My wacky workout, 850 pound leg presses = Big Life Lesson

In this issue:

• My wacky workout, 850 pound leg presses = Big Life Lesson
• Lois says her Soul Adventure took her “from a dark, hopeless existence, to a joyful, abundant and grateful life” with health, “positive tools to combat negative feelings.”
• Sign up for the Egypt trip now and save $200! – Feb 18-March 3, 2019 

I have the craziest workout. I do it every 10 days and I can finish it in about 25 minutes! People are always stunned to discover that:

I can leg press 850 pounds!

I can dead lift 380 pounds!

My lat pull downs (pictured here) are 260 pounds!

Now here’s the real kicker – When I started (8 years ago) I could only dead lift 110 pounds… now it’s 3 times that. My leg presses were only at 320 pounds and I could only do 90 pounds on the lat pull down.

Nobody is more surprised than me that this is what’s happened. And believe me, this isn’t about me being a weight lifting superstar, I’m certainly not. I only hold the lifts for 5 seconds, because the science has shown that’s all it takes. I don’t have giant muscles in my arms (I don’t want that), if anything I wish my arms were smaller!

So here’s the deal with this and why I’m talking to you about it. First of all, this is a special program I found out about 9 years ago. The idea is to build lean muscle mass and it’s based on very current science that says the best way to do that is to take the muscle to failure and then let the muscles completely recover, which takes a full 10 days. So every 10 days I do this weight training and the goal is to increase it by 5 pounds each time.

This week I realized I’ve done this now for exactly 8 years and as I looked back at where I started, I was struck by the fact that what this is REALLY about is:

• Getting Started
• Learning what to do
• Doing a little bit, but doing it consistently
• Never stopping

And I realized that this is such a metaphor for life and it’s certainly the same thing for people who come to us to do a Soul Adventure.

Getting started is so hard. It’s so silly, I actually had the information about this program for over one year (!) before I did anything with it. I had seen something online and ordered the information (I think it cost $27!). But it seemed like it would be so hard and so boring to move all those weights around, and I was actually a little afraid to try to move all that weight around by myself. I had done standard 3-times per week workouts with a trainer, but I was embarrassed to ask him about it… I was concerned he would be offended by a workout you do only every 10 days. When I finally called him (one year later), he suggested I bring in the information. He read it and said he thought it was brilliant. He said he would help me get started and then if I wanted to, I could do it on my own.

The next part was learning what to do. When I started, it wasn’t so critically important that I do the lifts perfectly, but I could tell that if I wanted to do heavier weights down the road, I had to do it right so that I wouldn’t hurt myself. Paul is such an excellent trainer with incredible credentials and he taught me perfectly. And it was so effective, I wanted to keep on working out with him. Plus, we have so much fun talking and laughing… and he does the boring work of adding more and more weight as I do my warm-ups. So I’ve been doing this with him now for 8 years! Learning what to do from someone who knows their stuff makes all the difference.

But I know the biggest thing here is the consistency. Unless I’m out of town, I never miss my session with Paul, and I mean never. I always go, I never tell myself, “oh I don’t feel like doing it today,” even though there are definitely days when I don’t feel like doing it and days where I’m so incredibly busy that I’m telling myself I shouldn’t take the time. But I go because I know if I don’t do it now, it’s going to be a little harder to do it next time. Plus, I’ve seen the incredible results from doing a little bit, but doing it consistently. I just have to do a little bit. I just need to increase by 5 pounds, I just need to hold the lift for 5 seconds. Just by doing that little bit over and over again, I’ve tripled what I was able to do before.

And I know that this is keeping me healthy, making me feel good in my body and helping to maintain my weight. It helps me feel strong.

And that’s just what it takes in every part of our lives, especially our spiritual life. Just doing a little bit, but doing the right things and doing it over and over and over can give us tremendous benefits. Doing a little bit of meditation each day, even 9 minutes can make a huge difference! Being just a little kinder to everyone you meet can make the difference between a good day or a bad day. Just being a little kinder to yourself can give you enormous benefits (more on that next week).

And, of course, it’s exactly the same thing with doing a Sedona Soul Adventure. For everyone, Getting Started is the biggest hurdle. I’ve said to so many of our people that 90% of this is just about showing up — getting here and getting started. We’ve had people who have waited 2, 3, 5, even 10 years from the time they first felt the nudge that they should do this. As with anything in life, getting started is the hardest part.

And then you need to be learning what to do. Working with our incredible practitioners, having someone who really knows what they’re doing, urging you on, helping you, holding you to a higher standard than you might even be holding yourself, can make all the difference when you’re trying to change something. When you come here, not only are we clearing out all the blocks and the gunk that’s holding you back, we’re bringing you back into connection and giving you tools to maintain and deepen that connection. You learn how to do it and you take it home with you.

And then it’s all about just doing a little bit, but doing it consistently. The last session that everyone does as part of their retreat is called Intuitive Integration. In that session, we review what’s happened during the retreat and then we talk about how you can best integrate this into your day to day life: What are the things that you can do that will fit into your life and that will maintain and deepen the connection and peace that you found here? We put together an action plan for you, making sure that it’s doable, practical and effective. Just doing a little bit can keep you feeling centered, balanced, peaceful and strong.

