Dr. Afia Menke
Bridging modern medicine and ancient wisdom to support healing of body, mind, spirit, and environment
“Where there is ruin, there is hope for a treasure.”
— Rumi
About Afia
For more than three decades, I have walked the path of healing as a psychologist, naturopathic doctor, permaculture teacher, and shamanic practitioner, integrating my earned wisdom and playful humor.
I am an enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation, and have had the privilege to learn about Lakota ways. I studied Psychedelic healing and became certified in psychedelic research and therapy in 2018 at CIIS. From these learnings and experiences my Spiritual growth evolved and embraced Existential Humility, a way of being that honors the mystery of Spirit, the sovereignty of the individual and the community.
My practice weaves modern medicine, indigenous ceremony, and lived experience into a single thread of care. I have learned that healing is a remembering of wholeness, a way of coming home to yourself through the wisdom of body, Spirit, and environment. The Earth has been my greatest teacher, revealing that life and death, loss and renewal, move together in sacred rhythm.
Like many, I came to this work through my own experiences of trauma, loss, and transformation. Those thresholds taught me how to listen deeply: to the body, to the land, and to Spirit. Today, I walk beside those of you in transition, helping you navigate change with courage and reverence and to celebrate your evolution.
My calling is to support those seeking holistic healing, blending medical insight, psychological understanding, Spiritual devotion and ancestral Earth wisdom, so that you may remember who you are and return to yourself, whole and sovereign.
Services
For women (and those who love them) navigating transformation, my mentorship sessions provide grounded spiritual guidance that bridges the psychological, the physical, the erotic, and the environmental. Drawing on decades of experience as a naturopathic doctor, permaculture teacher, and therapist, I support your inner healer, healing the stories (those layers of social conditioning) and wounds that no longer serve you, and that have disconnected you from your true nature. Through this process of re-membering, you can return to your own knowing and reclaim who you came here to be.
Ceremony is the ancient wisdom practice of calling out to Spirit for healing - where gratitude, joy, and transformation are held in reverence. My ceremonial work weaves traditional shamanic and somatic practices, sound, and prayer with trauma-informed presence.
Whether you’re marking a beginning, navigating a transition, desire to reconnect with Spirit, or marking an ending, my ceremonies offer a container for renewal, one that honors your humanity and your seasons as sacred.
As a speaker, I bring over 30 years of clinical, psychological, and shamanic experience to conversations on healing, eroticism, consciousness, and reconnecting to the Sacred Feminine.
My talks invite you into a deeper understanding of how your physiological, environmental, and spiritual intersect to create your true integration. My presence as a speaker is both catalytic and calming, I speak to awaken your sacred remembrance.
Community Care Fund
Healing and learning about ourselves is not a privilege. The Community Care Fund allows those with resources to support those who have monetary limitations, helping people in financial need access mentorship.
100% of every contribution directly funds continued learning classes or healing sessions for individuals who are ready for this work but may not have the financial means to invest in it at this time. Together, we create a ripple of healing that extends far beyond one session, paying it forward, walking in beauty.
What Clients Have Experienced
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I am glad I found Afia in this last chapter of my life. Afia has helped me come home to myself. I am at peace.
-Gail, Mentoring Client
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Through our work, I’ve expanded my capacity to slow down and be present, to ground myself, to show up with care for both myself and others. I’ve learned to identify limits, communicate boundaries as I find them, and share the wisdom I’ve gleaned with those navigating obstacles she once helped me through.
-Trinity, Mentoring Client
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I’ve worked with many therapists and somatic practitioners over the past fifteen years, but working with Afia was unique. She’s a grounded healer and channel, acting like a bring between the Divine and the Human.
-Ziona, Ceremony Client
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I serendipitously met Afia nearly a decade ago, and I’m blessed, highly favored, and eternally grateful for her presence on my path. If you’re considering working with her, allow me to reassure you: it’s infinitely worth the investment. My world has been illuminated by the light she radiates as she walks beside me, holding space and supporting my capacity to grow through even the most painful moments. She initiated my journey of compassionate self-discovery, and the transformation that followed has been so profound I can’t imagine what my life would look like had we never met. Simply kismet.
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It’s hard to find the words to describe my time with Afia….it’s as if she cleared the clutter between me and Spirit; I feel more connected and at peace in myself. She reminded me that the Divine is within me, and I need not look beyond myself to find it. What a gift to be treated as whole. What a gift to be seen as sovereign and holy. Afia was unwaveringly steady at the face of my pain. To my surprise, she helped me to clear residual trauma in my arms and neck and anchor in pleasure and joy. It felt sacred to hold grief and joy at the same time. She helped me bring those two together like I never have before.
-Debbie, Ceremony Client
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Through my work with Afia, life is now exponentially easier to navigate — as if I’ve gained a pair of truth goggles, discerning with greater clarity when and how to share what I see with the world.
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After the tragic death of a dear friend, I came to Afia to do a ceremonial session. Afia created a space that allowed me to move beneath my heartbreak and access the deeper wisdom of my body. That in and of itself was so healing, as grief is an emotion that often puts my body into alarm. It can be flooding, and I shut down. But with her presence and guidance, I was able to soften and move into my grief with a lot of grace and sovereignty. I felt powerful, even while sitting with an emotion that historically leaves me feeling impotent.
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Afia listened beyond my words - she heard my heart and my energy. It was masterful, really. Her reflections were precise, healing, and often infused with just the right touch of playfulness. Even months later, the session continues to guide me. It has been a lantern through my big emotions. It reconnected me to the deeper Self within that knows “All is well.”
-Stephanny, Ceremony Client
Meet Dr. Afia Menke
In this video, Dr. Afia Menke shares her journey, her healing philosophy, and the deep medicine she offers. You’ll hear about her roots in psychology, naturopathy, Choctaw traditions, and shamanic mentorship — and how these threads weave together to support people in their own paths toward sovereignty, wholeness, and spiritual transformation.
Watch this to understand not just what I offer, but why I do it — and whether our work might align.
Coming Soon:
Podcast & Courses
I am working on offerings born from decades of walking beside others in healing and transformation. In the months ahead, I’ll be sharing a podcast and a series of self-paced courses with you that weave together story, spiritual practice, and embodied remembrance.
The podcast, Field Guide for Curious Peeps, is a space where you can stand in awe of the Great Mystery. It is for you if you are seeking healing not as a single destination, but as a way of being. Through conversation and lived experience, it offers gentle companionship, practical tools, and reflections to guide you home to yourself and to the living Earth.
The courses will be invitations to deepen your own practice, to integrate spiritual wisdom, nervous system awareness, environmental attunement, and self-sovereignty in your own rhythm and time.
These offerings are part of a larger devotion for me. They are the culmination of my life’s work and dedication. They are meant to help you restore balance, belonging, and reverence in how you live, love, and relate to this planet. You can learn to feel gratitude, to feel more a part of something greater than yourself, and to laugh.
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Your Path Begins Here
If you feel called to work together, let’s begin with a free discovery call. This is a space to connect, ask questions, and see if my offerings align with your journey.