Liladevi Stone - The Essential Flower Essence Handbook: For Perfect Well-being

With gratitude to all those who have so graciously provided their stories for this text; to J. Donald Walters, friend and guiding light; Cathy Parojinog, for her priceless editorial midwifery; Jon Caswell, for editing and encouragement; Sara Cryer, for the beauty of the logo and back cover text; Bhakti Rinzler, for her strawberry soup and other fine recipes (see the appendices); George Beinhorn, who always had a moment to inspire; with last-minute computer work, John Parkin; LeeAnn Brook for her depth of vision with the book cover and interior design; Rob Froelick, who has elevated typesetting to an art form; Kim Rogers, for the revised typesetting; Kaleigh Surber, for her sensitively rendered illustrations; to Merrily Beck, for taking charge in the office while I wrote this book; my wonderful parents; the many goats who herded my dreams; my dear friends in the hundreds whose smiles alone uplift; and ever to Paramhansa Yogananda.

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Lila Devi (pronounced lee-lah day-vee) founded Spirit-in-Nature Essences in 1977. Her love of the outdoors and an innate belief that Nature cradles an untold wealth of healing secrets inspired her, under the guidance of J. Donald Walters, to develop this line of essences. Lilas first experience in taking a Bach Flower Remedy proved so extraordinary that she began studying the few essence books available at that time. Self-training metamorphosed into experience and led to the preparation of the first batch of Spirit-in-Nature Essences.

Also a playwright, actress, poet, songwriter, and musician, Lila teaches Spirit-in-Nature Essences in the United States and abroad, combining ongoing experience, insight, humor, and music in her classes and radio and television appearances.

The Essential Flower Essence Handbook is now published in English, Italian, Japanese, Czech, and English in India. Her second book, Flower Essences for Animals, is available in English and Japanese. Bradley Banana and The Jolly Good Pirate is published in English, Italian, and German.

Lila graduated with honors from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and psychology and a secondary education teaching certificate. Before developing Spirit-in-Nature Essences, she taught high school English and ran a group home for developmentally disabled women. Bradley Banana and the Jolly Good Pirate is the first of 20 hardcover childrens picture books, each personifing a flower essences uplifting quality in a thrilling adventure.

Lila lives in the Ananda communities. Her lifelong commitment is to help others find their own perfect well-being.

When youre seeking a book on practical spiritual living, you want to know that it is based on an authentic tradition of timeless teachings and resonates with integrity.

This is the goal of Crystal Clarity Publishers: to offer you books of practical wisdom filled with true spiritual principles that have not only been tested through the ages but also through personal experience.