenges—people were affected physically, mentally, socially, emotionally. At the same time, numerous people began to question traditional health care practices. I began to wonder what new wellness paradigms were ready to emerge and if I might be called to help facilitate this shift.

In January 2021, I researched options for flower essence practitioner training and was delighted to learn that online training in flower essence therapy was starting to be offered for the first time. I soon enrolled in an online Level 1 Bach Flower Remedy course with Marjorie Ville through the Bach Centre in England. I gladly continued with her through Level 2.

Having discovered the Alaskan Essences, I then began on-line training with Judith Poelarends at Alaskan Essences and completed all three levels of training. The Alaskan gem elixirs and environmental essences, combined with the flower essences, create powerful, resonant remedies, and I was delighted to train with Judith.

I was thrilled to learn that the Flower Essence Society was offering online training for the first time. And in the spring of 2022, I completed their intensive training program with Ruth Toledo Altschuler.

All three of my teachers are extraordinarily experienced practitioners and highly gifted teachers to whom I am very grateful.

I continue to deepen my understanding of flower essence therapy with online classes, individual study, and most of all, being out in nature, observing the plants, and spending time in their beautiful presence.

And I have learned so much by taking remedies myself. Indeed, I have experienced profound shifts as a result of these remedies and have learned first-hand how gently and powerfully they work.

My love of and appreciation for the gifts that the flowers, trees, and plants provide to us is my passion that year-by-year continues to blossom and grow.