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Reconnect with your inner healer, craft your own flower essence blends

Reconnect with your inner healer, craft your own flower essence blends

For centuries people have followed an inner calling and discovered wonderful ways to connect with the wisdom of the earth. They have stepped into forests, and been guided to gather flowers and plants.   They created natural remedies and plant medicines for body, mind and soul, and brought balance and holistic wellbeing to themselves, their […]

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How do you know your flower essences are working?

How do you know your flower essences are working?

If you are new to flower essences, you might wonder: How will I know when they are actually working? Or perhaps you’re curious about what others experience when they use them. Every journey with flower essences is unique, but one thing is certain: they work in subtle yet profound ways. At first you may notice […]

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Feeling impatient, irritable, on edge or exhausted?

Feeling impatient, irritable, on edge or exhausted?

First Light® No 2 Native Flax – The Enthusiasm Essence. Are you feeling impatient, irritable or on edge? Finding yourself flaring up easily or reacting to things that you usually brush off? Perhaps you’ve taken on too much, exhausted but unable to slow down… Or does your energy feel scattered, your inner spark dimmed… What […]

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Peri/Menopause –  5 Simple Strategies – Your Top Take Aways to Feeling Your Best Self

Peri/Menopause – 5 Simple Strategies – Your Top Take Aways to Feeling Your Best Self

Top take aways from our recent Peri/Menopause Webinar Real Talk. Real Strategies. Real Life In a Nutshell: 5 Simple Strategies, Your Top Take Aways to Feeling Your Best Self: 🧡 #1 Movement: Get Slow and Strong: Movement is medicine.  When you exercise and your muscles contract, they secrete protein-like hormones called myokines – scientists call them […]

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See the Light at the End of the Tunnel with the ‘Hope’ Essence

See the Light at the End of the Tunnel with the ‘Hope’ Essence

First Light® No 79 Fragrant Fern – The Hope Essence. This native New Zealand plant essence supports deep levels of holistic healing. It helps us to remember that we are never alone, and that there is light at the end of the tunnel. When life feels difficult or ‘dark’ this essence reminds us that anything […]

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Plant Profile: First Light® No 10 Starry Hibiscus: The Tenderness Essence

Plant Profile: First Light® No 10 Starry Hibiscus: The Tenderness Essence

First Light® No 10 Starry Hibiscus Deva’s Blessing “I bring the gift of tenderness and inner sustenance. Through me you find the inner ocean of the cherishing light where there are no tides – only a serenity and calmness that knows no ebb.” Franchelle Ofsoské-Wyber, Founder and Creator Starry Hibiscus is now not so common in […]

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Plant Profile: First Light® No 23 Lacebark – Fearlessness

Plant Profile: First Light® No 23 Lacebark – Fearlessness

First Light® No 23 Lacebark Deva’s Blessing “I bring the gift of fearlessness. Captain of your Soul – rightfully steering your vessel through the tempest of life. Through me you are steady, rising above the waves of excess – brought safely back to shore.” Franchelle Ofsoské-Wyber, Founder and Creator Lacebark is a fast growing shrub […]

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Plant Profile: First Light® No 84 Kawakawa – Faith

Plant Profile: First Light® No 84 Kawakawa – Faith

First Light® No 84 Kawakawa Deva’s Blessing I offer you the mantle of faith. Through me you reach for the impossible – believing in your zenith. Knowing no limitation, a Child of Light a Master of All.” Franchelle Ofsoské-Wyber, Founder and Creator Kawakawa is a well-known New Zealand native plant that has large shiny aromatic […]

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Plant Profile: First Light® No 12 Native Harebell – Tenacity

Plant Profile: First Light® No 12 Native Harebell – Tenacity

First Light® No 12 Native Harebell Deva’s Blessing “I bring the gift of emotional tenacity with its powerful eddies and swirls. Through me you experience the powerful pull and complexity of feelings but are reborn in the caressing waters of love.” Franchelle Ofsoské-Wyber, Founder and Creator Native Harebell is a small creeping alpine herb whose flowers […]

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Plant Profile: First Light® No 18 Purple Koromiko – Simplicity

Plant Profile: First Light® No 18 Purple Koromiko – Simplicity

First Light® No 18 Purple Koromiko Deva’s Blessing “I bring the gift of simplicity and sacredness. Through me you find the inner temple of old; re-remembering the sanctuary– laying countless blessings on the altar of your life.” Franchelle Ofsoské-Wyber, Founder and Creator Purple Koromiko is a beautiful New Zealand native shrub that is great for attracting […]

