Welcome....I am who she is..

I am known by several different names, but" Iya Agba"is the essence of me. I decided to start this blog as a way to "dump" my thoughts and insights. There is so much going on right now and as I continue on my path, I find that the physical act of writing is sometimes too tedious and not fast enough. I am Yoruba by birth and while my path has been one mostly of intuition, spirit has led me through several transitions and eventual evolutions. I find that with each new layer, I shed skin and ties to people and material things. There are a great many of us out here making a way in the human world and it is important that as we grow, we still respect our human form. In trying to share what I have learned, I decided to take what I do and codify it into a tangible presentation. Thus, Iya Agba was born. I don't understand why I chose the name Iya Agba as a title for what I do, but at the time, it felt right. It is a Yoruba phrase and the loose translation is "old mother" or "old wise woman". It is also one of the many terms used to describe a priestess in Yoruba. Oddly enough, I didn't know that until I did some research, but when I consider my birth name is "Iyabo", which means "mother returns", it all makes sense.

I haven't been on this earth long, but I feel like I have been here before. I am constantly challenged by those around me, term my zealous idealism. I move forward and with each lesson, I am able to help those around me. My personal experiences have served as great teachers and I find the titles of "healer" and "teacher" more comfortable mantles than before. I want to help people see themselves in their true light, without fear and judgment. My work entails one-on-one and group counseling whereby I am able to listen intuitively to what people are saying. I am not a medium, but more of a sensitive listener and sometimes I get messages that are very specific to the person I am listening to. So far, what I have learned as I do this work is that most people are lying to themselves. While it's not malicious, it is harmful because there are a great deal of false realities being created in the place of this thing we call life.

Right now, I am in the throes of several different thoughts about my place in the communities I am part of, and many of the conflicts stem from an inability for most people to take responsibility for their predicaments. There has been a great deal of blame and anger and not enough love and responsibility, in recent weeks. I am actually very angry and have been working through it various rituals and honest review. It actually saddens me in a way that I am unfortunately all too familiar with, because these conflicts, for me signal a departure from truth, which for me is always a deal breaker. Truth and honesty are probably the two most important things to me and without them I am lost. I cannot exist or counsel in anything less a basic respect for these two concepts. With truth sometimes comes pain, but without it, there is no growth and ultimately now real change.

Life should be lived and experienced with a deep and conscious awareness, not treated like idle play. My mission is to live a full and aware life and in doing so, assist people in recognizing their power to create lives that are fulfilling and meaningful. We are blessed in this day and age because the information and the proof exists all around us. We have the ability to understand very simple concepts, yet, we complicate things with doubt and fear. As another year comes to a close, I look back and see so much beauty and joy, but I also see the challenges and the hurdles that it took to get to that beauty and joy. Life is short, either you evolve or you stand still. I, prefer to move forward. And with that being said, I welcome you to my world.

Until next time, be gentle with yourself.