Downward Dog Wellness Victoria

02/06/2026

Tomorrow ✨🖤🩸

I’ll be at the Love Bites Market with my handcrafted ritual oils, self-love goodies, and lots of heart.

If you’ve been wanting to smell, feel, and experience the oils in person, this is your sign. 🌹

I’ll have the Ground, Glow & Rest bundle and some limited favorites.

Come say hi. I’d love to see you!

02/06/2026

TOMORROW 🧛🏽‍♀️🩸

02/06/2026

🕯️🪶Lately, I have been feeling a deep calling to reconnect with my lineage and ancestral roots.

After looking more closely at my ancestry, I learned that I carry Indigenous Mexican, Iberian, Sephardic Jewish, African, and Mediterranean lineages. Lineages shaped by migration, colonization, survival, resilience, prayer, healing, and quiet strength.

And suddenly, so much of what I am drawn to makes sense.

The herbal work.
The baños.
The oils.
The prayer.
The body-based healing.
The altar work.
The desire to create safe spaces.
The pull toward ancestral and folk practices.

These are not trends for me.
They are memories returning.

In times like this, especially in the current climate here in the US, many of us in marginalized communities may feel this subtle or strong calling to return to our roots. To remember who we are. To reconnect with what sustained our ancestors when systems were not built for them.

This is how they survived.
Through faith.
Through community.
Through intuition.
Through medicine carried in their hands and hearts.

I am learning that this path is not about going backward.
It is about remembering forward.

Honoring where I come from.
Listening to what my body and spirit already know.
And offering that wisdom in ways that feel safe, grounded, and accessible.

If you are feeling called to explore your roots, your rituals, your intuition, your healing traditions, you are not alone.

And that matters.

With love and gratitude,
Ellen Timotea 🌿🦋

02/05/2026

Another local biz shout out to Herb ‘n’ Café

Lately, I’ve been really leaning into the idea of food as medicine and learning how what I nourish myself with can support my body through flares, inflammation, and healing.

One of my new favorite local spots for this is Herb ’n’ Cafe. Sarah, the owner, is so knowledgeable and genuinely helpful when it comes to finding anti-inflammatory options or meals that fit your specific dietary needs. Whether you’re managing chronic illness, gut health, or just trying to feel better in your body, she truly listens and guides you with care.

This butterfly pea flower tea was not only beautiful, but packed with antioxidants and calming benefits. A little reminder that healing doesn’t always have to be complicated. Sometimes it looks like choosing something supportive, colorful, and intentional.

I’m still learning. Still experimenting. Still honoring my body as it changes. But being more mindful about what I put in my body has become an important part of my self-care and spiritual practice.

Grateful for spaces like this that support wellness from the inside out. 💜🌿✨

02/05/2026

Some days my body reminds me that healing isn’t linear.

Between flares, pain, fatigue, and my skin acting up, it’s been clear lately that things are a little out of whack. So today looked like honoring that instead of pushing through it.

I started the morning by making space for a spiritual baño with lavender, chamomile, cascarilla, and Florida Water. A moment to cleanse, reset, and reconnect with myself before the day even began. Water as medicine. Intention as care. ✨🚿

Getting an ImmunoGlow IV at Bougie & Beautified and so grateful to Yvette and Elizabeth for getting me in today and taking such good care of me. Thank you for always holding space for healing in every form. 💉💛

I’m over here learning about Mexican folk healing while receiving allopathic support. Ancestral wisdom in one hand, modern medicine in the other. Both matter. Both are part of my journey.

This is what self-care looks like for me as a chronically ill therapist and healer. Listening to my body. Resting when I need to. Choosing support without guilt.

If you’re navigating your own health journey, you’re not weak for needing help. You’re wise for honoring yourself. 🌿

02/04/2026

✨ A Metamorphosis Is Coming ✨
Downward Dog Wellness is evolving into The Embodied Mariposa 🦋
Spring 2026

02/04/2026

02/04/2026

We readyyyyyy!!! That’s how she’ll probably be looking at me too 🤣🏈💃🏽

02/04/2026

We’re doing the work too 🥰

While we were taking photos for this retreat, something very real came up.

We found ourselves doing what so many of us do. Checking angles. Joking about “sucking it in.” Wondering how our bodies looked on camera. Asking the quiet questions that sneak in so easily. Do I look okay? Is this angle flattering? Is my body too much?

And then we stopped.

Because this moment is the work.

Self love is not about never having insecurities. It is about noticing when they arise, pausing, and choosing something kinder. It is about catching ourselves in those moments and remembering what actually matters.

We laughed. We softened. We let go of trying to control how we looked. And the photos that came from that moment, the candid ones, the ones where we are genuinely smiling, ended up being the most honest and beautiful of all.

We are not gurus. We do not have it all figured out. We are real women living real lives, still learning how to meet ourselves with compassion, especially when old patterns show up.

And that is exactly the kind of space we are creating with this retreat.

A space where you do not have to perform.
Where your body does not have to look a certain way.
Where self love is not just a concept, but a practice you get to return to again and again.

If this resonates, you are not alone 🤍
And if you are joining us, know that we are walking this path right alongside you.

✨ February 28 | Palacios, TX
🌊 Self Love Yoga Retreat 🌹💕

02/03/2026

💌 This Saturday 2/7 you can find me at the Here’s the Scoop Love Bites Market 💌

I’ll be there with Downward Dog Wellness, sharing my handcrafted ritual oils made with intention, care, and nervous system support in mind.

This market will feature two in-person exclusives:

🍓 Love Bites Oil
A bold, sensual blend created to support attraction, confidence, and embodied magnetism. She’s sultry, playful, and only available at this market.

🌙 Ground, Glow, & Rest Bundle
An exclusive bundle curated just for Love Bites that includes
• Rooted Abundance for grounding and stability
• Aura Dorada for confidence and radiance
• Deep Sueño for rest and nervous system support
Bundled for $85 and includes a free Self Love Club sticker ($99 value)

A little about me
I’m Ellen, a licensed therapist and trauma conscious yoga teacher, and the owner of Downward Dog Wellness. My work blends mental health, somatic practices, and ritual to support healing that feels gentle, grounded, and sustainable. These oils are an extension of that work and are created to support real humans living real lives.

If you love self love rituals, nervous system care, and a little magic woven into your day, come say hi. I’d love to meet you and help you find what you’re drawn to.