Gwen’s Healing Garden

E-book.The Healing Garden: A Place Of Peace

ISBN 0-9733085-0-8 208 pages $19.95

What happens to joy in our lives? As young children, we laugh, cry, and experience life to the fullest. Somewhere along the way, something changes. Life becomes more complex. We learn

that ‘in the real world’ we have to be serious, work at jobs we are not fulfilled by, and stay in

relationships that are toxic for us. We become concerned, focused on amassing material possessions in an attempt to fill the ‘hole in our soul.’

We work only to keep up with the debt-load generated by need and desire. We search for that formula to heal the ‘hole in our soul’ and for a while the new whatever (car, house, clothes, etc.) glosses over the feeling of despair. Then life presents us with challenges and we question whether ‘that is all there is?’ We learn that the answers were never out there, rather the answers lie within us, and to discover the seeds of our own healing requires the healing power of inner gardening or ‘gardening for the soul.’

For the past 30 years, my primary work has been as a social worker, educator, seminar leader, and more recently as a master gardener and horticultural therapist. One of the themes raised by my students and clients has been related to practical methods of instituting change in their lives. Even though they have read or are aware that something needs to change, the tools are generally not available without a great deal of searching and countless hours of time. This book is a response to those questions and intended as a guide to healing and peace. It is comprised of the techniques and resources that I have explored and developed through the years and which my students and clients have found to be healing in interpersonal relationships.

The garden as a metaphor for creating a place of sanctuary and healing has been utilised for centuries. I use it in the context of a place within, where one can create inner healing and peace, and a place outside of ourselves, which will contribute healing and peace to our environment.

In this book you will learn to:

Ø Communicate more effectively

Ø Clear internal and external clutter

Ø Heal yourself through forgiveness

Ø Practice gratitude as a way of life

Ø Live your life in balance

Ø Create indoor and outdoor gardens

Ø Understand the meaning of colours

Ø Use colour, plants, and food recipes for healing

Ø Use plants for cleaning toxins from the air

Ø Create indoor and outdoor herb gardens

Ø Simplify your life

Ø Practice kindness as a way of life

Ø Create a place of sanctuary

Ø Become an earth steward

Ø How to integrate healing and peace as a wholistic life-style

Reviews and Testimonials

Gwen Nyhus Stewart’s The Healing Garden: A Place Of Peace describes how all things on our planet, both animate and inanimate, are related and must be in harmony for peace and balance both within ourselves and the earth. It is a positive, practical guide devoted to teaching reader’s to review and assess their current lifestyles while identifying and determining if this approach is beneficial for themselves. It also highlights the need for conservation of the earth’s resources if we are going to have a healthy place to pass on to our children and grandchildren.

“This book is a positive, practical guide to creating an environment that is in peace and balance with ourselves and the earth. There are, for example, step-by-step instructions for creating healing gardens using flowers and herbs. And the recipes for making natural cleaning products are a highlight. But the book is also about cultivating an inner garden, a healing attitude that brings peace to oneself, to our loved ones, and to the world. How to commit random acts of kindness, how to create sacred spaces, and how to live in balance at work and at home, all help to create the inner garden.”

- Richter’s Herbs

“This is a commendable book about gardening for your well-being. Gwen Nyhus Stewart teaches how to have peace and balance with thought-provoking questions for self-analysis, and covers topics such as forgiveness, gratitude, time and stress management. She also provides instructions on how to create environmentally friendly outdoor and indoor gardens to promote health and healing. Additionally, there is a section on environmental stewardship, with many alternatives to hazardous household products. This book is loaded with information and is a practical guide for anyone who wants to find harmony within themselves and this world.”

- Best Links & Tips

“This book will teach you how to apply this philosophy of peace and balance to your own life. It integrates ideas on how to attain peace within yourself and when dealing with others while working to create a healthy, fruitful place on earth. This book is user-friendly, with an easy writing style and exercises that are usable and practical in bringing awareness about your life. Regardless of your background, I genuinely feel this book will help you to center yourself and establish peace, with yourself, the earth, and other beings.”

- Carol Turner, Consultant, Quality Management, Toronto, Ontario

“As a parent of a young family, Ms. Stewart’s book is a great reference tool for replacing household cleaning products with non-hazardous materials. The use of specific colours in gardening, in our homes, and in the foods we eat will benefit this family through its busy and hectic days.”

- Karen Treso, Home-maker, Pilot Butte, Saskatchewan

“Gwen Nyhus Stewart, educator and lecturer for over twenty years has established her reputation through personal insight, life learning, and belief in the positive development of human capacity. Among her many workshops and seminars, Gwen is known for “Forgiveness and Gratitude,” Creating Sacred Space,” and Feng Shui in the Garden.” And now this talented lady has taken another step in helping individuals achieve harmony in their lives with her first book. Gwen’s background as a Social Worker, Master Gardner, and Horticultural Therapist provides her with necessary tools to open the door of creative ability and potential that resides within each of us.”

- Judy Brochu, Owner, Insight–Out, Regina, Saskatchewan

“A lively and highly practical book, full of wisdom and pragmatic solutions. Reading The Healing Garden: A Place of Peace is like sitting down with a wise and caring friend. You always come away refreshed, rejuvenated, and inspired by dozens of ways to re-energize (your life/yourself). To do more, have more, and be more… read, absorb, and apply this wonderful book into your daily life. I will recommend it to my family and friends.”

- Gursh Madher, Manager, Community Programming Access Communications, Regina, Saskatchewan

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