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January/February 2018

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Your Body Talks to Me PAGE 22

HeartSpace Embraces Multi-Dimensional Healing PAGE 34

Devin Lockett Reverses His Son’s Autism PAGE 24

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Table of Contents The Light Room

ON THE COVER

Getting Traumatized Energy Unstuck and Moving-Interview with Carla Cohen 8

Beginner’s Guide to Veganism By Maryam Arjona

Where’s the Faire?

The Divine Mountain Immersion Retreat Interview with Patricia Garza-Pinto 33

The Ultimate Brain Tune-Up Interview with Mary McPherson

Be Your Own Bank By Ben Savill

Anyone Can Access Their Psychic Powers Interview with Sharifah Hardie

School of Multidimensional Healing is now HeartSpace Interview with Jerry Woods

Women Stepping into Their Light Interview with Tina Ghahramani-Singh 37 14

Make New Year’s Resolutions Great Again! By Janna Colaco 16

Creating Your Self-Empowered Year for 2018! By TeriLynn CanSee

My Hands Help You Heal Interview with J.P. Martin 17

Spiritual Opportunities Abound By Scott Ware 39

A Special Shamanic Yoga Retreat for You Interview with Athanasia Medenas 18

Conscious as A Couple By Les Dotson 40

Holistic Healing: Expense or Investment? By Donna Bond 20

Honoring the Sacred Feminine in Art Interview with Outi Harma 42

Your Body Talks to Me By Teri Stanley

Energetic Hygiene By Rev. Danielle Marie Hewitt

How Devin Lockett Reversed His Son’s Autism-Interview with Devin Lockett 24

Ask Shelly – Psychic Advice Column

There’s Only One Thing to Know Thyself By Shauna Kossoff

Spiritual | Holistic Community Photos 52 26

Hold Maximum Moisture in Your Skin Interview with the Founders of Sea Kind 27 You Are Not Your Pain Interview with Dr. Ben Horning

Comatose Not by Choice By Rita Robinson 58

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Testimonial We are in amazing times where more and more individuals are waking up and taking part in their own evolution. It is wonderful to know that we have a gathering place called Radiance Magazine. I believe that the editor, Scott Ware is creating a magical waterhole for those of us who are ready to awaken our Divine spirit. A place to meet, to learn, to share. I have found in Radiance there are events I did not know were happening and places I need to explore. Teachers and Readers I can’t wait to meet and articles that my soul can read while satisfying my brain’s need to know. Thank you Scott and Radiance for creating this space. –Mary McPherson

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Your Best Gift to Yourself: Holistic Health Treatment Someone suffers with pain. Naturally, they look for a cure.

Scott Ware is the Editor of Radiance Magazine.

If they don’t find one right away, they keep looking. Let’s say they try A and it doesn’t work. They try B (a pill, perhaps) and it works temporarily, as long as they keep taking it. But it has some nasty side effects that require taking other medications to alleviate the nastiness. Discouraged, they try C (a different pill) to assist B, but it’s addictive. Now other things in life suffer like sleep, jobs, relationships.

To further acknowledge the profound benefits of holistic healing, we’re celebrating Holistic Healing Awareness Day on March 24

Then a friend tells them about a holistic healer who helped them. They’re intrigued, but they want to know “Who is this person?” It turns out the holistic practitioner resolved their own significant health issues through natural remedies, then decided to leave their job and train to make a living helping other people get the same results. Many of the practitioners have traveled exactly this life journey to humbly offer us their services. And to further acknowledge the deep benefits of holistic healing, we’re celebrating with Holistic Healing Awareness Day on March 24 where every participating wellness center will offer specials to introduce new clients to the world of holistic wellness. Go to www.holistichealingawarenessday.com for more details. In the meantime, enjoy “Energetic Hygiene – Keeping Your Prana Pretty” by Rev. Danielle Hewitt; an interview with Tina Ghahramani-Singh titled “Women Stepping into Their Light;” and learn about face and skin products that came only from the sea in the interview with the founders of Sea Kind. One final note: years ago, a shrewd businessman tagged along with a friend to a psychic fair in Anaheim where he decided to get a reading from a medium. He was immediately connected with his deceased father, and his world was forever changed. He was as skeptical as they come and never believed this was possible. But now he wanted to make sure everyone had access to this experience, so he opened a spiritual center in Irvine (School of Multidimensional Healing, which recently changed its name to HeartSpace – A Community Center of Light, Learning and Wellness) which runs a wellattended fair on the last Saturday of the month and enables spiritual practitioners to teach others how to tap into their own gifts through the classes and workshops there. Jerry Woods frequently works the front desk, so make sure you say hello as you treat yourself to a class that empowers your life and nurtures your soul.

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What part does prosperity play in spirituality?

Rev. Danielle Marie Hewitt

J.P. Martin

Holistic Health Coach·doTERRA Purveyor·Wellness Advocate

For some people “prosperity” means lots of money. For me, prosperity means an abundance of love, family, friends, education, happiness, peace, generosity, charity, forgiveness, etc. If you live a prosperous life in this way, you are likely living a spiritual life. Money certainly can be one a part of your prosperity, but, if money is the sole focus of your prosperity, then you are not likely living a spiritual life.

In French, which is my mother tongue, prospérité means being in a good place, wealth-wise but also health-wise and energy-wise. It means good luck, success, abundance, advancement, development… So to me, spirituality, as it grounds us deeply, leads and contributes to prosperity. Therefore, if you are prosperous (in a place of mental tranquility), you can more easily access the spiritual world.

Tina Ghahramani-Singh

Janna Colaco

Holistic Health Coach·doTERRA Purveyor·Wellness Advocate

I believe that prosperity is being in a state of abundance. It’s an energy we consciously CHOOSE to hold. When we are prosperous in certain areas of our lives, our spirituality—our personal connection with Source or our creator—expands as a result, and that source always wants us to prosper. Every soul has a life purpose and therefore wishes to be prosperous so we can share our gifts with the world.

The metaphysical Law of Abundance declares there is always unlimited, never-ending supply. Prosperity is energy, just like unconditional love. Therefore, there is always enough. Cleanse away negative beliefs about money; give and receive unconditionally. Lack occurs when either our giving or our receiving door is closed. We can open them! Like love, prosperity comes when we fall back into the arms of the universe and allow it.

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Getting Traumatized Energy Unstuck and Moving

with Carla Cohen

Carla Cohen is certified in more than 20 healing modalities. She listens to your body’s tissue to help you unwind and encourages your whole being to release trauma and injury, increase energy flow and expand movement for more overall freedom –Editor How do people benefit when they see you? One lady came to me with vertigo. She’d tried Western medicine and some really good alternative options but they didn’t work for her. I did the Essential Harmony work that I do and alternated some Raindrop sessions on her. Between the two, we were able to get her back to normal. She had stopped driving, stopped dancing, stopped living her life. This was a big shift for her. And she said I was the last person on earth she would ever go to! One woman had three miscarriages before she met me. After I worked with her, she finally had a successful birth. Now she has a beautiful, healthy daughter

When we get a lot of things stuck together energetically, we don’t have the same movement; our mind isn’t as receptive to Source; the energy doesn’t come through us in the same way. We don’t let life come through us the same way. Can you give us another example? I had a gentleman come to me who had recurring back problems for a very long time. He was discouraged and thought he was going to have to live with this for the rest of his life. He had almost no pain after just one session. Now he just comes for tuneups maybe once a year, just to keep himself on track. Is it always physical ailments people come to you with? No, I also get people coming for emotional issues. Sometimes they’re trying to find a job or wanting to get pregnant and they’re not in the right space—the line between physical and emotional blurs. One woman had three miscarriages before she met me. After I worked with her, she finally had a successful birth. Now she has a beautiful, healthy daughter. 8

What do you help them change about themselves? Over time, we have situations that come up in our lives. You can call them traumas, you can call them experiences that are not pleasant. Something changes in our physiology that puts us in a different space chemically. When our chemical balance changes, our tissue starts to change. What do you do with that? I’m able to work with those layers that are stuck to each other in a very gentle, noninvasive way and start to get that flow coming back. When you start to change the flow in the physiology, the mind changes. Your attitude changes. And life starts to flow for you again. That’s why I do what I do. To get your life flowing again, contact Carla for a free, 10-minute consultation at (310) 920-2177 or go to www. carlacohen.com for more information.

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FAIRE Monthly Every 3rd Saturday

Every 1st Saturday

Psychic Expansion & Energetic Wholeness Faire at The Healing Key 2117 E 7th St, Long Beach | 12-5pm

Psychic Healing Faire at Kindred Spirits 813 W. Foothill Blvd, Claremont | 12-5pm

OC Wellness Retreat at Carpe Diem Experience 115 S Harbor Blvd, Fullerton | 10-4pm

The “Where Woo-Woo Meets Wellness” Faire at BOTI Studios–Beautiful On The Inside 607 South Harbor Bl. Anaheim, CA 92805 | 10-3pm

Every 2nd Saturday

Every 3rd Sunday

Holistic Health & Spiritual Fair at Learning Light Foundation 1212 E Lincoln Ave, Anaheim | 10-4pm

Psychic & Healing Fair at The Mermaid Cottage 26726 Calle Juanita, Capistrano Beach | 11-5pm

Holistic Faire at Spiritual Origins Psychic Readings & Crystal Shop 307 3rs St. Suite 101, Huntington Beach | 11-5pm

Every Last Saturday

Monthly Holistic Faire at HeartSpace– The School of Multidimensional Healing Arts & Sciences 18271 McDurmott W, Suite H, Irvine | 11-5pm

Quarterly & Annual Sun. Jan 14th

Soul Fest at The Sanctuary Wellness Center & Yoga Studio | 505 W 1st St, Tustin | 11-5pm

Sat Feb. 17

Spirit Faire at Museum of Woman 17905 Sky Park Circle Suite A, Irvine 11-5pm

Feb. 9-12 Fri-Mon

Conscious Life Expo at LAX Hilton 5711 W Century Blvd, Los Angeles

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The Ultimate Brain Tune-Up Wake Up to Your Brain’s Unlimited Potential

Mary McPherson is the founder of Awoken Life Brainwave Optimization and Wellness Center where she employs cutting edge techniques such as Brainwave Optimization and Hypnotherapy along with the ancient arts of Medicinal Aromatherapy, Meditation, Energy and Sound Healing. She holds over 17 certifications and licenses in the healing arts along with several certifications, degrees, patents and published technical reports as a chemical engineer, allowing her to understand healing on a spiritual and scientific level –Editor

with Mary McPherson

Mary, your wellness center focuses on the Brain; who could benefit from an optimized brain? Everyone! But mostly those suffering from anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, words) PTSD, etc. We start with a highly comprehensive assessment that can reveal where the brain may be out of balance, particularly if the client has suffered a head trauma or emotional traumas. How does Brain Optimization work? It’s a noninvasive holistic technology that performs real-time balancing that supports the brain to put everything back on track. Once the brain is headed in the right direction, it starts to self-correct. In life we go through hard times which can take us off track. The brain’s primary function is to be a chemical factory, so it should make chemistry to help us, right? We know it can make endorphins and serotonin, etc., so why can’t we have it performing at its optimal level again? Sometimes meditation, yoga etc. help, but the brain may need greater support to really perform at its best. That’s where we come in. This sounds quicker than talk therapy. It can be. When people come to us suffering from unpleasant symptoms, we help bring their brain back to homeostasis as quickly as possible! Talk therapy is wonderful and we work with many therapists, but it’s only addressing the conscious level and can take time to see results. Hypnotherapy (which we also do) works with the subconscious and Brain Optimization works below the subconscious, the cellular level and works quickly. The good news is Brain Optimization is designed to help you quickly get back to your life, not to keep you coming back. Most clients have the results they’re looking for in as little as 5 days. Can you then take your brain even further? Yes, we find that when the brain frequencies start to balance

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and become more harmonized, we operate at a greater potential. Clients go deeper into meditation, and it also opens up different areas of the brain, allowing it to operate at an ultimate high. That’s why high-performing businesspeople, doctors and professional athletes come in for Brain Optimization, to enhance their abilities and focus. Brain optimization has helped me live a very full life. I not only have a Masters in Chemistry, but I’m an artist, a hypnotherapist, a teacher (we teach healing and When the brain frequencies start to balance and become more harmonized, we operate at a greater potential. Clients go deeper into meditation, and it also opens up different areas of the brain, allowing it to operate at an ultimate high

spiritual classes here), just for starters. I’ve been called a Renaissance Woman and a well-educated gypsy. People laugh, but I think I live a great “optimized” life.

