Yoruba-Ifa: Open Heart Conversations | Iyanifa Rev. DeShannon Barnes-Bowens 

This is beautiful BUT I can't help to feel like we, african rooted people, need to stop telling outsiders (non African rooted ppl our ways of living and beliefs.) We are sacred. And blessed. Keep our culture strong and our ancestors proud.

I'm yoruba by birth Ogun state of Nigeria, so thankful for you all for keeping the religion of our forefathers and ancestors. I'm compelled to learn more from these seminaries. i'd love to know more about your seminaries

Her voice is sooo soothing. I'm in awe. What an exceptionally beautiful soul she is.

Iya, this was so beautiful! You did us righteous! Ase Sistar!

Very nice!!! The only thing I disagree with is that it is not a RELIGION. it is a spirituality, a way of life. It's very important to make the difference.

Iya looks like a South African. The hair her skin tone. Her features, She is so beautiful 😍

I would love to get a copy of the libation she recited in the beginning of this program so I could learn it in English and the original language. It was amazing and felt so connected.

44:48 Me being bisexual, AND a devotee, her words hit me SO hard. But also, the Christians call their enlightened beings "Angels", but we Africans call them "Ancestors". Ase! 49:09

Iya thank you for being a vessel! Within 10 minutes of the opening I was in tears. This interview was so informative and beautifully articulated❤️

I'm so proud of this, because I'm also a Yoruba one of your brother, but I lives in U.S, i wish you more grace

Oh my gosh you are awesome you have given me my key to self realization thanks 🙏 sitar

I am so glad to come across this conversation, it's so educative and informative.

Oh my God, I'm inspired

I knew when she started moving those glasses those shoes were coming off 😅❤ I absolutely love my people and I love the openness and love of having her on this platform. This is my favorite video and always finds me when I need it. Ase

Wonderful Prayer and opening 🙌🏼 I would like to meet her 😀

Beautiful I enjoy the service along with the teaching of the practice of Yoruba.

As much as I'll like to appreciate her for upholding our culture and traditions, I'll like to also set the record straight that she lacks the in-depth knowledge of Orisa and Ifa. We Yoruba people are from western part of Nigeria, even the Yorubas in Benin Republic all migrated from Nigeria. Also, Orisa is not a deity but a general term used to refer to all ancestral gods, Osun, Ogun, Sango, Esu are few of them.

Thank you all for sharing this conversation. Much love and peace to everyone.

This is inspiring,I would love to learn more about African spiritual lessons.thank you.

Absolutely moved and inspired. Thank You and ashe

Sister Shannon, can’t help but 💜U & your Special Spirit ( Ashe)Medase’4 U, your Realness. Aluta Continua, Shukran, 📕🖤📗✊🏾🌞🌙🌟🌈🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯👁🌍🧘🏾‍♂️🏝🐚🛖🏕🤲🏾✊🏾Continue Allowing your light 2 shine , while sending your healing energy by your word sound! Bless!🌺🌻🌴

Proud of you,

This talk here...inspiring, beautiful, words will not do this talk justice. My soul was filled and satisfied...Ase

IFA does not originate from Benin. It's from Ile Ife western Nigeria.

Grateful for this presentation… Ase’ Ase’ Ase’O

Well done sister, birth alone does not determine our African identity. It is choosing to gather and uphold the African values, culture and traditions that make us children of Mama Africa

1:14:07 Animals are sacrificed all the time, we just don’t see it. We just see the finished result in the grocery store.

Grateful for the message and chant 🙏🏾 Ori Eni🙌🏾

Thank you for sharing this video

I'm Oshun's son as well! Ora yê yê ò!

Blood sacrifice helps us realise the Importance and Reverence the Ceremony is requiring. Life, Blood, is the most precious gift we can offer. Animals, are still a requirement for Life. We eat meat. It is necessary for our bodies to function. Offering this in Ritual is a huge sacrifice for us. I raised my hen from chick to the day of my Ritual. I made sure she had a certain diet so she would be pure for her role in the Ritual. She was precious to me. The Gifts i received from this Ritual were necessary for my Spiritual progression. So i wanted the Orisha to know, how seriously i took this Ritual, and what i was willing to sacrifice for my Spiritual progression. Blood sacrifice isnt evil. It is necessary sometimes.

Me and spouse were just initiated into isese traditional ifa. So beautiful ♥️ Ashe o!!!

I think its good that people explain these traditions because people get the wrong impression and stereotype it as Voodoo and curse people send spirits too innocents learning about the truth and that its not what couple bad apples practice I am learning and like what i am learning and what it has done for my life so far and notice a difference

I am actually ashamed that we are loosing the beautiful legacies bequeath us Yoruba, but which we put aside and go after stupid religions given to us by our tormentors and slave masters. I am also astonished that I have a legacy as God chosen, no wonder Nigeria nay west of Nigeria is naturally endowed.

That libation prayerr ❤❤

YORUBA SINCE BKLYN ‘79. BLACKJESUS TAUGHT BY GRANDPARENTS & SEEING A BLACK BODY N LIT GLASS COFFIN PARADE EASTER N PANAMA & SOLD IN MARKETS CNN PLUS HOLY GHOST PREACHER GREAT GRANDMA , I GOT TO TRAVEL KANSAS WITH, CHURCH ON UNCLE PROPERTY….HALLELUJAHS IS ALL I CAN SAY, SING & SHOUT @72 LAWDY!!!✝️💓💎🌈💫🌞✌🏿

CCADI.... Great resource!

