Who We Are
Essence of Thorn® was born from the wisdom of women who carry both the rose and the thorn within their hearts. We are a sanctuary of remembrance, reclamation, and rebirth—where healing is a sacred return to self and sovereignty.
Through group journeys, sacred sister circles, 1:1 consultations, and mother–daughter rites of passage, Essence of Thorn® creates ceremonial spaces for women and daughters to heal, remember, and rise whole.
Our sacred call is for women and daughters—wherever you are in your journey: beginning, deepening, or returning—Essence of Thorn® welcomes you. Start with a consultation, step into a sister circle, or walk the threshold of The Thorned Pathway™.
Mission & Vision
Mission: To weave a sacred tapestry of nourishment, healing, and liberation—dismantling the barriers that prevent women from accessing holistic, culturally rooted wellness.
Vision: To nurture every thread of the self, guiding women to thrive in soul-sovereignty and unapologetic transformation.
About Our Founder | Principle Practitioner
Asherah Samadi
Founder & Principal Consultant of Essence of Thorn, Ordained Minister of Spirituality & Interfaith Studies, and a lifelong program designer devoted to weaving healing into community.
Essence of Thorn was born from my lived experience—walking the path of both rose and thorn. As a Black woman, a mother, and a leader within nonprofit spaces, I have witnessed firsthand the wounds, silences, and barriers that too often shape our lives. Yet I have also witnessed the extraordinary resilience, beauty, and sacred wisdom carried by women and daughters across generations.
This work is my offering to that truth. It is where my professional journey in program development meets my spiritual calling to create culturally rooted, ritual-informed spaces of healing, reclamation, and transformation. Essence of Thorn is not just a practice—it is a sanctuary where remembrance lives, where ancestral wisdom guides, and where sovereignty is reclaimed.
This work is both my calling and my covenant: to hold space where every woman may rise sovereign, thorned, and whole.
