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€15.95 — 30ml Stock Bottle
The Wild Pansy (Viola tricolor), also known as Heartsease, is one of Britain and Ireland's most beloved wildflowers — a small, multi-coloured bloom with an ancient reputation as a plant of the heart. Its vernacular name "heartsease" speaks directly to its traditional associations with emotional healing, consolation, and the gentle tending of wounds that cannot always be seen. The Findhorn Wild Pansy Flower Essence honours this deep history while bringing it into the context of contemporary inner work.
Wild Pansy Flower Essence is traditionally associated with self-worth and the healing of the inner child. In vibrational medicine, it is considered a remedy for those who carry a deep, often unexamined belief that they are not enough — not loveable enough, not capable enough, not deserving of good things. This belief frequently has its roots in early childhood experiences, and Wild Pansy is said to offer a gentle, healing energy that can reach those deeper layers.
The "inner child" is a concept used across many therapeutic traditions to describe the part of ourselves that formed during our early years — often before we had the language or understanding to process difficult experiences. When this part of us carries wounds — from criticism, neglect, emotional unavailability, or other forms of childhood difficulty — those wounds can shape how we experience ourselves as adults in profound and often invisible ways.
Wild Pansy essence is said to help restore a sense of fundamental self-worth that is not conditional on performance, approval, or achievement. It invites a kind of self-love that is open, playful, and free — the natural self-regard of a child who has not yet learned to doubt their own value.
The Wild Pansy has been used in folk medicine across Ireland, Britain, and continental Europe for centuries. It appears in Shakespeare, in medieval herbals, and in Irish folk tradition as a plant associated with love, consolation, and the healing of the heart. Its three-coloured flowers — typically purple, yellow, and white — gave rise to the French name "pensée" (thought), linking it to reflection, memory, and the mind's relationship with the heart.
In the context of flower essence therapy, these associations deepen. Wild Pansy is not about romantic love per se, but about the self-directed quality of love — the capacity to think of oneself with warmth rather than judgment, to remember who you are beneath all the conditioning and self-doubt, to treat yourself with the tenderness you would offer any creature who needed care.
The Findhorn Foundation is one of the world's most respected centres for personal and spiritual development. Its flower essences are made with extraordinary care, using plants grown or gathered in the clean Highland environment of northeast Scotland. The Wild Pansy used for this essence is gathered at the peak of its bloom, its vivid colours and cheerful presence captured in pure Highland spring water through the traditional sun-infusion method.
Findhorn essences are vegan, free from artificial additives, and bottled in Scotland. Each 30ml stock bottle contains enough for many weeks of daily use.
Flower essences are increasingly used alongside conventional therapy, counselling, and other forms of emotional support. They are not a substitute for professional care when that is needed, but many practitioners find that essences can deepen and support therapeutic work — helping to soften resistance, open the heart, and facilitate the kind of genuine emotional access that makes healing possible.
Because they are non-invasive, extremely safe, and gentle in their action, flower essences are suitable for people at any stage of emotional recovery. They work subtly over time rather than producing dramatic immediate effects, and many people find their impact is most clearly visible in retrospect — noticing, weeks later, that their relationship with themselves has quietly shifted.
€15.95
Typical dose: 4 drops under the tongue or in a glass of water, 3 times daily. Can be added to a bath or used in a spray bottle. Not to exceed 7 drops per dose. For inner child and self-worth work, use consistently over at least 6 weeks. Store away from direct sunlight and strong electromagnetic fields.
Wild Pansy pairs beautifully with Harebell (adding gentleness and humility alongside self-worth), Wild Rose (for joy and enthusiasm that can blossom once self-worth is restored), and Violet (for modesty and authentic self-expression that comes without the need for external validation).
Available at The Honey Pot Health Food Store, 14 Abbey Street, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary — Ireland's dedicated Findhorn Flower Essence stockist. Phone orders welcome: 052-612 1457. Fast delivery nationwide.