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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Art available at Mandalas.com Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, while meditating saw that human existence is inherently empty*, at that moment he was released from suffering. He share his experience by saying: Form is emptiness, emptiness is form. All things are empty: Nothing is born, nothing dies, nothing increases and nothing decreases. Emptiness, has no [...]
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THE SOUL LIVES BY LOVING MAN NEEDS TO BE NEEDED. It is one of the most fundamental needs of human beings. Unless one is cared for, one starts dying. Unless one feels that he is significant to somebody — at least to somebody — his whole life becomes insignificant. Hence, LOVE IS THE GREATEST THERAPY [...]
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Suffering is the direct result of resisting what is arising in the moment. Surrender is staying open to what is arising in each moment. If you are suffering ask yourself how can of let go of my resistance to this moment. Resistance is often triggered by fear. Ask what am I afraid of? Is this [...]
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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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When suffering arises separation is created. There is a “me” and the thing that that is causing the suffering. Most often we turn away from the suffering; we run, we hide, we deny, we numb out, we will do almost anything but turn and face into the wind and look into the heart of our [...]
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The visualization and concretization of the mandala concept is one of the most significant contributions of Buddhism to Transpersonal Psychology. Mandalas are seen as sacred places which, by their very presence in the world, remind a viewer of the immanence of sanctity in the Universe and its potential in his or her self. In the [...]
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Compassion for all beings is the foundation for all Tantric practice. The motivation to achieve enlightenment is born out of a desire to help others to awaken and to help end suffering for all beings. This practice is called Bodhichitta, which means “awakening mind.” In Buddhism the mind is associated with the heart and not [...]
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Desires arise naturally, from the moment your eyes open in the morning they move through you. “I want to take a bubble bath with you.” “I need a cup of coffee.” Desire is part of being human, to deny it, is to deny your humanity. One of the unique aspects of Tantra is that desire [...]
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