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I have the opportunity to learn from fantastic people. Judy Masters is one of them. She is my Bach Flower mentor through CNHP and is the owner of a health food store. She graciously accepted my request to write about her experience with Bach Flowers. Judy can be reached at judys_goodlife@Hotmail.com. She wrote:

Dr. Edward Bach was a British physician, surgeon and homeopath who practiced until his death in 1936. While Bach’s specialty was bacteriology, he developed an interest in homeopathy during his time at the London Homeopathic Hospital, around 1919.

Although a surgeon, and trained in “traditional” medical practice, Bach believed that medicine, as practiced, was focused on the symptom, rather than the cause; the disease, rather than the person. He found this a disparate approach and began to pay more attention to treating the whole person. He leaned more toward a gentle healing method and, after years of research, developed the seven Bach Nosodes and the 38 Bach Flower Remedies.

As a natural health advocate, I became aware of the Bach Remedies in 1998. I didn’t understand them at all, didn’t want to practice with them and certainly didn’t see the point in taking any formal education to that end. My background is in education, English to be exact, and computer technology. I was a high school English teacher… I understand grammar and its rules. I also spent nearly 15 years as a systems engineer in a Fortune 500 company. I am a logical person and Bach Flowers made no sense to me. Until I took a seminar and actually began to use them.

I took the class because it was close to home, I needed the credit and I hadn’t studied this modality yet. I figured I would complete it, make some notes, get some answers and move forward with my nutrition, lifestyle and enzyme approaches. After all… they made WAY more sense. Much more logical.

Shortly after, I discovered a book, by Dietmar Kramer, called THE NEW BACH BODY MAPS, and my whole perspective changed. Now we were treating actual, physical pain… something tangible. My revelation was that chronic discomforts could be, and probably were, related to emotional imbalances that had gone unattended. This is not to say that all pain is strictly emotional… just that there is that component.

As I began to work with physical pain and topical applications, I became more aware of the internal workings and the need to address emotions to gain any ground in the healing process. Now… I teach seminars, write articles and am involved in even more formal education.

As “fluffy” as the Bach Flowers might seem, they actually work. I don’t know why. Furthermore, I kind of wish they didn’t because they make my brain hurt when I try to make complete sense of them. Homeopathic concepts have always done that to me. If you are in practice, and all the herbs and enzymes and dietary changes and vitamins are NOT accomplishing the healing goal. Look next to flower remedies and homeopathy for that gentle “nudge” that tells the body to make the change.

Judy Masters, CNHP Instructor
Bach Flowers and Body Systems