Pearl is one of the essences most associated with mother healing. Created inside an oyster, one of the longest living creatures on the planet, from secretions produced to deal with stress and friction, we can immediately see parallels in our mother/child relationships!

Created in water, Pearl is affected by the tidal moon which has a strong influence on our emotions. Dark pearl is activated by the new moon and responds to masculine, yang energy; light pearl by the full moon which activates female, ying energy. Pearl intensifies and harmonises the feelings in our lower three chakras, bringing them up to the heart for purification and balance.

Pearl brings understanding of our mother or mother figure. It heals any disappointment or pain created at times of lack of love or nourishment in our childhood.

Pearl softens and heals emotional traumas, bringing our emotions into balance, increasing self love and self worth. Ultimately, Pearl gives us the feeling of being in the arms of a loving mother.

Interestingly at a practical level, this essence grounds us so that we can build strong foundations to sort out our financial affairs. As a practitioner I find a difficult or missing link with our mother comes hand in hand with a lack of financial abundance and organisation. We often avoid connecting in a responsible emotionally detached way with money or have a very yo-yo relationship with it - financially it's feast or famine and our paperwork can be all over the place.

Cravings - The Result of Disconnection

Light Pearl, which activates receiving, feminine energy, can help digestion and ease physical cravings. Whenever we're cleansing emotions and physical toxins, there is usually a craving and increase in appetite. This is our body's response; it's trying to maintain its familiar emotional patterning. Pearl essence helps balance such cravings so we develop intuition, not cravings.

• Develops flexibility in emotional issues especially in spiritual matters
• Eases emotional dilemmas of all kinds
• Relieves food compulsions - which are often a substitute for connection to mother love.
• Opens and balances our solar plexus chakra