Tell me a little more about your other services. We have a wonderful Sound healing lounge where we can work with clients one on one or private groups. Sound healing deeply relaxes the brain and harmonizes our cellular frequencies. It can help with many different issues and promotes deep healing on a cellular level. To close, what is your favorite modality at your healing center? I would have to say hypnotherapy, we specialize in Past life regression. It is a powerful tool to wake us up to very deep self-knowledge. For me it’s amazing how people react to these modalities and the realizations they experience. I am deeply honored to support our clients to live their best life.

Mary offers private sessions, seminars, programs, classes and lectures. She is offering a complimentary half hour consultation. You can reach her at (949) 661-6909 or www.awokenlife.com.

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Be Your Own Bank And Get Your Money Flowing Back to You One of the greatest tragedies in the world today is that we are failing to harness 95% of human potential, creativity and radiance because most people are in an almost constant struggle to make ends meet, get out of debt and accumulate wealth for their retirement. This puts people into a survival and scarcity mindset. Fearing they’ll never have enough, people with this mindset get caught up in chasing money, thinking about what they can get from other people rather than focusing on creating value for others. This can prevent people from ever finding and pursuing their true purpose. The quickest, simplest and most effective way to change the flow of money in our lives and, thus, transform our mindset and our relationship with money is to create our own bank

Since moving to Orange County from England in 2004, I’ve been on a mission to discover practical financial strategies that can help liberate people to achieve their highest potential. I’ve researched all types of investment ideas and money-making ventures. As a criminal defense investigator for 10 years, I was involved in investigating multimillion dollar frauds. When my chiropractor told me about a program for dramatically boosting one’s wealth by redirecting one’s borrowing and spending through one’s own “bank,” I was skeptical. It took me two years of reading and researching before I finally opened my first personal bank. I now have two banks; my wife has one and even my 10-year-old daughter has one, which she will use to finance her college education when the time comes. This strategy has been quietly used by some of the richest families and businesses in America for decades. It’s rooted in the idea that the easiest way to grow our wealth is not by making more money but by keeping more of what we already make. 12

by Ben Savill

Money is a form of energy and energy needs to flow in order to work its magic. The banks understand this. They are in the business of moving money. Contrary to popular belief, they don’t store our deposits in vaults or use them to buy assets. Instead, they lend our money out, recapture it and lend it out again—while paying us a minimal rate of interest. We’ve been “persuaded” to let our money sit in banks, investment funds or assets that often generate little or no cash flow. If we are to truly grow our wealth, we need to learn from the banks. We need to change our mindset from one of allowing money to sit to one of keeping money in motion. And we need to change the direction of the flow of our money so that it keeps flowing back to us rather than flowing away from us, never to return. The quickest, simplest and most effective way to change the flow of money in our lives and, thus, transform our mindset and our relationship with money is to create our own bank. Instead of borrowing from another bank or lender to finance personal, household or business expenditures and paying them the interest, we can borrow from our own bank, pay ourselves interest, recapture our money and put it to work again. The most efficient vehicle for doing this is a specially engineered form of dividend-paying permanent life insurance, in which we de-emphasize the death benefit, maximize the cash-value component and super-charge the growth of that cash value. When most people think of life insurance, they think of something that only provides a benefit when someone dies. But the right kind of life insurance policy, properly designed, built and operated, can provide enormous lifetime benefits. The key to this is the “guaranteed policy loan provision.” That means the insurance company will give us a loan up to the value of the cash in our policy—anytime we want it and

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with no questions asked. The cash in our policy becomes our “bank.” We can borrow money from the company and use it to pay for things like cars, car repairs, vacations and unreimbursed health care expenses. We can use it to make investments or lend to our business or even to pay for regular monthly expenses, even if we put those expenses on credit cards. And we can use it to lend money to a trusted friend or family member; for example, an adult child to pay for college. The money we put in our own bank keeps growing regardless of what happens in the markets

We are all in the banking business already—we’re just on the wrong end of it. It’s time to change the banker and change our lives. Ben Savill obtained his law and master’s degrees at the world-renowned London School of Economics. He spent 10 years as a criminal defense investigator before becoming a licensed life insurance agent (CA Insurance License #0F00056). He now devotes his time to educating healers and changemakers about money and banking. Contact Ben to learn more about becoming your own bank. He can be reached at: LivingWealth@outlook.com

What makes this so unique and powerful is that this type of life insurance policy loan is not a loan from our policy but a loan against our policy. This is a crucial distinction. It means that the money we put in our own bank never actually leaves our bank. It keeps growing at a contractually guaranteed rate, year after year, regardless of what happens in the markets, thus benefiting from the power of compound interest. At the same time, we can keep money flowing by being able to borrow against our continuous deposits and that ever-growing cash value. This type of banking vehicle has been called the holy grail of finance—a vehicle that relentlessly compounds our money and, at the same time, lets us access our money without interrupting the compounding process. This is the type of win-win financial program few people even know exists. By using policy loans to finance our expenses and investments, we can create a positive cash flow that’s potentially worth millions of dollars over our lifetime. Meanwhile, the guaranteed, compounding growth of our cash-value from our continuous deposits can create a large tax-free nest egg for our retirement and the death benefit can create a multigenerational legacy. We are all in the banking business already— we’re just on the wrong end of it

Just think about how much money has passed, and will pass, through your hands over your lifetime. Now imagine how different your life would be if you could redirect that money through your own bank.

Ben Savill obtained his law and master’s degrees at the world-renowned London School of Economics. He spent 10 years as a criminal defense investigator before becoming a licensed life insurance agent (CA Insurance License #0F00056). He now devotes his time to educating healers and changemakers about money and banking. Contact Ben to learn more about becoming your own bank. He can be reached at: LivingWealth@outlook.com

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Anyone Can Instantly Access Their Psychic Powers (Why Wait Any Longer?) Sharifah Hardie’s specialty is showing her clients how to instantly access their own psychic abilities, which, she says, we all have. She, herself, is an intuitive reader, tarot instructor and spiritual advisor who knows we can all have conversations with God and be trained to receive the answers we seek in minutes, not years. –Editor You’ve said that most people aren’t aware of the powerful abilities they have, that those abilities lie dormant and untapped. Yes, which is why I teach people how to instantly access those powers. People have been taught to believe only certain people are psychic or they must spend a lifetime sitting on a pillow in order to be psychic or, if they don’t light a candle in a certain way, nothing will happen. What’s wrong with those beliefs? Those beliefs make our natural psychic abilities seem like a woo-woo, eerie kind of thing and that’s absolutely not true. God is an immediate God. He speaks his word and creates by simply saying, “Be,” and it is. God doesn’t say “Be” then it percolates and marinades for five years. That’s the gift of manifestation we all have. I help people access their God-given abilities to manifest the changes they want to see in their lives, and I train people to help others manifest as well. What’s the first thing you do to help people tap into their psychic abilities? First, I let everyone know they absolutely do have psychic abilities. If their intent is pure, there is no way they can do it wrong. It does take time and practice to develop psychic abilities but the information you seek is easily accessible if you know how to tap into it. What is your main teaching technique? To eliminate the belief we are absent or separate from God, to have people truly believe God loves you. God put each and every one of us here because of his love for us. I simply teach people how 14

with Sharifah Hardie

to talk to God through readings to access the knowledge God and the Angels want to reveal to us. I am literally opening communication with God for them, kind of like a telephone operator, until people realize they can call direct. How does that work? If you’ve ever read A Course in Miracles, it makes it clear it’s about your intent. If you think about a mother whose child is trapped under a car, the Universe, God, everything is going to move on her behalf to help lift that car off her child, if she asks. It’s a pure, immediate request. The ability to lift that car is based on her sincere need at that moment. Now, if she tries to lift that car tomorrow, it’s not going to move because the intent and need have changed. This is the energy we tap into with our readings. I love when I can tap into information someone needed to hear at that exact moment and their lives are changed for the better. However, I want people to understand that the energy I am tapping into is the same energy they can tap into

So it has to do with intent and immediacy to get the instant response? Most problems can be solved (snaps her fingers) just like that. If you’ve been going to your therapist for five years or 10 years and there aren’t any improvements in your life, why continue to go? If you took your car to a mechanic, and it took them five years to fix your car would you continue to take your car to that mechanic? No. That would be ridiculous. But that’s what we do with our spirituality. We might continue to go back to the same person week after week, year after year and aside from a few “psychic hits” our lives are still exactly the same. The point of intuitive reading is to provide the querent (the one who seeks) with information

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they can use to change their lives instantly, positively and permanently. Do you prefer doing the intuitive readings for people or do you prefer teaching people how to read energy? I absolutely love reading for people. I love when I can tap into information someone needed to hear at that exact moment and their lives are changed for the better. However, I want people to understand that the energy I am tapping into is the same energy they can tap into. There’s nothing special or unique about me. How can people use this ability more than just personally? Learning how to read is a useful tool people can use to better their lives and the lives of the people around them. Reading can even be a way for them to start their own business. As a business consultant, I know that to boost the economy you have to create jobs. Small businesses are what run the economy and, to get those jobs flourishing, you need to create resources to feed the people. “Full people don’t steal.” You don’t believe that information takes a long time to receive? Absolutely not. You do not have to wait. When you need a message, God is going to deliver that message. It would be an unfair God to not answer a question you ask. Someway, somehow, he’s going to deliver that message to you. God doesn’t deliver messages only on Sundays between 8 and 10 a.m. If you say, “Lord, I need your help,” he’s goin g to answer you. Why would he not?

When I read someone, I’m not reading their future. Reading people is more like a GPS system. A GPS doesn’t tell you what the future holds. Based on where you are right now on your current path, it tells you how far away your destination is and when you will most likely arrive. I can tell you that your destination is 20 minutes and 15 miles away. But arriving at that destination sometime in the future is based on the decisions we make between where we are and our destination. There could be a lot of traffic. You could receive a phone call that makes you go a different direction or you could simply utilize your free will and decide not to go at all. Reading people is the same thing. I can tell you based on where you are right now what you need to know to get where you want to go in the most expedient manner possible but at the end of the day you could simply choose a different future. To find out about setting up quick access to your own direct connection, call Sharifah Hardie at 562-822-0965 or visit WorkShopsAndReadings.com. Sharifah offers private readings and classes.

