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Bloom Wellness Festival 2025
Saturday 11th October
Cairns Colonial Club Resort
Join us for a weekend of wellness, movement, mindfulness, and community at Bloom Wellness Festival.Showcasing 40 exhibitors, plus a variety of health talks, workshops and activities covering nutrition, fitness, wellbeing, lifestyle & more. Whether you're already a health enthusiast or just looking for a little motivation, this event is for you!
Connect with a community of wellness lovers, experts, and conscious brands and find inspiration for living a healthier life—naturally. Plus, don’t miss Bloom Magazine, our beautifully designed annual publication – grab your FREE copy at the event!
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Bloom Magazine
Bloom Magazine is a beautifully designed annual publication that brings together inspiring, real conversations with leading voices in the wellness space. Through transcribed interviews, it shares empowering insights and uplifting stories that support health, wellbeing, and conscious living.Whether you're flipping through at home, reading in a café, or browsing online, we hope it feels like you're right there with us, sitting in on a conversation that will leave you inspired to take action.
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Festival
From its inception in 2012, Bloom has been a cornerstone wellness event in FNQ, showcasing all aspects of holistic health and wellbeing.
Our holistic approach encompasses everything from environmental wellness to non-toxic skincare, nutrition, fitness, wellbeing and lifestyle.
Connect with a vibrant community of wellness seekers, experts, and conscious brands and enjoy a full day of inspiration with 40+ exhibitors, along with a line-up of talks, workshops, and hands-on activities.
We believe that prevention is better than cure, and that small, informed choices can make a big difference. This one-day event will empower you with the tools and information you need to make informed choices for you, your family, and the planet 🩷
Event Overview
Dates: Saturday 11 October 2025 + Sunday 12th October (Sunday Sessions)
Location: Cairns Colonial Club (entry & free parking on Behan St.)
Entry: $35 online / $45 at the door (children 15yrs & under $18)
Inclusions: All talks, workshops, classes & a free copy of Bloom Magazine
Lunch $20 (optional):
Chicken Poke Bowl (GF DF)
Soba noodle salad with ginger soy dressing (V DF)
Spinach Pumpkin Couscous Salad (GF DF V)
What to bring: Comfortable clothing, water bottle, notebook. Some sessions may require a yoga mat or cushion. An open mind 🌸
Accommodation: Special Bloom rates are available at the Cairns Colonial Club - use promo code CAMP-BLOOM (valid for bookings made until Tues 30th Sept)
ABOUT BLOOM
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 figured the closest thing I could do to make a difference was to fundraise,” says Emma.With no prior event experience, Emma created what became the largest Pink Ribbon fundraising event in Cairns. Held in the Shangri-La Hotel ballroom, the Pink Ribbon High Tea attracted over 200 guests and raised more than $10,000 for the National Breast Cancer Foundation.
What started as a fundraiser soon became a creative outlet. As Emma connected with women and breast cancer survivors, their personal stories inspired her to keep going. But after four years, her perspective began to shift.“I started questioning where the funds were going. I thought raising money would lead to a cure—but the deeper I looked, the more I realised there was a disconnect between funding research and how we actually live our lives.”Emma began researching and quickly became passionate about prevention.“We live in a toxic world. People would donate to cancer research, then go home and spray chemical cleaners or eat processed food. That contradiction became impossible for me to ignore.”This marked a turning point. Emma describes it as her “U-turn”—a moment of clarity that changed everything.Armed with new awareness, she started inviting authors and guest speakers to Cairns to host Prevention is the Cure seminars. She also launched The Organic Experience, a bus tour connecting people to local food producers in the Atherton Tablelands.
“The seminars were great, but I wanted people to experience the message—to feel the connection between food, community, and health in a tangible way.”Out of these efforts, Bloom was born: a vibrant, educational weekend event in Cairns that celebrates holistic health and empowers people to make informed choices.“Far North Queensland has so many incredible health-conscious businesses. Bloom became a way to bring them together and share their knowledge and passion.”Now over a decade on, Bloom is a thriving wellness event attracting expert presenters from across Australia. Emma also launched Bloom Magazine, a platform to continue the conversation and share wisdom from leaders in health and wellbeing.
