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May/June 2018

WELLNESS AT ITS BEST

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Michelle Pinto

How to Move From Coping to Thriving The Many Levels of Wellness Interview with

Don Miguel Ruiz Jr. Stress + Emotional Clearing = Better Health & Wellbeing

Getting Your Groove Back the Natural Way Yoga Therapy Eases You Into A Yoga Routine Your Petâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wellness and Yours are Intertwined

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Table of Contents Where’s the Faire?

ON THE COVER

It Came to Pass By Wendy L. Yost

Coping and Thriving with Clarity Interview with Michelle Pinto

Intuiting My Soul Path By Toby Gant

The Seed Replanted By Rev. Danielle Marie Hewitt

Your Pet’s Wellness and Yours Are Intertwined | Interview with Kara Udziela

Yoga Therapy – Yoga with Ease Interview with Raminderpreet Elisa Sweigart

Spiritual Psychology to Guide Life Paths By Donna Bond

The Museum of Woman and the Goddess Within, Part II Interview with Ava Park

The Many Levels of Wellness Interview with Don Miguel Ruiz Jr.

The Mysterious Power of Past Life Regression, by Janna Colaco The Wellness Advice Column Getting to the Emotional Core of the Matter, by Sandy Chasteen

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Talking with Your Angels By Karen Sommers 14 Getting Your Groove Back the Natural Way, by James Wanless

Developing Empathy for Others By Cristina Mercado

Divining Your Inner Truth By Chris Alisa

Meditation Teachings By Sister Shivani

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Testimonial I work for the global transformation of consciousness that is taking place on this planet. Cultivating overall health and wellbeing through a balanced mind, body and Spirit supports personal wholeness and in so doing, raises one’s consciousness. Radiance Magazine is a guide for all of this on every level. A user manual of sorts for educating and understanding one’s self in mind, body and Spirit on the pathway to being whole and happy and fulfilled. We are so grateful to have a publication that cares passionately about the overall health and well-being of so many. And, that is why Radiance carries the incredible healing energy of a companion in one’s journey to wholeness. -Donna Bond, M.A.

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Radiance Magazine is dedicated to promoting wellness in all its forms so readers can be informed in order to integrate allopathic and alternative modalities in what is best for the health of their body, mind and spirit. Most of the contributors are available for free consultations and we encourage you to contact them to get your questions answered. We seek to empower you and believe you are the best advocate for your health and wellbeing. Radiance Magazine can be found in Wellness Centers, Health Food Stores, Yoga and Meditation Studios, Doctor’s Offices, Health Fairs, Coffeehouses, Holistic Health Centers, Metaphysical Stores, Spiritual Centers, and Music and Food Festivals. Thank you for reading Radiance.

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What’s Wellness to You? For some people, wellness means not being sick and having good health insurance. “If I get sick, I’ll let the doctors take care of it.” Scott Ware is the Publisher and Editor of Radiance magazine.

Others take preventive action to avoid those doctor visits by swapping out processed foods for whole foods and plant-based foods, integrating more natural products into their routine such as water filters, using biodegradable and organic personal care items and household cleansers, getting out in nature and exercising more. Many times, you can even feel increased wellness as you make these changes. I particularly like this perspective from cancer survivor, author and wellness authority Greg Anderson: “The concept of total wellness recognizes that our every thought, word and behavior affects our greater health and well-being. And we, in turn, are affected not only emotionally but also physically and spiritually.”

“The concept of total wellness recognizes that our every thought, word and behavior affects our greater health and wellbeing. And we, in turn, are affected not only emotionally but also physically and spiritually.”

Does that sound like a lot of change? The good news is it can be done as you go, incrementally, so that benefits compound over time. For instance, if we get outside and realize how much we love hiking, we might watch less TV and spend more time with friends and family in nature. Which in turn will make us feel more in touch with the earth, our bodies, ourselves and others, making it easier to enjoy other healthy life changes. Win-win-win. Where do you start? With either the body, the mind or the spirit. BODY: Yoga’s a standard, and so is taking a daily walk/hike, playing sports such as golfing or swimming or more esoteric courses like Qigong or body-benefiting classes in gemstone energy, essential oils, Ayurveda or nutrition. SPIRIT: Maybe you prefer classes in energy healing or the Bible or I Ching (or other sacred texts or spiritual practice study groups). MIND: They say your body hears (and reacts to) everything your mind says, so not worrying about the future or mourning the past contributes to our wellness a lot. (I also hear good things about this new thing called meditation.) Radiance Magazine’s wellness message: discover what works for you. The first-ever Holistic Healing Awareness Day sponsored by Radiance Magazine on March 24 created more awareness for the mind-body-spirit approach to healing. Thank you to everyone who shared it online and participated in it. Holistic Pet Day is already on the national calendar; we think Holistic Healing for humans should be there too. To your wellbeing, Scott Ware

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FAIRE There’s a Faire somewhere every weekend A Spirit or Holistic Faire is a truly magical place. It may not look that way as you approach, but when you purchase a little time with a reader (who can present mind-blowing aspects of your life) or a healer (everyone needs to let go and be healed of something) it can be soothing and intense at the same time. And a little unpredictable, which is part of the fun. If you have an open mind and heart and a sense of adventure, faires can be life-altering.

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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

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The “Where Woo-Woo Meets Wellness” Faire at BOTI Studios–Opening Ceremonies @ 10am 607 South Harbor Bl. Anaheim 10-5pm

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The Mercantile Market – Your Wellness & Creative Finds at Carpet Diem |115 S Harbor Blvd, Fullerton

Holistic Health & Spiritual Fair at Learning Light Foundation 1212 E Lincoln, Anaheim 10-4pm Holistic Faire at Spiritual Origins Psychic Readings & Crystal Shop 307 3rs St. Suite 101, Huntington Beach 11-5pm

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

Groovy Wellness & Artisan Faire at Feeling Groovy Wellness and Café Sat May 12th and Thurs July 14th 863 S. Foothill Blvd, Claremont 1-6pm

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It Came to Pass An impactful twist on an ancient teaching It came to pass. Several years ago, these four, short words came to mean a great deal to me and they’ve held that meaning ever since. I was in the midst of what seemed at the time a significant trial—things were not going as I had hoped they would on an important project. I confided in my minister, Rev. Brent Fletcher, and, in his wonderful Southern accent, he kindly shared, “It came to pass.” While I knew he was trying to assist me, his softly spoken words offered little relief. He repeated the words again, “It came to pass.” Still no relief, just a vague recollection of the phrase being referenced throughout the Bible and a sense of confusion mixed with a touch of growing frustration. Ever one to stick with a message until it’s deeply heard and understood, Rev. Brent tried again. This time, his inflection was slightly different. “It came to pass.” This time I heard what was being offered differently and was instantly awash with relief and insight. The insight not only quieted the current chaos but also lent perspective to other perceived challenges I had previously experienced. As if with his words and the loving intention behind them, he somehow reshuffled time and made right long-ago situations and incidents I had misinterpreted. If the distinction offered remains unclear, try saying each of the phrases below as emphasized, aloud and slowly: [It] came to pass. [It came] to pass. It came [to pass]. As my eyes filled with tears of truth from realizing the shift in emphasis that he was making, Rev. Brent added with a smile, “It didn’t come to stay.” I exhaled a deep sigh of relief with a sense that whatever “it” was, it came with a purpose and brought with it lessons to assist me on my spiritual journey. A whole new way of relating to events, particularly those that appeared as difficulties, opened up and now took on new meaning and purpose. 8

by Wendy L. Yost

Yet at the same time, all of the good I’d experienced to date also took on new meaning as it, too, came to pass. This realization left me very aware of the present moment and the many gifts each present moment brings if we are open to it. Regardless of whether moments are wrapped in trials or joys, God/Spirit/the Angels/the Universe/All That Is is with us, always. Our task then becomes allowing life to flow through us instead of resisting what is happening and choosing to trust the purpose yet to unfold and arise from the experiences we’re given—for, as I realized, neither will be with us for long. Wendy L. Yost is an educator at heart who is passionate about helping people learn to listen to and lead their lives by realigning time, energy and attention toward what matters most. Her Summer Academy blends best practices from the university leadership course she has taught 37 times over the last decade and includes the life-changing principles, distinctions and assignments that have benefited more than 5,000 former students and clients. For details on The Academy, Intuitive Coaching or her monthly Co-Ed Moon Circle Gatherings, please visit www. moreisavailable.com or call (818) 660-MORE.

