Showing posts with label wraps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wraps. Show all posts

Thursday, October 22, 2020

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Wednesday, January 3, 2018

About Ten Nebula (Tanya Thomas)


Healer
Ten Nebula is a trained shaman, Reiki master, psychic, trance channel, and schooled doula.
She also attended high school for art and attended City College of New York in Harlem for art history.  She has been trained in many holistic health modalities. She believes in proactively healing one’s life in order to shed fears & disease states of being. Ten Nebula offers her healing work in the form of blogs, videos, and talks at this time. It is a goal of hers to write books on health and open a healing clinic in California.

Social Activist
Ten Nebula is a social activist who believes that in order for humanity to progress we must be FULLY aware of the issues we hold. She presents her activism in form of blogs, videos, and talks. Her major focuses are women’s issues, animal rights, and gay/transgender rights. Ten Nebula also donates to U.S. non-profits, nationwide, on the monthly & annual basis.

Environmentalist / Witch
Ten Nebula is an environmentalist. She donates to U.S. green non-profits every year. She participates in Earth day clean-ups. She strongly believes in the power of recycling and composting. She educates the public about ways to help the environment through her blogs, videos, and talks. Ten Nebula is also a white witch who honors and worships The Goddess, Nature, Gaia (the earth mother) and serves The Light / Divine Will.

Political Activist
Ten Nebula believes in the equality for all. She advocates for people to exercise their right to vote and be properly educated about the American systems (i.e. police, federal courts, making of laws, etc).  She also works towards rallying the U.S. government to make more U.S. companies/entities transparent and honest so the American people can BETTER relate to them. Ten Nebula has sued Facebook and 8 other U.S. companies over issues of racism, sexism, cyberstalking, and cyberbullying.

Karma Yoga
Ten Nebula believes in karma yoga, donating, giving back, and volunteering as a way to find your purpose and to be of serve to the whole. She donates on the monthly and annual basis. She had volunteered at Earth day clean-ups, vegetarian festivals, holistic health centers and green festivals. She also gives back by offering to the public free blogs, free educational videos for years that are now recently monetized, and useful talks. She also gives back through her daily spiritual practice.

Artist
Ten Nebula is an artist who has been singing since she was in middle school, dancing since she was a child, modeling since she was a teenager, and discovered her love for acting as a young adult. She attended high school for art and attended City College of New York in Harlem for art history. She also donates to art-based institution (like The Studio Museum of Harlem, Five Myles Gallery, etc.) on the annual basis. She has volunteered at art-based events like New York Cares Day & Celebrate Brooklyn Art Festival.
Ten Nebula is currently working on preparing her life for her next level as an artist in Hollywood where she will focus on writing, films, documentaries and her performing arts.


Learn more about Ten Nebula: https://www.Tennebula.weebly.com


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In love, light, and strength,
Ten Nebula (Tanya Thomas)
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

How Can We Help You?



1. learn about how to wrapping your locs
2. connect with great resources on wrapping
3. learn more about the history of wraps





(photo from static.becomegorgeous.com)

What tools do you need to wrap your hair?




You will need a scarf or a piece of fabric
you may need something to hold your hair
like a rubber band, ponytail holder, scrunchy, etc.




(photo from raredelights.com)

How long should your scarves be?




If you want a more simple wrap,
you can use a small piece of fabric (at least, about 2x2 feet)
but if you want to have a more elaborate wrap
then you will need longer fabric



(photo from ehowcdn.com)

What are the best kind of fabric to wrap your locks?



There are so many kinds of fabric
that you can use to wrap yout hair
you can also layer it up

also, it depends on how you want your wrap to look
i.e. chucky, thin, crisp, puffy, soft wrap

*silk
*satin
*cotton
*polyester
*rayon
*acrylic




(photo from tumblr.com - Baglyas Anita)

Basic Reasons to wrap your dreadlocks



There are many reasons why people wrap their hair or head

1. it looks beautiful
2. they want to be creative and self-expressive
3. their head is cold
4. religious reasons
5. cultural reasons
6. spiritual reasons
7. makes them look more diverse
8. cover up unclean hair
9. it helps to keep long hair or dreadlocks in place
10. it helps to keep hair clean in a polluted environment
11. it marks an important event
12. it represents a person's status in society




(photo from iix3starscapex3.tumblr.com)



Wrapping your hair for spiritual reasons









Some spiritual reasons for why people wrap their hair:

1. to show respect to one's creator
2. to show a sign of holiness
3. to show respect for one's mate, spouse, or partner
4. to represent cleanliness
5. to protect their crown chakra from lower energies
6. to show commitment to one's spiritual path







(photo from pinterest.com)

Different Names for Wrapping Your Hair












1. Turban
2. headgear
3. headwraps
4. scarves
5. headdress








(photo from cdn.shopify.com)

Wraps in different Settings



Depending on where you are in the world,
people wrap their hair in different settings

- in their homes
- at events (funeral, wedding, etc)
- at a religious event
- some places only women will wrap their hair
- some places only men will wrap their hair
- some places both men & women wrap their hair
- some people do just black or white wraps
- some places use various colors of fabric




(photo from vissastudios.com)