“Creating the Bloom Wellness Festival and magazine was never my life plan. I honestly don’t know how I’ve done it all these years—except that I’ve been driven by passion, purpose, and a deep desire to make a difference. If Bloom plants just one seed of empowerment in someone, then I’ve done what I came here to do.”- (Emma Lodge, Bloom Founder)
EXHIBITOR DIRECTORY
Exhibitor applications are now open for Bloom 2025
More than a wellness event, Bloom is a heart-led, curated experience — and we’re on the lookout for aligned brands, facilitators, and educators to join us. Want to be part of something meaningful?
2025 EXHIBITORS
...And more to come!
2025 PRESENTERS
Lee Holmes - Supercharge Your Gut
Steven Prahin - Eden Healthfoods
Kathy Popplewell - Laughter Yoga
Julie Heskins - Raw Vegan Chef
Emily Ember - Ecstatic Dance FNQ
Dr Sandra McRae Cabot
Annie Clark - Health & Lifestyle Coach
Andrea Monkhouse - Clinical Nurse Colon Hydrotherapy
Gwyneth Rowlands - Yoga & Qigong Instructor
Mason Taylor - Superfeast
Meah Robertson - Fem21 & Man21
Shamiz Kachwalla - High Carb Health
Jay Jackson - All Stars Permaculture
Dr Marc Cohen - Integrative Doctor
Dr Sandeep Gupta - Integrative Doctor
Shukul Kachwalla - High Carb Health
Megan & Gary - Somatic Facilitators
More to be announced soon!
2025 EVENT SCHEDULE
SATURDAY 11 OCTOBER
| BLOOM 1 | ||
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| 9:30AM - 10:15AM | Steven Prahin | How to Create Powerful Health - learn basic steps everyone must take to live a healthier life. |
| 10:45AM - 11:30AM | Dr Sandra Cabot | TBA |
| 12PM - 12:45PM | Lee Holmes | Supercharge your Gut - Boost immunity, sleep, mood, and energy by caring for your gut. Lee will discuss her simple two-day maintenance plan and how to implement it, plus inspire you with deliciously nourishing recipes. |
| 1:15PM - 2:00PM | Dr Marc Cohen | The Way to Wellness: Simple Practical Solutions for Achieving Wellness with Minimal Cost, Training or Equipment. This presentation will outline simple practical solutions that are supported by scientific evidence to improve immunity, reduce anxiety and help you achieve wellness in the comfort of your home. |
| 2:30PM - 3:15PM | Mason Taylor | Taoist 3 Treasures: The Key to Unite Integrative Health - Mason Taylor, founder of SuperFeast and longtime student of Taoist tonic herbalism, shares how the ancient framework of the Three Treasures, Jing, Qi, and Shen, offers a practical, biological map to unify today’s fragmented health systems and sects. |
| BLOOM 2 | ||
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| 10:00AM-10:45AM | Jay Jackson | Permaculture Inspired Wellness - Explore the principles of permaculture, including its founding ethics, and learn practical ways to apply them to your own life. With over a decade of experience in permaculture and regenerative design, Jay has educated hundreds on its principles and practical applications. |
| 11:15AM - 12:00PM | Shamiz & Shukul Kachwalla | The link between Diet & IBD: An Evidence Based 2nd Opinion - Discover a fresh perspective on IBD, including Crohn’s, ulcerative colitis, and pouchitis. With over 2 million people affected worldwide, many diagnosed before 30, IBD can greatly impact quality of life. Learn how diet may influence symptoms, remission, and overall gut health — insights beyond typical medical advice. |
| 12:30PM - 1:15PM | Dr Sandeep Gupta | Enduring Health: Unlock Your Longevity Potential - Discover how to not just live longer, but live better. In this inspiring talk, Dr. Sandeep Gupta shares powerful daily practices, from supercharging your nutrition and sleep to harnessing fasting, breath, and hot/cold exposure, that can keep you thriving for decades to come. |
| 2:00PM - 2:45PM | TBA | |
| 3:15PM - 4:00PM | Andrea Monkhouse | Optimising Holistic Health Through Colon Hydrotherapy and Elimination Pathways - This presentation highlights the transformative benefits of colon hydrotherapy and activating elimination pathways. |
| IN THE GAZEBO | ||
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| 09:30AM-10:30AM | TBA | |
| 11:00AM - 12:00PM | Julie Heskins | Going Vegan with Julie - Be inspired to create delicious simple healthy treats at this inspiring workshop. Julie uses fresh local ingredients to create a variety of dressings and dips. You’ll be invited to taste everything she makes and a recipe hand out is included. |
