HEART OF THE FLOWER - A book of Yonis

Heart of the Flower is an unflinching exploration of the beautiful diversity of women’s genitals, free of judgement, shame and embarrassment.

Fifty everyday women have posed for up-close and personal photographs that show their genitals from many different and rarely seen angles. Each woman writes candidly with wit, wisdom, passion, even despair, about her relationship with her vulva.

The book brings into light the ins and outs of the female sexual anatomy, and demystifies and challenges the way society views women’s genitals.

Heart of the Flower is designed to normalise and celebrate diversity at a time when labioplasty has reached an all-time high and women’s body image is at an all-time low.

This book has been produced by Andrew Barnes and Yvonne Lumsden and superbly photographed, and was inspired by a conversation had with a group of women at one of the Awakening Within sexuality and personal development retreats. In essence there was a discussion within the group about how they would like to see more positive imagery of women’s genitals, and the idea of a photographic book emerged.

With society’s long standing history of shame and embarrassment about sexuality, and an increasing number of women choosing to have genital cosmetic surgery, the concept for the book evolved into telling stories and providing information, as well as imagery.

The intention with this book is to give women the opportunity to make informed choices about their bodies and how they feel about them, by providing a source of information and education using creative photography, artwork, storytelling, diagrams and thought-provoking information. Although at times this book may be challenging to read and digest, Heart of the Flower may well change the way you see your body and how you have come to feel about yourself as a woman.

It is hoped that people will share Heart of the Flower in the spirit it is intended. It may be a beautiful gift between friends or lovers, a useful resource for parents, sex therapists and counsellors, or perhaps as an educational tool in schools, health clinics or medical practices.

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