About
I’m glad you found your way here.
Maybe you have walked many paths to get here. Sat in the courses, sought the wisdom, read the books. You have done the inner work in every way you know how - with wise teachers and guides, in circles, in the searching that has taken you further than most women ever go.
And still - something remains. A quiet sense that the most essential part of you has not yet been fully met. Not healed. Not fixed. Just met.
That is exactly where I work.
I am Jo Bell Cummings - Ceremonialist, Flower Essence and Soul Healing Arts® Practitioner, and Mentor. For 15 years I have been sitting with women at the thresholds of their lives, guiding them home through the medicine of the flowers, the turning of the seasons, and the ancient wisdom of the earth.
The women who find me are not broken. They’ve simply wandered far from themselves.
And they are ready to return home.
My story
I grew up in Australia in an old stone home with a garden full of flowers and old trees. That early world - the quiet, the earth underfoot, the presence of growing things - shaped the way I live and work. It is where my love for the natural world began, and in many ways it has never left.
In my early twenties I found myself drawn to the flowers - to the quiet, patient intelligence of the plant kingdom, and the way they met me in places words could not reach. I went on to study Flower Essence medicine with Ian White, David Dalton and Ameya Cohen, whose teachings deepened this relationship and are woven into everything I offer today.
My work has grown through listening - to the earth, to the plants, to spirit, and to the old ways that have been tended by women long before me. Ceremony, ritual, and a living relationship with the Kingdoms of Light and the unseen are at the heart of everything I offer. I have the deep privilege of continuing to work under the ongoing supervision and mentorship of Sharon Bolt - a teacher of extraordinary depth and dedication, whose guidance holds and shapes this work at every level.
My ancestral roots trace back to Scotland and the Orkney Islands, the Middle East, England, and Northwestern Europe. Understanding where I come from has always shaped my sense of belonging - to the land, to the lineages I carry, and to the work I am here to do.
I live in Coffin Bay, South Australia - at the edge of the Southern Ocean, among the coastal scrub and the salt wind. This landscape lives in my work. Its wildness, its silence, and its seasonal rhythms are woven into everything I offer.
Musings
My approach
I do not work from a fixed protocol. I work from presence - from deep listening, from the flowers and from the lineages that animate through me.
Every woman who comes to me is met exactly where she is. Not where I think she should be. Not where the work expects her to be. Where she actually is.
Sometimes that means sitting in silence while the flowers do their work. Sometimes it means ceremony. Sometimes it means a single session that quietly changes the direction of a life.
I trust the intelligence of this medicine implicitly. It has guided me through the many seasons of my own life thus far — and I continue to be humbled by its wisdom, its precision, and its extraordinary capacity to meet a woman exactly where she is.
Acknowledging my teachers…
My dedication, curiosity, and personal journey have taken me across Australia and around the world, seeking embodied experiences and teachings from different lands.
Over the years, I’ve been fortunate to learn from incredible teachers and mentors from across the globe. Each has shared wisdom and inspiration, and I am deeply grateful for the influence they’ve had on my path.
Acknowledging those who have shaped who I am and my work is important. In the tradition of the student-teacher relationship, recognition is a way to honour both the lineage and the sacredness of lineage.
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For the past 8 years I’ve been undergoing extensive training and initiations with Sharon Bolt.
Much love and gratitude to Sharon and The White Dragon Lineage for opening my consciousness in the most profound ways to Spirit, the unseen world and to the blessings of walking an animistic path.
Deepest bows to Sharon for her fierce and loving mentorship and guidance which continues to be a great catalyst on my path of service in the world.
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Over the years David Dalton has been an incredible source of inspiration with my work with Flower Essences. His teachings, workshops, and mentorship continue to form a foundational part of my path as a Flower Essence Practitioner.
I am deeply grateful for the knowledge David generously shares and for his vision of Flower Essences as a medicine for the future.
