By ASIYA

By ASIYA Here to inspire and share the beauty of this planet. 💫❤️

05/17/2026

My 15 year old self would be so proud. I studied photography as my exit project in high school - I attended free classes at the camera store to understand how to take photos.

In college I booked every gig I could - volunteering for the school newspaper and doing my best to serve my schools.

I got a degree from college and when I graduated and followed my heart to be a photographer and subsequently have not worked a day in my life. Photography is joy, it’s love- it’s my bliss.

My sister was the first person to tell me- own it. When people ask you what you do, do not speak with trepidation. Tell them with confidence that you are a photographer.

25 years later and still so in love with taking photos.

New York and its people have been so kind me. No words can describe the heart that overflows with rivers of gratitude.

Thank you for the creator- may my hands always be the hands through which you work and may my eyes always be the eyes through which I see all the beauty you have created.

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A huge thanks to the lovely client who has invited me into their homes and hearts over the years and clicked this behind the scenes photo today at the end of an epic linked in photo shoot.

04/22/2026

I’m not sure why this stream of consciousness came through today, but my heart has been longing to re-look at the photos I took when I visited Mongolia in August of 2019.

Sometimes I think of the adventures I’ve had and feel an overwhelming sense of gratitude. Each opportunity came like a strike of lightning. My only decision was to listen to that spark or to let it die just as quick as it came.

Many conditioned ways in society and in normal family structures tell us not to live in alignment to our hearts. Often, we are programmed into careers and into lives that we don’t want.

If I can say one thing, it is to have courage. To have courage to listen to the whispers of your heart and to live a life of alignment- alignment to your highest soul expression- to your highest joy. I truly believe this is how the planet will heal.

04/17/2026

The cherry blossoms are a miracle. Thank you for reminding me of the magic.

Photos taken yesterday 04-16-2026

04/16/2026

To be human- to be in a body- to dance with the breeze of a spring day- to be in awe of the beauty around- to run down a hill- to be able to move and play and experience all that there is in this human experience.

Flowers feel so miraculous. The intelligence inside a dormant tree for months in the winter brings forth this life. To witness it reminds me of the magic- the miracle of life- to bloom.

Am I also meant to bloom? Is there a divine intelligence in me? How many seasons of spring and winter and summer and fall will I go through. I’m ready for spring. Thank you for the cold winter. I’m ready for flowers.

01/01/2026

2025 reflections ❤️

12/30/2025

Join us for a 3-Day Wellness Workshop
Oakridges Community Centre
Richmond Hill, Ontario
January 8-10 2026

With love and gratitude,
Asiya and Kaniz

12/26/2025

With hearts filled with joy and gratitude, we invite you to join our three day workshop this January in Toronto. Dm us for more information. Space is limited.

12/02/2025

As I lay in bed unable to sleep last night on the eve of December 1, I couldn’t help but feel so much energy pulse through my body. Coming off the high of winning a gold medal at the 3.5 mixed doubles pickleball tournament, I reflected on this past year.

I feel opportunities strike like lightening in the sky.

So much of this past year has been about saying “yes.”

Growth does not happen in our comfort zones. It happens outside. It’s saying yes to that which scares us. I remember a quote I read on the board during my yoga training. It read: “The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.”

I will die and everything I have accumulated will be left in this world- but the journey of the soul- the transformation- this is eternal.

The outer reflects the inner, and as I transform within myself- everything changes.

So many highlights from this year of great transformation- these highlights show what emerged on the physical realm but these only reflect what I underwent through turning within.

We are but patterns of energy being expressed and as we allow ourselves to be stretched and broke, we emerge reborn. I can liken this to a bud bursting from a seed or like a Pheonix rising from the ashes.

Perhaps the biggest mental shift came during my time living with the monks in the north of Thailand- the cycle ends when I realize there is nothing to do. As the monk so eloquently taught “Happiness is inside. When you realize this you stop chasing.”

If you look through these photos- know that everything that transpired was painted by a hand much greater than mine. I am but a vessel through which the divine energy flows. For me I am the servant - the abd- my only job is to say yes when it’s a yes and no when it’s a no and to be able to discern the difference by attuning to the inner whispers that guide when you take the time to listen.

So many glorious opportunities of yes but also yes to the mundane- the gym - the healthy foods - the discipline.

Every Monday I teach - my desire is to pay anything good I have learned forward. If you desire to be part of the classes I offer for free, please dm me.

Lots of love always, Asiya

10/27/2025

Been an emotional 24 hours - feeling all the feels as I age on this human experience. Not sure what it is about New York that always brings me back. Maybe I’m here to heal- to remember my wholeness- that the tribe may see me or may not but the light of the creator always fills me. In my brokenness, I have been filling myself with divine love as best as I can. Aware of thoughts aware of it all. Grateful to be on earth- to be able to chew food and for the sounds of the birds- and the laughter and the joy and love we get to feel. This physicality. Thank you.

10/19/2025

11 years of fall mini sessions in Central Park. This place- the way it holds us- the laughter of the ducks- the laughter of families- the love- the tears- this messy and beautiful human experience. Thank you. No words just a heart full of so much gratitude I am crying.

10/06/2025

I love photographing newborns especially when they have furry big singling! This is an order shoot that I just stumbled upon. How sweet?

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