People might have a hard time believing they have access to this much power that quickly, but you seem to have a way of assisting them in achieving this shift. I’ve been a trainer for a long time and I’m one of those “get in the pool and stop trying to just stick your toe in the water,” hands-on kind of people. People are going to get in the pool when they work with me! When people use the actual techniques I give, by the time they finish the class, they will have made a dramatic shift in their ability to receive clear messages from God and the Angels and read other people. How do you feel about the “seeing the future” aspect of being psychic? My focus is on lifting the veil of secrecy that surrounds being a psychic in general but specifically in terms of seeing the future. The future is not written! There are points in the future that will happen, that’s destiny. But there are so many other areas we can easily change or correct. We were blessed with free will. 15

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Make New Year’s Resolutions Great Again! Hypnotherapy Is the Game-Changer

“Great again,” you say? “Since when have New Year’s Resolutions ever been great? They’re painful and they fail!” And so, the uphill battle begins. Chances are your emotional subconscious already wants to go on strike whether your goal is to lose cookie pounds, exercise, quit smoking, clean the garage, get a job, or quit procrastinating. Can you really blame it? Resolutions feel like living in a concentration camp. Like winter in Auschwitz! So, deep down, we revolt. Resolutions mostly feel: • Overwhelming • Hard • Hungry, exhausting, painful, stressful • Empty and sad, without chocolate, chips or TV • Like cutting out a piece of your soul! Still, January comes. We grimly rally. We slog along, forcing ourselves up at the crack of dawn, limiting our calories and threatening ourselves into a productive frenzy. This Herculean effort lasts from a few days to weeks, maybe a few precious months, until we start to unravel. Eventually, the over-worked, emaciated, tortured prisoners of our emotional concentration camp rise up and stage a coup against our will power and goals. Sick and tired of the abuse, these subconscious freedom fighters shoot the guards with tranquilizer darts, carry us gently onto the couch, hand us our chips, chocolate, bunny slippers and remote, where they self-soothe us for, like, a year. In the meantime, the usurped conscious mind gets really angry. It starts yelling threats and admonitions of “failure! Failure!! FAILURE!!!” at us, which is just more torture! Hypnotherapy is the game-changer, bringing pleasure rather than pain to our goals. We can make resolutions fun and great again! Hypnosis is a modality tracing back to ancient Egypt. It’s been used in one form or another in almost every culture on Earth. It’s a drug-free, holistic approach to change, transforming dread into pleasure and joy. Now that’s a gift that will last the whole year! 16

by Janna Colaco, C.Ht.,

Hypnosis creates new emotions of:

• Motivation • Ease • Comfort • Craving the NEW behavior • Confidence and self-worth

When goals feel good and effort is easy, resolutions stick and life is full of joy. I’ve personally used hypnosis for: 1. Appetite control. I feel full on smaller portions. Chocolate, cookies and chips only taste good the first two bites; after that they’re yucky. 2. Motivation. Waking up at 5 a.m. to exercise is fun! I bound out of bed like a kid on Christmas morning. (I used to just roll over and go back to sleep.) 3. Swimming is the best part of my day and I just can’t wait to do it! Trust me, I didn’t always feel that way, especially in the winter. How’s that for NEW behavior? 4. Building strong muscles and cardiovascular endurance is a pleasant sensation. I used to hate cardio. 5. The house just seems to magically clean itself! Well, it feels that way. I dropped resistance to it. The point to all of this is: It’s the war that makes it hard; hypnosis makes the doing easy...even pleasurable. And that’s something that works in all aspects of our lives. Since becoming a hypnotherapist, January has become my favorite month. I get to help clients enjoy the process of positive change. It’s a win-win. What’s a better way to start a new year than that? Janna Colaco, C.Ht., is a Clinical Hypnotherapist and Master Therapeutic Imagery Facilitator practicing in downtown Fullerton. Janna has coached motivational transformation since 1986. She is a Healing Minister, NLP practitioner, Reiki Practitioner and Yoga Teacher. You can reach Janna at (714) 269-6908, jannacolaco@mac.com, and mechanicsofgrace.com

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My Hands Help You Heal Let’s Go Deep Together

Originally from Belgium, Hollywood reporter J.P. Martin has always been a healer and a psychic, but shortly after moving to California to interview celebrities, he experienced a burning sensation in his left hand which he knew intuitively to be an expansion of his healing abilities. Along with Reiki and his Tarot de Marseille readings, his method began yielding optimal results. –Editor With your Hot Hands Healing Method being so successful, why did you also learn Reiki? It helped people put a frame on what I do which helps their comfort level before we begin. But I totally do my own style. I’m very instinctive and straight to the point. And as far as Tarot is concerned, cards are more a support than anything else.

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themselves and see why they are creating this so the pattern can be stopped. You’ve had some success recently with some clients. Yes, there was a lady who had a cyst near her stomach, and we were able to get her some healing. A very creative man came to me with so much fiery energy he could barely sleep. I helped him clean out some things that brought him alignment. I help them to heal themselves. I get them to a relaxed place so that can happen. Some people even fall asleep. What led you to this profession? I felt called, even compelled. I’ve been through so much in my life, I’ve been very, very down. I was helped so much by others, and I want to give back.

In your job as a journalist, did you find yourself reading the celebrities you were interviewing? Yes, but I didn’t know that’s what I was doing. With artists and movie stars, instead of me asking them questions, I would make assertive statements, saying: “This is who you are” and they would always say, “How do you know that about me?” Lately, I told P!nk she’d be doing things with children in the future and I was so spot-on. She looked at me and took my card (laughs). What do you people come back to you for? Relieving anxiety. I perfectly know myself what being anxious means, so I’m best at helping people with. Most physical pains are linked to anxiety and stress, so to me, the healing is to take people to an awareness of their own mechanical patterns that created the pain. It usually doesn’t take more than eight sessions for them to really see that they, themselves, are creating the pain. My preference is for them to come someplace with me and unplug for two hours, to disconnect from the chaos and turmoil of the outside world and then, go deep within

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A Special Shamanic Yoga Retreat for You

Witness the Stars Above and the Universe Inside

Athanasia Medenas combines her expertise as a shamanic practitioner and yoga instructor into an extraordinary luxury retreat February 8-11 in Joshua Tree where participants will be guided and coached through Shamanic Journey Work with Art Processing, Vinyasa Flow, Star Gazing, Yoga Nidra & Sound Baths. –Editor It’s fascinating that you’re combining elements of Shamanism and Yoga for your retreat. What was the origin of that? Believe it or not, it clicked when I was in Costa Rica, of all places, during my Yoga Teacher Training. Working there in the jungle while walking the shamanic path, the connection with Earth is so essential to the path. That IS the path. Mother Earth. So being in the jungle, I was completely out of my comfort zone. It was tough. There are a lot of noises, a lot of animals and creepy-crawlies… You weren’t raised in that kind of atmosphere. Not at all. Even though it was gorgeous, it was sticky and humid and I realized: I’m a desert person. It’s hot in the desert, but not humid. There are trees in the desert – the Joshua trees are so magical to me which has its own exotic pull. And I combine that with my love for yoga and the shamanic path. And of course, the stars. You can see the Milky Way so clearly in Joshua Tree and it’s so inspiring. Earlier you mentioned the things that are “written in the stars.” Do you bring astrology to this as well? Yes, I do natal chart readings also. I believe our natal charts, the placement of the stars when we were born, gives us a treasure map for our life. When we see the stars in the desert, we clearly see how the energies affect our soul. Plus, I have a deep connection with the moon. As a shamanic practitioner, the lunar cycles hold Mother Earth’s rhythm. What should people expect when they come to your retreat? To do work. It IS based in a luxury environment so we can do difficult work and be able to rest in comfort. There is downtime and massages for people who want them, but it 18

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is going to be work. In the morning it’s going to be a pretty vigorous vinyasa flow and we will be supplemented by amazing high-quality plant based meals by Chef Avril. It was important to me to have our work supported by the kitchen and Chef Avril is our “Food Doctor.” She has created a cuisine that will restore and rejuvenate the physical body throughout the four days. The Shamanic Journey Work allows us to reach altered states of consciousness through our breathing technique and provocative, chakra attuned, music. It’s a perfect way to introduce someone to altered states of consciousness without the use of plant medicine. So, the attendees should be somewhat advanced? They should have some introduction to yoga, but not necessarily someone who can do handstands and flip all over the place. Someone with a spiritual interest. The yoga instruction will be led by Mary Ann Douvikas who specializes with All-Level flow classes and gives multiple options for each posture. This is an ideal retreat for a yogi (beginner to advanced) who is looking to deepen their connection to their practice and heal themselves - physically, mentally, and spiritually. I clear, I cleanse, whatever needs to be moved out of someone’s space. Throughout the retreat, I’ll offer past life readings, natal chart readings, aura cleansings, and chakra balancing

Do you bring intuitive abilities to your work? Yes, I read the energy during the Shamanic Journey Work. I clear, I cleanse, whatever needs to be moved out of someone’s space. Throughout the retreat, I’ll offer past life readings, natal chart readings, aura cleansings, and chakra balancing. How did you know you wanted to do this or would be good at it? So many synchronicities happened, and I didn’t ignore them. I heard about a Shamanic Journey class and felt called to go to it.

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Holistic Healing: Expense or Investment?

by Donna Bond M.A. ©

When considering spending money, the first question we ask ourselves - be it consciously or below the surface is, “Is this worth it?”

How do you shift your perspective and place yourself and your overall health and well-being at the top of your priority list?

We think it’s normal to spend $20,000 to $90,000 on a new car, for example. On a vehicle that will take us where we need to go and, we imagine, will make us feel better about ourselves because of the aesthetics.

While conventional medicine has made huge advancements in repairing the physical body, it has left the spirit out of the equation. I believe this is why so many people don’t truly heal. Don’t misunderstand, I am grateful for Western medicine and am alive today because of it. But it does not take our Whole Being into consideration. The Whole Being is inclusive of not only our physical being, but the thoughts we hold, the feelings we feel, and the connection we maintain (or deny) with the Divine.

Yet when it comes to the restorative powers of a healing massage for the sacred temple and vehicle that When you feel good in your body and you have a positive outlook on life, there is a sense of thriving

houses our spirit, we somehow think $100 is a lot of money. I would offer that for many of us, our value systems are a bit out of whack and could use a second look. In conventional medicine, we justify spending thousands of dollars on colonoscopies and mammograms for a peek at our insides but the idea of regularly investing in our own energy balancing and clearing (which I liken to taking a daily shower) to keep our bodies running at peak performance is misunderstood as an indulgence. Is taking care of our mind, body and spirit an extravagance or the best return on our investment? It depends: Do you value the way you feel in your body day to day? Do you prefer to not be stuck in a loop of negativity? Do you value having an abundance of enriching thoughts that support and sustain you? When you feel good in your body and you have a positive outlook on life, there’s a sense of thriving. When you don’t feel good or if you find yourself in depression or anxiety often, we’re usually unhappy, regardless of what our life looks like from the outside. So why don’t we take as much conscious care in the balance of our physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health as we do with the care of our homes and our cars? 20

As a breast cancer survivor, the single biggest strategy I deployed in my recovery was the act of self-love. To decide I was worth the investment in my health, I empowered myself to take a leadership position with my own wellbeing. To own that my health was my responsibility. It wasn’t the doctor’s responsibility, and my cure wasn’t going to come out of a bottle or from a pill. I opted out of chemotherapy and opted in to a holistic health plan that supported my wholeness and a lifestyle change. It has paid dividends in the cancer-free, radiant health and wellbeing I enjoy today. I invested in me. All of me. What did I do exactly? Physically, I got a lumpectomy and IORT to remove the tumor. Then I changed my eating habits and started walking The gratitude I feel for the incredible holistic healers who have supported me through my healing journey, is beyond words. Without the investments I made supporting my mind, body and Spirit, I’m pretty sure I’d be really sick right now, and maybe even dead

regularly. I now drink only the best water, support myself with many incredible holistic supplements and surround myself with natural, organic products from soaps to cleaning products to foods.

