Making her own flower essences was a natural progression and so in the early 1980s, (after meeting Vivien Williamson who was also knowledgeable on Dr Bach and his remedies), she decided to make her own collection with the help of Vivien. After thoroughly researching Bach's traditional methods and his original locations and plant species, she and Vivien spent several years making The Complete Set of Bach Flower Remedies in the fields and meadows of Britain and, for Bach's 'Olive' and 'Vine' Remedies, they traveled to Crete and Spain. During this time they also discovered several new flower essences, many of which have proven to be particularly suited to addressing emotional problems in animals, such as 'Bluebell'.
Together they built the English flower essence companies Sun Essences and Sun Essences for Animals. They also created a separate complete set of Bach Remedy 'Mothers' using the Kosher method. This range provided the Jewish market in the USA with authentic, Kosher, Bach Flower Remedies. Their company Sun Essences was also one of the first (if not the first) to produce and manufacture 'flower essence combinations', i.e. a number of essences blended together to make a composite bottle of essences especially formulated to address specific emotional conditions (e.g. for confidence, for sleep, for clarity etc). These were called 'Solar Blends'.
In the mid 1980s Jane arranged a meeting 'Archie' who was an old friend of Dr Bach's (1886-1936). Archie happened to live in the village next to Jane's. He was an elderly Norfolk man who was, by then, in his 80's, but Jane found the meeting a fascinating experience. Being able to talk with someone who actually knew Dr Bach was, she said, very enlightening and almost magical!
By now Jane had become a highly respected flower essence Practitioner and dowser, regularly supplying clients from all over the world with remedies to help with transient emotional problems. However, she soon realised that there were just as many animals who needed help, as there were people. Her love of flowers, affinity with animals, Zoology qualification and extensive knowledge of complementary therapies provided a solid foundation for the formation of the company 'Sun Essences for Animals'. She latterly expanded the company to also provide her Bach Flower Remedies and essence blends for people (as well as animals). Therefore, in 2007 Jane changed her company name from 'Sun Essences for Animals' to Creature Comforters UK.
Jane is now dedicated to helping animals: working closely with vets, trainers, animal sanctuaries and the RSPCA (The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals). She also provides consultations, remedies, blends and complementary therapy advice for people (and animal owners!). She began working with the Bach Flower Remedies over 30 years ago, and has found using this pure and natural remedial method to be extremely effective and rewarding.
Creature Comforters UK is based in the English seaside town of Cromer, Norfolk, where Dr Bach (the man who discovered Flower Remedies in the 1930s) lived and worked, and Jane feels privileged to continue this important work so close to its original roots.
Dr Bach felt that every household would benefit from his remedies, and Jane’s wish is that all animals also have the opportunity to benefit from flower essence therapy.
She says: "It never ceases to amaze me how these delicate little flowers have the power to stimulate our inbuilt healing mechanisms. I feel enormously privileged to have helped so many people and animals using this gentle, yet powerful tool."
Jane has 2 daughters, 6 grandchildren and (currently) 1 dog!
Bioforce Creature Comforters UK (and Sun Essences) exclusively supply the leading natural health company Bioforce UK with our concentrated stock 'Mother' Flower Essences. These are used to make their entire range of Flower Essence Blends. One of the foremost and oldest of such companies, Bioforce's wide range of trusted products have been available in natural health stores throughout the UK for many decades.
Creature Comforters UK is an English Flower Essence Company who make a range of internal and external products for people and animals. For over 30 years we have supplied our Blends, Remedies and Essences to holistic therapists, veterinary surgeons, animal rescue centres, doctor's surgeries and to people and their pets throughout the world.
The staff of Creature Comforters have a wealth of expertise in the field of alternative therapies and, specifically, Flower Essences as: practitioners; producers; tutors and authors. We have been making Flower Essences for over three decades and, because we are a relatively small Flower Essence company and we manufacture no products other than Flower Essences, we are able to make all our Essences to the precise; natural and traditional instructions developed by Dr Bach (the man who discovered the Remedies in the 1930s).
Creature Comforters is based in the seaside town of Cromer on the North Norfolk coast; this is the same town that Dr Bach resided whilst discovering and developing the Remedies in the 1930s, and we feel privileged to continue this important work so close to its original roots.
Creature Comforters is proud to be the first company to develop and manufacture the original Flower Essence Blends for Animals®.
Identifying plant species
'in the field' (and the pond!)
At 'Creature Comforters UK' we maintain very high standards and adhere resolutely to Dr Bach's specific instructions when making and bottling our remedies and essences. We are one of the few remaining flower essence companies who still use this traditional, natural and (in our opinion) superior method of manufacture.