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Plant Profile: First Light® No 20 Wineberry – Cooperation

Plant Profile: First Light® No 20 Wineberry – Cooperation

First Light® No 20 Wineberry Deva’s Blessing “I bring the gift cooperation and harmony. Through me you are true to the principle of friendship but a slave to none” Franchelle Ofsoské-Wyber, Founder and Creator Wineberry is a small tree with soft green serrated foliage that produces an abundance of beautiful pale pink to wine-coloured flowers in […]

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First Light® No 82 Golden Tainui – Renewal

First Light® No 82 Golden Tainui – Renewal

First Light® No 82 Golden Tainui Deva’s Blessing “I offer you the mantle of transformation. Through me you awaken to hear the call of life. Rising up and moving on – alive again, ready to respond to the wondrous sound that echoes your own soul song.” Franchelle Ofsoské-Wyber, Founder and Creator Golden Tainui is a […]

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Plant Profile: First Light® No 1 Pohutukawa – Initiative

Plant Profile: First Light® No 1 Pohutukawa – Initiative

First Light® No 1 Pohutukawa Deva’s Blessing “I bring the gift of initiative – an inner vibrancy that permeates the being. Through me you experience the spark of life, the heartbeat and pulse of the land.” Franchelle Ofsoské-Wyber, Founder and Creator The iconic and much-loved Pōhutukawa needs little introduction. Known as New Zealand’s Christmas tree, […]

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A Flower Essence to Help with Trauma of Separation, Loss of Job, Home or Physical Abuse

A Flower Essence to Help with Trauma of Separation, Loss of Job, Home or Physical Abuse

First Light Flower Essences of New Zealand® No 37 King Fern Deva’s Blessing “I bring a healing song to the soul. Through me the traumas of physical existence are soothed – bathed in the sacred healing pools and ancient mists of the land.” Franchelle Ofsoské-Wyber, Founder and Creator King Fern is one of the largest ferns in […]

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Empower Your Soul to Grow

Empower Your Soul to Grow

Each of us is an individual and unique soul on a journey to maturation, wholeness and individuation. We are here to evolve and grow. The spiritual pathway that we all have to walk has within it 22 universal principles or markers. This is an archetypal journey through life we all take. These universal principles or […]

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Manifestation – First Light® No 63 Karamu

Manifestation – First Light® No 63 Karamu

First Light® No 63 Karamu Deva’s Blessing “I offer you the mantle of magical focus and direction. Through me you discover the power of personal self-expression – will in motion through the act of personal alignment.” Franchelle Ofsoské-Wyber First Light® No 63 Karamu corresponds to the archetype represented in the Major Arcana tarot key No 1, […]

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From Gloominess to Joy and Optimism

From Gloominess to Joy and Optimism

I was recently speaking with somebody who is feeling a little tired, pessimistic and gloomy of late. She said that her life felt like ‘ground hog day’, that she was just going through the motions and longed to feel a little joy in her life… These past few years have been challenging for everyone and it is […]

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Bullying – A Flower Essence Recommendation – No 1 Pohutukawa

Bullying – A Flower Essence Recommendation – No 1 Pohutukawa

I recently bumped into an acquaintance who has three school age children. She told them briefly about the complex emotional challenges she is facing with one her children being bullied at school.  While my own children are well grown up, as a mother, I could totally relate to this mother’s concerns for her child’s emotional, mental, physical […]

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Feeling Anxious about Finances? Try No 44 Kahikatea Tree Essence

Feeling Anxious about Finances? Try No 44 Kahikatea Tree Essence

Did you know that feeling anxious or worried about money and financial security could be signs of a Base Chakra imbalance?  By balancing your Base Chakra you can create a sense of stability, security and self-sufficiency and be prosperous in your daily life. Why the base chakra? – The ‘fight or flight’ centre Your Base Chakra […]

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Your Inner Power – Do Not Underestimate the Chakras

Your Inner Power – Do Not Underestimate the Chakras

Our sense of personal power is fundamentally dependent on the state of our chakras.  No matter what happens in our family, in our work or out there in the big wide world, when our chakras are functioning at optimal levels so they are strong and balanced, we can stay empowered, and feel stable and strong […]

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