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The Bach Remedies Workbook

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I work professionally with Bach Flower Essences, so I keep up to date with all the books that are published. I've just finished going through the Bach Remedies Workbook and I'm bowled over by it. It's a really fresh approach. Most writers just list what each remedy is for, but Ball makes every essence come alive by making you think about it and helping you see its relevance to your own life. This is a book all about empowerment, and comes highly recommended, not least by the Bach Centre which has (according to a friend of mine) made it the main text for its distance learning course.

This book has great organization which groups remedies into categories with similar properties. It teaches, quizes, reviews and provides a wonderful enthusiasm for learning more about the Bach flower essences. I have read many books on the topic and this one is one of the best for anyone who is a serious student of these wonderful life tools.

I purchased the "Bach Remedies Workbook" to learn more about the Bach remedies for self diagnosis and treatment of others. This book covers a great deal of material pertaining to symptom recognition and learning which remedies apply to each. The book is comprehensive and set up like a true workbook.

The problem is that the quality of the paper and print is the worst I have ever seen. The paper is almost like newsprint paper. There are blocks of information / notes with a dark gray background. The print is not dark enough and is barely readable.

The illustrations are cheesy too.

I don't recommend this book because it is difficult to read (physically) in many places, which is too bad, because the content is better than average.

This format of this book is incredibly effective for learning the basic applications of all the Bach Flower Essences. Its a quick and fun read. A week ago, I had very little knowledge about the remedies and now after finishing this book, I feel like I have a solid basic understanding of the remedies and how to prescribe them.

I started with the remedies a few months ago. I now prepare them regularly for myself, my fiancé, and my friends. My fiancé and I are amazed, how well the flowers work (my friends have not reported yet). One of the really good points of the system is, that you get to know yourself better, since you do not heal yourself from being ill, but you work on your moods and your character (e.g. impatience, depression, anger, fear, horror, shock).

The more I read about the remedies, the better I know myself, my fiancé, other people, and how to use the remedies. "Know thyself", indicated in the inscription close to the Temple of Apollo in Delphi, is certainly one of the keys to your personality and, therefore, to the healing. You have to be honest with yourself, in order to help yourself. Not easy at all!

One of the really useful books on the topic is this one. It is very well written and I very much recommend it. The author is not only an expert on the Bach flower remedies, but also an excellent teacher. He knows exactly, what the difficulties with the system are: very often, we do not listen carefully, when our loved ones tell us, how they feel, so we cut things short and give them the wrong remedy. Or we misinterpret their stories. Or we are blinded, because the truth about our own or their character would be too hurtful.

The lessons in the book are very carefully prepared and are fun to read. Together with Philip Chancellor's "Handbook of The Bach Flower Remedies" (and of course the original writings of Dr. Edward Bach) and Julian Barnard's "A Guide to the Bach Flower Remedies", whcih is a very nice introduction to the topic, this book helps you to actually understand, to use, and even to "play around" with the Bach flower remedies.

This is a great workbook for the beginner. I was vaguely familar with Bach remedies, and this is helping me learn more, indepth info. Am just on the 3rd part, but already wanting to go out and buy some more essences. Definitely recommend this for anyone wanting to learn more about these wonderful remedies.

Nicely written, but it could be more thorough, The book breezes through the learning process; I felt it could have benefitted from more extensive 'homework'.

This is a very useful workbook. I am very pleased with my purchasing experience. The workbook arrived on time and in excellent condition.