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I also examined and reframed my Mental programs – I reviewed my core belief systems (with help from spiritual practitioners and educating myself on reprogramming the mind) so I could now understand the stories I was running and make choices to change what didn’t support the full expression of my thriving health. In Emotional balance, I sought healing with my inner child and cultivated self-love through Shamanic journeys and cranial sacral therapy. I also used essential oils and crystal-bowl sound-healing, all of which I heartily recommend. Spiritually, I aligned with my energy centers balancing my chakras through Reiki, Healing Touch and entity clearing. I discovered “Who I Truly Am” through Intuitive guidance and Soul readings. I awakened into the knowing that first and foremost I am a divine Spiritual Being having a human experience. This supported my newly discovered relationship with the Divine. And like any relationship, it blossoms through love, nurturing and cultivation. This all didn’t happen overnight. I mention all of this to share my journey, but also to let you know what’s available. I work with some of these and frequently refer others to my clients, as their needs dictate. Everyone’s

journey is different, after all. For me, I realized I thrive when I provide support for all levels of my being, which includes a loving maintenance program (yes, we deserve to have this!) of daily meditation, Body Talk, Network Spinal Analysis and massage. It is only with the addition of holistic healing modalities that true deep healing can take place on every level. The gratitude I feel for the incredible holistic healers who have supported me through my healing journey, is beyond words. Without the investments I made supporting my mind, body and Spirit, I’m pretty sure I’d be really sick right now, maybe even dead. Instead, I am radiantly healthy and an ecstatically happy human being! Are you investing in YOU? Do you think you’re worth it? Is it time to reevaluate your value system and look to where you can invest in overall health and well-being? Are you supporting your whole being, mind, body and spirit? If you are not, perhaps it’s time to shift your attention to YOU. Invest in people, practices and principles that support you and your life and overall health and well-being, in your wholeness.

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Your Body Talks to Me And Tells Me What Needs to be Healed Teri Stanley is a holistic healer who gets to the root-causes of her clients’ imbalances through Kinesiology to bring about peace and wholeness, and she’s offering a free consultation to new clients. –Editor When someone comes to you with a trauma or a block, how do you approach it? My job is to listen, identify, clear and balance the body. Everybody’s body has an energy system. It’s how our brain communicates with the rest of the body, sending the signals up and down through our spinal cord. Using kinesiology, which is muscle testing, I’m able to tap into that person’s energy and, more likely, their subconscious, to get at the root that’s causing the underlying imbalance. And I don’t guess—your body tells me in real time. How? First, I literally step into your energy field—I stand close to you to do this. I can then do your muscle-testing with my body. This allows things to move quickly, and I can be very thorough. Let’s say a client’s body tells me they need their neurolymphatics rubbed for the kidney meridian. It might say, “That feels really good but I need you to unblock the blockage in this way.” So it’s very specific to that person’s needs. Your body is trying to communicate with you all the time, including right now, at this very moment

Why did you pursue a life as a healer? I’ve always been connected to my angels and on a spiritual path. I knew I was feeling things most other people weren’t feeling. I could always work with energy. It was just something I was good at. When it came to being a Prayer Warrior and praying over people’s bodies, I could always see things, move things, change things. It was just interesting to me and I thought everybody could do that. So right when I was asking Spirit, “What do you want me to do?” kinesiology fell into my lap, which led me to getting certified as a kinesiologist. But I will use whatever method or modality that individual person’s body is telling me to use. Healing is not a one-size-fits-all thing. If somebody comes in 22

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with a mindset of “I will only be healed by Reiki,” then, no matter what I tell them, I can’t heal them because the mind is so powerful. Your thoughts control your reality to the point where, when you say something, that’s going to be true for you. Do people come to you with symptoms? Once they’ve stopped ignoring them, yes. Too many people suppress the symptoms of stress and anxiety and trauma because they’re busy—they have a deadline or a child’s soccer game to go to. They need to learn to listen to the body again. What do you mean again? Relearning. As children, we knew innately how to listen to our bodies, such as when to back away from someone energetically and to express ourselves openly and speak up when something didn’t taste good. I mean, we were blunt little children until we got conditioned to act a certain way. I talk all throughout the session and teach people how to do that again. Because your body is trying to communicate with you all the time, including right now, at this very moment.

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How Devin Lockett Reversed His Son’s Autism Then Made Sure the Technology Is Available to All Devin Lockett is a father, entrepreneur, artist, holistic health practitioner and healthcare technology authority. He runs BiomedRx Health Center in Upland, Calif., and provides a free weekly fair on Sundays to all who want to sample the modalities he provides. He is also the president of the Upland chapter of the Holistic Chamber of Commerce. –Editor What do you do at your wellness center? We provide holistic health services. We do neurofeedback, which is EEG biofeedback, biomagnetic paratherapy, cranial electro stimulation (CES), binaural beats and chromatherapy, and we’re expanding into hyperbaric oxygen therapy and electromagnetic field therapy. What’s your background? Biomedical engineering. I went into the United States Air Force in 1983 where I started as a Russian linguist and then I became a biomedical It was the beginning of a complete change and a new life for him. He hadn’t made eye contact since he was diagnosed at two and now, at the age of six, he was making eye contact!

equipment technician. I’d been fixing and calibrating medical equipment for 20 years or so when my youngest son, Kai, was born. After he was given the MMR vaccine, he became autistic. He lost any gains in speech he had achieved at that point. You must have been shocked to get an autism diagnosis for your two-year old son. I was, and that began an intense search for treatment that could help him. We tried a lot of modalities but only one thing helped. Helped his autism? Yes, it actually reversed Kai’s autism completely. Neurofeedback therapy was something 24

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we stumbled on and, all of a sudden, Kai was making eye contact. I had to literally wrestle him onto the chair in order for them to put the probes onto his head, but I’m glad I did because it was the beginning of a complete change and a new life for him. He hadn’t made eye contact since he was diagnosed at two and now, at the age of six, he was making eye contact! It’s no wonder you wanted to learn about this incredible machine. Absolutely. I immediately tried my luck to see if I could qualify to get the training from the EEG Institute in Woodland Hills. Right then you made the decision to do this for the world. I didn’t want to do it for the world just yet. I like your honesty. Yeah, I did it for Kai. I bought the kit, which was $7000. I went through the training, another $12,000. At the same time, I did it for myself. Because I didn’t want to hurt him, I used the equipment on me so I’d know how he felt and exactly what he was experiencing. Every single treatment I gave him, I gave myself. Treatment for treatment, and it’s still that way. You’re enjoying it now. I am! I hook myself up every morning, right? Neurofeedback every day. I learned you don’t have to have a dire need to benefit from neurofeedback therapy. How do you benefit? You can end the addiction to anything. Anything? Anything, substance or not. You also notice an improvement in the quality of your sleep. Then focus, concentration, mental stamina—you can work and stay awake for as long as you want. After a while, you start noticing subtle improvements like my attitude is better, I’m getting along better with people. When your sleep is improved, that alone will have a lot of benefits. The

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quality of your life is improved. You also get rid of a lot of the internal chatter. You get rid of self-doubt. You can actually get rid of procrastination if you train in the right place of the brain. You can stop teeth-grinding.

out without worrying about how you look to the outside world. It will fill your heart to see your child blossom.

When did you decide to help other people? When I saw what it did for my son! And I saw how effective it was for me. Not only can we free other people’s children from the autism spectrum, but this is also good as an elective treatment for people who want to be at peak performance. But honestly, my son right now is bringing home awards from school. I have to tell people he was ever on the autism spectrum! Most people wonder what son I’m talking about, like I must have another son with autism somewhere because it couldn’t be Kai.

Devin invites you to visit biomedrxhealthcenter. com, call 424-204-2382 or listen to his Sunday radio show at noon on AM590 or go to am590theanswer. com to hear archives. If you’re a holistic practitioner in the Upland area and would like to join the Holistic Chamber of Commerce, please call Devin at 424-204-2382.

Are you writing a book about this? I am, for sure.

How does he feel about it? Does Kai know? Oh yes, he knows very well. He definitely remembers being on the spectrum, especially times where it was hard to communicate, where he was frustrated that he couldn’t express himself

Does he ever hit a wall now or discover limitations from having had autism? Not at all. He’s 10-years-old and already editing videos in Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premier and putting his videos on YouTube. What does he know or remember? He definitely remembers being on the spectrum, especially times where it was hard to communicate, where he was frustrated that he couldn’t express himself. And cognitively, he remembers being frustrated at not being able to do well in school. For these reasons, I encourage parents to intervene early. You don’t have to sit on this diagnosis. There are things you can do whether they come to me or anyone else. I have charted a course for parents that involves this therapy and I also guide them to make sure they give their child the “childhood experience.” Don’t hold back because they have autism. Let them be a kid in every sense of the word. Get the season tickets to Knott’s Berry Farm, Universal Studios, Disneyland. Don’t think because you have a “special needs” child that you have to lock them up in the closet. They want to enjoy the things all the other kids are enjoying. They need that. You have to allow their blossoming and developing soul to come 25

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There’s Only One Thing to Know: Thyself We Make It Easier Than Ever to Grasp If I were new to spirituality—if I’d just realized I have a soulful journey to pursue instead of living my life according to other people’s expectations—I would look for some classes that would stoke this fire of souldesire, this mystical path of mystery. I would sit down at the computer, light some incense and treasure-hunt for something that interested me. What caught my soul’s desire was The Modern Mystery School Mystery School.”. And, if I was already a seasoned healer, teacher, lightbearer, magician, guardian or protector, I would keep my skills sharp by taking—or teaching—classes in Astral Travel, Clairvoyance, Sacred Geometry, Egyptian Aura Healing, Crystal Reading, Jikiden Reiki, Soul Retrieval, 16 Petal Lotus Balancing, King Solomon Healing Series or maybe just Life Activation. Science fiction writer Frank Herbert once said “The mystery of life isn’t a problem to solve but a reality to experience.” Why not experience it in all its multifaceted glory? In all its multidimensional experience? Would you rather watch a police procedural show where they figure out a whodunit mystery or explore first-hand the mystery of your own soul by going deeper than you ever thought possible? You might ask: “Can you learn this in a school?”

by Shauna Kossoff

Yes, in the right school. There are a few spiritual centers and schools around but The Modern Mystery School prides itself on sharing eternal knowledge that sages and mystics have known for a millennium. Oral traditions that were once widely known by all and lived in daily life nearly disappeared in the sands of time, and were even under threat of being destroyed. Much of this ancient wisdom was protected and brought forth for students who are ready to take that step into the teachings that reveal the ancient mysteries still true to life today. You might ask? Can’ you just read all about it on the internet? Yes, but you would only come away with a fraction of the experience. Human interaction is required for the deepest wisdom to be absorbed. It’s how we were designed, we see how children suffer when they lack social interaction. Screen time is fine for the meantime but real growth happens by leaps and bounds with a real-time, face-time teacher. It’s the difference between gathering information and absorbing wisdom. One is a lot more fulfilling.

Shauna Kossoffis a Certified Guide with The Modern Mystery School who, over the past 13 years, has supported people in coming to Know Thyself. Under its founder, Dr. Gudni Gudnason, it is in the lineage of King Solomon and the only open School of the Seven Great Lineages. Shauna can be reached at 951 440-6938. Join us for a FREE Max Meditation System TM Mondays at 7:00pm in Irvine! Contact me for details.

