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Receive gentle monthly reflections, rituals, and words of light to help you stay rooted in grace and rising in purpose. A soft reminder that healing can be both grounded and luminous.
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ABOUT THE MISSION
Our mission is to create a biospiritual sanctuary where Black women can reclaim their sacred power, restore wholeness, and nurture the body, spirit, and soul as one. We do this because too often, Black women's depth, wisdom, and sacred needs are overlooked or undervalued. Through rituals, guided reflection, and holistic practices, we honor the divine intelligence within every woman, cultivating a living ecosystem of renewal, rootedness, and embodied wisdom. The Velvet Rise exists to help women step fully into their sacred self, rise with clarity, and flourish in alignment with their deepest truth -- because every Black woman deserves a space to be seen, restored, and fully whole.
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meet joy ayokha, m.ed.
Founder, Biospiritualist, & Keeper of The Velvet Rise
Joy Ayokha is a biospiritualist, holistic guide, and the heart behind The Velvet Rise -- a sanctuary for the healing and remembrance of Black women's souls. Her work weaves together the wisdom of the body and the language of the spirit -- where science meets softness, and restoration becomes a sacred art.
