About

“My holistic journey began with a deep yearning for an alternative path to healing—one that aligned with purpose, meaning, and a more intentional way of living.”

 

Welcome — I’m so grateful you’re here.

I’m the founder of Wellness by Irene, created in 2020 as a home for my many passions and a space to share my love for holistic wellness and conscious living. Through this platform, my intention is to inspire and support others who are walking a similar path of healing, self-discovery, and embodied living.

I’m also the founder of Plantas Medicinas, an Ayurvedic beauty and wellness brand rooted in nature, ritual, and ancient wisdom.

My journey began in 2017, following a spiritual awakening that called me inward. It led me on a deep healing path to understand myself more fully—and ultimately, to feel more whole. Since then, I’ve immersed myself in Eastern teachings and healing philosophies such as Ayurveda, herbalism, yoga, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Buddhism. Along the way, I’ve explored powerful modalities including meditation, energy work, sound healing, somatic movement, plant medicine, and more.

Traveling the world, I’ve been fortunate to experience diverse wellness traditions firsthand—each one shaping and enriching the work I now share.

I’ve committed to the inner path: daily self-inquiry, affirmations, yoga, meditation, journaling. Food and plants have become not only nourishment, but medicine. I’ve learned to regulate and stabilize my nervous system, let go of limiting patterns, and cultivate compassion through forgiveness, non-attachment, and inner child healing.

Rebuilding a loving relationship with my body and nature—one grounded in respect, reciprocity, and ritual—has been at the heart of my personal transformation. And it’s this transformation that continues to guide my purpose today.

I believe deeply in the healing intelligence of nature and plants, and in the power of ancient wisdom to support us in modern life. Everything I share has been lived and embodied through my own journey.

To me, the most valuable investment you can make is in knowing yourself and caring for your mind, body, and spirit.

Thank you for being here. I hope this space brings you inspiration, healing, and a sense of coming home to yourself.

 

Certifications

1. Certified Ayurvedic Wellness Counselor and Ayurvedic Practitioner graduating from the Southern California University of Health Sciences with 1620+ hours training and 280+ clinical hours.

2. Certified board and professional member of NAMA (National Ayurvedic Medical Association) and CAAM (California Association of Ayurvedic Medicine).

3. Graduated from The Ayurvedic Nutrition and Culinary Training (ANACT) with Divya Alter at Bhagavat Life

4. Certified yoga instructor with 290+ hours of training under Deep Kumar at East+West yoga

5. Certified Soundbath Practitioner at the Soundbath Center with Jamie Bechtold

6. Licensed Beauty Practitioner with 20+ years in the beauty industry

7. 10-month Herbal Apprenticeship under Marysia Miernowska at The School of the Sacred Wild

8. Diploma in Organic Skincare Formulation. Diploma in Organic Haircare Formulation. Certificate in Natural Cosmetic Preservation. Certificate in Cosmetic Stability Testing.

9. Certified Reiki Level 1, Usui Shiki Ryoho Tradition with Amber Lee Aymara of Hearth of Healing

Disclaimer

All views and information shared here is only for the sharing of Ayurvedic knowledge. Please do not try or prescribe or take any of the remedies and suggestions here without talking to your regular, qualified doctor.