Common viper's bugloss / Natternkopf

(Echium vulgare)

This semicircular biennial plant can reach 1 meter tall. Some sharp and thick hairs sprout from its quite stiff stem. Innumerable independent violet-blue flowers sprout from its single stem. The flower silhouette resembles a snake head. The vision of this thorny resistant plant provides a defensive as well as seductive impression. It usually grows on dry land, on the banks of fresh water, road margins, dumps, walls and planted fields.

Common Viper´s Bugloss essence teaches us that we will be able to easily move forward with love and kindness than when we only to comply with our obligations following a discipline. We will be kinder and warmer with others and find out that a smile can open many doors.

Essence Effect on the Body: There are many physical inconveniences that can derive from exaggerated worries over obligations and power. They can have a positive influence in the energy level when using this essence.

Mood: The essence works as a "softener" and "opener" for people who do not seem to have too many feelings or none at all. Those who have a heart "of stone" find a new road that will carry them directly to the heart of their peers. This flower also helps people who are only interested in the exercise of power or who are prey of their obligations, preventing them from knowing other aspects of their lives. In addition, Common Viper´s Bugloss essence brings humanity to social relations, which, for example, helps to get rid of the leadership pattern focused on success or on the "rigidity of the servant".

Mind: When our thoughts have become rigid and unilateral, when the only moving thing is the fulfillment of obligations, when we confine ourselves to think without feeling anything, exactly at this point, the essence will help us to prepare a new mental path. We'll learn to "nourish" our thoughts with kindness and friendliness as we witness completely surprising reactions in our environment.

Spirit: This flower starts a laugh from the depths of our being and it allows us to come closer to our spirituality. Together with the development of our feelings, with the change of opinion about our neighbors and with our new receptivity and general liberation, we will also be more receptive to the spiritual consciousness of our everyday life. Our emotional values will be considerably enriched and we will learn to discover and to make use of the spiritual contents.

Affirmation: Laughter opens my heart and connects me to other people´s heart.