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Intuiting My Soul Path I take great joy in my work as a spiritual life coach. My clients fascinate me with the unique gifts and soul desires they bring to the world. The most common question I am asked is “What is my life purpose?” It is such a simple question with multiple answers. I usually start by reminding people that we don’t have one purpose: we have many. Some purposes are only for a season, while others may last a lifetime. Tuning in to Intuition For over a year, during meditation, I repeatedly heard the phrase “the answers lie within.” I struggled to understand this. I eventually realized that I had been looking externally for guidance and affirmation. The phrase was a reminder that we have access to infinite wisdom, guidance, creativity, love, etc. from within, via the chakra system.

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Recording our intuitive insights is also vital. This helps us take the spiritual guidance we receive and convert it into applicable wisdom. Recording can take many forms, i.e. journaling, voice memos, or even planning action steps on our calendars (I often do this to hold myself accountable). Five Steps to Intuit Your Soul Path 1. Practice stillness daily, even if it must be brief 2. Observe your free flow of strong feelings, images, signs, synchronicities, etc. 3. Reflect and record significant bits of information 4. Discuss and process with a trusted friend or spiritual advisor 5. Act upon your intuitive wisdom

I especially love helping clients become aware of their own intuitive guidance. For some, it comes as signs and synchronicities. For others, it is the irresistible urge to take a specific action. Intriguingly, many who come to me doubting their intuitive abilities recount vivid pictures and visions experienced during guided meditation. Once we find even brief, momentary stillness, guidance can flow with greater ease. Interpreting Intuition For those prone to third eye visions, I liken it to remembering the details of a vivid dream, which can also be quite intuitive. It is easy to forget or ignore a dream or vision. Yet, if we pause to reflect, we may become aware of embedded symbolism and guidance. I also find it helpful to discuss our personal intuitive experiences with wise friends or spiritual advisors. They can help us sift through hidden meanings. Once, during a session with a client, I saw a vision of her walking the streets of Manhattan. I shared this vision as symbolic of a potential move there. Upon leaving our session she texted me a screenshot of the Manhattan skyline: the very first photo that popped up in her social media feed after our session. Within months she followed a series of other signs and moved from London to Manhattan. Her life purposes have since magnified exponentially. 9

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The Mysterious Power of Past Life Regression Interview with Janna Colaco, Hypnotherapist Outside of common curiosity, are there benefits to past life regression? Absolutely. Clients overcome obstacles and gain insight into their current-life situations. Moving forward in this life becomes easier once they remember past-life lessons. What if somebody isn’t sure if they’ve lived in the past… will it still work? Yes, as long as they’re open to the possibility. Any rigid or inflexible belief system, either for or against past lives, can dim the richness of the experience. Wonderment is the best attitude. Curiosity is better than thinking you have it all figured out. I like to talk first about dissolving preconceived ideas, whether they’re for or against. “I don’t know” is the most powerful place to stand.

But the craziest story was about a womanizing middleaged playboy who didn’t want to marry his girlfriend. He’d convinced himself a past life trauma was to blame! None of his friends believed this lame excuse. But he remembered a past-life as a hit-man in ancient Rome. Enemies murdered his wife and kids in retaliation. The subconscious remorse of feeling responsible for his family dying triggered his noncommittal behavior. He felt so relieved that six months later he got married! His friends were shocked, particularly his girlfriend! Enlightenment comes unexpectedly and rarely as we’ve planned it

But aren’t mysteries frustrating? Human beings want answers, not mysteries! You bet! And more than that, we want to be right about our beliefs! We want to be seen as enlightened! It takes more courage, however, to remain mysterious about it. I call it “Standing in the Mystery.” It’s the most positive, powerful, place to be. Enlightenment comes unexpectedly and rarely as we’ve planned it. Any preconceived ideas, even past-life-positive ones, can flatten and rob an experience of its magic, spontaneity, and profound essence.

I’ve heard of people speaking foreign languages under hypnosis. Is this real? There’s a word for this called xenoglossy. I was fortunate to witness it once. My young teenage client began speaking in a language of which he had no prior knowledge. Our session was recorded, the language was real, and it was fluent. Although I’d studied xenoglossy in college, I hadn’t encountered it personally until then.

What are your own personal beliefs on the topic? To be perfectly honest, I was skeptical at first, but I’ve facilitated so many magical sessions it’s impossible to dismiss it all as fantasy.

Past life regression is a powerful tool to help clients overcome fears, phobias, obstacles, and habits. Finding the freedom and courage to live our dreams and move forward in this lifetime is what matters most.

Do you have any good past life regression stories? OMG yes! But everything is confidential to protect people’s privacy. However, I have been given permission to share a few. I’m thinking of a person who suffered death by spiders in a past life and was cured of his spider phobia. The memory provided the explanation for his fear so he could move on. 10

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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Wellness Advice: Guest Columnist, Dr. Susan Sklar Since everyone is unique, how are you able to determine who is bestsuited for hormone therapy? Signed, Prefers Nutrition over Prescriptions Dear Prefers Nutrition over Prescriptions, There are definite ways to restore hormones, so here’s how we determine what’s best for you. If you’re a midlife man or woman with unexplained fatigue, moodiness, or creeping weight gain, low sex drive, memory problems and insomnia can also be signs of hormone decline. Hormones are abundant in your late 20’s, but after that, things start going downhill. So, what to do? Creeping weight gain, low sex drive, memory problems and insomnia can also be signs of hormone decline

For starters, let’s look at lifestyle. Stress, poor diet, and toxins rob you of optimal hormone function. Correcting these factors can go far in helping you feel better. Stress depletes your “feel good” hormones, like estrogen, testosterone, progesterone and DHEA (dehydroepiandosterone). These are the hormones that improve energy, mood, cognition and libido. Stress busters like meditation, massage, connecting with nature and yoga help to maintain these hormones and take you out of chronic flight or fight mode. Your diet impacts your hormones by its effects on the gut. Eating high sugar foods lowers the healthy intestinal bacteria (called your microbiome) that process hormones. A high fiber, plantbased diet optimizes your microbiome and enhances hormone metabolism.

Your diet impacts your hormones by its effects on the gut

You may not realize that environmental toxins wreak havoc on hormones. Pesticides, the plasticizers found in plastic containers and bottles, as well as chemicals in health and beauty aids are called endocrine disrupters, meaning that they send unhealthy hormone messages to your body. You can avoid 80% of these exposures by using only organic body products (see the cosmetics database at EWG.org) as well as eating organically grown produce. Lastly, if none of these remedies are producing sufficiently good results, we see incredible benefits in our patients who are on a hormone restoration program. Our patients say “You have given me my life back.” Dr. Susan Sklar can be contacted at Sklar Center for Restorative Medicine at 562-294-4856, or go to sklarcenter.com. 11

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Getting to the Emotional Core of the Matter Collaboration Is the Key

by Sandy Chasteen After 14 years as a holistic health coach, I greatly appreciate the value of collaborating with a wide variety of healers. I recently emerged from a six-year healing journey overcoming a precondition for pancreatic cancer. This was a wild ride that led me through an intense education in the holistic arts. I experienced everything firsthand working with medical intuitives, past-life regression, spiritual surgery, the use of high-end nutritional support products, ancestral-line clearing and multiple types of bodywork from acupuncture, acupressure, reflexology, lymphatic massage, the use of bio-mats, scalar energy and thermography. The combined efforts obviously worked because I am now 100 PERCENT HEALTHY. The “physical” part is back in balance, so I’m focused on resolving those last bits of the “emotional core,” which is what I teach now. (You teach what you need to learn, yes?) This process prepped me to guide my husband through his very different cancer journey (with the same success!). Now I love collaborating with a wide variety of healers to help others along their healing paths. I’ve shifted from “coaching” to “referring” as I now lead an 800-plus member doTERRA team, helping folks learn about and integrate essential oils and other natural solutions into their lives for physical, emotional (and financial) healing. The more we learn about emotional roots, the benefits of grounding and relaxing the body to bring the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems back into balance, the more mainstream all of these holistic modalities will become, and techniques like these will be daily practices. My broader team leaders teach classes on everything from green cleaning to roller balls, from cooking to intimacy issues to whatever topics you may want to explore. I’m now focusing on the Aromatouch Technique and training folks to share oils in this powerful way. I’ve had healers tap in and explain to me that what I’m doing is “way more than I think” and discussions of DNA modification, lifting energy patterns 12

and helping folks get back to their Christ-consciousness as spiritual beings comes up quite often over tea at the end. So whether you experience it and simply get a good night’s sleep afterward, it helps promote a healthy non inflammatory response. Or if you had a spiritual awakening right on my table, the technique is always based on what that person needs and is ready to receive. I also lead certification classes monthly around Orange County and the country. It definitely keeps me busy while “filling my cup.” You can learn more about this from www. aromatouch.com. Come over and experience it yourself. My favorite strategy is to set up a trade with folks that have new modalities for me to learn about, too! If folks want oils for themselves or see what I’m doing and “want to join my team,” that’s great, too. I love partnering with healers. doTERRA as a business is truly available for everyone. The more we learn about emotional roots, the benefits of grounding and relaxing the body to bring the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems back into balance, the more mainstream all of these holistic modalities will become

