Founder & Artist

Born, Alissa Maya is a folk herbalist, multidisciplinary artist, steward of a third space, grief work facilitator, adoptee, birthmother, and ceremonialist raised in the redwood forest of Amuh Mutsun, Ohlone Tribal Lands (now known as ~ Santa Cruz, California)

She draws inspiration from the rich natural environment of her upbringing, and the deep wells of grief she experienced as a child. Growing up in spaces that couldn’t hold her, couldn’t see her nature became her place of refuge. The place she could truly call home. She channels her deep connection to the land into her art, and all of her offerings.

Amaya carries with her a reverence for ancestral wisdom and a passion for holistic healing, Amaya blends traditional herbal remedies with ceremonial rituals to nurture both body and spirit.

Guided by the cycles of nature, she invites others to rediscover their innate connection to the Earth and embrace the healing power of plants.

A note from our founder

My journey as an artist and previous business owner, for reference I now reject the term owner of anything I am a steward, a guest, a space tender, a co creator, I do not own any of the knowledge I receive from the plants, or the dreams, the art, its an impulse of life being channeled through me. The current is so much more expansive than I could ever put into words.

The unique ways that this current takes shape in the physical through my artistic expression will be a lifelong devotion and exploration into new worlds.

I enjoy many different forms of multidimensional expression. Through cooking, herbal medicine making, altar crafting, collaging, dance, drumming, singing, crafting an herbal tea, poetry, doing ritual, massage, making a fire, grief tending, slowing down, burning incense while the sun soaks into my brown skin, taking a salt bath, and many others.

I am deeply passionate about co creating spaces where multidimensional creatives can thrive. An environment where being multi talented and expressive is celebrated. You don’t just have to be an herbalist, or just an artist. Many of the women I know create entire eco systems of living artworks through how they care for others to their paintings, their ritual tattoos, poetry, you name it!

I create spaces that move, that breathe, that change shape and frequency in response to the collective field of energy that is present. It's a multi sensory experience