Downward Dog Wellness Victoria

01/15/2026

So excited for the Self Love Yoga Retreat 🌹💕 and blown away that yall have already sold it halfway out! We have 6 spots left! Esmeralda Salinas and I cannot wait to welcome everyone and share this special space!

More info below if you’ve missed it:

Self Love Yoga Retreat 🌹💕

We have 6 spots left! They are going fast!

Saturday, February 28 | 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Join us for a sacred, heart-centered day designed to help you slow down, soften, and reconnect with yourself in a deeply nourishing setting by the water.

This intimate self-love retreat is a blend of gentle, trauma-conscious yoga, sacred ceremony, and soulful connection — created for women who are ready to rest, release, and return to themselves.

You’ll be held in a beautiful, peaceful space where you can step out of the noise of daily life and into something slower, softer, and more intentional.

✨ What’s Included

Your retreat experience includes:

Trauma-conscious, heart-opening yoga
Sound healing & vibrational relaxation
A ceremonial cacao experience
Guided embodiment & self-love practices
Sacred circle & intentional connection
Catered light lunch
Time to reflect, journal, and integrate
This retreat is intentionally limited to 12 women to preserve intimacy, safety, and depth of experience.

🌙 Optional Overnight Mini-Retreat

Want to make it extra special? You can extend your experience with an overnight stay at the Peaceful Pelican and enjoy deeper rest, reflection, and connection.

Overnight guests receive:

A shared or private room at the retreat venue
Evening wind-down time after the retreat
A peaceful night in nature
Morning coffee/tea and gentle integration
Gourmet breakfast

💌 Pricing Options

Choose the experience that feels right for you:

🌿 Full-Day Retreat (no overnight)
$222
Includes the full retreat day, all sessions, and catered meal.

🌙 VIP Shared Room Mini-Retreat
$333
Includes the full retreat + overnight stay in a shared room + gourmet breakfast

✨ VIP Private Room Mini-Retreat
$455
Includes the full retreat + private room for a fully immersive, luxurious experience.

01/14/2026

I currently have Rooted Abundance, Deep Sueño, and Dulce Amor available for pick up or shipping. Let me know what ya need. 🥰

01/14/2026

Self Love Yoga Retreat 🌹💕

We have 6 spots left! They are going fast!

Saturday, February 28 | 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Join us for a sacred, heart-centered day designed to help you slow down, soften, and reconnect with yourself in a deeply nourishing setting by the water.

This intimate self-love retreat is a blend of gentle, trauma-conscious yoga, sacred ceremony, and soulful connection — created for women who are ready to rest, release, and return to themselves.

You’ll be held in a beautiful, peaceful space where you can step out of the noise of daily life and into something slower, softer, and more intentional.

✨ What’s Included

Your retreat experience includes:

Trauma-conscious, heart-opening yoga
Sound healing & vibrational relaxation
A ceremonial cacao experience
Guided embodiment & self-love practices
Sacred circle & intentional connection
Catered light lunch
Time to reflect, journal, and integrate
This retreat is intentionally limited to 12 women to preserve intimacy, safety, and depth of experience.

🌙 Optional Overnight Mini-Retreat

Want to make it extra special? You can extend your experience with an overnight stay at the Peaceful Pelican and enjoy deeper rest, reflection, and connection.

Overnight guests receive:

A shared or private room at the retreat venue
Evening wind-down time after the retreat
A peaceful night in nature
Morning coffee/tea and gentle integration
Gourmet breakfast

💌 Pricing Options

Choose the experience that feels right for you:

🌿 Full-Day Retreat (no overnight)
$222
Includes the full retreat day, all sessions, and catered meal.

🌙 VIP Shared Room Mini-Retreat
$333
Includes the full retreat + overnight stay in a shared room + gourmet breakfast

✨ VIP Private Room Mini-Retreat
$455
Includes the full retreat + private room for a fully immersive, luxurious experience.