I also manage “experiential, connection and collaboration” events open to everyone in Orange County. We are privileged to live in an area that supports a beautiful community of holistic practitioners who enjoy supporting and collaborating with each other. My favorite event I lead for networking and collaboration is Lunch Bunch. When our family moved down to OC from upstate Washington, I was sick and needed a healing community ASAP. I sashayed into the Holistic Chamber of Commerce meetings and started building my healing tribe right away. As I continued to heal and grow as a practitioner, I

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shared what I was learning along the way. I started â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lunch Bunchâ&#x20AC;? as a casual offshoot. I simply started saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would love to talk to you more about what you do. Can you join me for lunch?â&#x20AC;? We would meet somewhere like Urban Plates in Irvine around the corner from my condo. Over time, Lunch Bunch has grown from 4-5 people to sometimes 30-plus folks joining to connect and collaborate over lunch. Now, each month we rotate locations around Orange County to check out membersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; wellness centers, places of interest and beyond. By design, the group is loose and casualâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; everyone simply shows up and brings their business cards and flyers for upcoming events. We gather around tables with our brown-bag lunch or share snacks with others. We run the events from 11am to 1pm; 11-11:30 is check in and mingling. At 11:30, I facilitate the gathering and we simply go around the room taking two minutes each to introduce ourselves and our businesses and putting a call-out for anything we need. At the end, we have lots of raffles with tickets earned by attending, bringing someone new, offering a testimonial, sharing our event listings on social media or offering up a raffle prize. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lots of fun and many a workshop and business partnership have emerged from these gatherings. Along my own personal journey, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve personally used the services of many of the practitioners so my heart is full of gratitude for my â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lunch Bunchers.â&#x20AC;? If this sounds like a gathering youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to be a part of, please join us! We meet monthly and you can stay in the loop by joining our Facebook Group â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lunch Bunch for Networking Professionalsâ&#x20AC;? where you can share your events with the group and remain connected throughout the month. This is my favorite day of the month. Our May event will be held from 11am to 1pm at Dragon and the Rose in Anaheim on Monday, May 14. We rotate the day of the week so we can catch a variety of folks that â&#x20AC;&#x153;canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come on ___daysâ&#x20AC;? throughout the year. We charge $10 at the door to help cover administrative fees and offset my time in coordinating. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Vendor Blenderâ&#x20AC;? is another event I run quarterly. The concept is similar to Lunch Bunch, except everyone sets up their regular â&#x20AC;&#x153;vendor boothâ&#x20AC;? like at a wellness fair. We usually set up at 5:30 p.m., mingle until 7 p.m., then I facilitate going around the room like Lunch Bunch with everyone talking about two minutes to describe their business. At 8 p.m., we offer up the raffles, wrap up, ideally out by 9 p.m. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nice to be able to present your information to the entire group instead of addressing â&#x20AC;&#x153;who walks by.â&#x20AC;? Sometimes you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really know that you need that person or business until you hear their details.

The TWIST is that I bring a selection of doTERRA overstock I may have on hand and place it on a table in the middle of the room. Vendors are invited to â&#x20AC;&#x153;tradeâ&#x20AC;? a gift certificate at their booth for any amount they want in exchange for whatever else lands on the table. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so much fun to watch folks connect and collaborate and excitedly drop off their gift certificates and then scoop up something of equal value from the table offerings. Whateverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s left on the table at the end, I collect and bring to the next event. I often pull from these collected gift certificates from my collaborators when Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m working with someone that would benefit from those services so I love having a collection to pull from! I have to have fun at networking events so I created something that I would want to attend! đ&#x;&#x2DC;&#x2030; In addition, you can now join me at 10 a.m. pst MondayFriday as I share â&#x20AC;&#x153;my dayâ&#x20AC;? through field trips or classes in my office exploring a wide variety of holistic modalities (and, often, how to add oils to them). I love interviewing doTERRA team members who have holistic-based practices and checking out new local â&#x20AC;&#x153;hot spots.â&#x20AC;? Archived shows are available on my website. Find me and learn more about my personal journey and other events Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m leading around OC by tuning in to XRoadstv, What is Your Holistic Radio Show.com?, Ask Sharifah AMA. My Journey to Freedom and through my â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sharing Essential Healthâ&#x20AC;? oils user FB group where we share all sorts of holistic resources, oils and beyond. Get healthy, have fun, manifest those dreamsâ&#x20AC;Śand do it with people you love. Check out my monthly calendar at www.sandychasteen. com. There you can also sign up for weekly updates capturing my events. See you around town!

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Talking with the Angels Let Body Talk Show You How Karen Sommers is a holistic practitioner who actually works with your angels and spirit guides to help create harmony and balance in your health and your life. —Editor Can you tell me what you do to get people to experience their angels? It helps when they’re in the presence of somebody who can move energy and change energy levels. If I started meditating with you right now, the energy would change your vibration. It would go up to a higher level. When you’re at that level, you’re more open to feel them and experience them. I also channel healing energy from the angels. This is how you start? Even before the intake, I meditate on my client before I meet them. This is part of the Body Talk approach. I usually get images of what’s going on in their life. And then they come in and sit down and usually confirm what I’ve already seen. I’ll say, “I’ve been looking at you before you came and this is what I see.” Then it becomes a coaching and healing session with their angels coming in and guiding me on what to do and say for their happiness. How did you get to be a skilled intuitive life guide? After studying acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine, I went to work at a center for the elderly and at a children’s hospital and I would find myself teaching the patient. Doctors and nurses would ask, “Why are you talking to the people so much?” I was like, “I need to educate them. I need them to not need me anymore.” Acupuncture alone wasn’t going deep enough for me until someone introduced me to Body Talk, which utilizes kinesiology to communicate with the body-mind-spirit, and tapping to release the emotions and balance the energy in the body. With Body Talk, I can go deeper emotionally and work with active memories and trapped emotions. You could engage with them more. Exactly. We use a lot of acupuncture points in Body Talk anyway, and then I trained in EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) tapping, which I’m passionate about, too. I find lately that I’m having the most success using those things while connecting with a person’s energy, their higher self. Have you always been intuitive? Many years ago, somebody said to me when I was studying acupuncture, “Oh, you’ve got this connection with the angels and spirits.” Then, when I was working in the Canary Islands 14

with clients, all of a sudden something started happening: I was getting images and messages and feelings, actual physical feelings related to my clients. And it took me a few years to accept or realize what it was. So it was your intuitive abilities coming through? Yes. That was 15 years ago. Once I realized that was happening, of course I was like, “Wow, this is great.” So I have knowledge I’ve learned from studying Chinese medicine, including psychology and nutrition, and I just let the angels come through and guide me in what to do and say. What would you say is your main mission in life? What I’ve understood from the angels is that they want to help people understand that the angels are here and wanting to communicate with them, that people can call on them and that they’re here for them. Clients say to me, “Karen, what you really did for me is made me realize I’ve got angels.” You know? I’m good at tapping this out of people. Karen Sommers is offering a complimentary 15-minute consultation. Call or come in for your appointment at the Healing Key now: (310) 7554130, 2117 East 7th Street, Long Beach 90804. Or you can call Karen directly at (562) 221-0381 or contact her at karensommers.com.

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Getting Your Groove Back the Natural Way Your Nature and Earth’s Nature Are One

In a time of change and uncertainty, heart-based entrepreneurs often don’t see the forest for the trees. And that’s exactly where we need to go. Deep into the woods to soak up the bounty, to learn from a living model for surviving and thriving. Nature or “Earth Inc.” has been in the business of exchange of creations and services for eons; through fires, famine and five complete extinctions. Nature knows how to renew, evolve, and sustain. If you follow Nature’s rules, you will thrive: 1 KNOW YOURSELF Life is a projection of how we view ourselves. Success is an inside job and depends on the agent of creation. That’d be you. 2 KNOW YOUR PURPOSE Continuous inquiry through life experiences eventually gives you the great aha! After that, you’re an absolute powerhouse, vital and resilient for as long as you live. 3 BE WHOLE Express your “whole self”—live your life purpose, follow your heart’s desires, do your mental proficiency and get physical! Then you’re a synergistic powerhouse, able to refire, not retire.

