Yarrow

Positive Qualities: Inner radiance and strength of aura, compassionate awareness, inclusive sensitivity, beneficent healing forces

Patterns of Imbalance: Extreme vulnerability to others and to the environment; easily depleted, overly absorbent of negative influences, psychic toxicity

Definition: As the soul becomes more spiritually open, it necessarily becomes more refined, sensitive, and absorbent. In the past, many of those on spiritual paths were removed and protected from the daily conditions of living, so that the soul could safely and harmoniously expand its boundaries. Modern conditions require that the path of spiritualization be connected to the physical world and to practical responsibilities. In this way, the light of the spirit is brought through the human soul right into the Earth as a healing force. Yarrow is a very important and highly beneficial remedy to harmonize this process. Those who typically need this remedy are easily affected by their surroundings, and can be prone to many forms of environmental illness, allergies, or psychosomatic diseases. Such persons have an extraordinary capacity for healing, counseling, or teaching, because they are readily able to receive psychic information and to understand the pain and suffering of others. At the same time they are easily depleted, and are quite vulnerable to the thoughts or negative intentions of others. Yarrow literally “knits together” the overly porous aura of such an individual so that it does not “bleed” so excessively into its environment. Furthermore, it helps such a person re-balance and stabilize the abundant light which radiates in the upper energy centers, directing it into the lower centers so that the Self has more vitality and solidity. Yarrow flower essence has nearly universal application, and should be considered in many formulas for the profound soul shifts of our age. Yarrow bestows a shining shield of Light which protects and unifies the essential Self, allowing compassionate healing qualities to flow freely from one's soul to others.