{"id":47409,"date":"2025-06-19T21:19:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T21:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sayabayurveda.com\/?page_id=47409"},"modified":"2025-06-19T21:25:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T21:25:37","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sayabayurveda.com\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"47409\" class=\"elementor elementor-47409\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-12207a8 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-items-stretch elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"12207a8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-640b5aa\" data-id=\"640b5aa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-539ae03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"539ae03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">MARIPAZ OJEDA<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53ce4c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"53ce4c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founder of Sayab Ayurveda<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Educator and Ayurvedic Therapist specializing in Panchakarma.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b9b39e\" data-id=\"2b9b39e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8f6a5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e8f6a5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/sayabayurveda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/43a4186c-08e1-42eb-8956-8c4d4fa9b6e0-1024x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-47400\" alt=\"\" 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a83f976 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"a83f976\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e3d4307\" data-id=\"e3d4307\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6309ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f6309ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maripaz&#039;s relationship with natural medicine has grown through various paths, connecting her with ancestral Mexican medicines, guiding temazcales, and accompanying women in childbirth preparation, rites of passage, and ceremonies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her connection with rituals, medicinal plants and the practice of Yoga was the bridge that brought her closer to the world of Ayurveda.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She was the Retreat Manager for Purusha Ayurveda in Malinalco, Mexico, while training as a Panchakarma Therapist, beginning her exciting journey here, cultivating wisdom for living with purpose, well-being, and peace. She currently directs Sayab Ayurveda and resides in M\u00e9rida, where she passionately dedicates her service to supporting healing processes and educating people on healthy living. Her dream is to actively recover ancestral memory with the profound purpose of raising awareness by keeping Earth Medicine alive.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ec6b72a elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-items-stretch elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ec6b72a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-776a84b\" data-id=\"776a84b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38995f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"38995f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">XIMENA ROBLES\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46f2fc1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46f2fc1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ayurvedic Therapist and Chef, Anthropologist<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c43ffb7\" data-id=\"c43ffb7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-818a520 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"818a520\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sayabayurveda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_0471-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-47412\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sayabayurveda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_0471-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sayabayurveda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_0471-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sayabayurveda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_0471-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/sayabayurveda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_0471-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sayabayurveda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_0471-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/sayabayurveda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_0471-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sayabayurveda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_0471-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fefbfca elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"fefbfca\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-36a8d7c\" data-id=\"36a8d7c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d553d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d553d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Ayurveda, she first discovered this holistic vision and treatment of human health as a patient, making it a part of her life and offering her services as a therapist and chef. She is currently pursuing her certification as an Ayurvedic consultant at the Yoga Veda Institute, is the chef of the Pausa retreats, teaches nutrition and cooking workshops, and is an Ayurvedic massage therapist.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An anthropologist by training, she is interested in learning about the different traditional practices of the places where she lives, researching ancestral knowledge, land cultivation, and healing rituals. Ximena possesses the gift of compassion and naturally uses it to serve, imbuing everything she touches with love. She currently resides with her two children in Yucat\u00e1n, Mexico.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c5326ad elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-items-stretch elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c5326ad\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ad876ca\" data-id=\"ad876ca\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6251bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b6251bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Giuliano de Luca Ojeda \n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abc7676 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"abc7676\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ayurvedic Practitioner, Therapist and Chef<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b414eb5\" data-id=\"b414eb5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c400a7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c400a7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/sayabayurveda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/70eea365-40c9-4438-baaf-183048c62383-1024x678.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-47401\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sayabayurveda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/70eea365-40c9-4438-baaf-183048c62383-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sayabayurveda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/70eea365-40c9-4438-baaf-183048c62383-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sayabayurveda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/70eea365-40c9-4438-baaf-183048c62383-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sayabayurveda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/70eea365-40c9-4438-baaf-183048c62383-1536x1017.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sayabayurveda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/70eea365-40c9-4438-baaf-183048c62383-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/sayabayurveda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/70eea365-40c9-4438-baaf-183048c62383-600x397.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sayabayurveda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/70eea365-40c9-4438-baaf-183048c62383.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-49b2c2e elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"49b2c2e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eba8524\" data-id=\"eba8524\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b14c9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b14c9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He began his career in Ayurveda and Abhyanga therapy at a young age. He is deeply connected to Ayurvedic cuisine and holistic treatments for his patients through consultations, massages, and food.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He has learned through multiple mentors, schooling, and a fervent desire to help as many people as possible.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She is currently taking her final semester of certification as an Ayurvedic Practitioner at Yoga Veda Institute.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She lives between San Luis Potos\u00ed and M\u00e9rida, offering consultations, therapies, planting a botanical garden, and offering Ayurvedic cooking services.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maripaz Ojeda, Founder of Sayab Ayurveda, is an Ayurvedic educator and therapist specializing in Panchakarma. 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