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6 ADAPT Natural living is an evolutionary and adventurous lifestyle. Resist becoming sedentary and fixed in patterns, habits and sofas. Be happy when your routine is upse — your adaptive powers are awakened. 7 GROWTH Grow yourself, your business, your relationships as a loving gardener grows roses. Tend, tune in and take your time, nourishing your heart as well as the hearts of the buds in your care. Many businesses expand too quickly and are soon over their heads and budget. Trees do not grow overnight. Think long-term for a long, abundant life. Set boundaries with the positive use of “No.” 8 SUSTAIN Aging is an opportunity. A redwood tree grows more productive as it ages. Embrace whatever the “opportunity” might be and ride it with gusto. Even disappointments and disasters can be energizers. James Wanless, PhD, is a life and business coach who pioneered bringing ancient wisdom into 21st Century reality with his tools of transformation. Creator of the iconic Voyager Tarot, he also authored Sustainable Life: The New Success, Renew! and Adventures with Greening Man. Call James with questions at 831-915-0178 or visit him at www.james-wanless.com.

4 LIVE IN COMMUNITY UNITY When you’re at home, restore, relax, heal and sustain yourself. When you’re with others, befriend, empathize, look them in the eye. Care for your terrain. “You are your home.” 5 RENEW A life-changer today is longer lifespans. Renewability is the “seasonal way of life.” After a good “winter’s” sleep, you’ll naturally spring into action and plant the seeds of our plans. If work is “play for pay,” you can go and go, like nature. In autumn, we have completed our goals and fulfilled our mission. Reap the rewards of living; it’s never too late to get there. This process of completing can occur daily and is even psychologically necessary for end-of-life contentment. 16

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I Am Another Version of You Developing Empathy For “The Other” Cristina Mercado is the co-creator of Waking Universe, a metaphysical center filled with crystals from all over the world, a place to expand upon one’s understanding of their human experience through healing workshops and intuitive readings. It is also a film production studio creating uplifting content and online classes. Cristina is a psychic intuitive who helps others heal and reconnect to unconditional love. –Radiance

Cristina, how do you define wellness? I consider wellness an alignment with truth. So if my truth is that I Am a healthy, happy, human being, then wellness begins within my willingness to choose. I think it’s great that your store is called “Waking Universe, I Am Another Version of You.” It grew from the realization we’re each a unique Universe, a fractal of all that is, each awakening to our sense of that. When we know that truth, we develop empathy for “the other,” because anyone, anything, is just another part of you. Even the damaged parts, the hurt, the loss, the ugly parts we see “out there,” when we realize there’s no separation, we stop being a victim. We take full responsibility for our creations, even while knowing we are all works in progress. We find compassion and unconditional love in that place. What do you want people to know about what you do and what you offer? My son passed 4 years ago, and that started my journey with this work. He was 19 and disabled and I was determined to reconnect with him or die trying. My grief opened me to connection with spirit. I was 18

lucky to have great friends and teachers, both seen and unseen, to help me through that opening process and to find self-love. Now, my son helps guide my intuitive work so I can act as a companion for others through their healing process, whatever it looks like. In my intuitive work I help others through the passage of where they are in their life, without judgement. Some people are going into new relationships, some are in a relationship that they want to end, some are looking for new work, some have ailments. Depending on where they are, the information is different, but healing always starts with our ability to connect to unconditional self-love and in releasing judgement. You teach unconditional love. How do you define that? There is always a choice between fear and love. Unconditional love releases the blame and judgement that comes from fear of loss of love, opening to peace and healing through forgiveness and gratitude. What would you like to leave others thinking about visiting Waking Universe? I asked a few of my clients over the last week, “What is it I do for them?” One’s answer, she’s really sweet, said, “You took my life and helped me see it from a different perspective.” Each brush stroke here, each piece of paper that’s on the wall, each handpicked crystal, was put here with a deep love and respect for this space and the people who enter it. I just know that people keep coming back and they’re excited. They come here and want to participate in the space and the activities that go on here. It’s empowering, for me too. In life, we’re all tested, and as we claim our own power, we have the ability to choose what we really want in life, for our best life.

Cristina can be contacted at 909-286-5141 or visit www.wakinguniverse.com. Waking Universe is at 1551 W 13th St, Suite 108, Upland, California 91786

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Defining Your Inner Truth Exploring Pain Reveals Your Truth The pain residing inside drives us in the direction of how we lead our life. We all want to erode the pain from our lives and bodies, eliminating the anxiety, depression and physical discomfort and distress that often mask our true selves. We want to see clearly, unencumbered by past traumas or events. It’s our birthright to seek our own individual truth and what it means to us. The intuitive healer inside all of us is a seeker who pursues growth and deep understanding through the experience of pain. Pain that comes up in our lives is not consciously driven. What that means is that we are not setting out to be in pain. So much of the source of our pain is actually subconscious, meaning it is so deep inside of us we’re not aware of it. Finding a guide we resonate with is the first step. Look for a person who offers a process or practice that gives you an understanding of the pain while releasing its effects. We want a therapist or healer who is able to help us solve our problems and innermost challenges. “Chris assists clients in uncovering their traumas and fears, making space for inner strength and clarity to build from within. Once the origin of pain is addressed, symptoms often leave because their role as red flag is no longer imperative.” —Daryl S.

Understanding life and its essence is my journey. I am a spiritual teacher who helps people through individual crisis of meaning that has left them feeling helpless and overwhelmed. I will guide you through a process of radical transformation, taking you from confused, alone or internally “beat up” to happy, alive and full of clarity. I witness children, teens and adults find their inner strengths to overcome debilitating behaviors that keep them stuck and afraid. Over the past 25 years, I’ve blended past-life regression techniques with clinical approaches as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, bringing harmony into clients’ lives. My business, Peace Through Metamorphosis, brings calmness into your life while traveling through changes. “The heart is the passageway to your truth.” —Christine Alisa 20

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As an international trainer of therapists for more than 13 years, I’ve helped other alternative therapists develop skills and learn innovative approaches. I offer a MeetUp for therapists and healers called Thriving Alternative Therapists Community. Connect with us and learn powerful techniques to aide your work with clients. You’re also invited to join The Ordinary Shaman MeetUp, a community where we learn how to incorporate wisdom from other realms, such as power animals and elementals. Expanding our intuitive natures together, we learn to “experience the journey,” as the shaman says. This is a great, comforting way to enrich each moment as we navigate our lives. Sign up for my Complimentary Discovery Session, where you’ll receive a one-on-one personal exploration with me. Together we define a plan to help you release the pain while clearing away the old sabotaging behaviors. Follow me on web www.ChristineAlisa.com

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Excerpts of BK Sister Shivani’s Sharings on “Awakening to the Call of Time” during her East Coast Tour, in July 2017. Our world is in a pivotal time of transition. Time is calling us to sow and nurture the seeds of truth, peace, happiness and harmony at the deepest levels within ourselves, so a new tree, built on solid and deep foundation of love and respect can grow strong roots and flourish, first within and then around us. Many aspects of how our inner evolution affecting our outer world, will be taken up by World Renown speaker BK Sister Shivani. BK Sister Shivani has been a practitioner of Raja yoga Meditation of the Brahma Kumaris for over 20 years. With a background in engineering, her ability to analyze deeprooted emotions like ego, stress, anger and fear, is empowering people to take personal responsibility of their thoughts and their practical lives especially in the field of relationships. She has been sharing spiritual concepts worldwide on the TV program ‘Awakening With Brahma Kumaris’, for over 10 years and has over 33 millions viewers. She has been appointed as Goodwill Ambassador by the World Psychiatric Association. • Meditation means knowing myself, knowing my strengths. If I do not know my qualities, I will not be able to use them. If I do not know my weaknesses, I will not be able to change them. So first step of meditation is getting to know myself. • If I cannot see you, I may not understand you. If I do not understand you, I might misunderstand you and that misunderstanding is neither my fault nor your fault. It is because it was dark and the light was missing. Spirituality is the light of knowledge. With one switch, everything will change and then there is awakening. • The thoughts that I create will influence how I am feeling. Every thought that I create is radiating into my body, affecting my health. Every thought I create will also get radiated to the person I am thinking about, therefore creating my relationships. • Call of Time probes: “What is the need of the hour now?” It could be different for different people. So take a moment of silence and ask yourself one question, “For me, if there is one thing I could change, what is the priority?” ~ Awakening to the Call of Time For a World in Transition Saturday, June 9, 2018 from 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM

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Do You Want: Greater Abundance and Prosperity Flow? To Connect More Deeply with Spirit? The Capability to Grow your Chi and Protect your Own Personal Energy Field? To Discover the Path Within Your that Answers Your Deepest Questions? To Receive Ancient Tools and Sacred Rituals that Initiates Have used for Thousands of Years to Awaken Your Divinity and Align Yourself with your True Purpose? Join many of the worlds’ greatest leaders as you walk the path of physical initiation into the ancient mystery traditions! Come be a part of the Empower Thyself Program, a two-day intensive where you will dive into the mysteries that for so long were hidden from the masses.

