10 Days in Relationship With Passionflower
September 21–30, 2026
A home plant journey guided from your own home
Facilitated by Florencia Fridman
& Angeline Montoya
For these 10 days, we enter into a relationship with Passiflora Incarnata, Passionflower, a gentle yet powerful plant associated with calming the nervous system, supporting rest, and easing states of mental and emotional agitation.
As we approach the Autumn Equinox, we enter a threshold of balance, a moment when day and night meet, and nature begins its movement inward. During these important cycles, it is important to work with the local plants that have the deep connection with the earth so they can guide us in understanding the natural rhythms of the Earth and our internal essence. A lot of times suffering comes from resisting the changes and movements happening within and outside of us.
Passionflower has been used as a nervine and sedative plant, specfically for moderate stress and insomnia. We will explore the plant not only through its physical properties, but through the deeper practice of developing a relationship with a plant ally.
The Autumn Equinox marks a transition.
Nature begins turning inward. The days become shorter, the light begins to diminish, and the landscape teaches us about the beauty of slowing down, releasing and returning to ourselves.
Passionflower is a beautiful ally for this threshold because its traditional uses center around rest, calm and easing mental stress.
The invitation of this immersion is therefore not to force transformation but to soften into it and allow the season to teach you. To create enough stillness to hear what has been quietly asking for your attention.
During these 10 days, you will work with Passionflower in three forms:
Tea
A daily ritual of preparing and drinking Passionflower tea with presence and intention.
The tea becomes an opportunity to slow down, breathe, connect with the plant and consciously enter your dieta space.
Tincture
The tincture will become another way of developing relationship with the plant throughout the dieta, following the individualized instructions provided for the program and the product.
Plant Bath
We will work with Passionflower through a sacred plant bath — creating a ritual of cleansing, softening and releasing.
DAILY GUIDANCE
You will receive daily material throughout the 10 days, including:
Teachings about Passionflower and its traditional uses
Creating your sacred space
Daily practices and rituals
Guided meditations
Plant connection practices
An icaro to work with throughout your meditations
Journaling and reflection prompts
Instructions for the plant bath
Practices for evening integration
Your Journey Kit
Every participant receives a Passionflower kit containing:
Bulk Passionflower herb — for tea
Passionflower flowers — for plant connection and ritual
2 oz Passionflower tincture
Everything you need to build your relationship with the plant throughout the 10 days.
How We Will Work With The Plant
You feel like your mind has been running in circles.
You are craving more inner quiet.
You are moving through a period of transition.
You want to reconnect with your body and intuition.
You are feeling called to slow down.
You want to explore a plant relationship in a supported container.
You feel that something is ready to be released as you enter a new season.
This Journey Is For You If..
Meet Your Guides
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Florencia Fridman
Florencia Fridman is a self-empowerment artist working globally with heart opening therapies involving Ceremonial Grade Cacao, yoga, sound journeys, and breath as instruments for transformation. Florencia is passionate about supporting the voices of indigenous nations, wisdom keepers, and guardians of the sacred lands. She works with the Mayan tradition from Guatemala and the the Sapara Nation of Ecuador.
She shares her passion for Theobroma Cacao through education and ceremony globally. Florencia has opened for Deepak Chopra, has facilitated ceremonies for the corporate world at Spotify, and has been a guest to teach at NYU.
Florencia is the co-Founder of Cacao Laboratory, a Ceremonial Cacao brand aiming to bring awareness of a regenerative world through the voice of Cacao. She is also the founder of Florecer Community, bridging modern and ancient wisdom to create a more beautiful world our hearts know is possible.
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Angeline Montoya Powell
Angeline Montoya Powell is a community herbalist, cacao facilitator and lifelong student of plants and relationship. A mother to two boys, she has spent the last 16 years studying natural medicine, natural parenting, homeschooling, and holistic practices, weaving these teachings into her life and work.
Her work is rooted in the belief that we are not separate from the natural world or from one another. When we slow down enough to listen, we can remember our connection to the plants that nourish us, the land and ancestors that hold us, to our communities and to ourselves.
Through herbalism, cacao, yoga, breathwork and gatherings, Angeline invites people to slow down, reconnect, and remember their relationship to themselves and the living world. She creates supportive and empowering spaces for learning, reflection, connection and growth.
Angeline grows an herbal garden on a small island in South Carolina and is the founder of Casera Botanicals, a local and seasonal tea company.
She offers gratitude to the ancestors, the indigenous communities and to the ancient wisdom that continue to guide her.
We hope you will join us!
We'll meet you in the sacred space where your authentic self awaits. Please reach out with any questions to hello@flourishingonesness.com