Research
Yoga
Art
I am a Summerville based cultural historian, author, artist, musician, and trauma informed Kemetic yoga instructor with more than thirty years of research into Afro Indigenous, especially Muskogee and Creek, heritage. My work grows from my Hadjo family line, DNA findings, and visits to mound sites across the Southeast. An M.A. in Education focused on Cross Cultural Counseling, nutrition training, and multiple Yoga Alliance recognized certifications shape how I support communities. Through books, genealogy guidance, yoga, chakra consultations, and handcrafted cultural pieces, I share a living story of survival, remembrance, and everyday healing.
Why Choose Sufia
Decades of research, lived healing, and authentic art create a trusted cultural space.
Deep Historical Roots
For over thirty years I have studied Mississippian chiefdoms, Muskogee history, mound sites, and Afro Indigenous genealogy.
Kemetic Yoga Practice
Yoga helped me learn to move again after paralysis, so I teach with patience, adaptation, and genuine care.
Trusted Cultural Art
My handcrafted fabric basket Calamus Pond Rd. earned recognition, winning Honorable Mention at the MOJA Juried Art Exhibition, in 2017.
My Healing Path
I first met yoga at seventeen, then returned at twenty five and truly needed it at twenty eight after a work related car accident left me paralyzed for six months with three herniated discs. Studying with teachers like ASAR Hapi, Krishna Kaur, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, and Yirser Ra Hotep, I learned how breath and gentle movement can support grief, fear, and pain.
My Scholar's Work
For more than three decades I have researched Meso-American Culture, after seeing my first OLMEC head, as a Spanish Language Major, in an Art of Ancient Mexico Class in 1981. In 2004, I spent a month in the Maya Mountains and Punta Gorda, Belize, interviewing people, then made, Toledo District Eco-Park: An Eco-Cultural Tour of Southern Belize, a documentary that screened at the late Dr. Will Moroah Goins', 9th Native American Film Festival in 2009. So everything fell into place in 2017, when DNA test results unlocked our Meso-American and Muskogee heritage. Since 2010, I had been walking mound sites and giving tours to people, combing through archives, and listening to Elders. That research became my book, Moundbuilders of Ancient America: A Legacy Reclaimed, ( 2018), tracing our Wind Clan Ancestors across eight generations and connecting relatives in the Southeast and Meso-America. I can now trace our Muskogee Heritage back over 11 generations on Turtle Island.