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Hold Maximum Moisture in Your Skin With Sea Kind’s Anti-Aging Serum By going to the sea, Julie A. Leonhard and Ted Weiswasser, wife and husband, are dedicated to giving people the best skin products using the most sustainable practices and absorbable nutrients. –Editor

to extract these nutrients to supplement our own skin cells. We’re providing our skin cells with perfect nutrition and, with Sea Kind, at a very reasonable cost. What actually happens to the skin when Sea Kind is used? and by increasing their production of amino acids by more than two-thirds, which results in holding more moisture in your skin. It becomes the perfect source for effective nutrients for our skin. This isn’t new information, correct? No, there have been other highly effective products made this way that are highly regarded but they’re also highly expensive. We make these products with full potency and full concentration at an affordable price.

What does Sea Kind do? Sea Kind is dedicated to producing effective skin-care products from marine actives derived from algae, micronutrients and sea plant extract. The restorative power of these products is amazing due to the skin’s ability to powerfully absorb and benefit from them. All of our products are extracted for their maximum effectiveness. What makes plants and extracts from the sea so effective for the skin? Because the water we’re made up of is identical to ocean water! Not only are we 70% water like the planet, but the chemical composition is so similar that a human transplant organ can be immersed in ocean water and kept alive until it gets where it needs to go! The ocean environment is that identical to the human environment.

And everything’s completely natural? Yes, they’re all vegan, all sustainably produced and nontoxic, and we’ve been given the highest ratings by the Environment Working Group, the EWG, which is now the world standard for evaluating ingredients. None of our direct competitors can meet that challenge because they use preservatives and artificial ingredients. I saw on your website that you give back a portion of your proceeds right off the top. Yes, because as we’re taking, we’re giving back. Two percent of our revenue directly goes to conservation and education organizations that deal with sustaining the sea. To order Sea Kind Face and Body products, go to sea-kind.com or call 855-732-7283 now.

Our body is that close to the ocean? Yes, this is all verified in the lab. On one hand, you have our cells growing in this environment of 70% liquid, which is identical in composition to ocean water. Then you have sea plants growing in an environment identical to our skin cells. They have the same cell-wall structure, the same protein structure, the same acid structure, the same mineral structure as our skin cells. So they become the logical natural source for us 27

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You Are Not Your Pain

with Benjamin Horning, DC

Get to the Cause for Lasting Relief

Dr. Ben Horning is a holistic chiropractor who specializes in treating the body as an integrated whole. In addition to adjusting the specific misalignments in your body, he also finds out what foods are working for you and which aren’t. His focus is to keep your glands and organs strong and your spine aligned as well as to help enhance your nutrition. –Editor Do you mentally prepare to give an adjustment? I need to be in present time. To enable a patient to heal and feel better, the best thing I can do for their wellbeing is to be totally present to their individual needs. You offer a lot more than chiropractic care. What is that? I also bring in the original muscle-testing technique called Applied Kinesiology. It’s a science and an art that involves yes-no questions to really nail down an underlying health issue, which can ultimately result in freeing my patients from pain. You need to be very well-trained to know what issues are physical, chemical or mental. How does being a holistic practitioner influence your focus with the patient? It means I’m looking at every aspect of them. If we determine through kinesiological testing that there’s a lung issue, I’m going to adjust for that and put them on the right herb and supplement. And the patient is healthier because we strengthened his or her body with natural remedies. Is that a more Eastern approach? I’d say we take a Western approach to Eastern medicine. Kinesiology started with Aristotle but the modern father of kinesiology is George Goodheart, who worked for the U.S. Olympic team and was very effective with them. It’s considered very mainstream in many circles. Kinesiology started with Aristotle but the modern father of kinesiology is George Goodheart, who worked for the U.S. Olympic team and was very effective with them. It’s considered very mainstream in many circles. 28

How do you approach pain? Pain is just a symptom so I get to the root. To be truly holistic, you’re looking at a triangle consisting of structural, chemical and mental apexes. If one side of the triangle gets better, the other sides respond in kind. If you look at nutrition, someone with a deficiency in a particular nutrient is going to also have some depression or anxiety or other emotional issue. Chemically, they’re going to be off. What type of patients seek you out the most? People in pain for some reason. People who drive two hours a day for work. People with migraine headaches or digestion or circulation issues. Food sensitivities are big, especially when we find out it’s wheat or gluten. When you avoid them, strength can return to your body. Often, these sensitivities are symptoms of a deeper issue regarding a nutrient deficiency, which, when replenished, further strengthens your body’s tolerance. No matter what it is, we get to the bottom of your pain and help resolve it. To Our Readers: For a limited time, Dr. Horning is offering a $20 New Patient Radiance Special when you bring in this article or use the promo code Radiance when making your appointment. Call Dr. Horning’s office now at (949) 422-7698 for an appointment with this special discount!

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Beginner’s Guide to Veganism Being a “Light Body” Means Inside and Out by Maryam Arjona

colon cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer, other types of cancers, heart disease, high cholesterol, diabetes, osteoporosis, PMS, allergies, migraines, bad breath, arthritis or almost all other diseases? Or perhaps you just want to feel better, youthful, more energetic, HAPPIER? GO VEGAN! On top of all that for yourself, how ‘bout going vegan for the world? Welcome to 2018! First mystery of the year that must be explained: Why is everyone going vegan? Literally, so many reasons! Wanna lose weight? Go vegan. Wanna get rid of acne, make your skin glow, slow the signs of aging, get rid of wrinkles and dark spots? Go vegan. Wanna finally show off that six-pack that’s been hiding under the one-pack all these years? Go vegan. Want an alternative to that blue pill? Go vegan. Yep, a vegan diet helps a lot of men with erectile dysfunction! Are you suffering from depression, GI tract problems,

The 760 million tons of grains used to feed animals to produce meat could feed 11 billion people and could end global food shortage 14 times over!

Do you want to take part in fighting climate change? Are you wondering how you can help clean up the oceans? Do you consider yourself an animal lover (you better be vegan)? Need I say it? As I hope you can tell by my enthusiasm, the list of benefits to going vegan is inexhaustably endless. Now that you know what the hype is about, where do you start? Making big changes can be difficult especially when you feel alone. The good news is it’s hip to be vegan, so ask a friend to do it with you. If you can’t get a friend to commit, there are lots of vegan meetups happening near you, so join one and meet new people. With over 800 million people on Instagram, you’ll have no shortage finding inspiration. Start by following me on Instagram: @veganCouture_ Then go through the people I follow, and find who inspires you. Now that you’ve made the choice to be vegan and found your support network, you need to actually do it! First, let’s get clear on what veganism means. Vegan is

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a person who does not eat or consume, wear or in any way exploit animals. Breaking it down even further, following a vegan diet means: • No Meat, no Poultry, no beef, chicken, pork, fish or flesh of any other animal • No dairy, i.e., milk, cheese, butter, yogurt, cottage cheese, sour cream • No eggs • No honey • No gelatin • In a nutshell (npi), no animal products in or on your body! Are you getting all the nutrients you need in order to be healthy?

So what do you eat? Vegetables, lentils, legumes, grains, fruits, nuts, seeds, and vitamin B-12. #1 Advice: take it easy on yourself and embrace the change! You’ll need to re-learn how to cook and season your new food, and chances are it’ll take some time for your taste buds to come around. Most of our lives, we’ve soiled our food with animal fats and sodium so much that our pallets aren’t used to the actual taste of real food. So every few months, go back and try your not-so favorite veggies. You might be surprised to find your taste buds have advanced, just like you have. But where do you get your protein? This is always the first question people ask. The follow-up is: Are you getting all the nutrients you need in order to be healthy?

Vitamin B-12 does not come from plants, animals or fungi. Only bacteria and archaea have the enzymes needed for its synthesis. B-12 is found in dirt. Animals eat dirt and, so, carry B-12 but they cannot make it themselves. Our bodies are used to washed vegetables and fruits and we’d get sick if we consumed dirty produce or soil. So rather than adding a heaping scoop of your garden soil to your morning cereal, purchase a vegan B-12 supplement. As vegans, we also need to make sure we get enough vitamin D. The easiest way is to spend 20 minutes outdoors under the sun each day. Alternatively, find a vegan vitamin D supplement. Now for recipes. Here are here are a few of my favorites (you can find more on www.vegancouture.com: Breakfast: Oatmeal cooked with half water, half almond milk. Top with sliced strawberries, handful of blueberries, 5-10 golden raisins or 1-2 chopped dates, sliced banana and a handful of raspberries. Brunch: Wrap/Burrito — Organic wheat tortilla, black beans, cilantro lime rice, salsa, non-fortified nutritional yeast flakes, squeeze of fresh lemon juice, tomato, avocado, lemon-herbed potato wedges, grilled onions. (Find recipes for rice, salsa and potatoes on www.vegancouture.com) Lunch: Rice bowl — Brown rice, lentils, sweet potato, small handful of walnuts, 10-15 golden raisins, 2-3 chopped dates, squeeze of fresh lime juice. Dinner: Mushroom tacos — Organic corn tortillas, grilled mushrooms, avocado, fresh salsa and fresh mangoes when they’re in season. Sandwich: Vegan-tuna — Vegan sourdough toast,

Essentially, all vegetables and grains have protein. So, you’ll get enough protein if you eat enough calories during the day. There’s never been a documented case of a person suffering from protein deficiency if they’re not calorie deficient: this includes the simplest of foods. There is protein in kale, peas, spinach, potatoes, yams, kidney beans, pumpkin seeds, oats, wheat bread, quinoa, brown rice, hemp seeds, lentils, almonds, millet, bulgur, barley, wheat germ, artichoke, collards, asparagus, broccoli, tempeh, tofu, whole grain pasta, spirulina, just to name a few. In short, eat enough calories, eat a variety of whole plant foods and you’ll meet your daily protein needs. Another misconception is that B-12 comes from animals. Not true. 31

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soy-free vegan mayo, smashed cooked garbanzo beans, finely chopped baby pickles, chopped red onion, and chopped celery, salt and pepper to taste. Salad: Freshly mixed seasonal greens (spinach, lettuce, kale, arugula), chopped cucumber, cauliflower, broccoli, raw spiralized beets, chopped carrots, sliced avocado, chopped almonds, sprouts, fresh lemon juice, a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar and black pepper. Dear animals, I’m sorry it took me so long to understand.

