Lotus Inspiration: Butterfly Vibes

Published August 2020
Lotus Inspiration: Butterfly Vibes

Among this week’s new releases at Soul Flower, one is a never-before-seen design. It’s called “Butterfly Vibes” and features a butterfly launching from lotus petals. This design is a half mandala filled with om signs and celestial imagery. As a lotus grows from murk and mud, this lotus & butterfly remind us that we can all grow in positive ways even during the darkest of times.

Butterfly Vibes organic cotton tank with butterfly, lotus, om signs and celestial artwork
“Butterfly Vibes” 100% organic cotton muscle tank

Lotus Inspiration

The lotus is a symbol of enlightenment, rebirth and regeneration. The most beautiful lotus flowers grow in mud, blooming from places you would never expect. We found some beautiful lotus imagery to inspire this design and share it with you here. We hope you enjoy our new Butterfly Vibes!

The soul walks not upon a line, neither does it grow like a reed.
The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals.

― Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet

Unfolding. Spiritual awakening. Metamorphosis. Blooming out of your muddy surroundings.

1837 botanical illustration of Nymphaea nelumbo sacred lotus by Robert John Thornton
Nymphaea nelumbo (Sacred Egyptian Bean) by Robert John Thornton, 1837
Pink lotus flower blooming at Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens in Washington DC
Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens, Washington, DC, 2020

The lotus in Buddhism is a sacred symbol that represents purity and resurrection as attributes that develop through a spiritual awakening of the self. With humble beginnings in swamplands, the lotus flower exquisitely blooms, pure and untainted, from the murky world it thrives in.
― Forrest Curran, Purple Buddha Project: Purple Book of Self-Love

Late 19th-century gouache botanical drawing of an East Indian lotus
East Indian Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera), gouache drawing, late 19th century
1812 botanical illustration of a lotus from Elements of the Science of Botany
Illustration from Elements of the Science of Botany by Richard Duppa, 1812

The lotus flower represents a higher state of mind, a strong spirit cultivated far from the suffering and temptations of this muddied world that personifies beauty through the present moment.
― Forrest Curran, Purple Buddha Project: Purple Book of Self-Love

1806 botanical illustration of a lotus from Curtis's Botanical Magazine
Illustration from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, 1806

There is the mud, and there is the lotus that grows out of the mud. We need the mud in order to make the lotus.
― Thich Nhat Hanh

Lotus Inspiration at Soul Flower

Lotus designs have found their way onto all kinds of Soul Flower pieces over the years. Here are a few favorites from our archives.

Archived Soul Flower lotus artwork shown on leggings and a sleeveless dress

Two archived Soul Flower hoodies featuring lotus and spiritual artwork

Archived Soul Flower gray leggings with blue lotus flower artwork

Love lotus and butterfly symbolism? Explore more bees & butterflies styles and organic yoga clothing from Soul Flower.

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