01/14/2026

Hiii! Late night PSA inspired by my little mama who shared she slathered on Deep Sueño this morning and slept all day. 🤣🤣 which was fine because she needs rest 😴

🕯️Reminder to those who have items from the Rooted Rituals Collection. These are ritual/intention oils starting from their creation! The bottles themselves are cleansed with copal and prayed over surrounded by my candles and altar offerings. The intentions and blessings are whispered into each herb and oil that the bottle contains. If you have any of the oils, you have also gotten the card with the intention prayed over each oil and that you can recite when applying. They are your reminder to slow down and be present in your body. To make choices and move with intention. You can absolutely wear them ALL at one time if that’s what works for you. I apply them all at night at different energy points and with different intentions, affirmations and prayers. This is just a reminder that all the ingredients are intentional for what the bottle states. Soooo Deep Sueño does contain ingredients that elicit a slower nervous system and sleepiness. 🥱 be mindful of that when you use it. I know they all smell soooo good and sometimes you can’t help yourself ☺️

If you’re interested in your own, check out the 🔗 in bio

01/13/2026

Hi, my loves! I’m excited to announce that my oils and coloring books will be making it to their first market. And there’s no better place to start than with my besties Here’s The Scoop at the Love Bites Market on 2/7.

You know I had to do something special, so….

🩸 𝕴𝖓𝖙𝖗𝖔𝖉𝖚𝖈𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕷𝖔𝖛𝖊 𝕭𝖎𝖙𝖊𝖘 🩸
A limited edition ritual oil for February inspired by gothic romance, self love, and magnetic desire.

Love Bites was created for moments when you want to feel more alive in your body, more connected to your sensuality, and more confident in your own allure. This blend is bolder and spicier than Dulce Amor. Think romantic vampire energy rather than soft pastel hearts.

At the heart of Love Bites is damiana, a powerful aphrodisiac herb that has been used for centuries in Mexican and Central American herbal traditions to support desire, emotional warmth, and nervous system relaxation around intimacy. Damiana does not create urgency or obsession. It helps you feel present in your body, open to pleasure, and receptive to connection. When you feel safe and embodied, attraction flows naturally.

This blend also includes rose, hawthorn, jasmine, lemon balm, and sensual oils like geranium, vanilla, frankincense, and black pepper. All work together to support confidence, magnetism, and heart centered desire.

Love Bites will be available in 1 oz bottles for $20 and will be debuting at the Love Bites goth Valentine’s market. Quantities are limited and this is a small batch release.

Whether you are calling in romantic love, deepening self love, or simply wanting to feel more radiant and embodied, Love Bites is here to support you. 🩸💋

01/13/2026

ETA: messages are out and we have 9 spots left!

First look 👀 messages are going out this evening! Be sure to DM or comment if you’d like to receive one before the event reservations go live!

Esmeralda Salinas and Downward Dog Wellness Victoria are teaming up for something extra special!! 🕯️🧿🪞

SAVE THE DATE 🤍 | February 28

We’re hosting a full-day self-love yoga retreat in nature at the Peaceful Pelican Bed & Breakfast in Palacios, TX.

✨ 11am–7pm
✨ Yoga, sound bowls, cacao, embodiment
✨ Catered light lunch
✨ Small, intimate group
✨ Optional overnight stay to turn it into a mini-retreat

This day is for women craving rest, reconnection, and a softer way of being — especially during the month of love.

More details coming soon.
DM us or comment 🤍 to be personally notified when registration opens!

01/13/2026

Esmeralda Salinas and Downward Dog Wellness Victoria are teaming up for something extra special!! 🕯️🧿🪞

SAVE THE DATE 🤍 | February 28

We’re hosting a full-day self-love yoga retreat in nature at the Peaceful Pelican Bed & Breakfast in Palacios, TX.

✨ 11am–7pm
✨ Yoga, sound bowls, cacao, embodiment
✨ Catered light lunch
✨ Small, intimate group
✨ Optional overnight stay to turn it into a mini-retreat

This day is for women craving rest, reconnection, and a softer way of being — especially during the month of love.

