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The Rainforest Herbal Apothecary: A Healer's Guide to Folk Rituals and Shamanic Remedies

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The Rainforest Herbal Apothecary
A Healer's Guide to Folk Rituals and Shamanic Remedies by Adriana Ayales, Rainforest Herbalist & Founder of Anima Mundi Herbals

Long before laboratories and prescriptions, there were curanderos — healers who listened to the forest, and the forest answered. For centuries this sacred lineage has passed hand to hand, generation to generation, carried in song, in ceremony, in the quiet knowing of those who never stopped listening to the land.

That lineage is alive. It is also disappearing — pressed to the edge by deforestation, cultural erasure, and a modern world that has forgotten how to ask the earth for help. The Rainforest Herbal Apothecary is both offering and rescue: a vessel built to carry ancestral knowledge forward, so it does not vanish with the forests that hold it.

Rainforest herbalist Adriana Ayales opens the door to curanderismo — the vibrant, living medicine tradition of Central and South America, where plants, fungi, and resins are not remedies but relatives. To the curandero, nothing stands apart: not body from spirit, not illness from imbalance, not humanity from the wild world that sustains it. Sickness begins as a whisper in the unseen long before it touches flesh — and true healing must answer that same call.

We’re so excited to finally share The Rainforest Herbal Apothecary with you—and to create ways for you to experience its teachings beyond the pages.

Alongside the book, we’ve created two special offerings inspired by the world Adriana shares within these pages. Each has been thoughtfully assembled around the plants, practices, and traditions at the heart of the book, offering a tangible way to connect with and carry these teachings into your own life.

Whether you’re drawn to the book on its own, want to begin with the Seed Offering Box, or feel called to go deeper with the Curandera Box, there is a way to meet this work that feels right for you.

Below, you’ll find three ways to enter this work: the book, the Seed Offering, and the Curandera Kit.

Published by Hay House

More About the Book

This is a return to what modern medicine has too often forgotten: that healing is not only chemical but energetic, not only individual but ancestral, not only treatment but relationship. Ayales bridges these worlds — honoring the rigor of contemporary understanding while restoring the ceremony, intuition, and reverence healers have always carried.

To preserve indigenous medicine is to preserve a way of seeing — one where the rainforest is not a resource, but a teacher. This book is for anyone ready to reclaim that ancient intimacy with plants, and to help carry these traditions forward before the knowledge, like the forests themselves, is lost for good.

Every pre-order supports the preservation of this sacred practice. Reserve your copy now at a discounted price ahead of the official launch on 9/22 — and explore the Early Bird bundles below, created to directly support the mission of protecting indigenous medicine for generations to come.M
Product Information

Please note:The Rainforest Herbal Apothecary is a paperback book. Images of the book bundles are for reference only; contents, packaging, and presentation may vary and are subject to change.

Due to seasonal availability and supplies from our wildcrafting partners, the herbs included in each bundle may vary. The bundle pictured may not be the exact bundle you receive, and contents are subject to change while maintaining the intention and integrity of the offering.

Product Note: Cacao variety may vary based on seasonal availability and supply. Your box will include either Heirloom Purple Cacao from Costa Rica’s southern Pacific zone or Ceremonial Cacao from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in northern Colombia.

The Rainforest Herbal Apothecary book by Adriana Ayales, featuring a beige cover with botanical illustrations and dark blue text, set against a warm beige background with soft leaf shadows.
A styled flat-lay of a &
A person holding an open book with printed text, photographed from above on a rustic wooden table surrounded by glass jars of dried herbs and botanical items.
An open gift box containing a book titled "The Painforest Herbal Apothecary" by Adriana Ayales, surrounded by herbal remedies including dried flowers, cards, and a brass dish on a rustic wooden surface.
A styled tabletop arrangement featuring an open book with printed text, a sage smudge bundle, several glass jars containing dried herbs or spices, a small smoky incense holder, tarot cards, a wooden mushroom-shaped object, and a crystal cluster on a wooden surface.
The Painforest Herbal Apothecary book by Adriana Jales lies on a wooden table surrounded by herbalist props including glass jars of dried herbs, a wooden mushroom-shaped tool, a sage bundle, a bowl of red botanicals, tarot cards, and crystal points.
The Rainforest Herbal Apothecary book by Adriana Ayales, featuring a beige cover with botanical illustrations and dark blue text, styled on a textured beige linen fabric with dried flowers.
A styled flat-lay of a book titled &
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Additional Tools to Deepen your Practice

  • The teachings in this book are not meant to live only on the page, or the book. They are meant to be experienced, practiced, and carried forward. To help you deepen your relationship with this wisdom, we’ve created two special offerings to meet you where you are — each bringing you special gifts from collaborators we adore in Mexico and Costa Rica.

    These special offerings will only be available through the pre-order period, September 22nd!

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THE SEED OFFERING BOX

First 50 · Limited Edition

A physical extension of the book’s teachings — created to mark the beginning of your relationship with the knowledge held within these pages.

Alongside the book, you’ll receive:

  • First Printed Copy of the Rainforest Herbal Apothecary Book
  • Wild + Organic Flower & Herb Smoke Bundle — a botanical offering for preparing your space

The Seed Offering is an invitation to begin: to open the book, create space for its teachings, and receive what the lineage has to offer.

A curated apothecary gift box set on a rustic dark wood background, featuring 'The Rainforest Herbal Apothecary' book by Adriana Ayales, copal sticks, blue taper candles, and a dried flower bundle.