I say that all of the time Jesus is an ANCESTOR

WATER BEARER. S(HE) HAS RISEN.

She really understand this Yoruba religion of Orisha

Ashe! Thank you 🙏

My Dear Sista Dr. Shannon, Medase’ Medase’ Medase’ Ashe O’ ones often Fear & Condem what they don’t understand. Mind & spirit in Slave Mastas Box…. Ashe O’ Amor… Feel 4👁💜💯🌞🌙✨🌈🌧🌤💐💐

Very great ❤

Ase!

I love this but best advice, if you can't speak Yoruba with the right tone, its best to just speak English because saying something in the wrong tone means something else. I hope you don't go cursing yourself while trying to bless yourself.

Watching while drinking garri.😅

The Yoruba people are indigenous to the present day Nigeria through to parts of Rep. of Benin and Rep. of Togo.

Aseooo

Can someone please share the name of the mambo video that Rev Deshannon shared during this video please and thank you

Hello I’m in Chicago and have been interested in Ifa for quite sometime can you direct me to someone here?

Ive always wanted to learn to speak Yoruba. Where did she learn to speak Yoruba? ...

You sacrifice open hearts. That’s all.

Prejudice is well and strong even with Yoruba people.

How do I figure out which orishas I belong to?

Ore yeye Ooo Osun ooo ASÉ ooo

I wonder what her sign is. I’m thinking a water sign?

Thoughts LL?

Yoruba did not originate from Benin, Benin originated from Yoruba, you got them mixed up

How do i find Baba Ola to get a ori ritual.

This is beautiful but she should have speak English all through, because any mistake in pronunciation in Yoruba language, change the meaning to mean another word

Beautiful Sistarrrr, beautiful heart...however y r U sharing Our sacred treasures???!!😢

Beautiful but not being called reverend. Despite the definition, it is Christian not African.

correction IFA is from Ife in the Western part of Nigeria. It is part of the Yoruba culture, not Benin Culture.

I ❤ Can Respect 🙏 💯 😌 👌 🙂 This At Least,!.❤🎉😮😊❤.°•○°.

Ummm. Your Orishas are NOT based on Zodiac signs. Lmao. You don't choose who your Orishas are.

Thanks to the Priestess! I understand the good intention of the priestess using the term,"Latinx" but NO LATINO or LATINA accepts the "Latinx" title- that's something that was put on us by mostly Liberal White ,non-Hispanic" people who have been trained or influenced by Marxists that have infiltrated our colleges, and BLM co-founders have been open in saying that they were "well trained marxists". Orisha tradition is a beautiful tradition, aside from the evil ones who choose to do evil- just like in ANY religion,there are people who choose to do evil, even though it may not be a part of that religion.

I have seen babies that look and act like a close relative. Difference is those relatives are still alive. I am sure if they were gone to be with their ancestors, people will say its reincarnation . So a baby acting and looking like some elder doesnt mean they are reincarnated.

you will need to check your number and the numbers they push out there on the internet, ifa religion pre dates Islam and christianity the earth has had life far beyond only 8,000 years only that's far to short if is the beginning the African have been around far longer then 8000 years

hmmmm.... i dont kmow when this was done, am a yoruba person, from ogun state, pls when handily/using a language that is not yours plssssssssssss, learn properly it well, because 90% of all the prayers/libation she said were very wrong in fact my head is boiling now? my mother grow up in what we call ijo ibile meaning church of our local tradition, my grand father( well educated man ) was an ifa man( he consult the ifa and traditional chief) so i know what am talking about am base in nigeria, it is my culture, tradition, it is our way of life.... our tradition is what we breath, eat live, so when you people are using or saying or trying to say somthing that not indigenous to pls learn it well, because most of the words the so called ifa woman said are mostly wrong and others wrongly pronounced...... i know and understand what you guys are trying do but plsssssssssssss do it well plssss. what am seeing right now is sad pls..... this not what we do here pls bcos all of the ifa tradition is all yoruba stuff and if you must do it plssssssssssss get an indigenous yoruba people in ifa shld talk about it by doing that you get it a first hand and right from the source.... this not what you study in a university, it is our culture, my tradition, my peoples way of living, so pls don't educated the world wrongly plsssssss.

The yoruba spirituality has been in existence long before Abraham, jesus, and Muhammed combined, so ifa is not from 8000 years ago.

When it comes to Indigenous people, everyone wants to be African @8:06, the host: you are not one of us( Africans). Do you have melanin? No. You are not!!!

Yemoja… not Yemoya.

it's right time we Yoruba christians begin to invade Yoruba territory in all Caribbean's world, America and UK to preach Christ for our people in diaspora

I'd say before you start saying incantations or chants in Yoruba, learn the language to the point where you almost become a native speaker. A single change in tone can mean something else. For example the word "ogun" has like 15+ meanings depending on how you say it. Another thing I see is the unnecessary use of the word "Ase" as if it were a greeting. It's a powerful word, becareful what you say "Ase" to, you might end up cursing yourselves with wrong pronunciations due to intonation and "Ase". I'm not even joking, ask the real Yorubas.

Soon as i seen a pale face I was like our people never learn when they are being exploited 🙄

Giving waaaaaay too much i formation

The devil is a mad. See how these beautiful women's lives are wasted by the devil. I prav that the light of the glorious gospel of Christ will shine into the host, guest and her audience.

Stop calling us Latin X we are Spanish