The Story
Salanya is a Los Angeles-based model, wellness practitioner, and business owner. She currently runs Jai Tea Loft: a late-night tea room where patrons can enjoy music, healing, and purposefully non-alcoholic company.
Born in Bangkok, Salanya lived there until age 4. She remembers "making concoctions with soil, grass, rocks, and whatever else I could find in our backyard." Her father took her and her siblings fishing at Seal Beach as she got older.
Salanya first came to the land in 2023 with her best friend Miranda. They were looking for a place to go camping and discovered the Starry Night Skoolie rental on Hipcamp. "We are so grateful the stars brought us to this land."
"When I close my eyes and imagine the earth, sky, sunlight, plants, animals, and all that is a part of nature, including ourselves, I am filled with wonder and awe. Being in a space of earthly nature feels a lot like home."
"To witness nature is to witness divinity."
"I believe that projects like For Every Star, A Tree & Jai are part of the mosaic of many projects rooted in love and resistance."
Special Skills
- Breathwork practitioner
- Herbalism connoisseur
- Natural steward of the Earth
Contributions
- Added sticks to the waddle fence to help birds find rest in the Food Forest
- Helped move wood chips and mulch to the Food Forest
- Left beautiful illustrations still framed on the Skoolie
bEarth Day - Butterfly Garden
Birthday celebration fundraiser for a new butterfly sanctuary
Dreams & Vision
Salanya's vision is to bring Jai Tea Loft's community to the land. She imagines a gathering with a tea tent, meditation corner, and space for performers. "The dream is still rendering. But it's there."
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