Dr Edward Bach Centre

Distance Learning Programme

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The Bach Centre, Mount Vernon, Oxfordshire, England

Distance Learning Programme

Introduction

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About the course

Welcome to the Dr Edward Bach Centres Distance Learning Programme (DLP).
The DLP is an introductory level course that will help you learn about Dr Bachs
system of 38 flower remedies. It encourages you to explore the system so that you
can develop your knowledge and skills at your own pace.
Most people using the DLP will want to use the remedies to help themselves and
their friends and family. Others will use it as an entry route to an advanced (Level 2)
course and eventually to practitioner training (Level 3).
The DLP comprises five lessons.
1. First steps - understanding and using Dr Bach's crisis combination;
introduction to the remedies;
2. Self-help - making the remedies part of everyday life;
3. Theory - how the remedies work; Dr Bachs philosophy of health;
4. History - Dr Bachs life; discovery of the remedies;
5. Helping Others - helping friends select remedies; helping children; helping
animals and plants.
By the end of lesson four you will have studied all 38 remedies. Lesson five gives you
an opportunity to review what you have learned and put it into practice.

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Aims of the course

To teach you about the crisis formula and its uses

To give you the opportunity to learn each of the 38 Bach flower remedies

To introduce you to the history of the remedies and to Dr Bachs philosophy

To give you opportunities to use the remedies in everyday situations for

yourself and your friends and family as well as for plants and animals

To inspire you to learn more about the system

To ensure you know enough about the remedies to go straight onto a Level 2
course if that is what you want to do

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Support for learning

The DLP is a self-learn programme. The work you send in is not marked or assessed
in any formal way. Rather it is an opportunity for you to explore the remedies and
Dr Bachs principles and demonstrate to yourself how much you have learned.
In the letter accompanying this pack you will find the name and address or email
address of a person who will act as your mentor. He or she will look at your work as
you send it in and suggest areas for further study. Your mentor will respond in
writing to your questions, and you will have an opportunity to ask questions at the
end of every lesson.
Please help your mentor to help you by writing or typing your answers clearly and in
the spaces provided in the lessons. For preference use black or blue ink.
If you have any questions regarding the structure or administration of this course
you should contact your mentor in the first instance. All mentors are Bach
Foundation Registered Practitioners and as such work under the Dr Edward Bach
Foundation Code of Practice.
Once you have completed all five lessons go to www.bachcentre.com/learn to find
out how a Level 2 course can take your study and use of the remedies further.

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Certification
Completion of all the lessons leads to the issue of a Level 1 Certificate of
Completion. This is recognised internationally by the Dr Edward Bach Centre and its
education partners, and will allow you entry onto any Bach Centre-approved Level 2
course anywhere in the world.
Note that you will not receive a certificate if you do not complete and send in all the
lessons.

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Making the most of the DLP

Here are some suggestions to help you make the most of the Dr Edward Bach
Centres Distance Learning Programme.

Dont miss out on any of the activities. They are there to help you build your
knowledge and confidence.

Take your time. It is better to do a little each day than to try to do everything
at once. That way you will learn more and remember better.

Dont worry if you cant remember everything, especially after the first few
lessons - just look up anything you arent sure of and enjoy the course.

In answering questions, feel free to suggest any remedies that could apply
even if the course has not covered them yet.

Some of the questions ask you to think about your own personal experiences
and about how the remedies could have helped you. Learning about our own
feelings is a key part of learning to use the remedies, but you are free to set
your own limits to what you discuss.

Use the remedies on yourself. There is no better way to learn what they can
do.

Practise on your friends and family. You cant do any harm even if you select
the wrong remedies.

Read as much about the remedies as you can. See the recommended reading
list on the next page.

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Recommended reading
Core material
The lessons refer to two set books - The
Bach Remedies Workbook and Bach Flower
Remedies Step by Step. You need to have
both of these before you can start studying
the programme.
In addition you will be sent two Bach Centre
handouts as part of the course: one on
Combination Remedies (sent to you with
Lesson 1) and another on Bach Remedies
and Animals (sent to you with Lesson 5).
Level 1 supplementary reading
More books, CDs and videos are available at www.bachcentre.com/shop. Our
suggestion for supplementary study are:

Bach, Edward, The Twelve Healers and Other Remedies available as a free
download in various languages from www.bachcentre.com/centre/download

Getting to Know the Bach Flower Remedies, a 70-minute recording that gives
indications for all the remedies along with exercises to help you remember
them. Available on CD or cassette.

Consolidation of Level 1 and preparation for Level 2

The 38 Flower Remedies (Wigmore Publications)

Hyne Jones, TW, Dictionary of the Bach Flower Remedies

Wheeler, FJ, The Bach Remedies Repertory

Howard, Judy, The Story of Mount Vernon

Ball, Stefan, Principles of Bach Flower Remedies

Weeks, Nora, The Medical Discoveries of Edward Bach, Physician

The Journey to Simple Healing (DVD)

Teachers tips:
If you do a lot of driving, buy the CD Getting to Know the Bach Flower
Remedies for your car stereo. The CD is an excellent way to learn the
indications for the 38 remedies without really trying.

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A note on safety
Bach flower remedies are very safe, and can be used alongside other forms of
treatment. They dont cause side effects and you cant build up resistance to them.
Nor are they habit-forming.
However, be aware that most remedies are preserved in brandy. If you dilute them
before use the amount of alcohol involved is tiny - a few drops spread over two or
three weeks. But anyone who has been advised to avoid all alcohol for health or any
other reason and is concerned at the presence of brandy should seek advice before
taking them.
People concerned by the alcohol might be able to use the remedies externally on
pulse points, as an alternative to taking them by mouth.

Corrections
In the box headed Taking the Remedies on page 34 of the Bach Remedies
Workbook additional doses of four drops refers to additional doses taken from a
treatment bottle.

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