by anuflowers
For all their color and beauty, flower essences have no smell. When I say, “I’m a flower essence practitioner,” people often respond, “Oh, an aromatherapist.” It’s easy to assume that flower essences are the same as essential oils, which, like most flowers, have a...
by anuflowers
What does it mean to live with reverence? What does it take? Watching Kishore paint gave me the words I was searching for. Living with reverence is having the courage to follow the call of your soul. Listening to Kishore talk about his work, it’s easy to be touched...
by anuflowers
The big day arrived…the opening of Kishore’s solo exhibition. His parents would not be able to visit. He wanted my mother and an older artist he had invited to light the ceremonial lamp to inaugurate the exhibition. I called my mother. I felt overwhelmed by the weight...
by anuflowers
I left the world of finance and academia and entered the woo-woo world of flower essences. This was an abrupt and dramatic shift. I felt like an outcast on both sides of the great divide. Stripped of a title, without a clearly defined job, I struggled to explain what...
by anuflowers
I teach high school children leadership and I didn’t feel that I could teach my kids to “Lift Someone Up” if I couldn’t do that myself. I decided therefore, that I would help Kishore sell a few of his paintings- -just enough to help him stand on his own two feet so he...