THE CURANDERA BOX

First 50 · Limited Edition

Bringing together plant medicines and ceremonial objects connected to some of the traditions, landscapes, and teachings carried throughout the book. You’ll receive:

  • First Printed Copy of the Rainforest Herbal Apothecary Book
  • Ceremonial Copal — handmade by a Mexican co-op and traditionally used to purify and prepare sacred space
  • Heirloom Purple Cacao — from a small-harvest cacao from Costa Rica’s southern Pacific zone OR Ceremonial Cacao — from a rare heirloom cacao from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in northern Colombia
  • Wild + Organic Limpia Bundle — a botanical offering for preparing your space
  • Intuition Candle — beeswax + coconut, created to accompany contemplative and ceremonial practice

The Curandera Box is a fuller immersion into the world of the book — a collection of offerings gathered to help carry its teachings beyond the page and into relationship with the plants, practices, and lineage they come from.

Promotional graphic for 'The Curandera's Apothecary' 5-week live course, featuring a central illustration of a woman in a white robe surrounded by botanical elements and a circular arrangement of herbs and cards, framed by lush green leaves and flowers on a dark green background.Promotional graphic for 'The Curandera's Apothecary' live course, featuring a woman in a white robe conducting a ritual with a chalice and herbs, surrounded by lush botanical illustrations and a sacred geometry diagram on the floor. Text highlights the 5-week live course starting Sept.

CURANDERA'S APOTHECARY - A Five Week Master Course with Adriana

Dive deep into the medicines of the rainforest in this masterclass with Adriana. Learn about herbs, rituals and cosmologies from many Indigenous traditions throughout Central and South America.

Learn More About the Course
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A LIFE IN SERVICE TO PLANT MEDICINE

ADRIANA’S STORY

Born and raised in Costa Rica, Adriana entered the world of traditional healing at just 15 years old, when her grandmother and the curanderas she worked alongside welcomed her into their teachings. Since then, she has devoted her life to keeping these living traditions, plants, and medicines alive.

FROM THE RAINFOREST, WITH CARE

THE LINEAGE

The book and offerings draw from a rich lineage of plant knowledge across Central and South America — from Costa Rica to southern Mexico and beyond. Each tradition carries its own plants, practices, and relationship with the land. Together, they remind us that plant medicine is not simply something to study, but something to approach with respect and reciprocity.
A woman in a white dress sits on stone steps in a lush green forest, holding a small object near her face as smoke rises. Dense foliage, mossy rocks, and natural light filtering through the trees surround the scene.A woman in a white dress sits on stone steps in a lush green forest, holding a small object near her face as smoke rises. Dense foliage, mossy rocks, and natural light filtering through the trees surround the scene.
A top-down view of a decorated floor arrangement with a central clay pot filled with dried flowers, surrounded by blue flowers, green leaves, orange powder, and several brown cacao pods. A tattooed arm reaches toward the center pot.A top-down view of a decorated floor arrangement with a central clay pot filled with dried flowers, surrounded by blue flowers, green leaves, orange powder, and several brown cacao pods. A tattooed arm reaches toward the center pot.

FAQs

WHEN WILL I RECEIVE MY PREORDERED BOOK?

The books will be fresh off the press on September 22. We anticipate all preorder book and box orders will ship between September 29–October 6. You’ll receive tracking information once your order ships.
WILL THE BOOK BE AVAILABLE AFTER THE PREORDER?

Yes! The book will continue to be available after September 22 on our website and other retailers. The preorder price is available through September 22, after which the book price will increase to $19.99.
WHAT ARE THE SEED OFFERING AND CURANDERA BOX?

Alongside the book, we’ve created two special limited-edition offerings inspired by the plants, practices, and traditions shared throughout its pages. Each offers a tangible way to connect with and carry these teachings beyond the book.
HOW DO PREORDERS SUPPORT THE BOOK’S SUCCESS?

Every preorder helps build momentum for the book’s launch and supports Adriana’s continued work to preserve and share Indigenous plant knowledge. Preorder your copy through September 22 to receive the special preorder price and explore the limited-edition offerings created to accompany the book.
WHAT FORMATS IS THE BOOK AVAILABLE IN?

The Rainforest Herbal Apothecary is available in print, Kindle, and audiobook formats.

Print Book

Kindle

Audiobook
IS THE BOOK AVAILABLE OUTSIDE THE US?

List of countries we ship to:

Aruba, Australia*, Bahamas, Bosnia & Herzegovina, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria, Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, Croatia, Curacao, Cyprus, Denmark*, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland*, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao SAR, Maldives, Martinique, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands*, New Zealand*, North Macedonia, Norway*, Panama, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, Sint Maarten, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, St. Barthelemy, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Pierre & Miquelon, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Sweden*, Switzerland*, Taiwan, Thailand, Turks & Caicos Islands, Ukraine, UK, USA, US Outlying Islands, Vatican City

*Non-herbal products only: Australia, Denmark, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland

THE HIGHEST STANDARDS

We follow the highest manufacturing standards with passion! 

Anima Mundi is a family owned and operated business. Our superfoods are made in an FDA registered and cGMP certified facility, made in the U.S. with certified organic herbs and wild harvested plants in a vegan and gluten free kitchen. Our products contain zero fillers, binders or flow agents. They are lab tested for purity and efficiency.