People often equate witchcraft rituals to bubbling cauldrons and pointy hats, but for people like Haylin Belay, it is so much more. She uses her magic rituals to heal from past trauma and to find an inner power in a society that often doesn’t value women of color. pic.twitter.com/wuTIcOLZFu
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) October 25, 2018

whole-self witchcraft

My Feminism Involves Witchcraft, also stylized as Femiwitch, launched in 2015 as a hobby newsletter for magical thinkers, with each installment containing one spell or ritual alongside brief musings on resilience, self-care, and social justice. Designed for novice and aspiring witches, the newsletter offered simple instructions and resources for young urban witches seeking to explore their feminism and their witchcraft.

Since then, Femiwitch has evolved into ሰምና ወርቅ (sem-ena-werk), my online practice journal and audio blog. It has also expanded to include in-person and distance Tarot readings, yoga classes, live workshops, webinars, one-on-one wellness coaching, and more.

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Whole-Self Witchcraft is the spiritual wellness division of Haylin Belay LLC, an educational consulting and health promotion project created by trauma-responsive sexuality expert and health promotion professional Haylin Belay. While she works with witches of all traditions and backgrounds, Haylin is herself a self-styled pleasure witch: a solitary and intuitive practitioner whose practice privileges the healing, honoring, and propagation of pleasure.

in the press

Video Profile: Huffington Post, “How Witchcraft Helped This Woman Heal from Trauma”
Video Profile: Ozy Magazine, "Spells for the Modern Day Sorceress"
Podcast Profile: Curious Fox, “#98: Magic, Embodiment, and Sexuality with Haylin Belay"
Podcast Profile: Real Talk Radio, "Haylin Belay on Sex Education, Modern Witchcraft, and Relationship Anarchy"
Podcast Profile: Biology of the Blog, "Haylin Belay"
Podcast Interview: Another Round, "Dearest Y'all, We Have Some News."
Podcast Interview: MetroFocus, "The Physical Effects of Racism" [Part 1] [Part 2]
Profile: Religion Unplugged, “The Spiritual Journey of a Modern Witch”
Profile: Garden Collage, "Haylin Belay on Practicing Witchcraft in NYC"
Profile: AYO Magazine, "Witchcraft As Black Feminist Practice: Part II With Educator Haylin Belay"
Profile: Blue & White Magazine, "Campus Character: Haylin Belay"

workshop highlights

[Keynote] Northwest Magic Conference 2018 "What Feels Right: Intuition & Pleasure In Magical Practice"
[Workshop] Northwest Magic Conference 2018 "Mind, Body, & Spirit: Bodywork for Healing Intuition"
[Brand Activation] Coach 2018 “Life Coach”
[Contributing Essayist] How We Fight White Supremacy: A Field Guide to Black Resistance.
In-house Tarot reader and workshop facilitator at Catland Books.
Host of On Deck With….

Popular offerings include…
Mental Health & Tarot ; Sex Magic for Survivors ; The Neurodivergent Witch ; Yoga for Witches ; Mind, Body, & Spirit: Bodywork for Healing Intuition ; Sex Ed For Witches ; How to Be A Pleasure Witch ; The Business of Tarot ; Sacred Consent, Healing Touch (also offered as Self-Massage for Self-Care)