Ancestors Leaves
was created to inspire nostalgic comfort while embracing traditional practices of folk herbalism. We inspire the collective to return to their roots and integrate holistic modalities of healing, addressing the whole person~ body, emotions, mind, & spirit. By preserving old ways of well-being, we take back our power-placing the care of ourselves into our own hands. The practice of herbal medicine is an affordable, sustainable, and ethical way to honor our connection to nature and Ancestors Leaves acknowledges and honors the natural rhythms of each season.
Our Mission
Ancestors Leaves is a BIPOC+QUEER owned brand that takes an intuitive approach to holistic wellness. Our mission is to offer a sustainable alternative to conventional medicine through spiritual herbalism. We inspire to bring healing and balance to BIPOC communities through holistic modalities of wellness, nourishing the mind, along with emotional, physical, and spiritual bodies. The practice of Herbal Medicine is an intimate harmonic connection between Mother Earth, The Herbalist, and the energy of ethically harvested herbs. Through the study of ancient wisdom and ancestral practices, we educate and empower individuals to take their power back while promoting ancestral veneration and the use of plant medicine to elevate and enhance the health and well-being of individuals.
Ancestors Leaves Apothecary is an ever evolving conscious entity thriving through transformation and the embodiment of sovereignty. With authentic intentions, we are committed to encouraging individuals and families in BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities to realize their soul’s purpose and mission, and alignment of their God-self in order to activate a thriving legacy.
We are a continuum. Just as we reach back to our ancestors for our fundamental values, so we, as guardians of that legacy, must reach ahead to our children and their children. And we do so with a sense of sacredness in that reaching. ~Paul Tsongas
Meet the Founder
Madison Keni is an eclectic free-spirit, metaphysician, artist, author, psychonaut, rootworker, and spiritual herbalist born from a lineage of strong matriarchs, creatives, and healers. Madison has dedicated much of her adult life towards spiritual awareness and investing in ancestral practices of holistic wellness. She is passionate about empowering individuals towards self-evolution, confronting generational trauma while healing the family unit, and breaking down the stigma of mental illness in BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities.
We cannot go forward without first knowing who we are, where we are from, and tapping into the magnificent limitless power of our “I AM.” Madison, a proud black sheep of her family, knows from personal experience that self-evolution is attained continually as one is willing to explore themselves over and over.
She finds peace working with her hands, utilizing plant medicine, and incorporating a variety of herbs in her spiritual practice. Her home apothecary has been and continues to be a healing outlet. She often communes with her ancestors in addition to practicing rootwork, divination, and chaos magick.
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