Return to Source

Unlock the Power of African-Centered Wellness

De: Araba Ofori-Acquah

Narrado por: Araba Ofori-Acquah

Return To Source invites Black people around the world to reconnect with their lost heritage and find healing, self-love and transformation.

This audiobook is an empowering call to journey home to a new way of looking after yourself. A new way thatis, in fact, the old way.

Globally, Africans and Diasporans are rediscovering that, even while navigating an oppressive and often unsafe world, we are called to make space for healing, not just for ourselves but also for loved ones, Ancestors and descendants. Our path to liberation includes a commitment to nurturing our personal and community growth by making wellness a priority.

In this powerful audiobook, Araba Ofori-Acquah will help you to:

- embark on a spiritual, emotional and for some physical journey back to the Motherland, back to your heritage, back to yourself, back to source

- unlock your potential with the power of an African-centred approach to wellness

- incorporate the three seeds of African wellness music and movement, Mother Earth and magick into your routine

- demystify and undo the demonisation of African beliefs, rituals and practices

- create a path to healing that feels most authentic to you

Discover how to live well in accordance with African traditions and find power, healing and alignment through your Return to Source.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2023 Araba Ofori-Acquah (P)2023 Hay House

Reseñas de la Crítica

"The veil is being lifted. We are now experiencing what I call an African Renaissance. A rebirth of art, fashion, food, writing, myth, magic and wisdom teachings. What was once deemed primitive is finally recognized for the Healing power and wellness it induces. Araba Ofori-Acquah’s book Return to Source is part of the wave that is returning us to Africa. And in these pages, you will find a helpful reworking of wellness tools for black people direct from the Source. - Caroline Shola Arewa, author of Opening to Spirit and Energy 4 Life

Return to Source is a very important book. It makes African Spirituality accessible to the reader. [Araba] returns us to the Original Principles of the Culture, those ideas that can be found everywhere. She recounts the challenges the culture has endured and clarifies the gifts that have come out of that struggle. And most important, she returns to those Principles and provides the reader with guidelines to apply that wisdom to the requirements of contemporary life. It is an easy read, a pleasurable read, and a very necessary one. Enjoy and be enriched. - Yeye Luisah Teish, author of Jambalaya: The Natural Woman's Book of Personal Charms and Practical Rituals

With Return to Source, Araba Ofori-Acquah gifts us with sacred ancestral medicine on the page. At this very moment the majority of our human brothers and sisters are crying out for reconnection – to ourselves, to each other, to the Source of All That Is. I am proud and excited to add this book to my favorite inspirational offerings. I highly recommend that you do the same. This is wellness custom-made for us. And for this sacred offering, I am so very grateful. - Abiola Abrams, award-winning author of African Goddess Initiation and African Goddess Rising Oracle

A Necessity!!

This book is a necessity for anyone in the African diaspora looking to connect to the culture. The author does a wonderful job of providing practical ways to engage in wellness practices and connects them to a wider context, including their meaning/ origin in African cultures. She provides a refreshing take on decolonizing your mind and wellness practices. Some other books focus too much on ancient Egypt or get too woo-woo and deep in pseudo-science. This book highlights how many practices that you may be already familiar with are deeply connected with African culture. However, they may have been popularized by the far east, India, and other places known for their wellness exports.

She spends some time providing context on how we became so disconnected from our roots and why finding information on African-centered wellness practices is challenging and sometimes not accepted by others. She also acknowledges diversity among the diaspora and how not every practice or experience will resonate with everyone. Followed by a brief introduction to pan-africanism and practical information on how to incorporate more wellness practices that are deeply rooted in African culture into your life.

I greatly appreciated how she juxtaposed Western philosophers such as Nietzsche, Kant, etc, with African communalism and other African schools of thought. The author tackles complex subjects with an evolved maturity without getting too academic and into the weeds. It's an accessible book for readers of all levels.

A must read in my opinion!

It wasn’t for me. I had to return it

I thought I was going to learn something new on African spirituality and traditions. But after 1 hour of listening and hoping the book would get better, I was met with the author giving multiple warnings and conflicting opinions on race, and Africanism. For a book that’s for global blacks, the author lost me by referencing controversial white British figures to make points. The only thing I agree w/ the author on is that colonialism is one of the reasons for the dissipation of African spirituality. Hopefully the book got better, but I couldn’t listen to it any longer.