You’ll enter a community that focuses on creating a world where people live from their hearts and where their individuality is cherished. If you hunger to make a difference in this world, Empower Thyself will equip you with the extra edge to be an accomplished leader and catalyst for progression. We are all born with the potential to be leaders. Many of those who fully actualized their potential were empowered to do so through physical initiation into the ancient mystery traditions.

“Thank you so much for offering the class “Empower Thyself”. It helped me understand and clarify spiritual truths, and the energy generated during the two days of the class was truly amazing.

“I was pissed at God when he took my mother away. I forgave God during meditation during the initiation ceremony. I didn’t understand it then as a child, but I understand it now.”

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Coping and Thriving With Clarity Michelle Pinto is the owner of Mystic Connections, The Crystal & Rock Shop. She is also a psychic medium and spiritual channel providing private reading and healing sessions and teaches certificated courses for personal development in the healing and spiritual arts. We talked in her beautiful store in Huntington Beach. -Radiance You didn’t come by your psychic and intuitive abilities easily. That’s right, I had to deal with being very sensitive as a child. I avoided crowded places like malls, let alone to somewhere like Disneyland because of everyone else’s energy. You didn’t know that there were ways to shield yourself. I didn’t even know what that meant. I was so tired of feeling anxious and drained. Something was wrong with me and I wanted relief, be it medication, therapy or whatever, so I decided to start getting answers by getting a reading. What told you that a psychic reading was a good option? Past readings that I received years ago revealed information about my life not readily known, so I thought that might be a good starting point. As a teenager raised in the heart of the Bible Belt, I was fascinated with that sort of thing, but you did not talk I was so tired of feeling anxious and drained. Something was wrong with me and I wanted relief, be it medication, therapy or whatever, so I decided to start getting answers

about it. When I moved from Texas to California in my early 20s, I felt more comfortable delving into this phenomena without fear of being judged. California will do that. Yes! Californians were more liberal and I began taking Tarot classes because it 26

always fascinated me. Years later, I did readings for people in my home, but unfortunately, I was so empathic, I became too emotionally involved in my client’s problems. So, I stopped providing readings and stepped out of the metaphysical world altogether 20+ years ago, thinking I can’t do this and stay sane. As a result, the answers to my own personal issues were never addressed or resolved. That’s when you sought out a reading. Yes, I just knew a medical doctor wouldn’t provide the answers I needed, so I found a reader whose bio mirrored my experiences. That’s when I heard the terms “empathic and too open” and was told these were my issues. The reader also told me about crystals and recommended different ones that would help me ground and block energy. A beautiful rainbow obsidian piece was my first crystal purchased and I have been hooked ever since.

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What is your mission? My mission is to help you find the source within so that you have a higher level of awareness and perspective about life and your purpose. I’ve learned that this is where true happiness, fulfillment, and abundance lies. Coping mechanisms My mission is to help you find the source within so that you have a higher level of awareness and perspective about life and your purpose

along with manifestation techniques can be learned and implemented to sustain balance and harmony regardless of outside influences, age, or station in life. When you connect to the source within, you recognize guidance sent from above, feel happy anyway, and receive effortless abundance.

Some people understand even scientifically that reality is an illusion, so you’re saying it shouldn’t be much of a stretch to believe that we can play with the illusion, and interact We are not alone here. We all have spiritual beings who interact with us daily providing guidance through impulses, impressions, and inspirations

with beings who are not physically here, but who are here to help and guide? Yes, absolutely! We are not alone here. We all have spiritual beings who interact with us daily providing guidance

through impulses, impressions, and inspirations. They use pictures, songs, number patterns, animals, and even people to deliver messages. Becoming aware of how the other side communicates helps you to receive and decode messages sent. Here is a recent example. I was explaining the properties of selenite to a lady the other day. I told her selenite is used for cleansing because of its SALT crystalline structure, when all of a sudden, I intuitively saw a little dog excitedly running around her legs. She said with dreamy eyes, oh that is COCO, my mom’s dog and that was her next stop. At that exact moment, a lady who was new to Mystic Connections walked into the shop wearing a sweat shirt that had the words SALT/COCO printed on the front of it. Both ladies bought selenite that day! Let me ask you what everyone wants to know: am I psychic, or can I be psychic? Many people don’t believe they can develop intuitive or psychic abilities, while the ones who come to you believe they can. Can you give out a few secrets of how you teach them to be psychic? Spirit communicates through the senses. These sensory receivers can be developed and fine-tuned quickly with simple visualization exercises. One exercise teaches you how to step into a scenic picture becoming one with the environment smelling the air, hearing sounds, feeling the earth beneath your feet. As your senses become more acute, messages sent by impressions are received with more definition and clarity, you can then begin the process of interpretation. To contact Michelle Pinto, (Text) 714.823.0205 or visit www.mysticonnections.com. 27

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The New Psychic, Part II Fiction by Scott Ware

“I’m shifting your energy so you don’t go where you’re going.”

What do you do when the life you knew ceased to exist? Just stopped on a dime? You think I’m over-reacting? After the news I just got, even an optimist would tell you the door that closed so another could open just knocked me through a glass window face-first. That’s what it feels like when the one person in the world you trusted most had broken that trust into a thousand pieces, and you had to walk through those glass shards in your bare feet. All the signs were there, just covered in a heap of denial, which Bryce helped me reveal. I found him off the beaten path at a small shop called The Healing Key*. “She’s been leaving you for years,” he was now telling me. “Why?” I asked.

“Maybe I want to go there. Isn’t the customer always right?” I could swear the crystal around his neck glowed. “Your ego is ‘the customer’ only when you say it is. I can tell you it’s only responding with fear. Your higher Self, however...“ “My soul?” He nods. “…really wants you back on track.” “Because I’m off track.” “Yes.” “Why doesn’t he just tell me that… himSelf?” “He has been, constantly and consistently. You have tinnitus, right?” “Yes, a ringing in my left ear. You’re saying that’s-?”

“Why does she want to leave? Or why didn’t she leave sooner?”

“All I’m saying is work with it. See what happens.”

That was a kick in the gut. “You always this cheery?”

And in that moment the ringing in my ear changed into a voice, and this is what it said:

“You said you wanted truth with a capital T,” he replied, repeating something I’d uttered in the middle of a fever dream. Willing or not, nobody’s ready for that much reality. Asking for the unvarnished truth should come with a seat harness and a tranquilizer.

Continued in the July-August issue of Radiance. *The Healing Key is an actual metaphysical store in downtown Long Beach with talented readers and healers. A free introductory 20-minute chakra reading is available by calling 310-755-4130 or visiting 2117 E 7th St, Long Beach.

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The Seed Replanted An experience is had. A seed of belief gets planted as a result of this experience. What does the seed intend to grow into? Love? Fear? Anger? Compassion? We often have no control over how the seed germinates itself into a pattern or set of patterns of beliefs which course through our DNA and cellular memory and become a part of us. As long as it takes for a seed to become a part of us, so too, can it take as long to find it, remove it and plant a new seed. We must always tend the garden of our soul with great care and love.

We stand erect seemingly in our power to meet and embrace the world in which we live. We survey our experiences and in our conscious mind determine a meaning for each and every one of them from that which we have derived the values we know to be true. But, are we truly understanding the values of which we derive our meaning from? For example: a child experiences violence in their home life and determines it to be “normal” because they have no other point of reference of which to derive another meaning. Deep inside however, the 30

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seed is saying this not normal, it’s brutal, unkind and a violation of safety. A seed is germinated and grows. The conscious mind dismisses this and argues to accept the treatment because again, it’s “normal”. An internal conflict is now created and our garden is growing weeds unknowingly. The weeds will spread and take over the garden if we continue to proceed so entirely unaware. In moments where an incident occurs which has the weed as its source, we may have a brief moment of awareness which tells us it exists.

In moments where an incident occurs which has the weed as its’ source, we may have a brief moment of awareness which tells us it exists. In this moment, we have an opportunity. We may choose to circumvent and ignore the weed, pull it out at the surface (in which it will only regrow) or, seize the opportunity to remove it by the roots and replace with the seed of a rose. Alas, the seeds which grow into weeds are varied, voluminous, often hidden or disguised and may seem to some, too overwhelming to conquer. In this place, we may resign and accept the weeded garden as our lot in life. We may give up the dream of the scented rose beds that bring us joy and beauty. Down hearted and outnumbered we succumb.

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But, spring and sunshine will always come around again. This period of being in a state of resignation and overwhelm is like winter, it will soon pass and as each season comes upon us we are given new opportunities to replant our garden. With each new season we can start again with a renewed energy, opportunity and commitment to be more aware of when a weed crops up and tries to destroy the beauty of the rose bed. We learn to see the beginnings of the weed, pull it at the root and fill the soil with rich fertilized substance. Soon our garden is filled with beauty, grace, color, scent and the bounty of nature. Weeds will always attempt to grow, but with a watchful eye and an intent to tend the garden of our soul with love and diligence, they will not overcome and takeover, but rather have a short lived time without power or circumstance.

