Afi's Waistbeads - 'Asaase Ye Duru'

Waistbeads are a West Afrikan form of adornment + beauty. They have been used as a puberty rite of passage and to invoke certain energies within the womb space - our creative wellspring. You do not have to have a physical womb to purchase Afi's waistbeads. These beads are for all !

PLEASE NOTE :
Afi's adornments and ritual products are named and inspired by various deities, Abosom, Orisa, Neteru, forces of Nature. They may or may not aid you in your own personal relationship with these forces of Nature.

All adornments are blessed with oils, charged in Nature and prayed over, made specifically with each individual in mind. No beading arrangement is the same (images are examples of previous beads made). Our waistbeads are made from seed or glass bead laced onto elastic string. Each set of beads will arrive with a handwritten channeled letter specific to your journey. All beads are made to be worn for a certain amount of time. We suggest leaving the beads on until they break. Once beads break (which they are guaranteed to within weeks or months) this means the 'work' of your beads is complete. We suggest thanking them for aiding you, discard of seed/glass beads by burying them in the Earth and recycling elastic string.

One string of beads wraps around the waist once, two strings wraps around twice etc.

PLEASE READ BEFORE PURCHASING:
Please include your waist measurements in 'Notes and Instruction' box at checkout.

'Asaase ye Duru' Waistbeads:
Asaase ye duru - translating to The Earth has weight in Asante Twi, native tongue of Ghana. This proverb is connected to the Adinkra symbol. Symbolising the substance, nourishment and abundance that is found within the Earth and provided to us. Asaase is our connector to life and death. As we are birthed from Asaase Yaa / Earth Mother so our bodies shall return to Her when we pass away.

These beads aid in :
- Connecting the wearer to the elements of Earth and Water. Keeping the wearer grounded and stable within their core while supporting them in their own fluidity of expression, intuition and emotion.
- Connecting wearer to life and death, natural cycles of shedding, transformation and rebirth as a part of Nature itself.
- Activating protected communication with the benevolent spirits, Forces of Nature, Divinities of the Sea/Water + Forest/Plants
- Releasing resistance to stillness, healing and expansion

Colours : Blue, Green
Force of Nature: Water, Sea, Nature, Earth,

If you are unsure of what beads to order please feel free to email us at [email protected] so we can aid you in finding beads that best suit what you are moving through and your experience at this time.