Soup: Veggie Pho —Bring vegan veggie stock and 1 whole sliced yellow onion to a boil. Add sliced shiitake, king oyster or any other type of mushrooms (other than portobello), sliced carrot, roughly chopped broccoli, 4 halves of baby bok choy, 2-3 slices of fresh-cut ginger. Serve with fresh mung-bean sprouts, fresh basil, cilantro, sliced jalapeño, chopped scallion, organic tamari, chili sauce and lime wedges. Something fun: Deviled potatoes — About 10-12 small-medium-sized red potatoes: boiled until cooked, then cut in half. Turn on the oven to 350. Scoop out the centers of the halved potatoes with a spoon into a medium-sized bowl. Once the oven is preheated, pop the emptied potato skins in for 7-10 mins, upside down. Keep an eye on them not to burn. While the potato shells are crisping in the oven, start making the filling for the scooped potato centers: Mix 1/4 C vegan mayonnaise (I highly recommend soy-free and tasty Veganaise from Follow Your Heart) and 1 Tbl yellow mustard and 3 Tbl unsweetened almond milk, Salt and pepper to taste and 1/4 tsp paprika with the scooped out potatoes. Start smashing with a fork (or a potato-masher). Transfer the mixture to a pot, add another 3 Tbl almond milk. On medium heat, give it a quick stir for a semi-smooth texture. Don’t stir too much because it can get stretchy. This should only take 30-60 seconds. Dollop the filling into your potato shells and garnish with chives and more paprika. Hungry??? Visit www.VeganCouture.com and refer to my 21-Day-Raw-Cleanse for additional recipes, and for the 21-day vegan cleanse. Remember, a vegan doughnut a doughnut! The point is you can find a vegan version of anything you desire but try and desire more sensibly :) And, listen, I understand all about cravings and, by all 32

means, find the vegan version of what you desire. Believe me, there are so many delicious vegan alternatives at grocery stores and restaurants. But whole foods will always nourish you the most. Processed foods are not the ideal diet. Eat responsibly! PS: Talk to your doctor about your dietary changes and be mindful of your allergies, especially Celiac disease. And, remember, veganism is a way of life not just a diet. Just like you can find vegan meat substitutes, it’s easy to find vegan versions of leather, fur, wool, cashmere and silk. The list of vegan fashion brands is vast and there is a good chance a lot of your wardrobe is already vegan. The next time you go shopping, remember to read the label. If it’s made with something belonging to an animal, look for a vegan-cruelty-free alternative. Shopping this way gives YOU, the consumer, the real power of acting and choosing what and who you want to support and saves lives. If you know a company is using animal products, you can stop buying from that companies and start voting with your dollar. That’s the strongest voice you have in this economic climate. Oh, and stay away from the zoo, SeaWorld included. Ripping families apart and showcasing their offspring in cages (no matter how big), is cruel and definitely not the way to build up your karma. Always remember two things: 1. The most dangerous phrase is: “We’ve always done it this way.” and 2. Almost every vegan once said, “I could never go vegan.” BE THE CHANGE. Welcome to the cruelty-free world of veganism.

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The Divine Mountain Immersion Retreat

Divine Your Power on Idyllwild, The Sacred Mountain Patricia Garza-Pinto offers a special one-on-one retreat for women in Idyllwild called the Divine Mountain Immersion Retreat, adapted from her “Divine Your Power” training and coaching program which is designed to facilitate a spiritual emergence. –Editor I heard you moved up to the mountains and are running around barefoot with the deer. Is that true? (she laughs) Yes, I am, and it’s awesome! There’s a part of me that never thought I would experience myself to the degree that I am now, up in the mountains. I felt like my spirit was calling to connect on a deeper spiritual level with Divine Source/Great Spirit/God/Goddess/Mother Earth in a natural environment. What is your one-on-one retreat for women like? I’m offering an experience for women who want to tap into that There’s going to be energy breathwork. We’re also going to “ground.” We’ll go for hikes (barefoot, should you desire!) in the beautiful nature that surrounds us here

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on the large rocks, and we’ll have energy medicine healing sessions. There’s also art therapy mandala drawing. It’s a very integrated system which will allow you to fully express yourself. It’s a powerful, soulful immersion. Is there some downtime too? Yes, we’re not just going from one activity to another. There are breaks where you are able to decompress and get into yourself. You’ll have your own room at an adorable little lodge just 60 seconds from where I live, all which is included in the fee. And you will come out of the Immersion Experience feeling…? Oh my gosh, definitely more grounded. Balanced in your body, in your heart space. Healthier, which you can’t help but feel after breathing all that clean mountain air, hearing the tweetings of the birds, seeing the vibrant colors of the trees and the clouds. It just has a very powerful presence to it. To inquire about your own personal retreat, you can reach Patricia at 949-422-1168 or divineyourpower.com.

natural connected experience for themselves. To disconnect from your computer and phone and come up to The Sacred Mountain for a minimum of two nights, up to five, and we’re going to continue and progress through your evolution of acceptance and self-love. What does that consist of? It includes eating for your body type. We’ll cook meals together so you can take this information back with you when it’s over. This is me and you working together in my kitchen. We’re going shopping for the food together, then we’ll come back and make it. I also have a full fitness studio where we experience “deep conscious movement,” and you’re going to learn to stretch for your body’s imbalances. You’re going to learn basic Qi Gong, which I call Stork in Flight, breast squats. There’s going to be energy breathwork. We’re also going to “ground.” We’ll go for hikes (barefoot, should you desire!) in the beautiful nature that surrounds us here. We’ll have meditations out 33

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HeartSpace Brings Learning, Light and Wellness to SoCal Founder Jerry Woods discusses why he changed the name from School of Multidimensional Healing If you’re a spiritual seeker interested in self-growth and wellness in SoCal or if you just like going to holistic fairs and getting a good psychic reading, you’ve probably experienced The School of Multidimensional Healing Arts & Sciences, now known as HeartSpace, A Community Center of Light and Wellness. Jerry Woods oversees it all and shares what it’s like to run one of the largest spiritual centers in Southern California. –Editor Why did you change the name to HeartSpace? We discovered that the people who have found us in the last couple years are more oriented towards personal growth and self-connection, not to mention a connection to a spiritual group, The Oneness Center, which holds a New Thought, non-denominational service every Sunday. Multidimensional was long and not necessarily understood by the people coming here. What does the name HeartSpace mean to you? I believe HeartSpace means that in our world of confusion today, to make safer decisions, we need to feel our way forward with our body brain (heart and gut) rather than thinking or intellectualizing our way forward. People spend too much time in their minds. I think so. It also means people coming to a space geared towards working with their heart, in the abstract sense. It also means it’s a space that’s about unconditional love, as all the classes touch on this to varying degrees. Another connotation is it’s a space where people can feel their heart is safe. Stories, conditions and past and present experiences of the heart are in a safe place. They’re able to feel much better about the condition of the world with an open heart than with their emotions closed down. So they view the world differently but that doesn’t make them complacent in trying to create a better world? I just think it gives them a better understanding about what would be greater for everyone. Is there not enough heart in the world today? I think there’s enough, it’s about shifting the perception to be able to see it. I would say we work as much in shifting the perception 34

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as we do in shifting consciousness, shifting physical energy and physical condition. Do you see the world being a better place if more people came from the heart? As people open their hearts and minds, they tend to learn here that the heart is as important as the mind, if not more so. The mind has to deal with the ego wanting to control things from fear. A lot about learning here focuses on meditation, which helps pacify and control the ego. They can then learn to quiet their mind and have a great sense of selfconnection to the universe and to Source energy, whatever they consider that to be. Some skeptics might say, “Come on, it’s not practical to run your life from your heart. That’s for fairy tales and romantic comedies.” Is it practical to come from the heart? People have been doing that since the beginning of time. When people have a gut feel or intuition about something, it’s really feeling from the heart and the larger sensors in the body than from the mind. Meaning there’s a deeper, better wisdom there? Right. As a spiritual community center, HeartSpace seems to offer a lot. It’s a shared holistic workspace. We have nine holistic practitioners that make up the resident wellness team and another dozen who come in regularly. They’re diversified in what they offer, everything from traditional marriage and family counseling to cutting-edge energy medicine. What they all have in common is a heartfelt approach to the client. What kind of community events do you offer? Currently, we have Friday Movie Night that shows impactful movies with a discussion before and after the movie. We just showed “Forgiveness” and “Heal” is in the schedule. We also have two political groups that meet here. Are those groups related to wellness? Yes, we support any group that cares for people, in whatever form that takes. Health care is obviously important. We’ll have a town hall here for one of the local candidates where those topics will come up.

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You also do fundraising? Yes, we did a benefit for Puerto Rico in November. We did two open houses for veterans where we provided pro-bono services for PTSD and other chronic diseases affecting them. We adopted two homeless families for Christmas and provided them with all the presents they requested. We expect to do more community-oriented events like that as we move forward. You hold a holistic fair the last Saturday of every month. What can people expect? For discounted prices, you can experience holistic practices that are derived from ancient knowledge and new research, but that don’t involve allopathic medicinal elements like pharmaceuticals or radiation. Solutions that feel like they’re a part of the fabric of the universe versus something that man or machine made or designed. I would think someone wouldn’t become a holistic practitioner unless they were a heart-centered individual. Certainly, the best holistic practitioners would be heart-centered and that would probably be part of their goal in their practice, to continue to do the work themselves on selfconnection and self-empowerment. In that process, they become more heart-centered and more capable. It’s important they know that the work they’re doing on themselves is as much a part of the solution they’re providing as the work they do on someone else. They go together. If you don’t understand that, you won’t be a proficient healer. You need to keep nourishing your spirit. That journey never ends. For people curious about their place in the universe, what do you want them to know about what HeartSpace offers them? When we started, it was about putting students in touch with teachers so they could learn from them. As we evolved and became wiser, we saw it was more important to help students get in touch with themselves and their innate wisdom as well as learn from the teachers. And to teach the teachers! Everyone has something to contribute. It’s a big cycle of connectivity and sharing that takes place at all levels. Someone can start with meditation or start with channeling, and learn that a whole array of diverse modalities are taught. Maybe they don’t know exactly what they want? Yes, sometimes they walk in and get interested in the direction they need to go by their own personal guidance. Our goal is just to support that process of discovery, learning, connecting, and feeling safe. Feeling safe opens our heart to experience more. When did you have your spiritual awakening? I think it’s been in phases. Up and down. I studied Taoism in the 70’s, Deepak Chopra and others in the 80’s, MindSpring, religions. I read lots of book. But the most profound accelerator was when my dad died. My daughter took me to the fair at Learning Light Foundation and I saw a medium. That 15-minute session was a huge mindshift for me. That you could actually communicate with someone who has passed was astounding to me. That

re-accelerated my interest in all things mediumship, channeling, connectivity, etc. That was in 2007, and shortly after that the school was born. I felt it was divinely guided at the time, although the course it took was something I didn’t anticipate. What did you get out of your conversation on the other side with your father? The most important thing was that you could even have a conversation. The second thing was that he and others have told me, “Don’t quit talking to me because I hear you when you talk.” That means when you’re painting, for instance, and that’s something you used to do with your dad, you could say something to him like I often do: “This would probably be embarrassing to you but for me it’s kind of okay!” I was always into doing things much faster than my dad and his attention to detail was greater than mine. How often to you talk to him now? Often. Certainly with every project I do (laughs). And with other friends who have passed, who also did projects with their hands. Because of that poignant experience with your father, you wanted to allow others to experience that? There’s a healing that comes with that connection. I saw that as quite important and I went on to explore that further through mediumship. What do you say to people who think channels prey on people’s emotions by providing information that could apply to anyone? If that’s been their experience, it’s only because they haven’t been to someone whose very proficient or they haven’t been open-minded themselves enough. It takes both. For those who are closed, I wonder what they’re afraid of? That the information might change them, perhaps. There’s lot of fears. I just try to aim people in the right direction. I’ve referred hundreds of people for sessions and I can’t recall anybody who had one that felt like it wasn’t life-changing. It shifted their belief system almost every time. And in some cases, a lot. I think people want to experience something extraordinary but they have their guard up to protect themselves. I don’t think you need to have your guard up. If you’re just open, you can allow the reading to happen and evaluate the information later, objectively. It’s possible to encounter a reader not having a good day, so there’s always a chance of not having an effective experience. It might take more than one. It’s just like finding the right fit for you in anything, your car mechanic, your doctor, your favorite restaurant. But for me, that day was one that was incredibly detailed and powerful. Not only was it uplifting and healing, it was fun. It’s something I would recommend to anybody. 35

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Women Stepping into Their Light Self-Acceptance is Key As an Intuitive Life Coach, Tina Ghahramani-Singh is very effective at getting you to remember your radiant self. –Editor So you’re an Intuitive Spiritual Life Coach who focuses on… Women. Women stepping into their light, or more accurately, reclaiming their light. As a woman you can lose yourself somewhere along the line, whether it’s because of a relationship you’re in, or you became a mother, or you’re going through a powerful life transition, you want to reclaim your light so you can live a fulfilling life, and I can help you with that. Are there other areas of life women lose themselves? Yes, with body image issues. That begins early, from puberty. And then it shows up when we’re adults, when we’re dating. It certainly came up for me. Post-pregnancy, it shows up again there.

