Supporting people, leaders and organisations through

profound change.

of

Kilimanjaro

Nile

in

Guided by stories, symbols, silence and the wisdom carried in the body.

Of the Bari people South Sudan

&

Tanzanian Chagga people Tanzania

Eldest daughter of a refugee.

A Diasporic Seed.

A child of migration, memory and mercy.

Dreamt into being by my grandmothers.

For more than 20 years, I worked across leadership, governance, humanitarian systems and alternative education. My life has unfolded across cultures, communities and continents, teaching me that belonging is not always given.

Sometimes it must be cultivated.

Protected.

Remembered.

My approach draws from specialised training, with respected mentors and thought-leaders,continuous research, years of lived experience.

What Shapes My Practice.

African rooted wisdom

PhotographStory.

Ritual.

Silence.

Initiation.

Montessori.

Loss & LOVE

Lived experience.

Today, my work sits at the intersection of

sacred practice, social justice, storytelling and radical care.

I WORK with post-activist visionaries, regenerative creatives, sensitive SOULs in liminal spaces, and entangled ecosystems.

In my offerings, I share practices that have been most transformational in my life.

I am a living poem.

I am a loving prayer.

My life is my practice.

Things You May Wish To Know About Me:

* Mother

* BSc Sociology + MBA

* AMI Montessori Diploma

* Recognised Pioneer of the Nation (UK)

* Human Design Manifestor

* Gemini Rising

* Taurus Sun

* Sagittarius Moon

*Enneagram Type 8 wing 9

* ENTJ

Inspired by

*Folks who are their full selves

I know this to be true

* Beauty is medicine

* Belly laughs are sacred

* Relationships deeply heal

* There are worlds hidden inside words

* Joy involves chapati, caresses and cocooning.

* I am storied in the moment, free in the forever now.

My transmission supports your mission.

If my story resonates, LEARN about my WORK

We do this together.

Kin Word

I remember Yolanda's power in my bones, in my tears, and in my chest's trembling response to her words to me one weekend on a bus in Switzerland. The words arrived gently, unassuming but memorable, like rain in the desert: "You did good." That's all. I wasn't seeking affirmation. But something about the way she said those words rang with the vibrancy of an elderly prestige, like she knew things ordinary ways of knowing couldn't appreciate. And none other than Yolanda herself offered a conceptual way to hold the moment when she spoke about a "prior generosity". Yolanda knows the music that gave birth to music. She is wise, and that is rare.

Báyò Akómoláfé, Ph.D.
Author, Teacher, Speaker