More details coming soon.
DM us or comment 🤍 to be personally notified when registration opens!

01/12/2026

01/12/2026

My nightly ritual before sleep 🌙

Before I crawl into bed, I take a few quiet minutes to tend to my nervous system, my heart, and my spirit.

I start with Deep Sueño on my temples, the back of my neck, and the soles of my feet — gently supporting my vagus nerve and inviting in peaceful, protective dreams. I call in only guides who have my highest good in mind and let the blue lotus do what it does best: soften the edges of the day and open the dream space.

Next is Rooted Abundance on the tops of my feet and my hands, setting the intention that every step I take and every decision I make is supported by stability, safety, and enoughness.

Then Dulce Amor goes on my heart space and throat chakra — to remind myself to speak kindly to myself and to my husband, and to keep choosing love, even in the small everyday moments.

And finally, Alegría y Milagros on my abdomen, arms, and legs as I whisper prayers for healing over my body and gratitude for everything it carried me through today.

After the oils, I move a little.
A few gentle windshield wipers to let my hips release what they’ve been holding.
Then I settle into the floor, feeling the weight of my body connect to the earth — grounded, held, safe.

No rushing. No fixing. Just coming home to myself before sleep. 🌿

What’s one thing you always do as part of your bedtime routine? ✨

01/11/2026

✨ An exciting day & a sacred beginning ✨

Hiiii! Loooong, hearfelt, and personal post incoming…

Many people have heard me say, “I want to be a curandera when I grow up.” I often said it half-jokingly, unsure how it would be received. But the truth is, the seeds for this path were planted in me a very long time ago. I just didn’t know how to answer the call yet.

Like many healers, I first found my way into more socially “acceptable” helping professions. I became a therapist. I became a yoga teacher. I held space through talk therapy, movement, nervous-system work, and trauma-informed care. And yet, the more I learned, the more I recognized something familiar underneath it all. The way my ancestors approached healing through the body, the spirit, the plants, platicas, sound, movement and community.

About two years ago, when my autoimmune illness became more prominent, everything changed. My body forced me to slow down. To listen. To re-evaluate how I worked, how I rested, and how I healed. And in that slowing, this ancestral path became clearer. It also brought me closer to my mom. The more I share what I’m learning, the more she remembers the practices her mother and grandmother used. Things that were always there, just waiting to be named. We have always done egg limpias in our family, but I’m learning there was so much more.

If you know me, you know that for a long time I had complicated feelings about my mom’s mom — my grandmother Timotea, my namesake. So much so that when I got married, I removed her name as my middle name. But as I’ve leaned into this calling, I’ve learned more about her, her trauma, her strength, and why things were the way they were. Through my own shadow work and ancestral healing, I’ve found myself slowly reconnecting — honoring her, and the women who came before her, in ways I never thought I would.

Today feels especially sacred because I’m beginning my first class with Erika Buenaflor, whose books have been foundational in my studies. We’ll be learning about fire limpias, and it feels like a beautiful first step into something I’ve been preparing for my whole life.

This is just the beginning.
On January 20th, I’ll begin formal studies in Curanderismo through the University of New Mexico.
In April, I’ll start a mentorship with Erika.
And one day, I hope to travel to Oaxaca to learn alongside others walking this path.

During my recent month off, I felt called to work with plant medicine, ritual, and the nervous system which led to the creation of my oils and healing blends. What started as something deeply personal has become a way to introduce this journey to my community, and I’ve been so deeply appreciative of how lovingly it has been received. These offerings are helping fund my continued learning, and I’m so grateful to everyone who has supported me so far.

This path feels like the natural weaving together of everything I’ve done (therapy, yoga, trauma-informed care, ancestral remembrance, pláticas, and plant medicine) into something that feels both ancient and deeply true for me.

Thank you for witnessing me in this.
I can’t wait to see where it leads.

With love,
Ellen Timotea Vallejo Smith 🕯️✨