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Your Pet’s Wellness and Yours Are Intertwined When people think about wellness when it comes to their pets, where could they start? Well, when a dog senses an leadership vacuum in the house, they’ll act out, so the first key to their wellness is: choosing a purpose for your pet. If you don’t choose their purpose, they will choose their own, which may not work for the household because it could over-aggravate certain natural tendencies, which could be bad, or they will try hard to make up for energy leadership that’s missing in the home, especially dogs. Whether they’re a beta or zeta dog, they’ll act “psycho,” and cause people to think they’re ferocious when they’re just scared out of their minds that nobody appears to be in control, so they have to be. Get the emotional wellness right first. Learn what their natural strengths and weaknesses are that need to be molded and encouraged or perhaps tamped down. As an animal intuitive, or psychic, how does that come into play? I will sit down with the animal and “read” them. I immediately ask them what their essence is and their personality, and then they will give me words, pictures, and feelings that represent that. Some of them will show themselves in police uniforms. Others will show sunshine behind their heads, like they’re just meant to be happy. They’ll say things like, “I’m the baby,” things like that. Then I share this information with the person so they can stop reacting (consciously or unconsciously) into a dysfunctional dynamic, which the animal will also react to. Do people need therapy before they get pets? No. Not at all. One part of being a great animal communicator is not just communicating with the animal but being able to talk to a person in a way that they can hear without being defensive. Can you give me an example? I’m a good listener, and when I’m listening to people I can hear where the issue is that frustrates them. I might say, “Does the fact that Jack the cat keeps you up all night yowling and yowling, does it remind you of anyone who had such a huge personality in your life that you always had to tiptoe around or kept you on your toes?” They might say, “Yeah. My dad was always... We were always tiptoeing around my dad. Well, how about if it reminds me of my father, but I’m not 12, right? I don’t need to let a cat ruin my life.” All of a sudden, the cat stops yowling, but wait! Lo and behold they call me a week later worrying that their 32

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cat’s not yowling, because the pattern has been broken, and sometimes we’re not comfortable with the pattern breaking. Wow. That’s deep. Right? That’s one aspect of animal wellness. I’m also a big proponent of food, like the right food. We always feed them raw food or parts of our food.” Definitely fruits and vegetables that are appropriate for animals need to be added to their diet, but people complain that it’s too expensive. However, are you gonna pay for it now or, just like we as humans, are you gonna pay for it later? Right. With illness. I think that our grandparents had it right when they were feeding kitchen scraps to their dogs, their dogs lived a long time, and we have one in two dogs getting cancer because we’re feeding them the bottom of the barrel kibble from processed meats, so we have all allergies and illness.

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It’s Your Life, Make It What You Really Want

Personalized Yoga Therapy Is Your Map to Success

and have a sense of the person, I have them do some simple movements to help read the person’s body. How do you read someone’s body? For example, If they have eating or digestive issues, these issues may impact energy at the third chakra. If it’s family issues, that could result in resistance in the first and second chakras, to start, demonstrated by a very tight lower back. Also, the fourth chakra may be involved and resistance can reflect in tight or hunched shoulders. Then, we’ll do movements that address whatever those resistances may be to help bring breath and energy to those areas.

Raminderpreet Elisa Sweigart is a yoga therapist who interviewed the top people in yoga therapy and created the award-winning documentary, Your Brain, Your Body, Your Breath: The Science of Yoga Therapy, which details the healing, scientific proof of yoga practice. —Editor Is yoga therapy something you do before you get on the mat? You can. If you have limitations of any sort, it may be smart. What is yoga therapy? Yoga therapy is for specific conditions or circumstances. Even though we don’t address the condition specifically, we address the individual and his or her circumstances and their experience helps shape what I do. I look at a person’s lifestyle, habits, health, relationships. All of it. This means you’re going to customize a yoga session for them? Absolutely. Once I do the intake 34

When you talk about chakras, are you only talking to people who accept that chakras are meaningful? Is that the kind of person you want to attract or do you have something to say to people who don’t know about chakras and just want the pain to go away. And that’s fine. You don’t have to understand about chakras. I think it’s fair, though, to be authentic and open to the person coming in and tell them what I’m looking at. But they don’t need to believe that for me to then use yoga, the breath, meditations, and chakras to address their issues. Are you using intuition also? Yes. When I say intuition, I mean really listening to their story and watching where their areas of resistance are. I am looking and sensing, “Okay, there’s a block there.” I can also feel energy blockages through gentle touch. I don’t push anybody or do anything like get anybody into weird positions. “Weird” or difficult postures are limited because everything can be adapted. All the postures in yoga can be adapted to address a person’s needs. Who comes to see you? I’ve worked with cancer patients, diabetics, autistic kids. I’ve worked with people with heart disease, spinal issues, compressed discs. From the mental/emotional perspective, I’ve worked with people who have issues with their kids or with their spouses. The gambit is wide open for people who want to

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address something in their lives with yoga therapy. How does it begin? I’ll do an intake first. I observe their bodies as they move through a full, but gentle, yoga practice, with full deep breaths, and then a meditation. I’m trained as a Kundalini yoga teacher as well, and will use Kundalini kriyas (sets containing combinations of movement, chanting, hand positions, eye focus and breath) because they are very specific. There are kriyas for the immune system, kriyas for the kidneys and adrenals, as well as a kriya for releasing anger or for creating a more open heart. So the kriya prescriptions are asanas you recommend? Yes. I choose a kriya in the session based on what I’ve learned about them. The kriyas can be 3-10 minutes long, and I recommend practicing every other day, so no big commitment. We also develop affirmations, which we create together in the session and are based on the person’s reframing of their particular challenge. What’s a sample affirmation? “I have clarity as to I observe their bodies as they move through a full, but gentle, yoga practice, with full deep breaths, and then a meditation

the choices I make every day.” “I am clear. I have clarity.” Because a lot of people are foggy, right? We all can get foggy or confused or think we’re confused when in actuality we’re really not. Often we know exactly what we want to do but then we don’t do it for whatever reason. That’s a block that can be cleared. Own it or embrace it? Embrace it--even if it’s scary. Another affirmation is “I am capable of providing for my family.” I had somebody who was concerned “Oh, I don’t make enough money,” or “I don’t have enough client.” I lead the client through the movements and breath that will help release resistance, I help them develop their affirmations based on their perspectives and then they’ll take those affirmations with them to say to themselves either silently or out loud. I have them meet me in two weeks to follow up. Inevitably, every time I’ve met with a person after two weeks, there have been shifts. Whether it’s been a physical shift or

a shift in perspective, something switched. Maybe their back opened, their digestion improved, their headaches are gone or their relationship reached a better understanding. Maybe there was a conflict at home and there’s more joy there now. A person seeking you out would obviously wonder if you’re expensive and how many times they would need to see you. I’m very affordable, especially when you consider all the medical treatments you could avoid by releasing stress, or imbalance, ultimately helping to prevent illness. I start up front with 3 classes, one class every two weeks for 6 weeks. This covers the 40 day cycle it usually takes for people to see permanent shifts. I believe in empowering people to their own health and giving them the tools and then letting them experience and practice on their own. Do you do group sessions right now or just private? I am not offering group sessions at the moment as these are generally at an institution, like cancer centers. It helps when the whole class are all breast cancer patients, or survivors. Group sessions can address a specific concern held by all the participants and, because of that synergy, they’re powerfully effective. Raminderpreet Elisa Sweigart, MA, c-IAYT, YA-eRYT200, was initially trained at YogaWorks in Santa Monica by founders, Lisa Walford and Maty Ezraty, in 2000. She earned her Master’s degree in Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica, and her Kundalini Yoga teacher certification in 2017. To begin your path to assessing your well-being, clearing blocks to your success, and taking your life and health into your own hands, call or contact Raminderpreet Elisa at 323428-7165/ elisa@urbanyogini.net / IG: Raminderpreet.Kaur

