Adéolá Naomi Adérèmí

Adéolá Naomi Adérèmí is the founder of Ayo Retreats. She is Yorùbá-Greek, raised in Niger, Nigeria, and Greece, and currently living between West Africa and Western Europe. She is a multilingual, multi-local and multi-format creative, scholar, policy analyst, and healer.

Her work and activism focus on the intersection of social justice, health, Black feminism, class, and race. She is a passionate advocate on issues concerning gender-based violence, human trafficking, gender equality, women's health and equal representation for voices of women of African descent in the media. 



She has a BS in speech and language therapy, and a Masters of Science in Public Health from Birmingham City University. Her master's thesis focused on the socioeconomic impact of violence against women in Sub-Saharan Africa.

 As a consultant, her areas of expertise are gender justice, LGBTQI+ people, youth political participation, international development, feminist governance and economies, migration, AU-EU relations, and foreign policy. 



Adéolá is a 500 HR certified yoga therapist and meditation facilitator. In addition to her advocacy, she is the founder of Warrior Woman, a rehabilitation program for displaced trauma survivors. She is also the founder and Editor in Chief of ‘Distinguished Diva’, a collective that fosters community building, communication, outreach and global accessibility for women of African descent, with a focus on telling and amplifying stories told by these women. Her work as an artist and healer has been featured in publications such as Contemporary&, Women Under Siege, the New York Times, Ms. Magazine, New Museum New York, Forbes, E-flux, Elle, and Vogue.



As a coach, her area of expertise is spirituality coaching rooted in Yorùbá Cosmology for activists, healers, and disruptors. Her work is centered around creating healing justice frameworks and infrastructures for activists and change-makers on the frontlines, who are in need of spiritual guidance and protection, with tools such as Reiki, Divination, Herbalism and Tarot consultation.