When you are ready to begin working with essences, the guidelines below offer a general outline for daily use. As always, follow your inner guidance to discover what is best for you. If you already have a method of checking yourself for remedies, please use it. If not, click here to learn the basic steps of Muscle Testing.

1. Establish a quiet, comfortable space

Find a place where you can be alone and undisturbed, especially when you are first learning these steps. You want to be able to maintain your focus easily.

2. Gather your essences

You may already have a collection of essences or you may wish to purchase a few bottles to start with and add to your collection gradually.

3. Check yourself for essences (see "Muscle Testing," or use any means that works for you. The following procedure is a basic method of testing that can be streamlined when it has become comfortable and familiar.)

If you are working with essences for the first time, you are likely to test for lots of them during the first 2 or 3 months. You will learn a lot about yourself. Also, the steady stream of essences will diminish after this first rush of discovery.

First, ask if you need any essences right now. If the answer is NO, go to step 6. If you get a YES, carry on.

Test the essences one at a time: place a bottle in your lap, ask, "will this essence support me right now?" then test. If you get a YES, set the bottle aside and continue testing your other essences, one at a time. When you're done, re-check the "yes" group (put all of them in your lap) to make sure they are all a priority for you right now.

If you get a NO, go through the selected bottles again one at a time and ask which ones are a priority for you now, and set them aside. (You may discover that you do need all of them, or you may narrow the list.) Then ask once again if these are the essences you are to take now, and test. Most likely, you will get a YES.

4. Take the essences you check for and read the definitions

When you have the essences you need, take one drop of each.

Now read the definition of each essence you have taken. As you read the words, you will learn about the ways you relate to your environment, your family and friends, and your life experiences. This learning process offers opportunities to make changes that can improve your daily life.

5. Make yourself a personal essence combination, if needed

Use muscle testing to ask if you need a personal essence combination. If your answer is NO, go to step 6. If your answer is YES, test each essence like you did in step 3. Your combination will include 1 to 6 essences, as a general rule.

Next, ask how long you need to take your combination. If it's just a day or two, you might take the drops directly from the original bottles. If it's a week or more, make yourself a personal essence combination.

Fill a dropper bottle (available by mail from featherhawk, or from your local health food store) with spring or distilled water and add one teaspoon of Brandy, vegetable glycerin or vinegar as a preservative. You may also choose to keep your combination in the refrigerator. Add 4 drops of each selected essence to your dropper bottle and shake vigorously several times to be sure the combination is thoroughly mixed.

Then check how many times you need to take the combination each day. Ask, "1 time?" Test. "2?" Test. "3?" Test, etc.

And last, check how many drops you need to take each time. Ask, "1 drop?" test, "2?" test, "3?" test, etc.

The best times to take your combination are when you first get up and before going to bed. If you need to take your combination more than 1 or 2 times a day, use muscle testing to find the best times, or take them at your convenience.

6. Keep a journal of your experiences and learnings

You might wish to keep a record of your daily testing. You will learn a lot about yourself by tracking the essences you need, reading their definitions, and exploring how your life changes through the use of these gentle, powerful tools.

7. Put everything away until next time!

It's helpful to keep all your essences, empty dropper bottles, water and preservative, and journal together in one place for easy accessibility.

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