Bloom Inspiring Wellness

Magazine

Beautifully designed and presented, Bloom Magazine is an annual publication featuring a collection of conversations with inspirational thought leaders in the wellness community. It is the perfect resource for empowering health, wellness and conscious living. Read online or grab yourself a copy from selected outlets in Far North Queensland and beyond!

Bloom Magazine 2024
Bloom Magazine 2019
Bloom Magazine 2018
Bloom Magazine 2017
Bloom Magazine 2016

Festival

From its inception in 2012, Bloom has been a cornerstone wellness event in FNQ, showcasing all aspects of holistic health and wellbeing.

(Read our founding story here)

Enjoy a packed day featuring over 40 exhibitors, plus a variety of educational talks, workshops, and activities.

Our holistic approach encompasses everything from environmental wellness to non-toxic skincare, nutrition, fitness, wellbeing (mental, emotional, physical and spiritual), and lifestyle.

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Bloom aims to empower you with the tools and information you need to make informed choices about your health, your family’s health, and the health of the planet.

Enjoy a day connecting with a like-minded community—get involved and be inspired!

ABOUT BLOOM

The Bloom Wellness Festival was founded by Emma Lodge. Her journey began in 2007 when a close friend was diagnosed with breast cancer. “I just wanted to help, and so I figured the closest thing I could do to make a difference was to fundraise,” Emma said.Without any prior event experience, Emma decided to create the largest Pink Ribbon fundraising event in Cairns. The Pink Ribbon High Tea attracted over 200 people in the ballroom of the Shangri-La Hotel, Cairns, and raised over $10,000 for the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

From that point on, the event became her creative outlet. As she networked with women and breast cancer survivors, hearing their personal stories and the journeys they had endured, she felt compelled to continue with the event. However, four years later, Emma began to question where the raised funds were going and became intrigued by the idea of finding “the cure.”“I was naïve to think that raising money would soon lead to finding a cure. As I immersed myself in research, I realised that we live in a toxic world, and there seemed to be a disconnect between raising money for cancer and people going home, spraying chemical cleaning products, and eating processed foods that are likely to cause cancer. I realised I no longer wanted to support the status quo.”This is when Emma experienced what she describes as her U-turn in life. “Having learned that there are simple measures people can take right now to prevent illness and chronic disease, I finally understood the phrase ‘prevention is better than cure.’”Emma began inviting authors and guest speakers to Cairns to run 'Prevention is the Cure' educational seminars. She also started a bus tour called The Organic Experience. “The seminars were great, but they didn’t seem to have a lasting impact. I wanted to create a memorable experience and take people to the grassroots,” she stated.

The Organic Experience was a way to connect people with local food producers on the Atherton Tablelands, helping them gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of how food connects our community, wellbeing, and environment. This, in turn, led Emma to create Bloom, a weekend wellness event in Cairns.“Having networked and uncovered an array of like-minded health businesses around Far North Queensland, I wanted to share the goodness we have in our region and make a difference right now. What we need is knowledge and information to empower ourselves to make our own informed choices about our health, and that’s what Bloom presents.”Thirteen years on, Bloom has become a highly sought-after event, attracting incredible minds both locally and from interstate to present on all aspects of health and wellness. In addition to this, Emma created Bloom Magazine to share conversations and stories as she learns from the experts in their field.

“Producing the Bloom Wellness Festival and Bloom Magazine was never part of my lifelong vision or plan. I don’t even know how I've managed to produce such an event and magazine for so many years. All I can say is that I’ve been gifted with the skills, drive, and passion to make it happen. At the very least, I hope the event will plant the seed that empowers and guides people to make their own informed decisions when it comes to health.” (Emma Lodge, Bloom Founder)

EXHIBITOR DIRECTORY
2024

MAJOR SPONSOR

WholeLife Healthfoods Markets is your one-stop health food, organic, bulk foods, grocery and health services store. Packed full of over 12,000 health and wellness products from ingredients through to meals plus fresh produce and sports nutrition.

