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Cleopatra by theSea 

by Sasha Rocio Barnes

A SANCTUARY OF BEAUTY, RITUALS, AND EVERYDAY ELEVATION

The Mirror

The Garden

The Studio

The Altar

The Table

Pleasure, leisure and soft joy.

Rituals of care, nourishment, and body devotion.

Where Creativity Flows - in words, images, and movement.

Recipes, rituals, and the pleasures of nourishing.

Sacred tools and spiritual reflections

The Spa

Adornments for Body & Space.

The Art of Living Begins Here

“Honoring the Sanctuary within” 

With Love ,
Sasha Barnes

A refined space for beauty, rituals, and inspired living — created to awaken your inner spark and elevate the everyday

In today’s fast-paced world, sleep has become a forgotten luxury—a fleeting reprieve we struggle to fully embrace. But deep, healing rest is not an indulgence; it is a sacred necessity. To embody our highest self is to honor the sanctity of rest—a return to rhythm, a quiet homecoming. In stillness, the body repairs, the nervous […]

Garden

The Sacred Art of Rest

Crumpled silk sheets in soft light, symbolizing the sacred stillness and beauty of deep rest.

There are rituals we inherit, the ones whispered from grandmothers and passed down like long-held jewels of wisdom. And then there are those we discover, like treasures unearthed from forgotten lands, waiting for us to reclaim them. Tongue scraping is one of those—an ancient practice with a strangely sensual appeal, a moment of self-reverence in […]

Spa

Tongue Scraping: Breath, Body, Brightness

Close-up of tongue scraping with a copper tool—an ancient Ayurvedic ritual that supports breath, digestion, and daily detoxification.

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