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Posted by Funlayo on Thursday, December 29, 2011,
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Spotlight
 
Alaafia! I pray you are all very well as you read this and that those of you who may have celebrated any of the winter festivals of lights enjoyed spending time with your friends and families. I thought we’d bring 2011 to a close with another installation of Spotlight! the place where Ase Ire highlights people who are doing positive things. Today, I'm delighted to present a talented young woman who has some wonderful advice for us all to carry into the New Year. Peggy Robles-Alvarado ...
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Posted by 'Funlayo on Friday, August 12, 2011,
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Spotlight
 
Blessed Greetings! I am very happy to welcome you to another installation of Spotlight! the place where Ase Ire highlights people who are doing positive things. I am joyful to introduce a sista who I have known since high school, Nubia Earth Bowman, and her company, Birth from the Earth, which provides birth and postpartum doula services, and childbirth education for families. In this time when childbirth has been largely removed from its sacred context and turned into a business that se... Continue reading ...
Posted by 'Funlayo on Monday, February 7, 2011,
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Spotlight
  I'm thrilled to spotlight! not one, but two great ladies today! Chinhee and Sunhee Park are twins who are both psychic mediums and, over the past several years, they have been using their gift to help others as they seek to fulfill their mission to "heal one soul at a time." I've actually known the twins since I was about 16 years old and though time and circumstance had separated us for many years, it's incredibly exciting to see that we're on similar paths giving of ourselves and helpi... Continue reading ...
Posted by 'Funlayo on Monday, May 24, 2010,
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Spotlight
   Welcome to another installment of our Spotlight! series. I'm excited to feature our first man of the series -- I wouldn't wan't my brothers to feel left out! *smile* Today, I'm pleased to introduce you to Sifu Ben Hill Bey. Sifu Bey is a Master in the traditional Ba Gua Zhang style of martial arts, which he has practiced for over 30 years, and author of a new book on the art entitiled Ba Gua Zhang: A Historical Analysis, in which he explores the origins of the art. ( Click here to v... Continue reading ...
Posted by 'Funlayo on Monday, May 17, 2010,
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Spotlight
 
It's been a while since our last Spotlight! post and I'm happy to re-introduce the series with the beautiful and talented Magalie Delaleu Foster. Magalie is a daughter of Haiti, a wife, a mother and a descendent of a line of Haitian and French artists. She is carrying on the tradition of her forefathers as a visual artist, a skill she inherited and has honed since childhood. Magalie says that she really devoted herself to her art, which she sells through her website www.BlackEyePeaCreati...
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Posted by 'Funlayo on Tuesday, September 22, 2009,
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Spotlight
 
Funlayo Alabi is a woman on the move! Aside from sharing a name, we also share the drive to spread positivity and help people improve themselves; she expresses hers through her Maryland-based company, Shea Radiance, which sells all natural shea butter products and helps African women in the process. The mission of Shea Radiance is to “create beautiful body care products from ingredients that come from renewable and sustainable sources in Africa.” Funlayo and her company – which she a... Continue reading ...
Posted by 'Funlayo on Tuesday, September 15, 2009,
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Spotlight
 
Brittany Thomas is an enterprising young woman who is the epitome of spunk! A Florida native and graduate of the University of South Florida, Brittany has taken the blog world by storm with Clumps of Mascara (affectionately known as Clumps), her super fun beauty blog which “celebrates mistakes,” balks at perfectionism and aims to help women redefine beauty for ourselves. In addition to the blog, which boasts thousands of visitors per month, and her equally popular YouTube channel, Brit... Continue reading ...
Posted by 'Funlayo on Tuesday, September 8, 2009,
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Spotlight
Today, Ase Ire introduces our first series, and I'm very excited!
Spotlight! will be a space to shed light on people who are doing interesting, inspiring things. I hope reading about these people will encourage you! Remember: you can do anything you put your mind and action to and you can make your dreams come true. Know someone you'd like to see the Spotlight! on? Contact me!
Our first guest for the series is Ayoka Quinones, creator of www.AyokaPrays.com.
 A specialist in Non-Profit o... Continue reading ...
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Funlayo is...
...a priestess, writer, scholar, traveler, doula in training and lover of life. She created this space for YOU to share in inspiration, information and, most of all, to promote the power of positivity through Ifa & Orisa-centric principles!
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