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  • Makhosi Nyame

    Makhosi Nyame

    Makhosi Nyame hails from the small Caribbean island of Barbados.  She was pushed to start her healing journey in 2015 which led her on the path of nutritional healing for the melanated body, which was the beginning of realizing her gifts. The "calling illness" also included relationship challenges which led her to realise that healing is multidimensional and has many more layers than she thought.

    The pull to remember that she was a healer led her down several initiation paths which opened her up to several modalities of healing which include medical intuition, sound healing, cacao priestess-hood,nutritional healing, Soul Plan Numerology, ancestral healing, quantum healing and the Oracle path.

    The first initiation path was as a Sangoma, where she was opened up to deep ancestral healing, shadow work, cleansing and elemental purification. The second was to the waters, which was followed by healer prophet/Makhosi initiation where the elevation of the collected ancestors was the focus. Her final training as an Oracle has connected her to her cosmic origins and the use of cosmic energy and the quantum field for even deeper healing. Breaking contracts and further shadow work were important parts of this apprenticeship.

    Her offering of psychospiritual healing includes:

    ◇ Field work. Exploration of the issue being presented.
    ◇ Inner child work
    ◇ Shadow work
    ◇ Ancestral healing
    ◇ Quantum healing
    ◇ Spiritual prescription which includes Elemental purification

    Now A mother, wife and physical therapist she has a passion for teen rites and supporting people with illness on their life path.

  • Gogo Yema

    Gogo Yemah Takhakhan ~ Jillian Walker

    Hello Beloved, I am a Multidimensional Artist & Priestess of Love, Beauty, Possibility & Dreams.

    Through my practice and my process of healing, living, and making,

    I incite and inspire sublime new forms of Art, structures, and communal systems that break the brutal boundaries of the colonial imagination.

    I live in loving refusal of the way things are and look toward the reindigenized ancient-future; sharing what I see, feel and experience from that place to support us in welcoming in a new way to live, grow and Be.

    I was called by my Ancestors to help uplift x repair the great rift of the middle passage across the waters through deep study, ritual, and dreamtime remembrance. In loving refusal and determined defiance of the subtle and overt violence of the status quo, I invite others into spaces that envision and evoke their Ancestral power + remembrance through integrity revelation and creative healing, prompt and inquiry medicine, ritual rewriting with nature, prayer and song magick, and recollecting, recording, and reclaiming the rite of dreaming. I do this because I believe that if we all become students of our Ancestors and truly AWAKE in our Dreams, as was once the way…

    In this togetherness, we find our liberation.

    By training, I am an Artist (MFA, Dramaturgy), initiated iSangoma Priestess (Ubungoma path) and author/Composer/Songwriter + devoted vessel of the widely-praised show turned book, SKiNFOLK.

    I came to ancestral healing as an artist and have about 15 years of Artistic public practice behind me; supporting, collaborating and creating work from the Apollo to Bali to Broadway. However many years I am granted to create in front of me, I continue to spiral deeper into the slow and deliberate path and practice of the Sublime through Ancestral Arts. I have and will continue to move both above and underground; healing from the university commons to the undercommons, leading from my computer and my compass in the bush; teaching as a scholar and an Ancestral archivist; humbling listening, praying, traveling, singing, and dreaming myself AWAKE.

  • Gogo Uthando Camile

    Kemetic Movement Artist: https://www.etsy.com/shop/UthandosHeart

    coming soon

  • Gogo Nkosi Mabathu

    Gogo Nkosi Mabathu is a multi-passionate, ancestral-led creative visionary, who humbly embodies and channels the ancient wisdom of the Ubungoma lineage of Southern Africa. as an initiated iSangoma (shaman/ancestral healer), she holds sacred space through transformative breathwork journeys, ritual art installations, divination, and community explorations + activations that honor the full expression of each individual + the ancestors that walk alongside them.

    driven by a deep call to service, Gogo mabathu’ journey into sacred community was sparked by the transformative witnessing of her elder teachers and spiritual family throughout her initiatory process. these experiences have shaped her understanding + belief that community witnessing is essential for growth + harmony of all. and when we allow all parts of self + spirit to be witnessed, we continue to weave the web of remembered/awakened wisdom encoded in our dna. 

    this is liberation. 
    this is our birthrite. 

    https://calendly.com/thewhisperingspirit/15

  • Aisha Hubbard

    I have been on the path of being a seeker for the past several years. I had felt drawn to African indigenous spirituality and healing practices for some time, but I had no reference for how I could connect with these traditions and what pathway was aligned for me. During a time of dynamic transformation, and when the life I was planning for myself completely fell apart, my Baba emerged. Initiating in the Ubungoma tradition has allowed me to surrender to becoming a baby again, and all the related growing pains. Transforming through Ubungoma has given me an invaluable gift to delight in the sacredness of life that flows through all living beings. While I acknowledge that I am very much a baby in this spiritual and cultural lineage, I can recognize profound shifts in how activated my spirit is, how alive, joyful and present I feel, the stability in my mind and feeling connected to my body and my wisdom in ways I truly could not have imagined.