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Much love and gratitude to Ameya Cohen. I had the privilege of studying Flower Essences and completing a three-year Priestess mentorship with Ameya.
Ameya walked alongside me with care and guidance for several years, supporting me in stepping more fully into my true self.
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Acknowledging Ian White from Australian Bush Flower Essences who first introduced me to the medicine of the flowers all those years ago. Ian was my first Flower Essence teacher and his beautiful work opened my world to the magic of the flowers.
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Huge love to my dear friend Kate Reed creator of The Sister Circles for graciously teaching me the fine and delicate art of holding space in Circle.
There are many more teachers, mentors, and practitioners who have influenced my path, and I am deeply grateful to each of them.
I also honour my Family, my Ancestors, and guiding spirits. It is a privilege to come from lineages of wise, humble, and respected teachers.
My Qualifications & Certifications
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2026 Sanum/AMA Training ~ Lea Murphy (Current Training)
2026 Practitioner of Integrative Homeopathy: Acute Prescribing ~ Lisa Strbac (Current Training)
2025 Floral Acupuncture ~ Deborah Craydon
2024 -25 Soul Healing Arts Practitioner Mentoring ~ Sharon Bolt
2025 Universal Laws Practitioner Mentoring ~ Sharon Bolt
2024 The Solar Gateways Practitioner Mentoring ~ Sharon Bolt
2023/24 The Kingdoms of Light ~ The Dragon, Crystal, Plant & Tree Kingdoms ~ Sharon Bolt
2023 Soul Healing Arts Practitioner and Teacher Training ~ Sharon Bolt
2026 - 2020 Continued Flower Essence Practitioner Workshops and Mentoring ~ David Dalton
2022 Spiritual Foundations Mentoring ~ Sharon Bolt
2020 - 2022 The Empress and the Dragon 3 Part Inner Priestess Program ~ Obsidian, Heart of the Rose & Amethyst Sword of Truth
2019 - 21 Shamanic Magician Practitioner Training ~ Shamanic Energy Training
2021 Womb Weaver ~ Sharon Bolt
2021 Spirit Weaver Training ~ Shamanic Energy Training
2020 Galactic Coven 9 month Temple Keeper Mentorship ~ Shamanic Energy Training
2020 Pendulum ~ Awaken your Intuition ~ Sharon Bolt
2020 Spirit Animals ~ Shamanic Energy Training
2020 Spirit Journeys ~ Shamanic Energy Training
2020 Spirit Allies & Mythical Creatures ~ Shamanic Energy Training
2019 Sacred Space Weaver ~ Sharon Bolt
2019 Drum Journey Training & Hyperspace Navigation ~ Shamanic Energy Training
2019 Level 2 Sister Sircles Training ~ Kate Reed
2017 - 19 Avalon 3 year Priestess Path ~ Joanne Ameya Cohen
2017 ~ Advanced / Level 2 Flower Essence Training ~ Joanne Ameya Cohen
2016 ~ Flower Essence 6 month Practitioner Training Programme ~ Joanne Ameya Cohen
2015 ~ Level 1 Sister Circles Training ~ Kate Reed
2014 ~ Institute for Integrative Nutrition ~ IIN
2009 - 2013 Level 1 & 2 Australian Bush Flower Essences ~ Ian White
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2025 - 2026 Soul Healing Arts® Practitioner Training Assistant ~ Sharon Bolt
2025 - 2021 Temple Keeper for The Inner Temple ~ Sharon Bolt
2025 - 2023 Temple Keeper and Assistant for The Empress and the Dragon ~ Sharon Bolt and Bianca Jewell
2023 - 2021 Temple Keeper for Sacred Space Weaver ~ Sharon Bolt
2024 - 2022 Temple Keeper for The Kingdoms of Light Trainings ~ Sharon Bolt
2020 - 2017 Flower Essence Practitioner Mentor for the Woman Rising Flower Essence Practitioner Training Program
