India - Travel Advice 

My first visit to India was in 1993. I spent 3 months traveling around different parts of India. This was before cell phones and the internet. Even making an international call in those days was an ordeal. It couldn’t be done from an average home phone. It required a visit to a special store where you could make an international call and had to pay in cash. Calling cards (remember those?) were not recognized. At that time a visit to India was truly an exotic adventure for an American, totally cut off from…

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Tarot Talk - What are the Chances?! 

Tarot is amazing. It really is. Although I have been a tarot reader for many years now, I am still surprised and delighted by the accuracy and consistency of the tarot. You might think that by now I would be less amazed, but it's like looking at rainbows - I never tire of seeing them. I am always amazed by the “magic” of light splitting into a spectrum of color. Tarot is just like that to me - always beautiful and amazing. 

 

So let me tell you about a recent event in my tarot adventures that once again left…

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Be Yourself 

It was sometime within the first year after I moved to India. In the early morning, I was enjoying a cup of coffee at the kitchen table with the back door open. A thousand thoughts were running through my mind, mostly about all the adjustments required after moving to a foreign land. Truthfully, just the mental work of so many new things to learn often left me exhausted. Overall I felt that I was adjusting well, but it is also expected that there would be moments of homesickness, and occasional longing for…

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Words Matter 

Hello Beautiful Soul,

This week I have been reflecting on the words of Jesus in which he said,

"For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks."

We have discussed the topic of "right speech" before but today I would like to specifically focus on the idea that your words are an extension of your heart.

Your words are an extension of your heart. How does that feel to you?

When your words are not in alignment with your heart it manifests in your life as anxiety, anger and depression. It is very important…

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Perfect Meditation 

Recently someone asked me, on a YouTube comment, how to do "perfect meditation."

This is the sincere reply I wrote, which I am sharing here in case you have also been searching for the "perfect meditation." 

 

There is nothing such as "perfect meditation" to strive towards. Meditation is non-striving. It is not about getting any "new" or "perfect" technique. Meditation is about remembering that you are already whole. You have everything you need right now.

You are an extension of Divine Love. Nothing is…

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Abundance Focus 

I woke up one day and decided that I would no longer focus on lack of any kind. I’ve understood for a long time that what you focus on expands, and yet I still found that I was giving too much energy to lack and not enough energy to Abundance. Recently I realized that the idea of lack is actually an illusion. Think of it in this way; One night you look up and see the full moon in all of its beautiful luminosity, lighting up the dark sky. But on a different night the moon is merely a thin crescent, barely…

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Happiness is in Your Hands 

Hello Beautiful Soul, 

Recently I was watching a video by Donna Eden, who works with the energy of people’s bodies. In the video there was a brief demonstration on how thoughts affect the energy of the body. She had a volunteer in front of her and asked him to think of a happy thought. Then she “Energy Tested” (you may have heard this called “Muscle Testing” with other practitioners) his arm (energy/muscles) and it was quite strong. She was not able to lower his outstretched arm by pressing down on it with…

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An Amazing Year - 2022 

Here we are at the last days of 2022 and I am looking back on this year and feeling, “WOW!” - What an amazing year! 2022 was my first year spent entirely in India and it was a fabulous year of growth for myself and for the Beautiful Souls Academy.  

At the start of January I was 2 months into using the Yoga for Pain Relief techniques I learned from Lee Albert and was already seeing the benefits. It was like a miracle, after 6 months of excruciating low back and sciatic nerve pain, I was finally free. I…

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Tarot for Self Empowerment 

A Defining Moment 

Years ago, shortly after I first began reading Tarot for myself, I got a professional reading from a fantastic Tarot reader named Ethony. The path proceeding that moment had been extremely difficult and painful. It felt like everything that was important to me had crumbled away and I wasn’t sure how to rebuild. In some ways it was really freeing because suddenly there were many possibilities in front of me, but as all of this turmoil was very unexpected, I wasn’t equipped to face those…

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Yoga Curious? - Answers to the 10 most Frequently Asked Questions about Yoga 

Hello, my name is Jennifer Kathleen and I have been teaching yoga since 2014.

Today I am here to answer 10 of your biggest questions about yoga, including the ones you are too embarrassed to ask. So let’s jump right in. . . 

Can Yoga Help Me to Lose Weight? 

Yes. A regular Yoga practice will help you to tone and balance your body. A daily flow styled  practice, whether Gentle or Vigorous, of at least 30 minutes a day will definitely help you to burn calories and lose weight. Even Restorative Yoga, with…

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