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Iya Funlayo E. Wood, PhD

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Family you know I’m a natural-born teacher and nothing gives me more joy than hearing YOU speak new words in Yoruba!

Come on and learn with me—four weeks of live classes, we start from the ABDs, no prior knowledge is needed.

I guarantee I’ll get you saying at least a little somethin somethin and help you get more comfortable with your prayers and interactions in the community.

And, most importantly, it’s interactive and lots of FUN! 🥳

✨ Class starts Sep. 23, Register at Learn.AseIre.com

🙏🏾 Drop a testimonial in the comments if you’ve taken the class, drop a 💛 if you plan to take it!

#iyafunlayo #aseire #africanspirituality #ifa #orisa #yoruba #yorubalanguage #learnyoruba #yorubaclass #abd by @iyafunlayo

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This is the most powerful prayer you will ever learn, and so very simple:

May my ori accept that which is meant for me and reject that which is not. Ase!

Ifa tells us that NO BLESSINGS from any divinity can come to us without the sanction of our own head.

As I spoke about this am (hey Monday Morning crew 👋🏽) we often overlook how much power we truly have to make or break ourselves.

We are psychologically predisposed to focus on the negative and see threats everywhere in order to keep ourselves safe.

Focusing on the positive and productive has to be an ACTIVE CHOICE that we make over and over again.

Check out the full message and a powerful testimony in my video “Ori and Going for What You Truly Want” on my YouTube channel YouTube.com/AseIre

✨ Book readings with me, buy books, kola, tees, and more at AseIre.com

🚨 Scammers are rampant! I will never DM you

#iyafunlayo #aseire #ori by @iyafunlayo

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Ori! Ye Ori mi o! Ori bamiṣe o! Ori bamire ooo!

I salute my ori! Ori, help me to do it! Ori bring me all blessings!

The odu Ifa Ogbe Ogunda tell us it is only ori that can accompany us on the long journey through life without returning home. No divinity can help us if we don’t first help ourselves!

Drop some ✨ if you’re tapped into your magical and powerful Ori today!

May your hood head always lead you well. Aṣẹ!

✨ Visit AseIre.com to book readings, buy books, orisa tees and more!

#aseire #iyafunlayo #ori by @iyafunlayo

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You can grow without losing your roots. ✨ Come to the conversation. Bring your questions, your story, and your voice.

The God Box Talks: NKYINKYIM—Transforming Without Losing Our Essence
Sunday, October 18, 2026 • 6:00 PM ET
FREE Admission—Register now! Link below
https://pci.jotform.com/form/260897914332061 by @iyafunlayo

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🇬🇷 Athens, Greece (July 2025): What does philosophy have to do with gym class? Well, the gymnasium was originally a place designed to train the mind as well as the body.

Greece will always have a soft spot in my heart as it was Zeus, Athena, Poseidon, and Aphrodite that paved the way for me to come to know Olodumare, Obatala, Olokun, and Osun.

And Socrates? He never wrote a thing and was condemned to death for “corrupting the youth” by teaching them to think. My kinda guy.

When the late great Prof. Sophie Oluwole put him in conversation with Orunmila, it was further confirmation of my path. Like Akoda and Aseda with Orunmila, Plato was Socrates’ student, Aristotle was Plato’s. Good teachers and good students should always be valued 🙏🏽

✈️ Travel with us to Bali June 24-30, 2027! Info session 10/29, join our mailing list for updates!

#funlayogoes #aseiretraveltribe by @iyafunlayo

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When you hear Ṣango’s thunder roar—you know.
When you feel Ọya’s gale-force winds—you know.
When you encounter the bank of Ọṣun’s mighty river—you know.
When you find yourself on the shore of Olokun’s vast ocean—you know.
When you feel the heat of Ogun’s forge—you know.
When you reach the center point of Eṣu’s crossroads—you know.
When you see the glint off Oba’s sword—you know.
When you reach the top of Ọbatala’s mountain—you know.
When I encountered the force of nature that is you @timiljones —I knew.
My love, we have been around the world 🌍 and made more magic in 365 days than many make in a lifetime. In you, I have truly found a partner in life and love. I’m thankful beyond measure and I will forever celebrate this day, 10/11, the day we met. The day we KNEW. May our ancestors and all the divine beings that walk with us continue to support us! Ase! by @iyafunlayo

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Family, you already know if you need a house, spouse, or that moneyyyyy (yeah!) you gotta do what? ASK YOUR ORI!

I’m proud to be known as the “Ori-vangelist” and hype to have my ori prayer which so many of you love and use featured on a new track by @kaylyn.eye

🎶 “Ori Tutu/Cool” is streaming on all platforms, run it up and use the audio!

May cool heads prevail always. May your Ori accept each and every one of your blessings! Aṣẹẹẹẹ!

“Ask your Ori” shirt in my shop by @iyafunlayo

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Ẹẹẹpa Oriṣa o! 🕊️Today is the Feast Day of Ọbatala in the Lukumi and Regla de Ocha lineages of Oriṣa practice where he has been syncretized with both Jesus of Nazareth and Our Lady of Mercy.

We honor our patron Oriṣa in all forms and in all places! We honor our ancestors who kept his worship alive through the Maafa and we who keep it alive now.

Ki Ọbatala ṣaanu gbogbo wa! May Ọbatala grant us all mercy!

May we be ever wrapped in the aṣo funfun (white cloth) of peace and prosperity! Aṣẹẹẹẹ!

Drop a prayer for the Family 🙏🏽 in the comments by @iyafunlayo

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As we bid Virgo ♍️ season odabo for now, I give thanks for every SECOND of these 47 years. I give thanks for love. I give thanks for joy. I give thanks for a life that brings me deep fulfillment. I give thanks for being African. I give thanks for being Blackity Black Black. I give thanks for being from Uptown baby where we gets down baby.

I give thanks for YOU!

Ifa reminds us that people are our greatest resource and blessing so I never take the love my people show me lightly. Thank you for continually encouraging and speaking life into me as I do the same for you. We all we got! ✊🏾

Spirit’s been moving me to share some of my life reflections—and these fly fits!—like I used to so, expect to see a little more of me on your timeline ✨big love always! by @iyafunlayo

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This week the odu Ifa osa ogunda ministered to us on the dangers of sending another person to do an important task.

It could be that person who ends up with the blessings YOU were supposed to have!

Find out how Ṣango sent Ọya to handle his business and Eṣu taught him a valuable lesson on my YT channel!

YouTube.com/AseIre by @iyafunlayo

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Join us ONLINE (9/25) for this important and timely conversation presented in association with @faithcompasscenter and @theadrsa!

@iyafunlayo and @timiljones will speak with filmmakers @seyi_adebanjo_llc and @iambryanjazz and sex therapist and educator @drlatoyabrooks about sexual shame in ATR communities.

We’ll discuss queer identities, body shame, and healthy relationships with ourselves and spiritual community. And, we’ll watch a clip of Seyi and Bryan’s forthcoming lyrical documentary AFROMYSTIC which follows LGBTQ+ Òrìṣà spiritual practitioners across the waters of Nigeria, Brazil, and the United States in a quest for ancestral affirmation and post-colonial liberation.

Register free at tiny.cc/pleaseureispower by @iyafunlayo

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You didn't come into this world needing to be fixed. 🍒

So much of spirituality is built on "you're flawed, let's repair you."

You arrived whole. Everything else is a cherry on top of a cake that was already good.

Don't throw the cake away chasing cherries.

🎥 Full episode live now — link in bio.

#Spirituality #PersonalGrowth #YouAreEnough #Enlightenment #ReelsOfInstagram by @iyafunlayo

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