The remedy making process
Firstly, through meticulous searching throughout the British countryside (and further afield), we choose the most natural, organic and unspoilt location for making each remedy.
Early in the morning, on a beautifully clear, sunny day, the flowers are carefully selected for their quality, vigour and splendour and are then infused in spring water using the traditional 'Solar' method (where applicable).
During the next few hours the elements of nature combine to release the flowers' unique, positive energy (to learn more about this process please read the 'Water Memory' article - scroll-right).
Once the water is fully charged it is preserved using a quality brandy. This pure, invigorated and potent flower remedy is now ready for bottling.
1. Identifying plant species. 2. Preparing for 'infusion' of flowers using the Solar method
3. Bottling-up in the workshop. 4. The finished product when bottled
We, at Creature Comforters, passionately believe that Flower Remedies should be made in the traditional way...
Therefore, during the entire manufacturing process: flower collection, 'infusion' and bottling, all our products are hand-prepared with care, attention and sensitivity. We are also distinct in that we blend all our essences to a traditional stock concentration, direct from the 'Mother' tincture - precisely as stipulated by Dr Bach (the man who discovered the Flower Remedies in the 1930s). This method is reported to give each remedy an extra potency.
We remain resolutely faithful to Dr Edward Bach's original instructions - using the natural, time-honoured and preferable 'Solar' method of infusion (where applicable). We are one of the few remaining Flower Essence companies who still use this traditional, natural and (in our opinion) superior method of manufacture.
Creature Comforters is a relatively small, family run, Flower Essence company, unlike more familiar / ubiquitous Bach Remedy manufacturers (we aren't owned by a large international pharmaceutical company). We also make no products other than Flower Essences and, perhaps because of these two things, we are able to devote the time and effort needed to make each Remedy in the traditional way ~ by hand, using the 'Solar' method, and to the correct concentration. We take no short cuts in the making of our remedies!
Learn more about this process in the following article > > > >
To learn more about Dr Bach and his Bach Flower Remedies please > CLICK HERE...
Our remedies are made the
way Dr Bach intended
The Original Stock Concentrate
Water Memory How we capture the Energy Signature of the Flowers
Although Homeopathic Medicine is different to Flower Remedy Therapy, they both use the stored energy signature or, what’s commonly known as; ‘vibration’ of a specified plant to unlock the healing potential of that living material. With Flower Remedies this is done by means of a phenomenon called ‘Water Memory’. The rationale for proponents of this phenomenon is that water is capable of retaining a memory of the vibration of particles or flowers that have been placed into it for a specified period of time and by a specified means.
Therefore the ‘source material’ could, for example, be a Verbena officinalis flower that, using Dr Bach’s traditional method, is first submerged into fresh spring water and is then left in the sunlight for a few hours to ‘infuse’. Once the water has collected the memory of Verbena officinalis its’ unique ‘energy signature’ will be stored forever within that spring water. The next step is for the infused spring water to be preserved (usually using brandy) and thus it becomes a Flower Remedy that is used for the unique emotional or behavioural problems that Verbena officinalis is understood to address; in this case – fanaticism or intensity.
The notion of water having the capacity to retain a ‘memory’ has proven to be a controversial one amongst many members of the scientific community (and often an inconceivable one to the layman!). However, recent studies by some eminent scientists have shown that, although still not fully understood, there is some validity to this ‘concept’. When studying the water that it has been placed into: each flower (for instance) imparts a unique ‘fingerprint of energy’ into the water – these subtle, yet distinct changes can be observed through a powerful microscope, and, when frozen, can be seen as thousands of beautiful and identical geometric crystals (similar to magnified snow flakes); all totally unique to that particular plant. And therefore, as one would expect, microscopic photographs have also shown that the molecular structure of water changes when infused with particular particles, however, much more significant is the fact that these changes can still be observed after the water has been diluted so extensively (by thousands of percent of the original concentration) that logic and science would predict that there would be no trace whatsoever of the added particle. In such studies the water behaves in a way that is not fully understood and is apparently in contradiction to the laws of known science. However, despite any conclusive scientific explanation, many, many people who have used the Remedies over the past 75 years have reported positive effects from taking them. Some may say that this could simply be the ‘placebo effect’ (in other words: a sense of benefit felt by the patient that arises solely from the knowledge that treatment has been given), however, many practitioners and pet owners have also reported some amazing results when the Remedies are given to animals, so there can be no question of the placebo effect being at work in those cases. Therefore, we don’t really know how they work but we know that they do!
