I am motivated to write a review based on the crazy account of the other person on this page initials S M. I am also an experienced herbalist and flower essence practitioner, and I took the several-months long course with David Dalton, which included a few well-organized webinars and a series of recorded videos. We also had e-mail support from his office, received discount to purchase their essences (and no pressure to buy them), we were entitled to two shorter phone sessions with David or another practitioner in his clinic. We were given meaningful homework assignments.
Considering that the field of flower and gem essences is quite unknown, and we don't have a strong unified community her in the U.S., what David does for the field is tremendous. He created a system for use of essences with clients so that they receive the most benefit for their concerns, and he focuses on physical concerns more than other flower essence practitioners. Not many practitioners have the courage, wisdom, and hands-on experience to help clients with serious health issues.
David is also a pioneer in the realm of teaching about flower essences. There are many shy practitioners around the world who talk about helping clients with emotional concerns or spiritual growth, but David has a clinic, sees clients for weeks or months at a time, and has seen first-hand that his treatment style works. He then designed an effective and comprehensive teaching system so other herbalists and practitioners could learn from it and incorporate his system in their practice if they wish. Students learn about hundreds of essences, not just about the handful of teasel essences. While David uses pendulum in his clinic, I never got the impression that we have to use a pendulum. I remember him emphasizing that we can use other methods of selecting of essences for clients that work well for us.
David is not the shamanic type. He is an older man, very down to earth, sometimes sounding a little tired and cranky, probably from overwork. He recognizes, from experience, that healing of serious health conditions often requires that we change the way we eat, maybe seek counseling, he often recommends reputable tests to get a solid diagnosis. He is down to earth, and not a weirdo for sure. read more