About Gaia's Essence

Gaia’s Essence is a lifestyle and media brand dedicated to inspiring bold, purpose driven leaders. We create transformational experiences, build intentional networks, and celebrate everyone’s journey. Through immersive events, powerful storytelling, and conscious community building we are redefining what it means to thrive.

core values

Global Respect

We celebrate diversity and cultures of the world

Natural Knowledge

We embrace the healing of mother nature.

Sustainability

Building thriving communities through consulting

about our founder

Farrah was born on the Nature Isle of the Caribbean, Dominica. Known for its biodiversity, culture and large centenarian population. Dominica instilled in her a respect for nature, the environment and the power of healthy living and it was quite apparent why she became an Environmental Scientist. After much success in her industry, Farrah found a growing need for community based health education and founded Gaia’s Essence. In the spring of 2007 she created an extensive product collection of loose teas and salt free seasonings which were seethed to be featured in Whole Foods Market in the northeast. A year later the Gaia’s Essence Women’s Wellness Conference was created. The event originated from her passion to empower women in sustaining their optimum health. The conference grew exponentially over the next decade to become the largest in NY.

Over the years Farrah has partnered with companies like Whole Foods Market and Marriott to improve sustainability. In 2015 she was awarded a Proclamation by Suffolk County in New York for recognition of her significant contributions to the enhancement of the community in health. In 2018 she was featured as one of the top 10 Mompreneurs and a guest speaker at the New York Women Entrepreneurs Business Summit in 2019.

In 2019 she explored film making after being inspired by her son who was a young actor. She directed her first series; Our Voice | Our Stories. The following year she filmed her first full length documentary. The film is centered around a group of Dominican women who gain their immense strength from their bonds as well as their connectivity to the island.

In 2025 she founded Wild Dominica Conservancy, a California-based nonprofit dedicated to protecting the natural environment of Dominica through conservation, community engagement, and a close partnership with the indigenous Kalinago community.