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Using Spiritual Psychology to Guide Life Paths

by Donna Bond M.A. ©

I was at the top of my career making a bunch of money, winning awards, working for a prestigious company alongside the best people in the industry. On paper, I had it all. And, I was miserable. Spirituality was always my love and my respite when I was feeling lost or sad. So, as I had done so many times before, I went seeking. I went to see a psychic begging her to give me a shred of something I could follow to lead me to my purpose. She said, “Donna, they are spelling it out for me. S P I R I T U A L P S Y C H O L O G Y” I said, “What the hell is Spiritual Psychology?” She said, there are three universities teaching a program like this. One is CIIS in Northern California. One is Sophia University, also near San Francisco and she never gave me the name of the third one because we got distracted talking about something else. I went home and consulted the oracle. Google. In about a minute I found my way to the University of Santa Monica, the worldwide center for the study and practice of Spiritual Psychology. My ego was throwing up a million and one reasons why it didn’t make sense to enroll in a master’s program while I was working a sixty-hour a week job. All the usual arguments our ego is so skilled at came forward. Time, money, what would

people say…… As Divine Intervention would have it Veronica, my admissions counselor, convinced me to just give it a try by saying, “Donna, just come for one weekend and see what happens”. So, I did. Truth be told I had no idea how I was about to upset the apple cart of my life. I had no idea how I was about to experience what life was really about and how I was about to experience who I really was. I hadn’t a clue about how I was about to experience my own Divinity and how that would change who I am as a personality and a person. I had no idea how the magnificence of that is beyond words, beyond feeling, beyond our logical, physical experience in this life. Dr. Hulnick always said, “This is school how you always wished it would be”. That, is an understatement. This program was about me. It was about the journey into me. I was the subject matter. I was the study, the theme, the topic, the focus, the exercise. This “education” On paper, I had it all. And, I was miserable.

which, turned into a four- year delve into my own heart for me, was my Spiritual Awakening. It was the practical application of the hundreds of spiritual books I’ve read and how to integrate the universal laws and principles into my own life. And, it was woven together with magic and love and Spirit. And it had structure and guidance and support. It was the absolute most life-changing experience I had ever been privy to. Dr’s Ron & Mary Hulnick, the pioneers and innovators of Spiritual Psychology have been teaching this life changing, life giving, perception altering program for almost forty years. What they have created is the most beautiful, blessed, magical, womb of awakening, in which a sacred process of remembering the truth of who you really are is held, cultivated and gently loved into being. 36

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Where all illusions can fall away as we choose to let go and consciously and intentionally invite the Divine to guide our lives. Through my guided walk into this sacred time in my I was held in the light as I was gently nudged, month after month for four years to claim the authentic power of my Soul essence, the truth of my Being

life, I was held. I was held by the exceptional layers of support in this program that are beyond anything we are even aware of while we are in it. I was held in the light as I was gently nudged, month after month for four years to claim the authentic power of my Soul essence, the truth of my Being. I was held in the hand of Spirit as I came to remember that I am that light and God is within me. My level of gratitude for this work, for what Dr’s Ron and Mary Hulnick have created and for my firsthand knowledge and experience in the personal transformation

I have experienced, have me uniquely poised to lead others on their own journey. Spiritual Psychology is a tool – it’s a modality of sorts – and the freedom, choice, authentic empowerment and true knowing it provides is liberating, life-changing and I believe, the code to understanding who we are and why we are here. And because of it – I am now living a life on purpose. A life filled with joy, happiness, enrichment, fulfillment and meaning as I assist other people in learning how to do the same. As a professional life and business coach, spiritual advisor and inspirational speaker, Donna Bond’s work centers on serving individual transformation of consciousness. Assisting individuals and businesses to live into the full potential of their lives from the inside out. A graduate of The University of Santa Monica, Donna holds an MA in Spiritual Psychology with an emphasis in consciousness, health and healing. She helps clients across the globe achieve new heights of meaningful success, personal fulfillment and Spiritual aliveness. Learn more at donnabond.com or contact at 949-573-7708

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The Museum of Woman and the Goddess Within

Part II

Ava Park discusses the best role of Woman in a peaceful society This is the second part of an interview with Ava Park, founder of the Museum of Woman in Irvine, Calif. The museum is dedicated to helping women find, regain and experience their power and ability to set boundaries and to create balance, peace and harmony in their lives, their society and beyond. Part I appeared in Radiance Magazine, April-May 2018, and can be found on our newly redesigned and easy-to-use website at radiancemagazine.org. —Editor Although women’s role in society is progressing in many ways, we also now get 24 hour news reports from every corner of the world about challenges women are still facing. Does it seem daunting sometimes? I have great hope for humanity. I wouldn’t be putting my money, time, effort and love into this museum if I didn’t think that we had a hope for change. I believe that some of the tremendous challenges that women are faced with now – an avowed “pussy grabber” as our president, and many such shocking things, are part of the to-be-expected “backlash” as women begin to assert their rights.

You’re not angry? I am over it! What some call “sacred rage” is useful for motivating a person to action, but once you are so motivated, ongoing rage is just enervating and exhausting. Better to just focus all one’s energy, not on raging against “what is,” but rather on creating “what’s next.” Like many women, I was at one time very angry. We talk about the four archetypes of women in my original teachings called The Queen Teachings©: The Maiden, The Mother, The Queen, and The Wisewoman. The Mother is “The Giving One.” That’s natural and normal. But what happens in a patriarchy is that The Mother archetype gives and gives and gives—and eventually, inevitably, burns out. She has exhausted her resources because She does not receive. The Queen is “The Receiver,” but most women are disconnected from the powers of The Queen. This is why women are so angry, because they’ve been in their Overgiving Mother far too long without having the benefit of their receiving Queen, so they are literally “spent”—like a burned-out match. The element of The Mother is Fire; fire is associated with the belly—with digestion, with transformation, with birthing. Woman is the original shaman. She brings that which is in Spirit to the physical. Every time a woman has a baby, she is performing a sacred act of shamanism for her family, her tribe, for humanity itself. The Queen archetype holds the power of receiving, vision, boundaries and gratitude. When Woman leads humanity with Her vision, things go well. When men lead without Woman’s vision, things go … well, you see what happens. The Queen is also responsible for self-care. The Mother is not about selfcare, She’s about caring for others. That’s Her essential power. But if you don’t have a balance in your life, Mother and Queen, if you have little ability to receive, then you will tip over into the imbalanced archetype. The imbalanced mother, the Overgiving Mother, is, well, just pissed off! Raging. Resentful. She’s angry … and a lot of the time, she doesn’t even know why. And what is that reason? She lives in a crazy culture that denies her powers of Queen, a culture that none of us was ever meant to live in.

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Do you advocate women with trapped trauma to seek out holistic healers? Women should seek any kind of help that feels good to them. But in this time of New Age “we create our own reality,” it is also important to understand we are living in a culture specifically set up to exploit people, to limit resources, and create “broken people.” Broken people are easier to control and easier to sell stuff to … the perfect consumers for the machine. So while it is important to take The culture humans were meant to live in is what is called an “egalitarian matriarchy,” a much more peaceful, prosperous and joyful place for both women and men

responsibility for one’s life, it is also important to recognize that “it’s not you, it’s patriarchy!” This is, by any definition, an insane world that men have created. The culture humans were meant to live in is what is called an “egalitarian matriarchy,” a much more peaceful, prosperous and joyful place for both women and men. And the insane world created the traumas. The way they were treated growing up. Yes. Here at The Museum we have on the first Sunday of every month a spiritual service at 1 pm that focuses on exposing the insanity that is patriarchy, and helping women, men, and families understand the wonderful system of human interaction that can replace it. That service is for everyone. For women only, there is The Goddess Temple of Orange County, which is a spiritual women’s group that meets here at The Museum every Sunday. That group helps women “gather their Divine Powers to bring peace, prosperity and joy” to women’s lives— in spite of patriarchy. We help women process and overcome the trauma that they inevitably experience in this dominator model culture. Even driving by a Hooters, for example, is a subtle form of abuse, because, you have to ask, “what does a woman take from seeing that?” That she is an object.

too. Terribly. Even though it looks like “the perpetrator” is “doing it” to “the victim,” the victim is participating in many subtle, brainwashed ways. The victim was raised to participate. They are conditioned to do so. People will complain when I say that. Some women will say I’m “victim blaming!” No, I’m simply pointing out that we’re all complicit, especially in our ignorance, because when you get clear on what’s going on in society, then you can start holding some boundaries, which is a power of The Queen,-and which most women –up until now!—don’t do very well. The Mother in Woman has no boundaries. How could She? She’s unconditional love. You have no boundaries in unconditional love. That’s why a woman cannot remain in her Mother archetype all the time. She has to have some boundaries. I love that distinction. Yes. Love is unconditional, but relationship is not. You must love unconditionally as a principle, but, in your human interactions, you cannot just let everybody walk all over you. You must have boundaries in order to be healthy. No thinking woman would let another person spit on an altar. A woman’s body is an altar. If she lets herself be abused, she is letting a person spit on an altar. Women must “include themselves in” to Life. Thinking women do not permit violence to be done to others ... we must include ourselves in “that which we protect” against violence. The greatest challenge that the average woman in America has today, and perhaps all over the world, is that she does not know how to have proper boundaries to take care of herself and her children. I think men too are crying out for women to get some damn

