Making the Wild Oat Essence



Wild Oat

by Star Riparetti

Part 3 of the series The Moment of Bloom ~ My Ecstatic Journey Making the Bach Flower Essences in a Golden Bowl

I had asked Angel, my Angelic helper on the ChaskaNorte land, to weed whack around the labyrinth. The day he went to do it started out sunny, then suddenly got super foggy, and super wet. It happened quickly. It ended up that he only made a pathway, and didn't knock down the rest of the weeds. When I went down to the labyrinth to check it out, I realized that what he hadn't knocked down was a beautiful field of Wild Oat, that I hadn't noticed before- just calling out to be an essence. The path made it easy. I was laughing at how Nature is surely the director of this enterprise!

The Wild Oat essence was made at ChaskaNorte on a perfect Sunday afternoon, feeling ecstatic, just by myself.  So beautiful.  Lots of little bubbles.  The Golden Bowl is way beyond amazing. Wild Oat: done.

The Golden Bowl in the field of Wild Oat

Wild Oat in the Golden Bowl

NEXT: Making the MUSTARD Essence

Making the Willow Essence

by Star Riparetti

Part 3 of the series The Moment of Bloom ~ My Ecstatic Journey Making the Bach Flower Essences in a Golden Bowl


Willow

One day, before the full moon (when we planned to make the Mustard essence), my friend Aurora was going to be working on an art installation called "Nest" at El Capitan Canyon.  In fact, she was going to be weaving some Willow branches into the nest.  I casually asked her if there was any Willow in bloom.  She said she had seen some, mostly it was probably over, and she would have a look.  I decided to drive to the spot and give her a hand and check out the Willow situation.  When I got arrived, she and our friend Sarah Uma were there.  Aurora went to show me that she had only found two buds… Then she said everything else was already blooming.  I burst out laughing.  That is what I wanted.  I wanted them to be in full bloom!  Yay!  I had the Golden Bowl, and right there, the 3 of us made the essence (after first playing the bowl).  We were blessed out!!



Willow in the Golden Bowl

Close-up of Willow in the Golden Bowl

NEXT: Making the WILD OAT Essence

Making the Crabapple Essence

by Star Riparetti

Part 2 of the series The Moment of Bloom ~ My Ecstatic Journey Making the Bach Flower Essences in a Golden Bowl

As soon as the Golden Bowl arrived I kept looking at the list of 38 Bach essences.  Who was going to be first?  Where was I going to find them?  I knew Mustard was willing, and that is about all.

Crabapple tree

I sent the list of Bach flowers to the Star Essence staff, and to a couple of friends.  For some reason, out of all the 38 flowers, I felt compelled to ask, Does anyone know where there is a Crabapple tree?  I didn't know if I had ever seen one, nor what they looked like.

My dear friend Katherine Grace saw my list (and not my question about Crabapple) and casually said to me, "I saw your list and I know where there is a Crabapple tree and it is in bloom right now."  I could feel elation swarming into me.  Katherine Grace lives at El Capitan (a beautiful rural community 20 miles north of Santa Barbara), and come to find out, about 15 + years ago a man went around planting fruit trees in the area- not even on his property, just because he liked to see them bloom.  She had been following and appreciating that tree for 15 years.  The planter of the tree had made his transition, and it seemed like a nice honoring of him to make the essence from that beautiful Crabapple tree.  It's like that is what it was there for (besides being so beautiful for everyone who passed by).

Crabapple Blossoms

It was in full bloom in that very moment.  Katherine was getting ready to leave for Mexico.  By the time she returned the bloom would be past.  I was busy as well. A  sliver of time appeared where we were both available to make the Crabapple essence- and I do mean a sliver.  We both had a moment to connect, to find the tree, and to make the essence.  Just like that- it happened.  It was blissful and beautiful.  The bowl sparkled and glowed.  The Crabapple tree and its blossoms were extremely happy to participate.  Everyone felt very fulfilled.

Crabapple in the Golden Bowl

NEXT: Making the WILLOW Essence