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The Bloom Workbook: A Cosmic Guide to Flower Essences
“Flowers represent a branch of plant medicine that is specifically concerned with our consciousness and evolution. To connect with their essence catalyzes the blossoming of our own healing and spiritual journeys.” ―Heidi Smith
From lavender’s ability to soothe frazzled nerves to rose’s charms in healing the heart, flowers don’t just delight the senses―they have a secret history as doorways to transformation. With The Bloom Book , Heidi Smith offers a holistic and comprehensive guide for working with flower essences―the vibrational signatures of our botanical allies―to bring about healing, awakening, and deep change.
A psychosomatic therapist, flower essence practitioner, registered herbalist, and long-time student of ancient wisdom traditions, Smith seamlessly integrates the healing power of flower essences with vibrational medicine and the rise of the divine feminine. The result is a cosmic doctrine of healing that empowers readers to align with their highest selves and help to bring about planetary transformation.
Highlights
- An intuitive approach to working with flower essences for balance and optimal health
- Detailed instructions for making, selecting, and formulating flower essences
- Rituals, recipes, and case studies for protection, grounding, dreamwork, grief, love, and more
- Complementary applications of vibrational healing―including breath work, moon cycles, colors, chakras, and sacred symbols
- Working with trauma and systemic oppression―how flower essences can support multi-generational, intersectional healing
- Reconnecting with nature, the divine feminine, and your true self through the healing power of flowers
Filled with gorgeous illustrations by artist Chelsea Granger, The Bloom Book is both an information-rich resource and interactive guidebook for anyone who wants to awaken their most vibrant, balanced, and empowered self through the healing power of flower essences.
From lavender’s ability to soothe frazzled nerves to rose’s charms in healing the heart, flowers don’t just delight the senses―they have a secret history as doorways to transformation. With The Bloom Book , Heidi Smith offers a holistic and comprehensive guide for working with flower essences―the vibrational signatures of our botanical allies―to bring about healing, awakening, and deep change.
A psychosomatic therapist, flower essence practitioner, registered herbalist, and long-time student of ancient wisdom traditions, Smith seamlessly integrates the healing power of flower essences with vibrational medicine and the rise of the divine feminine. The result is a cosmic doctrine of healing that empowers readers to align with their highest selves and help to bring about planetary transformation.
Highlights
- An intuitive approach to working with flower essences for balance and optimal health
- Detailed instructions for making, selecting, and formulating flower essences
- Rituals, recipes, and case studies for protection, grounding, dreamwork, grief, love, and more
- Complementary applications of vibrational healing―including breath work, moon cycles, colors, chakras, and sacred symbols
- Working with trauma and systemic oppression―how flower essences can support multi-generational, intersectional healing
- Reconnecting with nature, the divine feminine, and your true self through the healing power of flowers
Filled with gorgeous illustrations by artist Chelsea Granger, The Bloom Book is both an information-rich resource and interactive guidebook for anyone who wants to awaken their most vibrant, balanced, and empowered self through the healing power of flower essences.
300 pages, Hardcover
Published May 12, 2020
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July 26, 2020
Who would have ever thought that flower essences could be so powerful and healing?! Well they are and this book will show you exactly how. It’ll show you the actual physical steps on how to create your very own flower essences as well as how to use them in your life to transform your world and facilitate your healing as well as the healing of the collective.
It details how to work with flower essences for connecting with nature such as the moon cycles and Mother Earth, how to use them with balancing your chakras, working with trauma & systemic oppression (how flower essences can support multi-generational, intersectional healing), and certainly last but not least how to meditate with flower essences for ritual, protection, and grounding. I really appreciate the amount of helpful information the author has put into these pages. She has given us a guidebook that we can use over and over again with recipes and healing techniques that hit our senses and open us up.
The illustrations by artist Chelsea Granger, which are ethereal and detailed, are used cohesively throughout the book to beautifully display an array of flowers and other concepts. It’s definitely a book that is pleasing to the eye for a quick browse as well as for a more detailed read.
Thanks to Netgalley, publisher and author for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
It details how to work with flower essences for connecting with nature such as the moon cycles and Mother Earth, how to use them with balancing your chakras, working with trauma & systemic oppression (how flower essences can support multi-generational, intersectional healing), and certainly last but not least how to meditate with flower essences for ritual, protection, and grounding. I really appreciate the amount of helpful information the author has put into these pages. She has given us a guidebook that we can use over and over again with recipes and healing techniques that hit our senses and open us up.
The illustrations by artist Chelsea Granger, which are ethereal and detailed, are used cohesively throughout the book to beautifully display an array of flowers and other concepts. It’s definitely a book that is pleasing to the eye for a quick browse as well as for a more detailed read.
Thanks to Netgalley, publisher and author for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
April 2, 2020
The Bloom Book is much more complex than i expected. More than just about flower remedies, the author goes into ways flower remedies can be used in conjunction with other therapeutic modalities such as Reiki, or allopathic medicine. It's quite insightful for those new to spiritual concepts such as intuition or chakras but those well versed could just as easily skip halfway through the book.
January 28, 2021
This wasn’t what I expected. I expect if I had been brand new to flower essences, divine feminism and other topics relating to balance, emotions etc then I might have had a different opinion.
As a herbalist though, this book didn’t offer me any new information.
The art is gorgeous, and that was what I enjoyed the most, but it won’t be one that joins my reference library.
As a herbalist though, this book didn’t offer me any new information.
The art is gorgeous, and that was what I enjoyed the most, but it won’t be one that joins my reference library.
February 21, 2020
I love a good homeopathic book and this one is full of information and guidance. I can’t wait to see what else Heidi Smith comes out with. I received a free review copy from the publisher in exchange for my honest unedited feedback.
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May 25, 2023
Excellent discussion of all things flowers and healing. It is a reference book, to be read over and over again. The author has a profound and comprehensive understanding of flowers, plants, and healing. I loved it!
Highly recommended for gardeners, holistic practitioners, and people who are mindful. This is a very provocative, but beautiful book about flowers and colors and flower essences. Highly recommended!
Highly recommended for gardeners, holistic practitioners, and people who are mindful. This is a very provocative, but beautiful book about flowers and colors and flower essences. Highly recommended!
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