LAYA'S*LAND

Lovingly capturing moments of this So(ul)journ.

[layasland]

Opportunities are ready and waiting to align with you every day. Clarify your desires, stay open and trust that you are supported. #openness #opportunities #purpose #path #universe #alignment

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[layasland]

Happy Birthday Nivlek!🎈🎉❤️😊💪🏾 @kd_pt It is a blessing to know you and to be journeying with you brother. Your drive, tenacity and the warmth of your heart inspires me. May this cycle be filled with growth. May you continue to become the highest version of yourself. May you achieve this year's goals. May you embrace new opportunities. May your cycle be filled with love, laughter and good health. Through the high and lows, know that you are loved. ✨

[layasland]

✨💁🏾B.R.A.I.D.S 💁🏾✨

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Our Spanish (aka Ghanaian) Omelette pt2 With eggs, onions, sweet potatoes, sweet peppers and chicken breast cooked in coconut oil a day side of spinach and avocado✨ @kd_pt #nomnomnom #healthyliving #healthfocused #balance #life##family #love

[layasland]

Our Spanish (aka Ghanaian) Omelette pt1 Throwing down and feeding the fam this morning with my bro @kd_pt ❤️✨💪🏾👊🏾💁🏾💂🏾

[onlinecounsellingcollege]

Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything—anger, guilt, or possessions—we cannot be free.

Thich Nhat Hanh (via onlinecounsellingcollege)

[beautifulpicturesofhealthyfood]

The Ultimate Nice-Cream Instructional - The perfect breakfast, dessert or snack, vegan…RECIPE

[seekernetwork]

Meet the Female Drift Racers of Palestine

Learn what drives the Speed Sisters to compete as the only female drift racing team of the West Bank.

As a woman, drift racing in a conservative society like the West Bank of Palestine isn’t easy. Many people judge the Speed Sisters for wanting to do something other than get married, have children, and take care of domestic responsibilities. Living in an occupied territory makes it even more difficult. But racing helps these women deal with their anger towards the many forces trying to keep them down. It might be difficult but they’re going to continue to racing no matter what.

[did-you-know]

Good choice.

[onlinecounsellingcollege]

People grow when they are loved well. If you want to help others heal, love them without an agenda.

Mike McHargue (via onlinecounsellingcollege)

[layasland]

Sis! ❤️ We're well different like ...

[layasland]

Happy 21st Birthday to @_roxy_asare my number 1! ✨💃🏾💋😁💁🏾🎉🎈🎀🛍🎊 I love you. I'm proud of you and will always be here for you. #famlove #sisterlove #goodtimes #noteverydaysmizing

[accordingtoindie]

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axgWE4aEHaY)

Reimagining of Self Workshops: As a Woman of Colour, what does your freedom look like? 

Through this new project ‘I Shape Beauty’ challenges WOC to reimagine themselves through poetry and macramé. Watch the snippet video of the two day workshop.

“Art is a powerful tool often used to help reimagine images of self, challenge ourselves, and inspire us to take ownership of our stories. Explore how writing poetry and making macramé art can be used as a way of discovering what freedom means to women of colour and how to reimagine a life without the struggle, as we begin to ask ourselves: what does freedom look like? This workshop will begin with an open exhibition showcasing the poetry, mantras, and macramé art produced by past participants of the I Shape Beauty project, inspiring you to create your own personal pieces.” £7 Book online: http://bcaheritage.org.uk/programme/w… www.ishapebeauty.co.uk hope to see some of you ladies there! x

[layasland]

There are just ✨two days✨ left to apply for the I Shape Beauty Reimagining of self workshop!! If you've been meaning to apply but haven't had a chance to yet... Please do, we'd love to hear from you. Check out our website for more info! Have a wonderful Thursday!! #womenofcolour #freedom #visualart #poetry #macrame #isb #creativity #personalpower #life #love #sisterhood #autonomy #change #courage

[lesleyasare-deactivated20210121]

Mini Macrame mantra: Press on and pay attention to the lessons

#creative #process #dailypractice #presence #freedom #ishapebeauty #isb #womenofcolour #woc #art #healing #personalpower #screenprintedbackground

[lesleyasare-deactivated20210121]

Morning confessions. Mantra & motto for 2016

#truth #confession #focus #personalpower #destroyingillusions #love #freedom #abundance #opportunity #heartcentredliving #openness #life #happening #consciousness #hope #elevatedfrequency #progress #choices #growth #tribe #partnership #building

[handsometruth]

Books About Black British History: A reading list of books related to the ongoing Black presence in Britain, Slavery, colonialism and black Settlement in the U.K The list is by no means exhaustive! Books about Black British History Staying Power-The History of Black people in Britain by Peter Fryer (Pluto Press 1984) Black England-Life before Emancipation by Gretchen Gerzina (John Murray,1995) Black Settlers in Britain 1555-1958 by Nigel File and chris Power (Heinemann,1981; reprinted 1995) Black Edwardians-Black people in Britain 1901-1914 by Jeffrey Green (Frank Cass 1998) Wonderful adventures of Mary Seacole in Many Lands by Mary seacole (1857; reprinted by Falling Wall Press,edited by Ziggy Alexander and Audrey Dewjee,1984). Black Londoners 1880-1990by susan Okokon (Sutton Publishing Limited, 1998) The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave (1831; reprinted by the University of Michigan Press, edited by Moira Ferguson,1993). The first Black footballer-Arthur Wharton 1865-1930 An Absence of Memory by Phil Vasili (frank Cass,1998, reprinted 1999) Colouring over the white Line- The History of Black footballers in Britain by Phil Vasili (Mainstream Publishing,2000) Breaking Stereotypes-Perspectives of Selected Black and Asian Leaders Edited by Clinton A.Valley,EdD. (Minerva Press, 2000) West Indian Women at War-British Racism in World War II by Ben Bousquet and Colin Douglas (Lawrence and Wishhart, 1991) Roots of the Future-Ethnic Diversity in the making of Britain By Commission for Racial Equality, 1997 England Affric-An Ethnological Survey by Ahmed ali and Abrahim Ali (Punite Books, 1995) ISBN 0 9518924 4 4 A History of the Black Presence in London (Greater London Council, 1986) ISBN 0 7168 1679 2 Black and white- the Negro and English Society 1555-1945 By James Walvin (Allen Lane, 1973) For a more exhaustive list of useful Books on Black History, you can download a copy of the the Black & Asian Resources available at the British Library.