So trauma for a woman is the norm? Well said. It is the water we swim in, the air we breathe. Women say, “I’m not traumatized. I’m okay. I’ve never been raped.” Really, emotionally, we are raped in so many ways every single day. Just reading magazines that objectify us, that make us know that we are a sex object. Men are traumatized in patriarchy, 41

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That’s what we must all do—women and men. We must decide we are no longer going to participate in this deathdealing culture. Is #metoo part of that? Yes, the #metoo movement is a very good start—bringing to light for examination what has been happening all along. But we cannot stop with “metoo.” Because “metoo” is saying, “I’m a victim of abuse, too.” We cannot label ourselves as this. We all know: “that which we focus on tends to expand.” So if you focus on yourself as a What is the focal point of Time’s Up? “Time is up for you, the oppressor.” We’re still focusing on the oppressor instead of focusing on our own empowerment.

victim, what the hell? That’s just going to expand. And #timesup is the same thing—because what is the focal point of Time’s Up? “Time is up for you, the oppressor.” We’re still focusing on the oppressor instead of focusing on our own empowerment.

boundaries. Men are going to just do, do, do, do, do what they do—until women stop them. I don’t think men are happy abusing, mistreating, oppressing women. How could they be? And themselves. Therefore- Yes. It’s all abuse. Abuse of Life. Women must teach men to stop abusing Life, and we women must teach ourselves that we are part of Life, and so abusing us is also not permitted. And I’m not talking about a man beating his wife only … I’m talking all abuse. Getting paid less. Having our bodies controlled by men. All of it. You said we’re all complicit, so would the flip of that mean we’re all empowered? Exactly. Once you get clear, and that’s what we want to do here, is help everybody get clear. But we start with women because the so-called victim is the one who has to see first what’s happening; the so-called perpetrator will not. People enslaving others never suddenly just wake up one day, and say “Oh my gosh, what I’m doing is wrong.” No, it has always been this way: the so-called victim must rise up and empower themselves and say, “I’m no longer going to be this victim. I’m no longer going to participate in this. Come what may, even if it means my death. No more.” 42

We do need the next stage- And the next stage is for women everywhere to see themselves as Queens. The Queen is the opposite of The Victim. She’s the Empowered One. No one abuses The Queen, and She leads the people to justice to goodness, to peace, to prosperity. I believe in focusing on the solution, not the problem. The stage after that is for men to see that when women are respected and honoring for the Life they bring, for what they give to Life, men themselves are much more happy, free and fulfilled. That’s what I’m working on! For more information on Museum of Woman call 714-392-0558 or go to info@MuseumofWoman.us.

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The Healer’s Journey

Part I

I caught up with Don Miguel Ruiz Jr. at his grandmother’s restaurant “Por Vida” in San Diego. He is the celebrated author of “The Five Levels of Attachment” and the son of “The Four Agreements” author Don Miguel Ruiz. This is an excerpt from our energetic interview recently. —Scott It seems people are using the concept of wellness to look at themselves closer, to learn more about themselves and what’s best for them, self-care. Is your message for them or the new age crowd? I would say when my father first started out in the 80’s, it was considered new age. But the way we approach it and the language we use makes it an everyday thing. We’ve gotten to the point where the language is almost universal. People who are in the hip-hop community engage with it. Nikki Sixx with Motley Crue is into it, so heavy metal

ourselves.

people are into it. Even Steven Adler from Guns N’

We live in a time when we can give ourselves permission

Roses.

to indulge in this kind of self-care. Before it used to be

But it’s not just them, it’s people in our everyday life. Whenever we want to heal from the wounds conditional love have left in our life, we look for

taboo, but now it’s accepted and readily available. Or maybe was resonates with us is going to a Reiki Master. Or even a nice barista! As long as we’re reaching out for help.

something that resonates. Whether it’s listening

So many people are going to recovery centers

to Marianne Williamson, Louise Hay, may she rest

and getting this work done there and they’re

in peace, Wayne Dyer, may he rest in peace, or the

going to church and synagogue and temple

teachings of Jesus or Buddha or Mohammed, or

and spiritual centers... And some are going deep,

using technology like psychology or psychiatry, even

some maybe not so much, but other people, what if people

Alcoholics Anonymous or recovery centers… these

are just stuck in their lives? They don’t know where to

are all instruments and traditions that allow us to heal

go. They have pain, they have trauma. Look around prescription drugs are way up. People are taking them in

What if people are just stuck in their lives?

huge numbers. It just seems easier to reach for something like that. But the most important part of all this is the fact that someone recognizes that they need help. You’ve said, “The truth will set us free “if we 43

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pleasure and avoiding pain. But there are symptoms that are probably starting, where they’re starting to question themselves like anxiety. So they have to take a pill, they have to take remedies that they know may not be the best for them, or they’re eating, or drinking, a lot of these. Now the question is, do I want to continue living with that fear, that anxiety, or not?

let go of the illusions.” - But why should we? Aren’t illusions comfortable? Yeah, but they keep us from living life. They feel good. Yeah, but the keep us in the future or in the past, not in the present moment. For example, I can’t go back in the past and change a yes to a no, a no to a yes, because life no longer exists in the past. It only exists in my mind. The future doesn’t exist yet. It only exists in my mind, in my imagination with all the what ifs. If I get hooked on you can say, nostalgia, and my years living in this house with my grandpa and grandmother, that’s beautiful. But if I live there (in my mind), then not only am I gonna miss what’s happening in the world, I’m gonna miss out on my wife and kids, because they’re my truth right now. And my grandparents are no longer here. Right now, this present moment, the truth will set you free, meaning the only thing that exists is this moment, is the only place where They don’t know where to go.

What would you say to people who have discomfort, or challenges in their life who aren’t awake yet to the fact that they have more control than they know? Something’s knocking? Well, life is always knocking. For me, I feel the anxiety of raising two children, one in the autism spectrum, one not. But they both are going to be dealing with life. And the worries I had of a childhood are starting to fade, because now they’re entering teenage years, and they’re entering that world. So as a parent, there’s the anxiety of what if. What’s gonna happen to them? What about this or that? And sometimes if it’s overwhelming, and I want to close down and totally protect them, they’re not gonna think. When we do that, we’re overprotecting, and then they won’t know how to function in life. Now that’s with awareness. Sometimes we’re not aware of it. Our emotions are real, but triggers, they may not be real. I like to use my emotions like a car alarm, an instrument

They have pain.

of transformation. More importantly, an instrument of

They have trauma

awareness. Whenever I feel terrible, it’s like someone touching the car alarm, and alarm going off. It exposes

I’m able to express a yes or a no, is the only place where you’re here with me. So a lot of people don’t know how to be present. They don’t know that they’re not present. They’re just living a life where they’re going towards 44

something that’s there. Well, first it starts with admitting that there is that emotional reaction, and that it’s okay to have that emotional reaction. It’s okay to have that fear. Now the question is, do I want to continue living with that fear, that anxiety, or not? If the

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The image I use, and this is from spiritual people down to anyone who’s just learning their own path, imagine that you’re walking in an orchard of apple trees. Let’s say that every apple tree is a teacher in your life. And every teacher has an apple to give you. Now mind you, all that apple tree has a lot of apples for you. Some of them are very nutritious, very good. Some of them have been rotting. Some of them have a worm inside. They’re all in different stages. But the tree has all of it to give. Now here’s the thing, knowing yourself. It all requires, and this is the most essential part in all of it, knowing yourself allows you to know which one of answer is I don’t want to live with it anymore, that’s a moment of clarity.

those apples were actually gonna be nurturing to you. And which ones are not ripe to pick. Exactly. It

And because a moment of clarity without any action is

all requires knowing yourself, because people bombard

just a thought that passes in the wind, you take action,

us with information. As a parent, we get bombarded

then it changes our life. And what happens there is

with everyone telling us what to do in order to be a

that we reach out. Yes, there are people who reach

parent, but not all that advice is gonna be relevant to

out with medications. Then if it works, great. But if

our child. So the way we know which one is relevant

doesn’t work, then it’s the willingness to take the next

is knowing our child, and which information will work

step, the next step, the next step.

and which one won’t. Same thing’s gonna be for us.

Yes, we have a lot of people (healers)

Which of that information is there for our wellness, for our healing, requires us to know our body. (Continued next issue!)

out there who have something to give--a jewel-that allows us to heal

We live in a time when there are so many opportunities for wellness… Yes, we have a lot of people out there who have something to give, a jewel that allows us to heal. Whether it be mental, psychological, be it physical, or physiological. Sometimes it’s community-based, sometimes it’s private-based, but we do what we can, and we’re out there helping each other. We have the University of Google, where you can research all the stuff. And all of a sudden, you can find ways to help you. So we live in those times, and that’s the beauty of it. But how does the wisdom come? How do we check in to make sure? 45

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