Botanical care for every season of life.
From the same hands that tend the body.
PUERTO RICAN · CARIBBEAN · BIPOC & LGBTQ+ AFFIRMING · NEW HAVEN, CT
Rooted in Caribbean plant knowledge and culturally grounded care. We offer small-batch botanical skincare and sacred end-of-life support, built for and by BIPOC communities, and welcoming of all who have not always been held with care.
She who holds
water and earth.
Atabey is the supreme Taíno goddess. Mother of fresh water, fertility, and the forces that move beneath the surface. Obsidiana for the volcanic stone: dark, ancient, protective.
This is a studio built from that tension, the Caribbean and the ancestral, the botanical and the mineral, the slow and the deliberate.
Nothing here is accidental. Nothing is added for show.
This work began with the body.
It stays with the body.
Even as it changes.
We warm the oils slowly.
We let the clays breathe.
We stay with the plant
until it softens in the hand.
Care is not only for one season of the body.
It is for what softens, what shifts, what returns.
HOW WE WORK
Three things we never compromise.
01
Presence First
We pay attention.
To the body, the skin, the breath, the slowing.
Plants lead. The body answers. We listen to what is needed and what is not.
Nothing is pushed forward before it's ready.
02
Held, Not Rushed
Care takes time. So does change.
Each preparation is made slowly, by hand.
Each moment is met as it is.
Whether something is opening or beginning to close, we don't rush it.
We don't interrupt what the body already knows how to do.
03
Chosen With Restraint
Not everything needs to be added.
Only what supports the body.
Only what steadies the space.
In formulation. In care. In presence.
Nothing for noise. Nothing for spectacle.
Only what belongs.
EXPLORE THE PRACTICE
Two offerings. One practice.
Botanical Offerings
Small-batch, plant-based products and educational programs rooted in Puerto Rican and Caribbean botanical traditions. Made slowly. Formulated from what the earth already knows.
Skin and hair care: clays, oils, botanical sprays
Bathing and environmental products
Curated self-care and ritual kits
Workshops and hands-on plant study series
Individual care routine consultations
What We Use
Ayurvedic botanicals
Amla, Brahmi, Bhringraj, Moringa
Caribbean plants
Hibiscus, Acerola, Baobab, Plantain
Cold-pressed oils and minerals
Squalane, Moringa oil, clays
Nothing synthetic for spectacle
No fillers, no fragrance, no drama
Sacred Support
Non-medical, non-clinical presence and planning support for individuals and families navigating end of life. Culturally grounded. LGBTQ+ affirming. Inclusive of chosen family and non-traditional support systems.
Advance care reflection and personal wishes documentation
Legacy and memory work honoring your full identity
Emotional support for individuals, families and chosen family
Presence and companionship during transition
Creating a peaceful, sensory environment for the dying space
What This Includes
Individual consultations
Planning, reflection, and documentation support
Family and chosen family support
Emotional presence for those who gather around you
La Mesa gatherings
Community space to talk about death openly
Not medical, not legal, not clinical
Complementary to, not a replacement for, licensed providers