R’Yana Michele Oyabisi Anthony, M.Ed. (she/they)
R’Yana Michele Oyabisi Anthony is the High Priestess & Experience Architect of High Priestess Sanctuaries. As an Earth Dagara, she creates to facilitate authenticity, home, and belonging. They came into this world on a mission to: create expressions of the divine mother through pleasurable sanctuary building, healing arts, and sustainable land stewardship. R’Yana seeks to increase positive and healing organizing experiences through 1) accessible group learning environments, 2) coaching changemakers to engage in embodied leadership, and 3) centering wellness, connection, and joy strategies.
They hold a BA in Psychology and an M.Ed. in Community Development and Action (Community Psychology) and specializes in human development, community based mental health interventions, and building healing organizational cultures. She has worked for 15 years equipping organizations and communities to build power and dignity by developing strategies and practices that transform the way we live, work, and play. R’Yana has offered her gifts on the national level as the Care Ecosystems Director and Internal Weaving Director (Chief of Staff) for the New Economy Coalition, Affiliate Trainer for Race Forward, Southern Regional Organizer of the Black Lives Matter Global Network, Webinar Host and Facilitator for The Icarus Project (now Fireweed Collective), Program Associate for the Black Led Movement Fund at Borealis Philanthropy, and Loan Organizer for the New Economy of Tennessee Loan Fund.
Current Offerings Include:
Leadership Advising + Spiritual Divination
Organizational Culture Strategy Development
Popular + Political Education Facilitation
Healing Workshops and Retreat Curation
Some things to know about me:
~ 11 years of womanist theological study and practice.
~ 11 years of Hoodoo and Ancestral Veneration practice
~ 10 years of breathwork and Zen meditation practice
~ 8 year apprentice of PechaKuti Mesa Shamanism (Peru)
~ 7 years of spiritual herbalism and plant medicine training
~ 5 years of Reiki and energy healing practice (Usui Level 1 & 2)
~ 5 years of Black somatic embodiment practice
~ 1 year aborisha of New Afrikan Vodun
Plant Dopplegangers : Rose, Mugwort, Calendula
My medicine shows up to:
stimulate growth
evoke and promotes beauty and harmony
push the limits of freedom with respect for the natural laws of the universe.
My medicine is NOT to be taken if:
You are not ready to change slowly and with intention.
Reciprocity and sharing is difficult for you.
Joy, fun, light, and play bothers you