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This blog is about awakening, but it is also about life. Awakening calls us in the middle of our lives, we need only pay attention to the signs.

Afiyah Awake looks at my own journey of awakening and provides a guide to help you on your own. Each person’s journey is different and I am only here to help you discover the uniqueness of your own. 

Aptly named after my first book. I hope you find the words you need to put you on the path to Self Realization and  Empowerment here.

“She is the voice of the Earth but she is also the voice of the feminine, more subtle aspect of our spirit be it within the male or female of our human species.”

About Afiyah

I am a writer and a reiki healer. I feel that I can help others heal with the words I write. I was called to healing late in my life when I was given the name Afiyah by my spiritual guides on a beach in Tobago in 2006. Previously I was named Gemma by my parents and never entertained the idea of a name change. And for two years after that momentous occasion, I refused to use it. I knew it meant the healed one in Arabic but saw it as a coming of age present as I had turned fifty that year.  More…

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