Since the 1980s Cabot Health has been at the forefront of Liver Health, combining top quality natural products with the latest scientific knowledge to provide the consumer with supplements that are of the highest quality and most effective potency.
Martin & Pleasance is proudly Australian made and owned 🌱 providing an extensive range of natural remedies with favourite brands including Vital, Green Nutritionals, Schuessler Tissue Salts, Ki Health and Rest&Quiet.
Mungalli Creek Dairy supporting Bloom Wellness Festival. Drop by to sample some of their dairy goodness - local, biodynamic, 100% grass fed, as nature intended without synthetic fertilizers or poisons.
Inside Out Infrared Wellness offers Infrared "PowerRoll" - Body Roll Lymphatic Drainage Massage, Infrared Sauna, Private Ice Pool Plunge, Private Contrast Therapy, Powerplate, Red Light Therapy and Infrared "Cocoon Wellness Fitness" Pods.
Local Sunny Honey fresh from the hives in Mareeba, beautifully raw & untreated 🐝🍯
Sophie Anderson, founder of Cairns Coaching is dedicated to improving our community's health and wellbeing using her coaching skills to support individuals on their wellness journey.
Enagic's philosophy 'Change you Water, Change your Life'(tm) centres around realising true mental, physical and financial health. ✨KANGAN K8 Water Machine 💦 ✨ANESPA DX - Your Home Spa System ✨emGuarde - Protection against electromagnetic noise radiation
Blend and Nourish who will be serving delicious, nutrient-packed smoothies and smoothie bowls at Bloom Wellness Festival🍓🍉 Bursting with fresh flavours and wholesome goodness, it's the perfect way to kick start your day of wellness right!
The Therapists Cairns offers one-on-one, couples & group counselling, which includes psychotherapy treatments, mindfulness, meditation and counselling services for the Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
Erbsman Health 100% Wildcrafted Jamaican Sea Moss Gel is your ticket to ultimate health and wellness.
Two Moons Candle Co. exquisite candle creations are mindfully curated, harnessing the potency of the best ingredients and energies of our moon. Small batched and Intricately crafted each month on the full moon on Gimuy land.
EMR Australia are leaders in Electromagnetic Radiation protection. Lyn McLean has been informing people about the important research studies and news for over 27 years.
Creating healthy soil for your plants. Whether you're a backyard gardening enthusiast wanting to become self-sufficient with food supply or commercial farmers, Soil Renew delivers beneficial microbes to achieve plant health.

Riverlea Wellness Retreat provides beautifully customised; healing massages, sound healing, energy work and unique Women’s Wellness Retreats, to help you experience emotional and physical shifts on your healing journey 🌟
Fast becoming the world’s number one natural treatment for stress and anxiety, CAVEFLOAT™️ and CAVESAUNA™️ sessions at City Cave Cairns North are your all-in-one escape to clear your mind and ease tension.
Nutra Organics bridges the gap between running-out-the-door breakfasts with concentrated wholefood nutrition that easily fits into your daily routine to provide deep nourishment for the whole family 🥕🥦
Welcome to a new generation of Breathwork in Cairns! B 4 Breath journeys foster personal transformations through the powerful synergy of breath and 9D’s multi-dimensional soundscape.
Naturall Skincare is a new locally made family-owned and operated business in Cairns where every product is crafted with care, attention to detail, and with deep respect for the environment.
Natural Filters are one of the only plastic-free ways to filter your tap water 💦 These compact charcoal water filter sticks can fit into your water bottle or jug, and have been lab-tested to absorb impurities commonly found in tap water such as chlorine.
Sunrise Living is your destination for premium-quality organic oils, offering the purest, most natural products straight from nature's bounty.
Souls in Harmony specialise in a variety of healing sessions and workshops that effectively create balance between the body, emotions, mind and spirit.
Come TASTE TOUCH and SMELL Young Living high quality products with Bindi Terewaamu at the Bloom Wellness Festival. Catch the scent of all your essential oil favourites and checkout the Thieves range of products that make ditching harmful chemicals a breeze
Chandelier Cairns provide members with the tools and techniques necessary to enhance their energy and improve their overall well-being. Services include the Energy Enhancement System (EESystem), Colonic Hydrotherapy, Live Blood Analysis.
Rare Earth Oils has been wild harvesting essential oils and making organic products since 2011. Honouring traditional plant medicines, our products are an organic fusion of Australian botanicals, European herbalism and Ayurvedic medicine.
Eden Healthfoods believe in Creating Powerful Health by sourcing the highest quality certified organic and wildcrafted ingredients on the planet, to produce products which are in a league of their own.
Rainforest Reserves Australia is a Non for Profit organisation and is hands on when it comes to purchasing land to connect and expand Wildlife Corridors to World Heritage Parks and Nature Refuges.