About

In today’s day and age, with internet searches, purchasable certifications, & AI – typically funded by structures of d.i.s.ease (delusion of division, invocation of illness, and sustaining of scarcity), advice guided by the latest controlled and manipulated “information” is a dime a dozen
but truly embodied w.i.s.dom gained from a life led by courage, connection, and clarity is rare and precious.

This is what we have to offer you.

We (Lev and Ife) have been on our own conscious journeys seeking embodied wellness for a decade before we met.

I, Ife, traveled the depths of my being learning meditation in India, refining and expanding my contemplations to consider societal implications, & gained degrees at consciousness based universities.

I was raised celebrating Kwanzaa and being told that unity was the first principle I should live by, but when I realized that the unity that was being presented to me was not actually unifying to all of life, but limited to a truncated Black experience, I began to focus on finding a way that unity could truly be realized. I eventually discovered that unity can be realized when the context of that unity is based in the physical reality, a common orientation that’s primary, universal, experiential, and self-referencing, and a commitment to the guiding light of wellness.

I, Lev, traveled multiple continents, backpacking in deserts and jungles, connecting with different cultures and studying and integrating a diverse array of healing perspectives and approaches. I was raised with a deep and active cultural connection to Source through the lens of Orthodox Judaism. However by the same vein I was also raised with a cultural separation from all other cultures, which never sat well with him. When I began to travel and experience more inclusive cultures, I began to see a reflection of a deeper part of himself that found that experience of Source within all people and all of life.

When we first began our journey together we organized our values into an earlier iteration of the three guiding principles of w.i.s.dom.
These w.i.s.dom based values guide our lives as a family and gives us many opportunities to grow, master the art of implementing them, and support others in their own progression of life.

Wellsprings of Umoja was formulated by our union, the union of Love (Ife) and Heart (Love).

As the Head and Heart Guides of WellU it’s our absolute joy to offer all of who we are to advancing YOUR journey home, anchored in the vitalizing w.i.s.dom that has been such a blessing in our lives.

The “Bio’s”

About Ife ShepsuMa’at, Head Guide

Ife (Ife meaning Love) Ngozi Abdullah ShepsuMa’at – Mother, Wife, & Co-Creator. Ife has been on the path of seeking ways to support wellness from within out since she realized how deeply our stories affect our experience of reality in learning about the placebo effect in her first college program over 20 years ago. This realization was seeded by her family’s yearly practice of Kwanzaa and the reflection of the Nguzo Saba or 7 principles throughout her childhood. Her academic achievements have been a masters degree in Transpersonal Psychology with emphases in Women’s Spirituality and Creative Innovation from Sofia University and a magnum cum laude bachelors in Media and Communication with emphases in Film and Sustainability from Maharishi International University. And through these studies and many self-directed others she has discovered a life path of amplifying wellness that she celebrates in sharing

About Lev ShepsuMa’at, Heart Guide

Lev (Lev meaning Heart) Dovid Nehebka ShepsuMa’at is a family man, vitality artist, natural movement trainer, transformational bodyworker, nourishment innovator, and co-creator of WellU. His path towards embodying wellness was shaped early by childhood injuries, exposure to energetic healing, and formative experiences immersed in Nature, and work on local organic farms. From those early experiences Lev learned experientially as well as academically from diverse teachers and methods of healing such as massage therapy from Potomac Massage Training Institute, True Body Intelligence from Isaiah Fleissbach and Christopher Mayer, Indigenous African Healing from Traditional Healers of The Earth Center, Thai bodywork from Francisco Morales-Bermudez, and Capoeira Angola from Mestre Cobra Mansa — all of which inform his multifaceted healing practice. Professionally, Lev has worked in top-rated wellness spaces such as Zen and the City (Baltimore, MD), EarthFit Gym (Beaufort, SC), Synergy Yoga Retreats, and operated his own mobile massage and movement practice. He has helped hundreds of individuals recover from injuries, relieve chronic pain, and embody greater vitality through bodywork, energy healing, and natural movement. Fluent in five languages and constantly learning new ones, Lev is passionate about connecting with people of diverse cultures and walks of life, and the sacred relationships between the body, food, movement, healing, and nature, continuously learning from indigenous cultural wisdom to be able to experience a deeper sense of home on this Earth.

About ShepsuMa’at Youth

Pèlé and Aiyé – Raising youth with the core values of wellness, nature, and sovereignty shows up in many ways. It’s not easy, we fail a lot of the time, but we have peace in the belief that every success heals generations of trauma. And from what we can tell, and others have commented, our children are thriving. They are maintaining the spark that we are all born with. There’s many angles that we can approach in sharing this style of parenting and living, so many that we’d rather share elements over time. So stay tuned to our blog to continue to discover our journey as we continue to discover it