Valentine’s Day Mixer in Phoenix 2/10 Friday, February 10, 2012, 7:00 PM Vision Quest Bookstore 2225 N Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale, AZ The Meeting Room will be to your right as you enter (Pay cashier if you didn’t pay in advance–$10 in advance/$12 Day of the Event) Love is in the air at Vision Quest Bookstore! [...]
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February 11, 2012 9:30am-6:30pm Sedona, AZ “2012 is the year to manifest your dreams and write that book that is out there in your future.” Activate your Imaginal-cells Meet your future-self Experience Shamanic Breathwork Write and create your heart’s desire Imagine if you could journey and meet your future-self, the one who has completed her [...]
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I am currently in the process of writing a book, guided by the Neteru, who are the gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt. One day, as I sat in stillness, I was given me this meditation. It can be used to open and connect to Nut, the Sky Mother and Geb, the Earth Father. They [...]
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Are you a Marriage Counselor, Yoga Teacher or Holistic Health Practitioner? Are you feeling a desire to expand your expertise? Is Tantra something you have always been curious about? Would your clients be interested in learning how: To Expand Their Capacity for Bliss To Be Free of Emotional Baggage To Find Peace in Every Moment [...]
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Here is a note one participant posted after the workshop. Keith wrote: “Since I went to an all day Shamanic Breathwork class with John Livingston and Crystal Dawn I can now breathe so much amazingly more – so amazing!” On Saturday, October 29, 2011, ten people showed up in Sedona for a day of Shamanic [...]
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A Timeless Practice The eyes are the “windows to the soul.” When we gaze deeply into the eyes of another person, we can see beyond their physical body and personality into their essence. The practice of eye gazing is an ancient practice found in both Hindu and Buddhist Tantra as well as in the Sufi [...]
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Ten Keys for Awakening Bliss 1) Honor your body as a Temple and treat it with love and respect. 2) Breathe deeply with awareness; this detoxifies the body, supports your immune system and calms the mind. 3) Do a daily movement practice such as; dance, yoga, walking, qigong or other aerobic exercise, this increases vitality, [...]
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Honor the Goddess in your life by mastering these 3 gifts. Give Her Your Masculine Presence Spacious awareness is one of the qualities of masculine energy. When you step out of mental chatter and are fully present in the moment, she will feel it and want to open to you. Women like to feel special [...]
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Tantra is about living in the present moment. Past and future only exist in the mind. Being present is our natural state of awareness. As babies we know the beauty of being in the freshness of each new moment. Yet, pretty early in life our parents and our culture do their best to get us [...]
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I am reading a wonderful book on the practice of eye gazing as the primary practice that Rumi used with his teacher Shams to become enlightened. It is called The Spiritual Practices of Rumi, Radical Techniques for Beholding the Divine by Will Johnson. It contains Rumi’s poems and explores how the poems contain the secrets [...]
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If your desire is to awaken from the dream called life, then daily practice is essential. You will develop a natural vigilance and notice when you get lost and identified with your story. Develop a daily practice in which you open yourself to what is arising and experience being in the moment, just as it [...]
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I fell into a vortex and couldn’t get out. I have emerged transformed and in good humor. Sedona is spectacular this time of the year. The trees are green and the days warm and the nights cool. The irises are blooming. I find their delicate smell a mild aphrodisiac. The past couples of days I [...]
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It has been an interesting couple of weeks for me. Doing my taxes and looking at my finances triggered some fear about the future. I found myself stuck in my head trying to figure it out and suffering arose. As I sat with the fears it became clear I had to let go of the [...]
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An important aspect of Tantra is the practice of presence. A gentle way to begin being more present is to allow yourself to notice your breath several times a day. Instead of “doing” a formal practice, you just become aware of the breath, as it is, for 10-20 seconds and then go back to your [...]
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Take some time today to discover beauty in unexpected places. Shift your perspective from small to vast. Imagine looking at something through the eyes of an ant, a dog, a bird, a baby, a mountain, a visitor from another galaxy, or the moon. Notice how a shift in your perception can change your relationship to [...]
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What does it mean to be present? Being present is more than paying attention to what is happening in this world of form. Being present is being aware of the stillness in which everything arises. There is a luminous quality to this awareness. It is always present, just underneath the surface of whatever is occurring. [...]
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Last weekend while teaching my Awakening the Ecstatic Body workshop I noticed the participants were consistently move deeper into each process. They appeared more open and vulnerable with each other. Even the students who had been in my classes before, noticed a qualitative difference and commented on it. As the weekend progressed, I began to [...]
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