About Essences

What are Essences?

“Paying attention acknowledges that we have something to learn from intelligences other than our own.” ~ Dr.Robin Wall Kimmerer.

Essences are blueprints of perfection from the natural world, sun-infusions of the life-force energy of nature.  The vibrational intelligence and healing qualities of flowers, minerals, and environments, are infused into pure spring water. Essences are not essential oils, and they do not have an aroma. They do not contain any physical or chemical components of the plants or minerals involved. They are preserved with brandy and commonly sold in a dropper bottle or room spray. You can find essences in natural food stores, herbal apothecaries, and online directly from the producers.

Why use Essences?

“The wounded mind must be reset like a fractured bone. It cannot heal itself without spiritual realignment.” ~ Anthon St. Maarten 

No one goes through life without collecting emotional wounds. Some wounds are the result of developmental trauma and adverse childhood experience, while others we accumulate as adults. Many of us learned to manage and survive these wounds by adapting protective patterns of thought that surreptitiously impact the foundation of who we are. The world we live in reinforces these patterns and false stories, leaving us disconnected from our inner being and authentic self. Being disconnected from the source of our wellbeing can contribute to vulnerability, stress, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, and a lack of self-esteem. These underlying emotional wounds and their harmful effects can lead to chronic disease if left unaddressed. Essences connect us with the intelligence of nature and our wise inner guidance, so we can rewrite the stories of our lives and regain a natural equilibrium that results in deep and lasting change.

Flower Essences

Charles Darwin called a flower at the peak of its bloom the “crowning glory of nature.” In the presence of these blooms, we experience a subtle and powerful interaction between the unseen realms of nature and our inner being. This simple encounter can awaken and rekindle our innate relationship with nature, helping to increase our self-awareness and our awareness of the world around us. In turn, flower essences help us consciously reshape our lives by enhancing our awareness to reveal the outdated ways of thinking keeping us from achieving change and living the life we desire.

Mineral Essences

The Earth’s minerals provide the structure of support, nourishment, and protection for life on our planet, just as our skeletal system provides structure, blood cell production and protection for our body and vital organs. Connecting to the Earth’s mineral structure using mineral essences can provide us with the energetic stability, support and balance required to integrate upgrades and enhancements to our awareness.

Environment Essences

We all live within natural cycles of change. These include the changing seasons, monthly moon cycles, and day and night. All of Earth’s living beings make adaptations within these cycles, the same way we adapt to our cycles of change. Because of the inherent connection between Earth’s life-force and our own, essences made from natural environments can help strengthen our resilience and our ability to sustain the inner evolution and change occurring in our lives.

The Essences

“To be whole. To be complete. Wildness reminds us what it means to be human, what we are connected to rather than what we are separate from.” ~ Terry Tempest Williams

Essence Montana essences are made in Montana’s mountains, forests, wilderness, and the surrounding Rocky Mountain region. They are co-created with nature according to wildcrafting guidelines and the premise that all living beings are connected. The essences are from plants that grow in wild environments relatively unaffected by humans. Just a handful of carefully selected blooms will make enough mother essence to produce thousands of stock bottles with little to no impact on the plant population.

These essences support recovering oneself from a life impacted by emotional wounds and trauma. They provide the balance, stability, integration and resiliency required to facilitate the process of re-inventing ourselves and writing a new life story. These vibrational remedies are not yet available for retail sale. They are currently available in custom dosage bottles through consultation with Marnie. Follow Essence Montana on Facebook and Instagram.

Click here to visit our gallery of essences with stunning photos and brief descriptions of the healing qualities of each essence.

Dreaming In the Real

A Memoir of Deeper Healing

Recovering Wholeness in Nature, After the Fragmenting Effects of Developmental Trauma

“Dreaming In the Real” is derived from journaling, field notes, experience, inspired moments, a lifetime of study, and the filter of my recall. It encapsulates a five-year period of time when I surrendered to the calling of my soul because I had nothing left to lose. On a journey to heal the past, I followed my inner guidance into the natural world and the unseen realms of nature, where I discovered magic, insight, and healing. I encountered nature spirits, star beings, and ancestors, and I learned to embrace the relationship between the person I know myself to be and the larger part of me. The manuscript is nearing its conclusion, and I hope to announce publication soon.