    I am a proud descendant of generations of Black Americans from the south. I am deeply grateful for the resilience of us as a people and our spirit that can never be snuffed out. I value our diverse and regional cultures, and the rich traditions of healing and embodiment that we as Black Americans have passed down through the generations. I am also grateful to be called to connect with the healing traditions of my Ancestors from Southern Africa.

    I am a licensed Social Worker, with over two decades of experience being a helping professional with diverse populations, which includes some of our most vulnerable neighbors and relatives. I continue to witness how the Ancestral activation and alignment I am immersed in, under the guidance of my Babas, is deeping my professional work and supporting me to show up as my full and authentic self. I have been astounded to witness how the healing work I have been doing, with the loving support and direction from my Ancestral guardians, has been reverberating throughout my family.

    I am drawn to: herbalism, growing my own food, the healing power of entheogens, wilderness and outdoor survival skills, being in right relationship with the land, sound as a healer and transmitter of culture, artistic expression, embodied presence and the intelligence of the body to heal itself. I value work towards collective liberation, and honoring the inherent value in every person, regardless of their station in life. Flowing with the Ancestral presence that is waking up inside of me has been opening up more creative and playful ways of re-engaging with my interests and what I deeply value.

    I am embracing the return of the wild woman inside of me.

  • Inyosi Sebenzekhaya (Nia O. Witherspoon)

    Inyosi is the daughter of Marcia Ostrow and Anton Witherspoon. Her medicine flows through her as a writer, song channel, womb-tender and bodyworker, dreamer, creative doula, and Kundalini Yoga teacher–a conjuror, a weaver, a shaper, a nurturer, and a creator supporting mental, physical, and spiritual health by way of deep transformation. Ancestrally guided through the Afro-Indigenous teachings of the Ubungoma lineage, and called to be of service since childhood, Inyosi is a deep listener, an empath, and a natural care-giver. A living testimony and devotee of the body, of Mother Earth, and of the Divine Feminine, she continues to heal through the activated remembrance of the inherent perfection and divine cyclical nature in all things in the continued alignment with the frequency of LOVE.  She is inspired by her ancestors like “Big Joan” (Hattie Moses) who rowed boats through the swamps of South Carolina in the middle of the night to tend the births in her community, and “Aunt Micey” Oree Witherspoon, who healed the body and spirit with prayer and rain water. In the White Phase, she is stepping into a new level of spiritual responsibility; a deeper level of listening, a higher level of trust, and the graceful flow of submersion into the Sacred Waters to rise up as the Queen Bee that Brings the People Home to the Hive.

    Out in the world, she is a published author, professional theatre artist, composer, and writing instructor.  She is currently building the foundation to Oshun’s Palace, a full-spectrum menu of ceremonial services for holistic health, birthkeeping, womb-tending, and Ayurvedic + Afro-feminine beauty. Her first book, The Dark Girl Chronicles: A Trilogy will be released in Fall 2025. www.niawitherspoon.com.

  • Shayla Soper

    Daughter of Billy and Tricia Soper, Shayla Soper is a creative, an intuitive, but above all a student of life. From the age of 3, she wrote and told stories from perspectives Greater than herself. ‘Shayla’ is an Irish-American derived name meaning “from the fairy palace.”

    The past decade for her includes studies in Psychology (BA) , a solitary hike of a thousand miles through the New Mexican desert, and forays into plant studies and abdominal massage (LMT). For the past 7 years, she has immersed herself in the practice of the subtle arts in an attempt to understand herself and her world, primarily studying psychic and energy-based techniques for healing. Her work with clients has involved using psychic/energetic tools to tend the aura, the inner/outer landscape, to encourage authenticity and ease on behalf of her clients.

    In both her personal and professional life currently she feels passionate about the exploration of emotions and ecstatic dance as ranges of energy bridging to the physical as well as explorations of home and Heart. She surrenders to being changed by her ongoing journey at the Temple and looks forward to the versions of herself to come.

    Led by her elevated ancestors, the trees, the waters, and her Babas, she gives many thanks to the lineage of Ubungoma and the wells of creativity that are yet to be birthed anew. She surrenders the known for what is yet to be Remembered (with thanks to Great Mother) in the name of true calling, the Divine, and contribution to Life.

  • Minerva Susan A.

    Minerva is a transformational guide blending modern mindset strategies with ancient healing wisdom. Through intuitive coaching, Human Design, quantum physics principles, and shamanic practices, she helps conscious leaders, entrepreneurs, and creatives unlock their true potential, realign with their authentic essence, and clearly express their impact. With a grounded approach, she offers a clear pathway to deeper fulfillment, aligned leadership, and lasting success.

    I am currently undergoing a sacred initiation, a humbling process that calls me to surrender my personal will and deepen my service to a greater ancestral lineage. Through this journey, I am learning to listen, trust, and honor the wisdom of the ancestors — allowing their guidance to move through me as I step into a deeper embodiment of my purpose and healing work. This initiation is about devotion, humility, and becoming a vessel for a higher calling.