Melvilin Shanti Parvan Rodriguez
Melvilin Shanti Parvan Rodriguez, known in the Yoruba tradition as Iyanifa Ifatinuwe, and soul-named
Elunara Amara, is the visionary creatrix of Womb Shanti—a sacred sanctuary for the everyday
woman navigating the deep initiations of her physical, emotional, and spiritual body. Her work is a
weaving of the mystical and the practical, offering grounded support and spiritual remembrance to
those who are ready to reclaim the wisdom within their womb.
Elunara Amara, meaning "Graceful Light of the Womb", is the soul essence she carries in this
lifetime—here to guide women back to their original knowing: that healing is not a destination, but a
spiral of becoming. She serves as a bridge between worlds, a keeper of feminine rites, and a midwife
for the shadows that long to be integrated and seen.
Initiated into the sacred lineages of the TaÃno and Yoruba traditions, Ifatinuwe walks with the breath
of the ancestors, the rhythm of ritual, and the power of shadow alchemy. Her medicine is born from
lived experience, ancient remembering, and deep reverence for the Earth and her cycles.
Through Womb Shanti, she births transformative spaces—ceremonies, retreats, and programs—that
awaken the archetypes of Maiden, Mother, and Wise, while tending to the often unseen wounds of
modern womanhood: grief, burnout, trauma, and disconnection. She offers not just healing—but a
holy reclamation of feminine sovereignty.
To sit in her circle is to remember that your womb is not broken—it is a temple, a portal, and a
beacon of power, prophecy, and purpose.