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or spiritual states. Once we put this idea firmly in place, we can look at the times we let compliments affect us too much. Or the pursuit of them. Or perceived insults that we let bring us down. None of that matters when we’re whole and complete with ourselves. I help my clients do the inner work so they’re unbeatable to the world. You did the inner work. Yes, starting with heavy depression. I didn’t know how to be myself, how to have self-acceptance, how to be loved. But I’m at peace with all of that now, and I want other women to have that same peace. Tina Ghahramani is an Intuitive Life Coach, holistic mama and earth-bound goddess. She can be reached at (949) 304-9748 for a free consultation.

You’ve talked about how women are particularly conditioned to be people-pleasers. Yes, and we can lose ourselves there too, starting with childhood when someone says, “You have to do things my way.” So once we wake up to it, we have to go back and be our own parents to ourselves. Yes! I have great parents, but they didn’t know how to nurture me like a spiritual child. From adolescence to the teen years, there are so many opportunities to lose ourselves, and we do! High school, body issues, not fitting in… being who we’re not because we want to find a boyfriend… Or maybe you want to be part of a girls’ group. Did that factor in as a woman, or does everyone automatically outgrow all that? No. As women, it’s not easy to be with your peers. Acceptance by other women is not a given, and my clients want to work that out so they’re comfortable with who they are in any situation. Plus, we want to be appreciated, desired, and definitely not taken advantage of, or taken for granted. We want a peaceful balance while we freely express ourselves. In fact, it’s our birthright. Where do you begin? By agreeing that external stimuli should not be allowed to rule our emotional, psychological 37

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Creating Your Self Empowered Year for 2018! Welcoming in 2018 is a power you wield, so let us each see the tools that Spirit provides us with to create the New Year. We mostly hear about the yearly “resolutions” we make and within three months we’re back to the way it was, continuing the same patterns. Rather than make “resolutions” this year, try to become the Best YOU you can be. Here are the tools: ATTITUDE Adjustment: This requires you to take YOUR intention to a task and not go to STRESS, PRESSURE, DEMANDS, and EMOTIONAL drama! You have several choices: You can take on the attitude of Grateful or Thankful or a recognized Blessing. GRATEFUL: Your attitude of HOW you feel, think, observe and act on that experience provides choices you make. Your attitude interprets your feelings and negative feelings attack our Physical body. Cause and effect. THANKFUL: So check your attitude with yourself and determine if Grateful is in your life “daily” and if not I recommend you invite the Attitude of Gratitude within to nurture this powerful expression. Being grateful for the Life you have chosen (plus allowing it to change you) is the Power YOU have with Attitude. Use it for your best interest as it is a POWERFUL TOOL and it works upon command from you! Be wonderfully aware of being BLESSED! PHYSICAL involvement: You can use Yoga as a physical tool to create inner harmony, or swimming, walking, meditation or utilizing the skills of practitioners to get energy healing and Massages. Stretching, tapping… all the physical tune-ups you can get. Attitude supports organs and mental alertness and the physical body works better too. MENTAL VALIDATION: You have the Power to change your mind about the way you see yourself and how you treat others. You can heal yourself through mind and mental empowerment! Feed your self-worth and validate your successes as well as recognizing your failures and learn from them. SPIRITUAL ACCEPTANCE: This phase allows you to be aware of your Divinity and participation in Life and you’re giving of I Am to the I Am that I Am is, starting 38

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with Your awareness of your Spiritual Path. We each are put into a situation when we are born, be it the parents we choose to express Life through or the geographic land we chose to express our Physical path through. Spirituality is not religion, per se, it is OUR connection with the Divine, be it an already established Religion or a Self-developed Love through Life Path. Recognize you are Blessed with a thankful heart, for this is your JOURNEY and 2018 is the YEAR so become an EMPOWERED PERSON of change for Yourself or for Others… it is your choice! Short note: Big changes are occurring globally now. Saturn is going into Capricorn, an Earth sign, and presently our planet is going to have four of the five outer planets headed into EARTH signs! HAPPY NEW YEAR 2018!

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Spiritual Opportunities Abound Calm the Mind and Experience Deeper Peace There’s a spiritual oasis just above Fullerton that people drive miles to visit called The Divine Art of Yoga Center. The two charming mahatmas who run it—Rammurti Baiji and Gautam Baiji (just call them both “Baiji”)— offer yoga by donation as well as classes on meditation, breathing exercises, om chanting, women’s empowerment and an abundance of spiritual practices. The mahatmas have dedicated their lives to helping people get closer to God and the Divine. The yoga they teach, for instance, helps calm the mind so that we may be able to hear that quiet, still voice inside of us that will guide us on our soul’s path. The breathing exercises and om chanting produce a similar effect, as does the spiritual discourse the mahatmas grace us with from time to time. Even the color of their saffron robes is meant to signify the flame, the fire, that burns away our egos.

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On Sundays, they offer their traditional satsang, which includes singing bhajans (devotional songs in Hindi or English) and spiritual discourses. Satsang means discussing wisdom or truth in a group. Don’t miss the homemade Indian vegetarian dinner (prasad) afterward. Always quite delicious, it’s made with loving care by the mahatmas and several devotees. People find peace and comfort when they visit because of the energy of the place. Not only will you have an amazing spiritual experience at the Divine Art of Yoga Center, you’ll enjoy a great cultural experience and meet a lovely community of people. The Divine Art of Yoga Center ashram 851 W. Whittier La Habra, CA 90631 (562)-245-6469 divineartofyoga.org

Another activity that separates you from your ego and aligns you with your spirit is “seva,” which means the giving of your time, funds or effort with no expectation of reward. It could be decorating for an event, working in their garden, cleaning or merely setting up chairs for the weekly complimentary dinner. Seva is a true act of unconditional love and the ashram offers lots of opportunities to experience that. The mahatmas emphasize that the center is not religious—it is spiritual. They’re only interested in helping you experience the deepest connection with the infinite, your eternal soul. One of the most popular classes is the Wednesday night Om Chanting and Yogic Breathing Exercises (pranayam). Once the one-hour class is complete, everyone is so relaxed and blissful, they don’t want to go home!

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Conscious as A Couple Communicate, Communicate, Communicate...with Love by Les and Rosi Dotson

meeting over a bottle of water on a hot day, it can happen anywhere, in the most common circumstances. It’s a meeting of two separate forces who have learned from their past life-lessons (pains, hurts, sacrifices and disappointments). They’ve shed off the old skin and placed on new skin, ready to take on new experiences and growth in life (unconditional love, joy, happiness and selffulfillment) together. Keys to success as a Conscious Couple Knowing and practicing open communication with the other person in the relationship!

So what exactly is the definition of a Conscious Couple? And why would you want to be in one? First, the definition: two people in a loving relationship who are drawn together by a higher spirit than themselves. They realize that their being together in that relationship is for a sense of purpose far beyond what they could have ever imagined. It is a relationship of self-growth, collective growth and outer growth to touch the world together and the people around them in a positive, spiritual way. And it’s fulfilling to know you’re in tune and focused on the same mindset and spirit as the person next to you in the relationship So, how does a Conscious Couple form? In some cases, the Conscious Couple form from the Universe. For its own purposes, the Universe draws the two people into a setting and brings them together into a new, positive relationship to grow and manifest into a strong, joined force that is set to take on the world and bring a brighter light to the individuals themselves and the people around them. It’s essential to have your spirit as well as your ears, eyes, mind and heart open for this encounter. Like 40

The number-one issue with couples is communication. Communication is the only way for the other person in the relationship to know what you’re feeling, thinking and going through. You are an individual in relationship with your own thoughts, feelings, wants and desires in life and you are now sharing that space in time with another person. It’s critical for each person to share those thoughts, feelings, wants and desires in an open format so they know they are heard, understood and respected for those aspects of their life in the relationship. Haven’t you had something on your mind that was bothering you greatly and you wanted to tell your partner but you were worried what they would think about it? Then, once you told them, they were actually able to help you solve the situation in a positive manner and you were so grateful? This is open communication. It is communicating with the other person safely, without fear of retribution, criticism, lack of losing respect or, worse, retaliation from the other person when you are sharing vital information key to your soul and inner thoughts. When you can sit and communicate with a person who holds your heart and they truly listen (and sometimes just listen with no necessary feedback) and you provide feedback that truly puts them at ease or lifts their spirit or simply justifies what they are thinking, this is open communication.

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This is how to be a Conscious Couple: 1. Understanding, embracing and satisfying each other’s “Love Language” is being conscious of this in the relationship. We’ve all heard this term but the key is to practice and live the “Love Languages” in the relationship. To first know what your partner’s “Love Language” is and understand why this is so vital to them. Seeing the signs and embracing those moments is so fulfilling to that person. It shows “consciously” that you are in tune to their wellbeing, which is really special to the other person. It’s the “deep root” that will hold you together in a time of need, cloudy days and storms that come in life. If you resist defaulting to your programming and stay steadfast to those “Love Languages,” it will bond you together like super glue. Otherwise, the circumstances and worry of life can break you. It’s like God says, “I will love you in good and bad times, I will never forsake you. Do not let bad times steal your joy. Smile in the waves of the storm, knowing it will only be for a short while and then it shall be calm again…” 2. Being conscious of what physical, spiritual and motivational things in life drive happiness to your partner. Be a part of those things that make them happy. Find what common things you both like, no matter what they are, and share those things with

joy. Yes, we all have a self-life of work, hobbies and desires, but it’s key to find the things that will bond you in these key moments of life. Living a separate life in a relationship or doing things that are not fulfilling to each other is not being consciousness of the relationship or the other person. Embracing the togetherness, and enjoying fully those moments, are the essential keys of being consciousness in relationship. 3. Make and keep date nights, bring something unique, surprising, funny with laughter and joy into these moments. Just like when you first met. Be conscious of the first love feelings you felt when you met this person. Remind them often of these times. It’s like polishing silver, you never want it to tarnish and lose that sparkle. Keep the polish on the relationship and place it into new lights, new adventures whenever possible. Surround yourselves with positive people (family and close friends) who have the same spirit, wants and desires as you. This will keep the love going for all involved. Bring in the good light, bring in the joy, keep peace in the spirit, sacrifice without losing yourself, share communication often and laugh, laugh, and laugh. And move negativity out when you see it, do not let it fester. These are the keys to being a Conscious Couple. Love, peace and God’s blessings! 41

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Honoring the Sacred Feminine in Art time. Sometimes I play with the color and it will tell me what is in it. I see something in it and I go with that. In the middle of it, you’re surprised? Yeah. Often. If there’s a drip that happens, I often let the drip do its thing, then I go with that. I’ll then turn the canvas upside down so it has a different texture, then I play with that. You work seems to reflect the sacred feminine. What does it mean to you? Well, I think I know the sacred in myself. And I’m feminine (laughs). So I know my own experience, I see it all around and I’m drawn to it. I recognize it everywhere and, of course, also in other women.