| 1:00PM - 2:00PM | Annie Clark | Anchoring Positive Change to Calm the Inner Mind and Gut - Learn to tune your “spider senses”, the gut-brain signals, using simple food combinations for better focus and integration. Learn an essential-oil anchoring technique to help you shift quickly from overwhelm or trauma into a happier, more balanced state. |
| 2:30PM - 3:30PM | Dr Marc Cohen | Ancient Future Medicine: How to lose weight and feel great without diet, exercise or effort.” This practical workshop will will reveal remedies so simple our hominid ancestors used them, so effective every great tradition prescribed them, so complex science can’t explain them |
| BY THE POOL | ||
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| 09:15AM-10:00AM | Gwyneth Rowlands | Body Mind Breath Wellbeing - Gwyneth Rowlands will be offering a YOQI session, YOQI is a style of Qigong that integrates some aspects of yoga, it is easy to learn, with flowing meditative movements, suitable for everyone. |
| 10:30AM - 11:30AM | Kathy Popplewell | Laughter Giggleshop - Join us for a fun and empowering Laughter Giggleshop. In this session you will experience body based laughter and connect to your childlike playfulness, interspaced with gentle yogic style breathing and stretching (Laughter Yoga). This practice helps to unlock your own fountain of spontaneous laughter. |
| 11:45AM - 12:45PM | Megan & Gary | Emotional Intelligence Bodywork - Unprocessed emotions — such as anxiety, sadness, or anger — can become “stuck” in the body and, over time, contribute to illness or pain. Learn to identify and release stored emotions like anxiety, sadness, and anger. Experience gentle, clothes-on techniques to let go of tension and reconnect with your body. |
| 1:30PM - 2:30PM | B4Breath | TBA |
| 2:45PM - 4:00PM | Leilana Grace | TBA |
| SPEAKERS CORNER | |
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| Various Times + Speakers | Check timetable on the day. |
| ON THE GRASS | ||
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| 3:45PM- 4:00PM | Emily Ember | Bloom Closing Ceremony - Emily Ember will guide the Bloom Wellness Festival to a closing celebration! Everyone welcome to join in this semi-instructed dj-dance journey, with global music played on hi-fidelity sound system. |
Please note: While every effort is made to present the schedule as advertised, Bloom organisers reserve the right to amend the schedule where necessary.
SUNDAY 12 OCTOBER
| Function Centre | ||
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| 9:00AM- 11:00AM | Steven Prahin | Save Your Life Program with Steven (Eden Healthfoods) - Discover advanced natural healing techniques that most healers don’t talk about in this empowering 2-hour session with Steven from Eden Healthfoods. Learn practical strategies to take control of your health and be your healthy best. Eden Healthfoods are renowned for creating the highest quality, results-driven wholefood supplements, using only pure, uncompromising ingredients to support your wellbeing journey. |
| Function Centre | ||
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| 11:30AM- 1:30AM | Meah Robertson | What’s causing hormonal imbalances for Men & Women - More details coming soon... |
| Function Centre | ||
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| 10:00AM- 4:00PM | Dr.Marc Cohen | Ancient Future Medicine: How to lose weight and feel great without diet, exercise or effort with Dr Marc Cohen - This practical workshop will reveal remedies so simple our hominid ancestors used them, so effective every great tradition prescribed them, so complex science can’t explain them, and so simple you can use them with very little cost, training or equipment. The workshop will use stories, poetry and practical exercises to provide memorable lessons for dealing with life and will include instruction on breathing and bathing techniques as well as how to make your own fermented wellness tonics. Dr Marc Cohen is a medical doctor, university professor, author, poet, entrepreneur, wellness trailblazer and perpetual student of life who embodies the role of a bridge-builder, connecting ancient wisdom with modern science, academia with industry, and individual well-being with global health. Dr Marc believes wellness can be just as contagious as illness and aims to co-create a culture of wellness that infects the world with good health. You can find him at: www.drmarc.co |
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