To learn more about this subject and to read the arguments for and against please click here(and scroll-right to the WATER MEMORY articles).
Creature Comforters is a member of BAFEP (The British Association of Flower Essence Producers). The association maintains standards in production, labeling and advertising. (www.bafep.com)
Profile of Jane Stevenson
founding manager of 'Creature Comforters UK'
Written by A. Digby Jane Stevenson has over 30 years experience as a flower essence practitioner. She is qualified in Zoology, BFVEA accredited and a
member of BAFEP.
Jane grew up in idyllic Cornwall, England where she
would take her collie dog for invigorating walks along the rugged
coast, surrounded by the untamed sea and wild weather ~ Mother
Nature in all her powerful magnificence.
Jane's mother was a district nurse and midwife with sole responsibility for Cornish residents within a 20 mile radius of her cottage. She also had a keen interest in herbal remedies and alternative medicine which fired Jane's passion for natural remedies and caring for others from an early age.
Jane's family (the Slades') provided the inspiration for acclaimed author Daphne Du Maurier's first novel 'The Loving Spirit'. This novel was inspired by Jane's great grandfather and his local ship building company in Polruan opposite Fowey harbor (pronounced Foy). And Jane was named after her great grandfather's ship that is the star of Du Maurier's book - The Jane Slade (re-named the 'Janet Coombes' in Du Maurier's novel).
While studying Zoology (as a teenager), Jane gained an insight into animal behaviour and physiology. This, combined with her childhood of observing her mother as a nurse and using natural remedies, was the ideal foundation for a lifetimes work using alternative therapies to help animals and their owners.
In the mid 70s, after studying in London, Jane moved to Norfolk, England to start a family. This is where she began using the Bach Flower Remedies to help friends, family and locals. Jane was renowned for providing a shoulder to cry on, a cup of tea and some soothing words for anyone who was in need. Her kitchen was always bustling with friends, neighbours and everyone's children - the door was always open and she was christened 'Aunty Jane' to everyone who knew her!
In the mid 70s, after studying in London, Jane moved to Norfolk, England to start a family. This is where she began using the Bach Flower Remedies to help friends, family and locals. Jane was renowned for providing a shoulder to cry on, a cup of tea and some soothing words for anyone who was in need. Her kitchen was always bustling with friends, neighbours and everyone's children - the door was always open and she was christened 'Aunty Jane' to everyone who knew her!
A brief history of
Creature Comforters UK
Jane Stevenson (manager of Creature Comforters) founded the English Flower Essence Company SUN ESSENCES FOR ANIMALS (a subsidiary company of SUN ESSENCES which was founded in partnership with Vivien Williamson over three decades ago).
In the late 1990s Jane and Vivien split the company into two of which Vivien became the manger of Sun Essences and Jane became the manger of Sun Essences for Animals.
In 2007 'Sun Essences for Animals' changed its' company name to CREATURE COMFORTERS who continue to provide Bach Flower Remedies (for animals and their owners) and a unique and popular range of Flower Essence Blends to veterinary surgeons, therapists, animal behaviourists, pet shops, health food stores, animal rescue homes, doctor's surgeries and people and their pets.
Creature Comforters
and 'Sun Essences for Animals'
The Company 'Creature Comforters' was formerly called 'Sun Essences for Animals' (aligned to the English Flower Essence Company 'Sun Essences').
Sun Essences and Sun Essences for Animals was founded by two like-minded women; Jane Stevenson and Vivien Williamson who laid the initial foundations for the company over three decades ago. They brought to the partnership their individual skills and experience...
Vivien (manager of Sun Essences) has many years experience as a flower essence producer. She is a respected authority on Dr Bach (the man who discovered the flower remedies), and is a flower essence tutor and an author of several 'flower essence related' publications including the well received and popular hard-back: 'Bach Remedies and other Flower Essences' (see left).
Jane (manager of Creature Comforters UK) is a qualified Flower Essence Practitioner and has an extensive knowledge of complementary therapies. She studied Zoology and has almost three decades of experience in using Flower Essences to address negative behaviour traits and challenging emotional problems in animals. Jane is also a qualified Reiki healer and Counselor and has provided hundreds of individual Flower Essence Consultations for people and their pets for the past 30 years.
With a keen interest in animal behaviour and many years experience as Flower Essence Practitioner, Jane formed the company *'Creature Comforters UK' which is dedicated to providing advice, support, information and natural products to help address the emotional and behavioural problems experienced by animals and their owners.
*The company 'Creature Comforters UK' was initially called: 'Sun Essences for Animals'