Radiance readers are very familiar with the soulful art of Outi Harma, who has imbued our magazine with her creatively unorthodox and boldly authentic artful aspects of the sacred feminine. In our exclusive interview with the artist, she gives us glimpses into her creative process. —Editor Do you go into a trance when you paint, like some artists report? It’s definitely a meditation. When I come out of painting something, it’s the same thing as opening your eyes after meditation. It’s like everything is really crisp and bright and everything just pops out at you. Is your process spiritual? I’m not used to talking about my spirituality, but it’s a big part of my life. I also do ecstatic dance as a spiritual practice for maybe the last 30 years. What is that? It’s a free-movement dance with five rhythms as taught by Gabrielle Roth, Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and Stillness. It’s like the rhythms of life. What does it do for you? It’s expressing life through my body. It’s a way I can integrate the body and the spirit, through dance. I also meditate, and dance is very much a meditation I can go very deep into and have visuals. What do you mean by visuals? I can go total “Stillness” on the dance floor and have lots of visuals. Often there’s a sort of form that comes—a face, perhaps—and the rest of it is a surprise to me. I have an abundance of visuals all the 42

What do you recognize in other women? The journey that we’re all on, and the different sides of that journey. Seeing how many different characters we have inside of us. How there’s sacredness in all of them. People ask me, where did you get that Queen of Insecurity? And I say, if the insecurity is honored and loved, the more we accept and celebrate those characters inside of us, the more they can have their own Queendom. For more art by Outi and to order the “I Am Queen” oracle deck, go to outiart.com.

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Energetic Hygiene Keeping Your Prana Pretty What is energetic hygiene? In the physical world, we are separated by distance. What happens to someone on the far side of the earth or even in the next room may appear to have little effect on us. We believe our thoughts and feelings are private, locked within our own minds and bodies. But, in fact, we are all connected in profound and interdependent ways. It’s as if we were all swimming in the same pond and when someone splashes, we all feel the ripple-effect of the water to some degree. The energetic world may be subtle and even unnoticeable to some on a conscious level but it is indeed a part of how we feel and operate in our everyday lives. Although we are more affected by those we spend the most time with, these subtle energies are not necessarily diminished by physical distance. When a natural, political or social crisis strikes in some part of the world, our energy bodies all feel the suffering and fear no matter where we are. We may feel uneasy or restless, anxious or fearful for no reason we immediately understand. We are living in turbulent times. The news feeds us information on one crisis or another (war, terrorism, economic turmoil and global climate change) every day. In previous centuries, before technology communicated everything happening in the world, the subtle energies dissipated and transformed and never reached us with such impact as they do now. Today, true energetic pollution weighs on all of us. I remember the day the news broadcasted the initial attack on Afghanistan following the 9/11 event. As I watched the news, I experienced shooting pains up and down my back, which lasted for months. As we get older, we forget how good we are supposed to feel. Do you remember how much energy you had as child? Would you be willing to accept you can have the same energy levels now? We don’t realize we are supposed to feel happy, vibrant and light. Everyone knows how important it is to take care of the physical body. We learn from an early age to eat right, exercise, brush our teeth and wash our bodies. What we perhaps don’t realize is that energetic hygiene, the act of clearing our energy field (also referred to as prana, aura, chi and chakras) is equally as important as physical care. Our energy field gets dirty, heavy and stays in a low vibration with every negative thought, deed and action we put out into the world or is put upon us. We get imprinted in 44

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our energetic field and chakras. Over time, this buildup of uncleared energy starts to feel burdensome. Most of us carry this around without knowing it. We may experience feelings of physical, mental and emotional pain without realizing the source of our dis-ease. Dis-order then comes from having absorbed and stored polluted energy. Our energy body contains the equivalent of a physical immune system and resists intrusion. Through resonance, it can pick up bits of subtle energies in much the same way a sweater picks up lint. Depending on the nature of this “energetic lint” and the resonance it holds with us, it can cling and influence us with its unwanted qualities and energy. We live and work with people who are angry, intentionally hurtful or otherwise emotionally destructive. Many personal, societal and familial influences cause us to carry or hold onto stresses, worries, negative emotions and limiting beliefs. Negativity of any kind—whether the source is work or home, general life circumstances, the actions or words of another person or simply our own unresolved anxieties—diminishes and contaminates our personal energy supply and creates emotional contamination. For example, you may enter someone’s home or office space which is filled with anxiety or sadness. Without realizing it, you may start experiencing similar feelings which you cannot account for. You have unwittingly absorbed the negative energy of the people in the room. You play a part in this absorption. If there is any part of you that has some Our energy field gets dirty, heavy and stays in a low vibration with every negative thought, deed and action we put out into the world or is put upon us.

small similar buried feeling of what exists in the room, but was not previously active in your consciousness, may now be amplified and an active part of your conscious mind. You have now not only activated and amplified your feelings, but have also become a carrier of them in a greater volume and can unintentionally pass them on to others.

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If we set the intention to understand the absorbent nature of our energetic field, we can begin with a regimen of keeping it clean. There are two important aspects of doing this: Becoming aware of our organic thoughts and feelings we realize are responsible for our own happiness and wellbeing while simultaneously generating these feelings of wellbeing that others may absorb by being around us. Secondly, we become aware of what we are allowing to come into our field (that others have generated) so as not to pollute what we have generated within us and, subsequently, send that back out again. It’s a two-way street! “We create good energy conditions for ourselves not by isolating ourselves behind shields and barriers but by creating good energy in the world around us. Compassionately and lovingly participating in the life of our world and contributing to the wellbeing of all life is a vital part of energy hygiene.” —David Spangler, ”An Energy Ecology” essay How we clean our energy and keep it clean, physically and mindfully. Some physical techniques: Sandalwood incense: disperses prana, which breaks up dirty energy. By sweeping incense through your house with the windows open, you will break down and then flush out congested energy. Make sure the incense gets to every room. OM: get a CD of or play online the mantra “Om.” It matters who chants it, by the way, because the energy and power to break up dirty energy is different. If you’re sensitive to this energy, you will immediately notice a difference in your surroundings after doing either one of these. Take Sea salt baths regularly: Put about two pounds

of Sea salt (no Epsom salt, which has other excellent uses) in a bathtub of water. Soaking in this draws out and disintegrates dirty energy in your system. Soak for about 20 minutes max because after this time period, the dirty energy now in the water can be drawn back into your body. If you don’t have time for a bath, a salt shower also works. Step away from the water, cover yourself with salt, and rinse away after a minute or two. You’ll feel the difference! Exercise and get outdoors: Exercise is extremely powerful for cleansing our energy fields. When a part of our body moves, especially vigorously, the chakras become activated, spin and powerfully propel dirty energy out. If you exercise regularly, you know that when you stop for several days, you start to feel “clogged” or “blocked up.” Walk on the grass barefoot. Sit in the sun for 20 minutes. An endless source of prana is literally right outside our doors! Some mental techniques: Grounding: Visualize a grounding cord running out from your tailbone, dropping down to the center of the earth and connecting. Then open up your feet as wide as your hips, making the space hollow for full release. Visualize growing roots out of your bottom and feet into the earth. Then feel the roots bringing nourishment back into your body from the earth. Cleansing: Visualize a silver shower, rinsing away any energy that is not supporting you. Rub your hands together and then pull them apart just an inch. Feel the energy When you practice energetic hygiene diligently, your energy body becomes more refined; the particles of energy that make up your aura become cleaner and smaller. They also vibrate at a higher frequency

surging between them, then use your hands to wipe off any energetic debris from around your body. Filling in: Imagine a huge, golden sun above your head, calling all your energy from all directions in time back into it and then pouring the golden energy into the top of your head, into your entire body and space around you. Feel the spark of divine light in your belly button and allow it to expand and fill your body and the space around you. Notice a source of light above your head; allow that light to shine into your body and the space around you. Shielding: Imagine a rose in front of you, representing your energy just outside your space. Ground the stem to the center of the earth and let it collect all the positive 45

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this field affect your conscious thoughts and feelings. You can begin to take control over the energy field instead of being controlled by it.

When you practice energetic hygiene diligently, your energy body becomes more refined; the particles of energy that make up your aura become cleaner and smaller. They also vibrate at a higher frequency. A refined energy body can absorb more good energy from all frequencies. This quality of refinement is compounded: as you practice good energetic hygiene, you can absorb more good energy, which, in turn, makes your energy body lighter and even more refined. This enables you to take in even more refined energy, and so on. A refined energy body is also stronger energetically, which enables you to resist ailments more effectively and rebound more quickly if you do get sick (or energetically depleted). You are now also more skilled in cleaning off patterns from other people in your space that are not supportive.

Consider, finally, that in order to feel well, you also need to generate higher energies in your personal energy field. This involves learning how to respond positively to life’s circumstances, but it also involves learning how to receive more energy from the source of such energy, which we’ve touched upon in the exercises here.

The advantage of recognizing your mind as an energy field is that you can begin to understand how the conditions in

To understand how this can be done, explore the natural flow of energy between your higher being and your lower being and experience how that feels. This will also make it clearer how you can protect and purify your energy field. Learn how to prevent negative energy from entering your energy field. Learn how to purify the energy already in your energy field. Learn how to stop generating negative energy within your own mind. And finally, learn how to expand the flow of positive energy from the higher part of your being outwards to everyone you encounter!

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cannot look for something or someone on the outside to fulfill you. Happiness, love and peace are already waiting within, but you must remove the blocks to the awareness of love’s presence. Love yourself and you will experience what you are looking for in another within yourself, and you will be a vibrational match to those who are available to love you completely. Let go of this man, love yourself and have some faith that what and whom is yours will come to you.

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Comatose Not By Choice Part 2 (Part 1 appeared in Radiance November-December 2017) As my mother lay there, comatose, my brothers, my sisters-in-law, my nieces and nephews, my daughter, my aunt, her children—my mother’s family started to arrive. A Catholic priest was summoned to perform the last rites. My oldest brother, who, for some unrevealed reason, hadn’t talked to me for years, was standing next to me. I was sitting on the end of my mother’s bed, weeping. He put his arm around me, resting his hand solidly on my left shoulder. For a moment, I thought it was my father’s hand touching me. I felt a deep sense of support and love coming through both estranged men. During all of this, my mother never moved. Neither did Brandy, an apricot poodle that was her constant shadow. For hours, that dog never got up, never changed position. He slept as deeply as she slept, his nose gently resting on the place where she gave birth to us all. Someone took a group photo. It caught me pursing my lips and I looked just like a skull, my cheekbones hollow, my eyes sunken. How odd, I thought, and, yet, not odd. It was a day of the dead, after all. A friend of mine, a psychic, came over later that night and sat off to the side in the dining room where it was dark. I noticed he was writing. “I’m having a conversation with your mother,” he said, pleasantly. I saw a page full of notes. “I asked her if she’s ready to go. She said yes. She’s already left her body.

She’s sitting up in the corner there, watching it all. I asked her when she’ll be leaving. She said between midnight and 5 a.m.” After everyone departed, I lay down on the couch behind her. And I listened to her breathe. It wasn’t the “death chortle” they talk about, the gravely, rocky breathing from lungs filling up with water. My mother had a definite pattern of four concise breaths rising in urgency. Starting low, the pitch would build in four breaths, like a musical scale. The last breath, the highest pitch, cascaded all the way down and the sequence would start over again…for hours. This pattern repeated itself evenly all night long. The sidewalk lights filtered shifting images through the sheers on her open bay window. I would get up now and then to change a cool washcloth on her forehead. She was sweating profusely, like she was running a marathon. “Mom, where are you running to…or from? You can finally slow down now.” But she didn’t. The pattern never changed. And then it stopped. I stiffened. I looked at the camelback clock on top of the TV. I got up and walked over to her side. She was still sweating. I touched her rosy cheek. “You just left us, didn’t you?” It was 4:55 a.m. Never doubt a good psychic.

(continued in Part 3, Radiance March-April 2018)

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