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MAGNOLIA (Magnolia x soulangeana)
Key: Restlessness
An open-branched, short-trunked tree growing to 25 ft, magnolia is well-loved for its flowers during April and May. As buds they resemble steady white candle flames and as flowers they bear a similarity to lotuses or pink and white doves alighting on the branches.
Magnolia is a large family with members native to North America and China where different species have been used medicinally from protection against malaria to lowering of blood pressure. This common variety is a cross between two Chinese species grown near Paris in the 19th century.
Magnolia helps with the understanding of the healing process, releasing fears to increase calm and the inherent healing potential within the self.
Stomach and Governor meridians become activated to remove feelings of vulnerability and lack of clarity. Helps where there is an unsettling restlessness in which nothing satisfies.
The heart chakra and its nadis are cleansed of stress and trauma allowing a greater freedom of emotional expression and relaxation. The crown chakra is enabled to clarify true identity and the validity of past and present experiences. This has a strengthening effect on the immune system, which, after all, represents personal identity at a cellular and chemical level.
When there are major life-decisions to be made and a need to clarify direction and what should be done, the causal subtle body, the fine level of awareness that patterns how we are, is energised. This helps when there are difficult choices. Heart and mind are brought into equilibrium and this allows calm and happiness in which to make the correct decisions.
Signature: The open, relaxed growth; the flowers resemble the subtle colours of the lotus, and so therefore the chakras.