House of Leyli is a lifestyle brand that cultivates mindfulness ritual

To the lovers...

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House of Leyli is a home for those who find beauty in slowing down. Through tea, ritual, and storytelling, we invite you to be present, connect, and return to yourself. Rooted in generations of Persian wisdom, our teas and meditative experiences carry forward rituals reimagined for modern life.

The Name

Our name is inspired by Leyli & Majnun, one of the most enduring love stories in Persian poetry.

Leyli is the Beloved, a symbol of divine beauty and the sacred. Majnun is the Lover, whose longing becomes a journey of devotion, revealing that what we seek is not only beyond us, but also within us. House of Leyli exists to remind us that home is not a place we find, but something we return to within ourselves. The Lover, the ashegh, in all of us already knows the way.

I am home.

“I pass by these walls, the walls of Leyli. And I kiss this wall and that wall. It’s not Love of the houses that has taken my heart. But of the One who dwells in those houses.”

— Leyli & Majnun by Nizami Ganjavi

We began at a kitchen table. Three generations of women.

Growing up, I cherished afternoons of Persian tea and poetry with my grandmother and mother. The fragrance of cardamom and rose, the stories around the table, the simple act of gathering. It was a ritual of love, presence, and connection.

That love stayed with me, even as life moved quickly and I lost the thread back to myself. I was building, achieving, moving fast, and somewhere along the way, I stopped feeling at home in my own life. Over the past decade, I found my way back to ancestral practices that had always been waiting. This path led me to create the first-ever Persian Tea Meditation, a new ritual weaving together culture and spirituality through tea.

My years as a management consultant with Fortune 50 companies and my training as a certified mindfulness instructor began to weave together in unexpected ways. I started hosting intimate gatherings where people shared stories, traditions, and moments of reflection. House of Leyli was born from those circles in 2022.

House of Leyli is the home I was seeking when I felt lost. A philosophy of intentional living rooted in ancestral practices. A pathway for opening our hearts to ourselves, the sacred, and one another.

I am blessed to be on this journey with you.

An Open Invitation

The Persian Tea Meditation

A deeply immersive, guided sensory experience weaving Persian tea, classical music, and poetry to awaken the senses and open the heart. In the spirit of hospitality, tea is served first. The practice blossoms through awareness of breath and the mindful experience of tea drinking, held by Persian classical music and poetry.

You leave with a quieter mind, a more present body, and a deeper sense of inner calm: softer, more open, and more at home in yourself than when you arrived.

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The Community

House of Leyli was built to nourish the soul while fostering cultural exchange. Our community tea nights and ceremonies are spaces where curiosity about Persian culture is welcomed and honored.