New York City will celebrate the 60th birthday of Queen Afua, the internationally-known,best-selling author, holistic wellness entrepreneur and highly sought after natural health practitioner. Her life and legacy will be celebrated during a wellness gala on Saturday, August 24, 2013 ( 3 pm – 9 pm) at the Nicholas Bookstore (570 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, New York). For more information, call (718) 221-HEAL. With this celebration, Queen Afua is also celebrating the return of her son Supa Nova, who was recently deployed in service to the U.S.
“I share sacred tools to live in the 21st century,” says Queen Afua, who has published essays and articles in Essence Magazine, Black Elegance, the Amsterdam News and Caribbean Times. A highly sought after lecturer, she has shared her message of health and longevity at NASA, the National Coalition of 100 Black Women and to audiences in the Virgin Islands, Canada and Europe. Her celebrity clients include Stevie Wonder, Iyanla Vanzant, Erykah Badu, John Amos, Vanessa Williams, amongst others.
“Today, we need to continue to promote healing and wellness in the home and inspire longevity via variety of health strategies,” she adds. “Also, we need to educate people about how addictive sugar is, learn more about detox and identify ways to cut back on our portions”.
During the course of her career, Queen Afua has guided men and women from around the world on a holistic transformation journey to the Global City of Wellness, a set of schools with a curriculum to instruct individuals and train leaders in principles for achieving personal and global optimal wellness.
“Our women suffer from fibroid tumors and hysterectomies…Our black men are killed due to violence…..Sugar is depleting the brain…Our communities are negatively affected by stress in the workplace and home,” she notes. “We must remove the stress, heal ourselves and return to a place of peace.”
With this celebration, Queen Afua now celebrates some 40 plus years of holistic research and practice as well as her trainings which have been provided globally to thousands of students. She is the author of best-sellers: Heal Thyself, Sacred Women, The City of Wellness, Overcoming an Angry Vagina and Man Heal Thyself.
Queen Afua and her sons,second generation healers, will be facilitating a Fall Tour to major cities throughout the US sharing the principles of healing through Introduction Intensives. With the help of her sons,Supa Nova Slom (Hip Hop Medicine Man) and Ali Torain aka “Ali The Great”, her Global Nation of Wellness has been developed to train healers to first “Heal Thyself” and then heal others through several modalities.
Today, Queen Afua’s mission is to holistically create vibrant, healthy families, communities and cities globally. Through her “healthcare is self care” 21 and 84 Day lifestyle teachings, Queen will raise up a healer in every home and turn every home into a Wellness Center. Thereby, restoring humanity to body, mind and spiritual radiance.
