It didn’t start with a product. It started with a question. What am I actually putting on my skin every day?
And more importantly: why do I feel so little of it? I was just going through the motions. Like so many others. Applying skincare, carrying on, not really paying attention. Until I started to pause. To really feel, for the first time: how does my skin feel right now? What’s actually there? Dryness. Sensitivity. And suddenly there was something I hadn’t felt for a long time: contact.
I began to leave things out. To simplify. To return to what had always been there. Nature. Plants. Fragrance. Calm. A sense of ‘I am here’. And I realised: it’s not about doing more and more. But about feeling again. That’s how ACHALA came into being.
EDIBLE COSMETICS did not arise from the idea of improving something. But from the desire to reconnect. With the skin. With nature. With what we touch every day – often without really noticing it. Every product therefore begins not with a formula, but with a question:What do we take from nature – and what do we give back?
It is a quiet observation. An honest consideration. A reminder that everything is connected. This mindset has been with me for many years. Shaped by my time at SANU – the Swiss Training Centre for Nature and Environmental Conservation – I began to understand that every decision has an impact. When I moved to Greece in 1997, this understanding came to life. I began making my own skincare products – not as part of a plan, but out of a desire to act in harmony. The local flora opened a new door for me. Wild, powerful, primal. I learnt from herbalists, immersed myself in traditional knowledge, and began to realise that skincare is not something we ‘do’ – but something that emerges when we understand. Since my childhood, nature has been my home. But it was only here that it became my teacher. Today, the products embody precisely that:
Sustainable. Mindful. And as close to nature as possible. Not because it’s a goal. But because it feels right. PURE NATURE.
ACHALA natural products give you the opportunity to reconnect with nature. In 4-day on-site seminars, I offer a comprehensive programme of experiences:
TREAT YOURSELF TO A BREAK
Rest for your SOUL and a journey of discovery into Greek mountain medicinal HERBS. – “Herbalism and its healing powers, natural cosmetics, bees as our helpers, pure essences, gathering plants, making ointments, connecting with nature, listening to cicadas in a hammock, excursions into the wild mountains of Greece”
Here is the link to the seminars https://www.achala.org
Towards BEING through mindful awareness.
