Hi, I’m Shamonique Mattox.

I’m the founder of INTENTION // Bay Leaves, a ritual product I created to help people stay connected to what they want while they bring it to life.

My own practice began with writing my wishes on bay leaves and burning them as a symbolic act of manifestation. Over time, it became something I did more regularly, and I started paying attention to what the practice was giving me beyond the burn itself.

It gave me a way to spend intentional time with something I wanted. I could put it into words, see it in front of me, connect with it through the ritual, and make it part of my day.

That eventually developed into the INTENTION // Bay Leaf ritual I teach today.

For me, the bay leaf is what I call a Creative Connection Point, something you intentionally use to stay connected to a vision, desire, goal, or intention that matters to you.

Why I Created INTENTION // Bay Leaves

You can know exactly what you want and still lose connection to it.

Life keeps moving. We have work, family, relationships, responsibilities, routines, and expectations competing for our attention. Something we genuinely want can slowly get pushed behind everything else we have to manage.

I created INTENTION // Bay Leaves as a simple physical way to come back to it.

The ritual gives you a moment to reconnect with what you are choosing, put that intention into words, and take an action that supports the vision you are creating.

That is what I want these bay leaves to be part of.

This Is Part of Something Bigger

INTENTION // Bay Leaves are the first physical expression of a larger body of work I am building around helping people stay connected to their visions while they bring them to life.

I write, research, and create around vision, intention, connection, action, and the different ways we can keep what we want present in our everyday lives.

I call many of those tools and practices Creative Connection Points.

INTENTION // Bay Leaves are one of them, and I believe there are many more still to create.

You can explore more of my writing, research, and ideas at Shamonique.com.

I’m rooting for you to experience the feeling of having a vision that genuinely belongs to you, staying connected to it, and one day realizing that something you once imagined has become part of your real life.

-Shamonique Mattox