Kim Eng

Kim Eng is the creator of Presence through Movement (PTM), a unique, powerful, and practical approach to accessing the present moment through the body and through movement. This meditative movement practice was inspired by and draws from ancient mystical teachings, t’ai chi, yoga, qigong, and the spiritual insights of Eckhart Tolle—yet it is not affiliated […]

Creating A New Earth Together

Eckhart Tolle

by Marit van der Meulen: Spirituality month started with a lecture from the best-selling author Eckhart Tolle, known for his books ‘The Power of Now’ and ‘A New Earth’,

Donna Quesada

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Donna Quesada is the adjunct professor of eastern philosophy at Santa Monica College, where she’s been on faculty for 25 years. She also teaches Kundalini Yoga and has received formal Zen training. She is the author of Buddha in the Classroom; Zen Wisdom to Inspire Teachers. Her most recent publication is a storybook called The […]

Chameli Ardagh

Chameli Ardagh

Chameli Ardagh is the founder of Awakening Women and is a leading pioneer in women’s spirituality. She has for more than two decades inspired thousands of women around the world with her breakthrough practices for living and embodying spiritual awakening. Her love of decoding and experimenting with ancient wisdom teachings through her own practice in […]

Contacting Your Higher Self – Shakti Gawain

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by Shakti Gawain:  One of the most important steps in making your creative visualization work effectively and successfully is to have the feeling of being connected with your inner spiritual source.

Dr. Hua Bing Wen

Dr. Hua-Bing Wen, B. Med., MS, L.Ac. (licensed acupuncturist) brings his expertise in the field of medicine to Los Angeles while coming from a long line of rigorous schooling in China.  Dr. Wen began his studies at the age of sixteen with a deep thirst for knowledge and problem-solving that has followed him throughout his […]

Matt Toussaint

Matt has been studying shamanism for the past 13 years.  His shamanic path began after a sudden spiritual awakening that brought him into contact with the spirit world. This awakening changed everything that he thought and experienced life to be.  Until this time he did not consider himself a spiritual or religious person.  This marked […]

A Conversation With Dr. Timothy Leary

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Sid: I read Ronald Siegel’s book Intoxication (Dutton, 1989) which I found very interesting. He described drug experiences as just a natural part of all evolution, and even in the wild, animals …

Abraham Maslow and Spirituality

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by Mario Fernando: This paper aims to draw the attention of the reader to the similarities between Maslow’s work on self-actualisers and the characterisation of spirituality in the contemporary literature.

Shakti Gawain on Aging & Consciousness

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Shakti Gawain author of LIVING IN THE LIGHT & CREATIVE VISUALIZATION answers the question, “How does the aging process factor into consciousness work?”

Meeting Your Inner Guide

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by Shakti Gawain: All of us have all the wisdom and knowledge we ever need right within us. It is available to us through the intuitive mind, which is our connection with the Universal Intelligence.

Woodson Merrell, MD

Woodson Merrell, M.D., is Chairman of the Department of Integrative Medicine, and Executive Director of the Continuum Center for Health and Healing, Beth Israel Medical Center, of the Mt. Sinai Health System in New York. He is also visiting assistant professor of family and social medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He is a […]

Mary O’Malley

Mary O’Malley is a speaker and the author of Belonging to Life: The Journey of Awakening, The Gift of Our Compulsions: a Revolutionary Approach to Self Acceptance and Healing, The Magical Forest of Awakening, and What’s In the Way IS the Way. She is a certified counselor in the State of Washington in private practice […]

Quotes by Mary O’Malley

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“What would our lives be like if we could move beyond struggle and instead reconnect with the joy, wonder, and vitality of being truly alive?” “When we try to control our compulsions we think that this will hold back these powerful urges,but controlling never brings us the lasting healing that we long for. Instead, it actually […]