BFVEA Committee 2025/26
The BFVEA is headed by a committee of established and experienced essence practitioners, who freely give of their time and energy to guide and govern the association.
Committee Contacts
BFVEA Chair – chair@bfvea.com
BFVEA Secretary – secretary@bfvea.com
BFVEA Treasurer – treasurer@bfvea.com
COREP Chair – corep@bfvea.com
BFVEA Marketing Officer – marketing@bfvea.com
BFVEA Membership Secretary – membership@bfvea.com
BFVEA Practitioner Officer – practitioner@bfvea.com
BFVEA Education Officer – education@bfvea.com
BFVEA Research Officer – research@bfvea.com
BFVEA Chair - Helen Ward
![]() BFVEA Chair – Helen Ward |
Helen F. Ward serves as BFVEA Chair, Friends Officer and as the Editor of ESSENCE magazine. Creator of the Guided Essences, she is an Advanced Practitioner member, and channelling medium.
Helen’s Website: Guided Essences |
BFVEA Secretary - Pete Wayne
![]() BFVEA Secretary – Pete Wayne |
Pete is an Advanced Practitioner having worked with Flower Essences for many years and also works with other healing modalities such as Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki, Clinical Hypnotherapy, and Past Life Regression. Away from healing, Pete is a partner in several businesses and enjoys the outdoor life whether hills and mountains, wild coastlines, or the organic garden. |
BFVEA Treasurer - Howard Ward
![]() BFVEA Treasurer – Howard Ward |
Howard G Ward BA (Hons) FCCA is a qualified Accountant and the BFVEA Treasurer for the BFVEA whose experience spans over twenty-five years. Qualified within a top five Accountancy firm performing company audits before moving into industry as a Group Finance Director and more recently working as a self-employed portfolio Finance Director. |
COREP Chair - Jan Stewart
![]() COREP Chair – Jan Stewart |
Jan Stewart is a former BFVEA Chair who now represents the Association as Chair and Disciplinary Officer of COREP (the Confederation of Registered Essence Practitioners). She is a retired academic who has made and worked with flower essences since the 1960’s. She is also a Tutor Member and Research Officer of the BFVEA as well as the producer of Stewart Essences.
Jan’s Website: Stewart Essences |
BFVEA Marketing Officer - Abigail David
![]() Practitioner Officer – Abigail David |
Abigail David lives and works in Somerset, an Advanced Flower Essence Practitioner who graduated from the Chalice Well Flower Essence Course. She runs a complementary therapy business, ‘Unfold and Shine’ which in addition to flower essences offers energy healing modalities and fitness instruction. Abigail has worked for many years in various places worldwide in the International Development arena, and currently runs a business consultancy. Abigail’s Website: Unfold and Shine |
BFVEA Membership Secretary - Naoko Edwards
![]() Membership Secretary – Naoko Edwards |
Naoko Edwards is an Advanced Practitioner and the Membership Secretary for the BFVEA. She is Japanese and has been living in The United Kingdom since 2003. Her other interests are nature, animals, the universe, her allotment (growing organic vegetables and fruits), simple lifestyle and lovely, reflective moments celebrating all of the above. She has been studying and practicing several spiritual methods, including complementary therapies, over twenty years and she is always enthusiastic about subjects related to spiritual growth. Naoko’s Website: Naoko Edwards |
BFVEA Practitioner Officer - Flor Taboada
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Flor |
BFVEA Education Officer - Susie Morvan
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My life journey has been to care for others and energy medicine is my soul food that I love to impart and share. I receive my inspiration from the natural world and enjoy landscapes, seascapes and stargazing. I have a background in nursing, teaching adults in Further Education, and I am a Flower Essence practitioner and flower essence producer, Reiki Master /Teacher, plus an accredited healer, having completed a one year intensive course with the College of Psychic Studies, and I’m a Mental Health 1st Aider Teaching and assessing students played a major part of my various roles in nursing. It was the complete focus when teaching across Health and Social Care, Child Care and Early Years in Further Education. I hope to bring these skills to the Education Officer role. |
Committee Meeting: 25-26/001
Date: Tuesday 1st April 2025
Time: 1900hrs – 1930hrs
Online – Zoom
Attendees: Helen Ward (BFVEA Chair) HW; Naoko Edwards (Membership Sec) NE; Jan Stewart (COREP Chair) JS; Abigail David (Practitioner Off) AD; Susie Morvan (Education Off) SM; Pete Wayne (BFVEA Secretary) PW
Apologies: Howard Ward (BFVEA Treasurer) HoW
Summary: Emergency committee meeting called to decide whether to hold a BFVEA Gathering in 2026 as the preferred venue requires booking confirmation.
Minutes: Committee Minutes
Committee Meeting: 25-26/002
Date: Wednesday 16th April 2025
Time: 1900hrs – 2030hrs
Online – Zoom
Invitees: Helen Ward (BFVEA Chair) HW; Naoko Edwards (Membership Sec) NE; Jan Stewart (COREP Chair) JS; Abigail David (Practitioner Off) AD; Susie Morvan (Education Off) SM; Howard Ward (BFVEA Treasurer) HoW; Flor Taboada FT; Pete Wayne (BFVEA Secretary) PW