Certified wellness coach, retreat leader, ECYT-800 certified yoga teacher, colon hydrotherapist, health and wellness coach, and licensed massage therapist LMT-700, Empress Thandi is the founder of Wise Wellness – Yoga Centre and Health Food Store in St. Elizabeth, Treasure Beach, Jamaica. There, she shares a holistic lifestyle approach while also making time to co-host wellness and yoga retreats. Her work has earned international recognition, including features in Vogue Brazil in 2019 and Condé Nast Traveler in May 2021.
Raised in Jamaica, she learned from her grandmother in White Horses, St. Thomas, where she was first introduced to ancestral wisdom and herbology. Her grandmother and father were both known in the community as “Bush Doctors.”
After living and studying in the U.S., Empress Thandi returned to her home in Jamaica to share her passion for ancestral wisdom and organic farming, with the goal of contributing to wellness tourism both locally and worldwide. Her return to St. Elizabeth also connects her to her mother, Queen Ma Diddi, a full-blooded Maroon who continues to farm with organic practices that honor the land.
Her mission is to help all beings awaken their natural, innate wisdom to support healing and balance of the mind, body, and spirit through ancestral wisdom and natural modalities.