Every wellness journey begins with a personal story! We sat down with the founder of Vered Organic Botanicals, an organic skin and body care line integrating therapeutic botanical essential oils that are 100% chemical and preservative free.

What’s your background/Where do you live/where do you work? 

I was born and raised in Tel Aviv, Israel. I was 18 years old when I decided to go to beauty school. My mother and I both went at the same time. It was an exciting time for us, not only was I the youngest esthetician to have ever graduated from the school but right after my graduation my mother and I opened up our own day spa in Tel Aviv. 

I was giving about 8 facials & massages a day. It was a fun and busy time.

My passion for anything related to holistic and the natural world inspired me to continue to constantly learn new modalities and to incorporate them into my treatment room. I went on to study aromatherapy, cupping, shiatsu, and years later in New York City herbal medicine. The learning is a lifelong endeavor.

Back then one of my biggest passions was acting and I got accepted to go to the Lee Strasberg School of Acting in New York City. I basically, walked away from my career to follow a dream. For 3 years all I did was study acting.

It was wonderful and fulfilling but after graduation I went back to work and started to build my private New York City Clientele.  I am still based in NYC although after the inception of my skincare line I no longer had time to give treatments. 

 

How did you start your wellness journey?

My wellness journey started in part when I was 18 and became an aesthetician but in truth it really started when I was in NYC and unbeknownst to myself I had gotten infected with Lyme Disease.  It took quite a few years to be diagnosed. Healing Chronic Lyme became more than a full-time job. After years of frustrating doctor visits and being told that it was all in my mind, I decided to take my health into my own hands. I studied herbalism and did endless amounts of research non-stop. I finally started to see a shift in my health after preparing combinations of antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal and anti-inflammatory herbal remedies. It was at this point that I had a major AHA moment; which was ‘if I could heal my body internally, I can heal my skin externally’ why can’t I combine it with aromatherapy and create a beautiful face oil for problematic skin. That’s when my Therapeutic Balancing Treatment Oil was created. It was such a hit with my clients that it motivated me to develop my line.

Do you have any allergies. Food issues, gut, medical that have affected you?

I do my best to avoid dairy, wheat, processed sugar and meat. All of which cause inflammation along with other unwanted symptoms. Especially for myself as I have gone through so many years of struggling with my health that every little thing that I do has a big impact on my immune system. Lyme Disease affected all of my body including the neurotransmitters in my brain, so a lot of work needed to be done to reverse that.

Today, I have it under control but I still and do a quarterly liver and colon detox. I am also doing oil pulling on a daily basis and different kinds of enemas. I also sleep on an Earthing mat to ground myself and use products that are only of the highest frequencies, like the essential oils that I work with and use in my perfumes and products because they help with the nervous system, depression and anxiety. I definitely took this under consideration when I was developing my line to be affective to work with our body, mind, and spirit.

I also take on a daily basis a high dose of Vitamin D with K2, Liquid B12, Motherwort for the heart, Mushroom combination, Magnesium, Digestive Stimulator, Turmeric, Evening Primrose for Vitamin C, Probiotics and Maca Royal for hormone balance since I just turned 50 ☺.

Who are your Muses or sources of inspiration?

Usually my sources of inspirations come from people who are very spiritually minded and doing the work.

Our thoughts can manifest everything that we believe and feel and that really takes practice. So, the real work here is to get to a place that you are happy and grateful for what you have. That frequency will help you to manifest all that you dream of. To believe and understand how our mind and thoughts can affect every aspect of our lives from our moods to our health.  

There’s three main people who inspire me; Dr. Joe Dispenza, Eckhart Tolle, and Abraham Hicks. This is not an easy practice but I believe that is the real work. Where-ever you are at, that is what you are going to attract, that is the Law of attraction.

Consistent rituals or practices/services you use on a regular basis. 

I love Breathwork with Lauren Fox @strangemagickwellness & @frequencymind. Sound baths with Sara Auster @saraauster. I get massages on a regular basis. I receive energy healings from various energy workers from around the world. I take salt baths with magnesium and essential oils. I do gua-sha with my Vitality Face Treatment Oil (10 minutes a day). https://www.veredbotanicals.com/Vitality_Face_Treatment_Oil_p/f-vfto.htm, I do dry skin brushing for the lymphatic system and I practice Qi-going, a bit of yoga and daily rebounding on my trampoline. I also love taking long walks in Central Parks and taking pictures of flowers. It’s really one of my favorite things to do.Last but not least, I do enjoy a great glass of organic wine from https://www.dryfarmwines.com

Beauty items/Household/Self Care 

My absolute favorite product that I can’t live without is the Vitality Face Treatment Oil (formerly called The Anti-aging Treatment Oil). This oil smells like HEAVEN. It was the very first formula that I put together and used on my clients way before I had my line. It contains all of my most favorite essential oils in the world. It is with this oil that I used to massage my clients face with and I would send them home with a little bottle of the left-overs after each treatment. They were obsessed!

My second product depends on the time of the year, but during this stressful time about every two hours, I will apply my Divinite Perfume. https://www.veredbotanicals.com/Divinit_Scent_Eau_de_Parfum_p/p-dp.htm

It is such a sensual scent. I love to combine it with my other all-time favorite Signature Scent perfume. To me this the best form of ‘anti-anxiety medication.’ https://www.veredbotanicals.com/Signature_Scent_Eau_de_Parfum_p/p-ssp.htm

The third product is my Orange Sauvage Body Oil. It’s so warming, soothing, and comforting. It smells divinely sexy and leaves my skin super soft for the whole day. https://www.veredbotanicals.com/Orange_Sauvage_Luxury_Body_Oil_p/b-osbo.htm

 

Any advice you have learned on your journey to help others?

Always take second opinions if not a third. Always start with your diet first and clean it up. See what symptoms are left after that. I would recommend to give it at least 3 weeks to see results. Always remember that our body is one machine. For example if you have problem in your knee, it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a ‘knee’ problem. So if you clean up your diet it can reduce your inflammation and pain in your knee will disappear. Always remember that you have a second brain in your gut and that will affect every part of your body and brain. Educate yourself and research, research, research. You will be amazingly surprised by how much you can heal yourself only by cleaning your diet alone and using safe, non-toxic products for yourself and your home.