Leanne Hirsh
Make Up Artist /Founder/ Perfumer at Perfumera Curandera
I always start my day with…
cuddle with my kitty ANDROMEDA , light incense/ sitting in gratitude/ chanting and or listening to healing mantras even for a few minutes.
Where were you raised? Has the landscape of that place influenced your work in any way?
London, England
Yes I feel rooted in the history and the character of London, it is deeply nostalgic for me and I still love walking the different parts and discovering secret hidden spots and historical places where notable poets and artists once lived, it is full with history and magical eccentric nooks and crannies still to be explored.
What was the last thing you fell in love with?
Palo Azul ~
A delicious herbal tea from the bark of a small tree/shrub well renowned in herbal indigenous medicine of Mexico.
When brewed it glows with a luminescent blue light that is just magical.
It is known as kidney wood, helpful against kidney stones, acts as a diuretic that helps us detox without losing potassium. Alkalising, Anti inflammatory, helps balance blood sugar and digestion with no caffeine, rich in tannins, said to be 8x higher in polyphenols and antioxidants than Green tea. It tastes earthy and mineraly, like a Puerh black tea and is very refreshing.
We have 24 hours in your city… one recommendation.
The Self Realization Fellowship in Pacific Palisades, it’s one of the the most magic and tranquil sanctuaries in LA and the seat of Paramahansa Yogananda, some of Gandhi’s ashes are buried there too.
What do you love most about yourself?
How I can connect deeply with people, animals, children, trees and plants.
What did you do for your last birthday?
Went to the desert and soaked in the hotsprings
What book are you reading?
Science of the mind
by Ernest Holmes
The book details methods of meditation used for healing, improving mind and body, and reaching one's divine self.
Ernest Holmes's rational, lucid explanation of why our thoughts have power instructs us on how we can change their lives by changing our thinking.
If you could click your heels and be anywhere, where would it be?
Peru always or Bhutan (never been)
How do you recharge your creative battery?
Chi Gung helps me slow down and tune in to the energy of everything- I am trying to get back to a daily practice, also being in water and in nature or just in nature.
What’s on your Bucket List.
To tend bees, to start painting again.
To take a prolonged dieta in the Amazon jungle. This is when you go to diet with /sit with a specific master plant for healing and expanding consciousness for a month at a time, Traditionally it would be for a year at minimum to become initiated as a shaman. A prolonged trip to travel India to travel around first, then a month long retreat in an Ayurvedic hospital with Ayurvedic panchakarma and all the treatments.
All photos courtesy of Leanne Hirsch
