Ancient Wisdom, for Modern Wellness
We offer self-love workshops, lectures, spiritual retreats and handcrafted rituals for women everywhere. We travel anywhere.
Welcome to Ancestor Alley: Where Heritage Meets Healing
Honor your roots. Nourish your soul. Embrace ancestral wisdom for modern self-care.
Ancestor Alley, LLC is more than a shop. It is a sacred space and a bridge between ancestral wisdom and modern wellness. We are dedicated to supporting the spiritual, emotional and physical well-being of ALL within our community, with an emphasis on Black, Indigenous and Women of Color, through culturally rooted self-care, holistic products, spiritual tools and transformative communal experiences.
We believe self-care is a powerful act of self-love, remembrance and restoration. Our carefully curated offerings, including traditional herbs, gemstones, spiritual tools, holistic hair and skin care and other wellness products, are designed to help you reconnect with yourself, honor your heritage, nourish your body and elevate your spiritual intentions and practices.
At Ancestor Alley, we also recognize that healing happens in community. Through immersive workshops, lectures, healing experiences and retreats, we create opportunities to reconnect with Cultural Spirituality, explore ancestral traditions, deepen personal wellness practices and celebrate the Divine Within.
You have found your village. Step into the Alley. Honor the wisdom that came before you. Nourish the person you are today. And return home to yourself.
Rituals for Every Season
Workshops, Retreats & Rites of Passage
Come learn, reflect, restore and reconnect, wherever you are. We travel anywhere.
Life & Spiritual Coaching
One-on-one guidance from intention to intentional living.
Healing Sessions
Sacred space to reconnect, restore and rise.
Wellness Consultations
Healthier choices for mind, body and spirit.
The Greatest Love Is Love For Self.
The Women Behind the Alley
MaShiAat Oloya Tyehimba, GQM
Co-Founder · Grand Queen Mother · Spiritual Consultant
NHP • AWP • LE • MH/CI • CNM • CD. A Naturopathic Holistic Practitioner, Master Herbalist, Licensed Esthetician, Certified Iridologist, Midwife and Doula, Grand Queen Mother Oloya brings together holistic wellness, Indigenous wisdom and personal development through lectures, workshops, rites of passage and community programs. She leads circles that help women reconnect to inner wisdom, build lasting rituals and lead with compassion, encouraging healing, unity and collective well-being.
AhMaRani LaRae M. Martin
Co-Founder · Educator · Holistic Wellness Practitioner
Known as Queen AhMaRani, she is a dedicated educator, community advocate, holistic wellness practitioner and passionate champion for women, particularly women of color. A Syracuse native with a Master of Education from Le Moyne College, she served more than a decade with the Le Moyne Upward Bound Program and 11 years with the Fayetteville-Manlius A Better Chance Program, and founded the Martin-Simmons Family Scholarship. Trained in herbology, pastoral consulting, doula support and alternative healing, she creates Rites of Passage experiences for women and children. Her legacy is one of service. Her passion is empowerment.
The Online Sister Circle
Welcome to our sacred circle of sisterhood, where ancestral wisdom, sacred sisterhood and modern self-care embrace. Join monthly gatherings and rituals, seasonal wisdom, member newsletters, special member savings and early access to new offerings.
$25 a month or $250 a year. All fees are non-refundable.
