(Calluna vulgaris)
Heather can reach 40 centimeters high. It is a perennial woody shrub that grows in dry uncultivated sandy wastelands of northern Europe. As it is a plant that grows in group, it usually covers large areas. Its flowers bloom between August and October. They are 4 millimeters in diameter and they have many pink and lilac petals, forming spikes of up to 15 centimeters.
Heather stimulates the ability to communicate with other people in an equivalent way and it also transmits serenity.
Essence Effect on the Body: In terms of energy, Heather helps us modify the causes of many states of body tension. We can overcome inner loneliness, the feeling of lack of recollection and excessive effusiveness whilst finding a higher level of inner peace.
Mood: Those who need Heather are permanently seeking for the confirmation of other people because they want to be the center of attention. Often, we feel that we are taken for granted and that hurts and disappoints us. With Heather we will find self-communion and comfort in ourselves. It will be easier to be alone with yourself; you may even be able to confront repressed feelings. With perseverance, we can come to treat and overcome the inferiority complex.
Mind: With Heather, the spirit experiences greater independence. You will be aware of the views and ways of thinking taken from other people and you may reject them. In addition, our thoughts return to calm. If some time ago we felt tempted to speak with others about all our matters, now we will find advice and support in ourselves. We change our kind of communication. The capacity to be a cooperative person, as well as, the capacity to be withdrawn and to show interest, tolerance and compassion to other people is reinforced.
Spirit: Heather calms us down enabling us meditate. It provides the necessary energy so that we depend only on ourselves. You perceive yourself as an independent person, and at the same time, you accept the personality limits of the others. The capacity of listening to our inner voice increases as we concentrate on ourselves and accept no influence from others You have a possibility to discover and to develop completely new qualities.
Affirmation: I am calm and I listen to my soul.
