Flower Essences

Description

Saturday, August 16th, 2025
10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Tuition: $33, Materials: $15

Flower Essences are subtle liquid extracts which are used to address profound issues of emotional well being. Researched and developed by Dr. Edward Bach in the 1930's, Flower Essences are gaining world wide professional recognition in many holistic health and wellness protocols. Flower Essences are vibrational in nature working through the various human energy fields, influencing mental, emotional and physical well-being. The effects of Flower Essences might be compared to how a moving piece of music may make you feel, or seeing an inspirational piece of art might affect your senses, evoking feelings in your soul.

We will be preparing and infusing fresh Flower Essences with flowers that will be in bloom at the time of class. As well the instructor will have a number of Stock Bottles to choose in order to start your own small Flower Essence apothecary.

Please bring a small (1-2 cups) clear glass bowl, preferably with no pattern, ridges or etching. All other supplies will be provided. Please feel free to bring a bag lunch as well!

About your instructor: Sue Larson is new to Ely, but not so new to the area. She grew up spending most of her summertime at her family's primitive island cabin on Lake Vermilion and since 2020 has lived summers there full time. Although rural Northwest Wisconsin has been 'home' for the past 12 years, Sue is now is excited to call both Tower (summer) and Ely (Winter) her home. Sue has been a practicing massage therapist for close to 29 years. Her continuous curiosity and studies in the healing arts and modalities led Sue to complete her 1600-hour Masters of Herbalism from the Green Wisdom School of Botanical Medicine in 2019. In full complement to the herbs, her life-long appreciation and fascination with mushrooms (finding, photographing, identifying, foraging, eating) came full circle. So much so that her final master thesis project was a book titled " Fruits of the Forest: The What, Why and How of Medicinal Mushrooms Made Easy". Sue is the sole proprietor of "MuttShrooms" - a small scale business of homemade mushroom dog treats containing medicinal mushrooms. Sue has a passion for sharing her knowledge and empowering other people to achieve wellness. For seven years she taught both hands-on and administrative courses at Minneapolis School of Massage and she currently presents as an instructor for Green Wisdom's Intermediate Level Certificate. Sue especially enjoys offering her hands-on, make-and-take courses which include the always popular Elderberry Syrup Class!