Welcome to the British Flower and Vibrational Essences Association. We are a professional organisation and have been established for over 10 years.  Our membership consists of practitioners and tutors of flower essence therapy and we aim to support and serve their best interests as well as providing an information resource for the general public.  A further objective is to set the highest standards of competence and performance in this field and to this end we supply guidelines for accredited courses.  Practitioners in our directory hold a certified qualification and work within a clearly defined code of conduct. The BFVEA aims to: stimulate interest in flower and vibrational essences. act as a forum for research into all aspects of the field and to promote findings through all variable means (newsletter, media, website). suggest guidelines for minimum course content for practitioners training courses and to acknowledge courses that meet those guidelines. recognise as practitioners students who have successfully completed such courses. offer support and validation for all those people who work with essences whether they have formal training or are self-taught practitioners. offer to the public a list of those practitioners belonging to the BFVEA. provide an affordable insurance scheme for practitioner members. The History of the BFVEA In 1997 there was a flower essence conference at Findhorn.  It was probably the only time so many essence practitiones and producers of essences worldwide have got together.  There was a meeting of essence producers after the conference and a suggestion that a global essence producer association be formed.  During the discussions it became apparent that we in the UK had no essence association and Sue Lilly agreed to send a questionnaire around to anyone that was known to have an interest in essences to see if they thought an associaion would be a good idea and if so what they thought it should do and represent.  Around the same time Rose Titchiner and others began plans to hold the first essence gathering in Leiston, with the intention of setting up an association as part of the programme.  Armed with the results of the survey and because Sue Lilly had some experience of chairing this kind of meeting, she was able to help a core group of people present to set up the BFVEA. (BFVEA was born on the 4th May 1998 at 2.52 pm). It was agreed that BFVEA would be a practitioner association and a Code of Conduct held by the BCMA at that time, was adopted.  It was also agreed that the BFVEA would provide a quarterly journal called 'Essence' that would be published on the equinoxes and soltices.  The producers listing would have its own newsheet called the 'Bioneer' and that would be published the the quarter days.  Insurance was also arranged for practitioners who wanted it. The 1999 Gathering held at Crossmead, Exeter saw BFVEA agreeing the core subjects for essences courses.  Subsequent Gatherings have since been held at Buckland Hall, Bwlch, near Brecon, Wales - a wonderful spot found by Elly Yule. In 1999 the situation around the legality of essence creation and the future of essences shifted with the proposal for the EU Traditional Herbal Medicines Directive and it became apparent that there would need to be a special effort to keep essences safe.  It was agreed that the producers group would become autonomous, leaving it free to engage in the murky waters of government without tainting or stressing the practitioner side of the essence community.  On the 28th September 2000 BAFEP was born. Click to read Disclaimer