“Dreaming In the Real is not only a new perspective for looking at life, but also for living it.” ~ Evangeline

“Marnie’s writing is both honest and unassuming.” ~ A.Holmquist

“Dreaming In the Real is deeply layered and thought-provoking.” ~ N. Ichterz

“Marnie reads the earth and cultivates a sort of deliverance that is bred into the environment.” ~ H.Rile

Consultations

“There is a moment in our healing journey when our denial crumbles; we realize our experience and it’s continued effects on us won’t ‘just go away.’ That’s our breakthrough moment. It’s the sun coming out to warm the seeds of hope so they can grow our personal garden of empowerment.” ~ Jeanne McElvaney

Essences are effective when self-prescribed. However, they work most profoundly with the added benefit of professional guidance. As a skilled essence practitioner, I provide structure and carefully selected essences for those on a journey of self-discovery and healing. Individualized custom formulas made from flower, mineral, and environmental essences address specific areas of wanted change, meeting each client’s unique requirements. My expanding collection of essences comes from varied environments and continents, all made by producers I trust and respect.

• Alaskan Essences (Alaska)
• Bloesem Remedies Nederland (The Netherlands)
• Pacific Sea Essences (Pacific Northwest)
• Indigo Essences (Ireland)
• Jane Bell Essences (Hawaii & Bali)
• Living Tree Orchid Essences (Scotland)
• Essence Montana (Montana and the Rocky Mountain Region)
• Flora of Asia (plants native to China, Japan and the continent of Asia)

How Consultations Work

Services are by appointment only. Once you schedule an appointment, you will receive an email with a questionnaire to be completed and returned before the scheduled appointment. Consultations are performed over the phone or using Zoom. We will discuss and clarify your intentions, and I will answer any questions you may have about the process and the essences to the best of my ability. Once we feel complete with this process, we will end the call. I will then choose the best combination of essences to support you and the lasting change you desire. As I intuitively select essences they will often provide insights that we wouldn’t have considered.

Your custom formula will come in a 2-oz dropper bottle, along with a corresponding 2-oz room spray, enough product to last for six weeks. The standard dose is two drops four times a day. You cannot take too much of the essence, but you can take too little. Using them frequently and consistently will sustain the transformative process.

Follow Up Sessions

After your essence cycle, previously hidden things may surface for reevaluation. Follow-up sessions are at your discretion, as needed and desired. I have found that most people like to work through two or three essence cycles per intention for desired change.

Details

Individual Consultation $125.00

• 30 to 40-minute phone or Zoom consultation
• 2-oz custom formulated dosage bottle
• 2-oz custom formulated room spray
• A printout of the healing qualities of the essences in your formula
• USPS Priority Mail postage unless otherwise specified.

Additional dosage bottles and room sprays at time of consultation are $15.00 each

Scheduling 

Email: marnie@essencemontana.com

Payments

Venmo or PayPal

Deposits and Cancellations

• This time is set aside just for you. Please let me know within 24 hours if you are unable to make the scheduled appointment.
• First-time clients: a $50 deposit is required to hold your appointment. The deposit will be applied towards the final cost of the consultation. Final payment is to be made online prior to the session.
• If you do not show for the session or cancel within 24 hours the deposit is non-refundable.
• Returning clients: payment is required at the time of service, made online prior to the session.

 **Flower essences are not a substitute for appropriate medical or psychiatric assistance.

About Marnie Mellom-Craig

“GRACE: the experience of awe, gratitude and unconditional love when you are in harmony with yourself, with others, and with the creative power that creates the cosmos. It is the harmonious integration of your body, mind and spirit with the way of nature.” ~ Cathleen Falsani

Wanting to understand the stories and limiting beliefs influencing my life and the ingrained thoughts about myself that I couldn’t shake, I committed to a quest for self-awareness and found peace and answers among the trees, plants, waters, and mountains of Montana.

In 2002, I met Steve Johnson, the founder of Alaskan Essences. I worked for Steve and Alaskan Essences for the next 12 years, learning about essences from one of the world’s leading essence producers, researchers, and teachers. In 2012, I attended the Alaskan Essences Practitioner Training in Alaska, and four years later, I earned my certification as an essence practitioner, and I began making essences.

Essences helped me access deep intuition. They facilitated the discovery that I was living my life in response to events that occurred many years ago. My extraordinary encounters with nature while creating essences guided an investigation into the unaddressed trauma of my childhood that shaped my adult life and ultimately led to chronic disease. Essences guided me through a deep inner inquiry, empowering me with the insight to transform, release, forgive, and accept the events of the past, forever changing how I perceive the present.

I currently live in Missoula, Montana, where I spend as much time as possible in nature’s restorative and vibrant energy. When I am not making essences and doing essence consultations, I write compelling stories about nature and life to inspire, inform and empower others.