Weléla
Ethiopian Amharic translation ~
The sweetest part of the honeycomb
Weléla Mar Kindred is at the intersection of movement, ritual, design and art. With over 35 years of experience, she uses Ayurvedic practices to express life as a living studio, artistic wellness and healing.
Workshop
Let's Reclaim Our Body™
Soften your nervous system - honor your artistic wellness.
December 8th 2025 | I will teach you how.
I'll see you there.
Beautiful Henna Artistry: @hennabydija
Location: Let’s Eat To Live Restaurant
Address: 621 E 67th St. | Chicago
Time: 7p–9p
From Unwell to Wellness™
A 5-Day Wellness Ritual!
Recover | Restore | Reclaim
Reclaim your body, soften your nervous system - honor your artistic wellness.
When nutrition, meets your art, where your discipline, meets your faith - your entire life shifts. Aligned women do not settle into exhaustion, they embody elevation.
Begin a 5-day, gentle wellness ritual designed for you.
Through nourishment, plant-based meals, and honoring self-care, you’ll learn how to come home to your body.
ARE YOU READY TO BEGIN THE RITUAL?
Reservations are officially open.
Step into the 5-Day Energy Reset Ritual
Plant-Based Bae:™ The Cookbook
Dear Bae ~ Here's a love letter to nourishment - a celebration of beauty in every bite.
Introducing Plant-Based Bae: The Cookbook - a digital download & stunning coffee table book - a collector’s piece for the soul. Both are available now in the SHOP.
A book to be savored and filled with decadent recipes, timeless wellness rituals, and the wisdom of over 35 years of plant-based living. Bound in art, rooted in intention, and crafted to sit heavy in your hands, just as the weight of love and tradition should.
This new work is like a glimmer of sunlight on the soul when you take a seat at earth's communal table.
Yours truly,
W e l é l a
Author + Designer
Luxury Wellness Concierge Experience
A 3-Month One on One Luxury Concierge Experience With Weléla
This ritual will ensure that you will refine your skin, establish an inner-body reseting - without equipment, and begin a 3 - month journey of living artistically, guiding you through a life-practice while softening your nervous system.
The Embodiement
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Never experience chronic fatigue again
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Feel grounded, radiant, and spiritually aligned
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Detox, digest, and release efficiently
Florabotanica - Creative Director: Weléla Mar Kindred
BLVCK LOVE
A MIXED-MEDIA SERIES
BY WELÉLA MAR KINDRED
For private showings + sales ~ admin@tishunltd.com
This series is a rebirth of pleasure for our folk.
Hand-dipped in coffee, gold and rose petals.
RÉPUBLIQUE
A short film by The LVMB Collective and Jah Cuba / A modern comment by Weléla Mar Kindred on body politics, James Baldwin theory and marginalized culture. Shot in Paris, FR
THE L V M B COLLECTIVE
Say: L A M B
Artists make the worst slaves! ™
The L V M B Collective (pronounced L A M B) believes in an ever-evolving market of contemporary dance, tech spaces, global brands and culture. The possibility to disrupt, inspire, innovate and tell a different story - keeps LVMB at the creative forefront of dance, tech, theater, cinema and sustainability.
kneeling under a table of rain / secrets told / earth is learned / animals meditate
L V M B
their souls constituted / a freedom of dried fragrances / prayer language
TECH X CREATIVE DIRECTION
We are a collective of artists x directors who embrace creativity. Our conceptual sensibility and design capabilities - offers human relationship before demographics, courage before culture and storytelling as a new social sanctuary.
CHOREOGRAPHY
Performance pieces using movement are not just about dance, but how you feel while creating it. Skin to skin, body to body - each work, or experience we create is one of imagination, collaboration and a sense of surrender.
Each work has made an impact on our clients - every project we ensure details are seamless, all aspects are imaginative and handled in a timely manner. Whenever you work with L V M B you can be sure your project will be radical, profound and honest.
FEATURED COMMERCIAL
Please tap Balenciaga to view
Client: Matthew Rolston Studios
Director: Mei Dong
Choreographer: L V M B
CLIENTS
adidas
Bronzeville Winery
The Silver Room
Cannes Film Festival
Aveda
Paul Mitchell
MTV
Matthew Rolston Studio
Francis Lawrence
Puma
Alvin Ailey Dance Theater
Ford Models
Le Tigre Yoga Paris
Sony Paris
Acote + Cotelac Paris
Art Africa Journal South Africa
Contemporary Art of Ghana
Chale Wote Festival
ARTISTS
Past Collaborators:
Poet: Ladan Osman
Artist: Krista Franklin
Artist: Abdullah Khan
Guest dancers invited upon request.
PARTNERS
In Support: The James Baldwin Estate {New York}, Le Collectif James Baldwin de Paris.
Centre National de la Danse
Menagerie de Verre
Red Clay Dance
Le Centquatre
Micadanses
Artistic Grant Support:
The International Association of Blacks in Dance
The Dance Resource Center
The Tides Foundation
Fractured Atlas
STUDIO HOURS
By Appointment Only
Mon - Thur: 8am - 6pm
Fri: 8am - 2pm
Sat - Sun: Closed
GET IN TOUCH
W E L É L A M A R
K I N D R E D
Short - Formal Bio:
Definition: lamb noun /’lam/ : a young sheep : lamb of God : an innocent or gentle person
Examples of lamb : She’s as gentle as a lamb.
Synonyms of lamb : angel : dove : innocent
Antonym of lamb : wolf
Weléla Mar Kindred is a NYU Fellow and is the founding creative director of The LVMB Collective - a life studio which guides individuals towards artistic wellness. As a former resident of Paris, her work meets at the intersection of ritual, film, TV, research, design, and movement. Rooted in a lifelong devotion to dance, somatic practice, and plant-based nourishment, she integrates over 35 years of Ayurvedic, artistic, and performance study across global institutions including the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Centre National de la Danse (Paris), Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Cedar Lake Ballet, and HB Studio.
Her career bridges classical training with contemporary embodiment, shaped by early work in ballet, modern dance, and theatre, progressing into a multidisciplinary practice which unifies ritual, wellness, and artistic expression. As a working actress she has been featured on Dark Matter on Apple TV+, she has also worked with cultural institutions such as Cannes Film Festival, Puma, Adidas, NBC, MTV, Acoté, Cotelac, Ford Models, Chale Wote, Nuit Blanche, Matthew Rolston Studios, ArtCenter College of Design, Mercedes Benz, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Goodman Theatre and Sony France. She believes acting is a healing art and is as an advocate for artistic wellness, she develops frameworks which center nervous system restoration, energy balance, and plant-based rituals
Weléla is a member of SAG-AFTRA, Actors’ Equity Association, ASCAP and is currently represented by Le Casting Parisien. Her work has been featured in Art Africa Magazine (Johannesburg) and Prussian Blue (Paris).