She says finding and reading Dick Gregory’s Natural Diet for Folks Who Eat: Cookin’ With Mother Nature during a healing retreat changed her life.

Queen Afua stepped on the natural-healing path when she was 16 and plagued by a myriad of health issues, including asthma, allergies, arthritis and heavy periods. During those four days, I shared vegetarian meals, laughed, danced and took nature field trips with a group of sisters also on the path to heal mind, body and spirit. “It's not just the anniversary of the book, it's the anniversary for those who took the journey, so it’s our anniversary.”įor over 40 years, through her wellness center, Sacred Woman retreats, workshops and books, the 67-year-old mother of three has been helping vitality seekers detoxify and find “liberation through purification.”ĭuring the Sacred Woman intensive, participants dressed from head to toe in white. “I'm so glad that you did that journey,” Queen Afua said warmly.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the release of Queen Afua’s classic natural health text Sacred Woman, which has over 14,000 five-star ratings on Amazon. I still have the large seashells I collected from our early-morning stroll along the beach. And celebrity clients Erykah Badu, Lauren London, Iyanla Vanzant and Jada Pinkett Smith (who recently invited her as a guest on Red Table Talk) sing her praises. Queen Afua’s name is derived from her spiritual practice as a Khamitic (Egyptian) priestess - but her intuitive and transformative teachings resonate with queens of all faith traditions. At the time, I was seeking natural ways to drop pounds and improve my overall health. Back in 2006, I did a wellness retreat with holistic health practitioner Queen Afua, author of Heal Thyself: For Health and Longevity and Sacred Woman: A Guide to Healing the Feminine Body, Mind and Spirit.

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