Florescence Flower Essence Art Immersion

Join Rachael Jean of Elemental Midwifery, a midwife, medicine woman and flower essence practitioner, and Melissa McConnell of The Honeybee Temple, an artist, somatic art facilitator, and Holistic Health Practitioner, for this three month online journey with flower essences and the archetypes of Mother, Father and Child.

Through ceremony, art, and devotion, we will learn the ways to attune ourselves to the spirit of the flowers as we come into resonance with carefully formulated flower essence blends. We invite participants to join us for all three sessions, but you are also welcome to join just one or two if they are most resonant / available for you.

We will be journeying through the archetypes of Mother, Father and Child, exploring both their wounds and their blessings, with the direct support of flower essence blends and art process facilitation. We will meet live once per month (on the 1st of each month, March, April + May, 2026) for online sessions to explore the essences and the art process together. We will initiate the essence blends together on this special live online ceremony, and then you will have the rest of the bottle to work through until we meet again the following month.

This journey is a deep dive to explore these archetypes and how they relate to you. The flower essences and watercolor art process (both water-based mediums) are both subtle yet incredibly powerful modalities to support your inner healing, discovery and revelation around these themes. The flower essence blends are carefully created by Rachael Jean, and each contain five different flowers or tree flowers which support aspects of the Mother, Father and Child in a holistic embrace.

Flower essences help us with what may come up with these themes, gently mirroring the places in us that are out of resonance with our own inherent truth. This work is deeply ancestral, as the flowers gently and thoroughly unearth long held and inherited patterns and programs from our lineage, so that we may see them for what they are and choose new, more resonant ways to navigate our lives and the world we live in. The watercolor practice that Melissa will teach is a steadfast support to continue to be with you for processing and sustenance for the month until we meet again.

Each live session will be an opportunity to initiate our essences together, to connect with the medicine of each flower included, and to imbibe the essence together in the group field. We will be adding the essence to our painting water as well, and the facilitated painting process will be an opportunity for each of us to explore and connect with each archetype and what is alive for us. After the painting ritual, there will be an opportunity for each of us to share what surfaced in our process, to gather the collective wisdom and similarities of the archetypal themes we are exploring.

If you do choose to participate in all three sessions, you will have access to a private Telegram group to share about your experiences with the essences and art until we meet again a month later. This resource will support accountability with the essences and also with the resource of the art practice for processing and expression until we meet again.

Registration for all three or single classes includes a (1/2 oz) bottle of flower essence blend per class, mailed to your home before the related class (Mother, Father + Child). You are responsible for gathering your art supplies (ideally a journal that can hold water-based medium, a pencil or pen, and watercolors with a brush - please reach out to Melissa if you would like recommendations on this!). We recommend a journal to have a contained space to record your discoveries with the essences and the learnings with the themes over time. 

The Mother: Sunday March 1, 10am PST / 1pm EST / 7pm CET / 8pm EET

The Father: Wednesday April 1, 10am PDT / 1pm EDT / 7pm CET / 8pm EET

The Child: Friday May 1, 10am PDT / 1pm EDT / 7pm CET / 8pm EET

Live sessions are 80 minutes long and will be recorded. We recommend coming live if you can, and the recordings are available if needed to revisit and go deeper with the archetypes in your own time.

This collaboration is a seed offering for an in-person Florescence retreat with Rachael and Melissa in Sullivan, Maine, USA on August 6-10 2026. This three part series is a great way to be introduced to both of their work and the unique blessings of their collaboration and friendship, now spanning 18 years! Purchase of the three class package gives $400 off the Florescence Retreat! Purchase of one of the classes gives a $200 discount for the Florescence Retreat. To register for Florescence Retreat, go here. You can read more about this retreat here.

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Disclaimer: Please note that these classes provide a fun and intuitive space for the exploration of art, creativity, somatics, flower essences and self growth. Melissa is an artist and lover of sharing the joy of creativity and somatics. This class is not a substitute for professional therapeutic council. Please consult a Professional Therapist or Art Therapist for any such support. The material shared in this course is not intended to treat or cure any disease.

All rights reserved. No material from this course may be reproduced without express written permission of Melissa McConnell and Rachael Jean. Everything shared in the class stays within the community space. Please do not share videos or content with anyone outside the class.