So are you ready to get started? It’s actually very easy, just contact us. We’re here for you. Click below:

 
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They’ll connect with you (or both of you, if it’s a couples retreat) in deep conversation. Then they’ll custom design the perfect retreat for you, working with our Master Practitioners here in beautiful, mystical Sedona.

Would you like to speak to someone today? We’re even open on Sundays (and on Memorial Day) because we’re here for you.

Lois says her Soul Adventure took her “from a dark, hopeless existence to a joyful, abundant and grateful life”

“Prior to my Soul Adventure, I had been struggling with depression, weight gain, addiction, smoking and anxiety for months. I had tried medication and therapy and neither of those worked, in fact the medications only made things worse; more weight gain, less energy and sluggish thoughts.  Then my husband found Sedona Soul Adventures, how, I still don’t know, but I am so thankful! I called them the following day to learn more about their services and immediately knew this was for me. We left the following day on an 8 hour road trip to Sedona.
During the adventure, I could already feel blockages opening up and hope coming back into my mind. I was in such a sad and lonely place prior that I immediately felt changes occurring. It was so exciting learning new techniques and tools to help manage my moods. Each night I felt like I was just bursting with information and excitement with the ideas and perspective I was gaining.
After completion of the adventure, I went home and immediately put my new techniques into practice. Within a month, I effortlessly lost 9 pounds and started working out again as soon as we arrived back home.  In the past, I didn’t even have enough energy to walk around the block. I ate better and made conscious decisions to remove negativity and old behaviors that no longer served me. I have taken a proactive approach towards my attitude, protecting it from negativity and situations that provoke anger and irritability. However, those situations and emotions are not always avoidable and I have learned to cope better in those cases. I live in the moment now and am able to see immediately when my emotions are turning and take responsibility for my wellbeing by either meditating or just sitting with the feeling and trying to figure out why I am experiencing them. In the past I would reach for anything to change that feeling, including alcohol, prescription drugs, or smoking. Soul Adventures provided me with healthy, positive tools to combat negative feelings.  I am proud to say that I am 100% chemical free, no medications, no smoking and I am even eating organically!  By living in the present, I can step back and be objective about a situation verses viewing everything subjectively and as a victim. I now see myself as the creator of my destiny, able to manifest pure joy and happiness, whatever I desire.
I was hopeful and optimistic about Soul Adventures, but I had no idea that in less than a month my life would go from a dark hopeless existence to a joyful, abundant and grateful life.  Thank you Soul Adventures!”
~ Lois R., Buena Park, California Ready to get started? It’s actually very easy, just contact us.
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Sign up for the Egypt trip now and save $200! – February 18-March 3, 2019
It may sound kind of crazy, but I’m so excited about the Egypt trip coming up next February. It’s silly, because this will be my 19th time! It’s not like I don’t already know what’s going to be happening. Maybe it’s because we’ve been planning some little surprises that I can’t even tell you about yet. Maybe it’s because I have a big surprise I’m going to tell you about in a few weeks. I think it’s probably because this week I’ve been looking over lots of photos from past trips putting together our new brochure and updating our website. Just looking at all those happy faces and remembering all those happy times. There is something incredible about going to these amazing places and experiencing these energies, connecting with the special people who go on these trips and making memories that last a lifetime.
If you sign up for the Egypt trip now, you’ll save $200. I’d love to have you join us. Click here to make your deposit.

Dreamed of seeing the Pyramids?

Is Egypt on your bucket list? if so, you should come on our next trip – February 18 – March 3, 2019.  
Have you always dreamed of seeing the Pyramids?
*Can you imagine seeing the Sphinx for the first time?
*Can you imagine seeing the treasures of King Tut, up close and personal?
*How about cruising down the Nile on a luxurious 5-star cruise ship, stopping at temples along the way?
*Or staying in a beautiful 5 star hotel that is just across from the Pyramid?
“The Egypt trip was the trip of a lifetime.” – Pam O’Connor

If Egypt is calling you, let me tell you 10 reasons why you should go on this trip:

1. I think this will be the last year without crowds. I’m pretty sure this will be the last year without the hordes of crowds that used to be in Egypt. We saw this year that more and more people are coming back (especially Europeans), so it feels like this will be the last year of small crowds.

2. The price is All-Inclusive – it includes round trip air from New York (JFK) to Cairo, 3 flights within Egypt, 5-star hotels, 5-star – 5-day cruise down the Nile, 3 meals each day (breakfast, lunch and dinner), all transportation, admission to all the sites, our Egyptian guide (who reads hieroglyphics!), and even your tips and travel insurance.

3. Seeing the Pyramids, Karnak, and Abu Simbel, and cruising the Nile in 5-star luxury. Seeing all these amazing places is so incredible. Staying in 5-star hotels and cruising down the Nile in a 5-star cruise ship, stopping at temples along the way, is simply amazing. In Cairo we stay at the incredible Mean House hotel. Can you imagine being at the pool and looking up at the Pyramids? Our cruise ship is one of the most beautiful ships on the Nile and the service and food are incredible. Here’s a picture of me getting waffles on the cruise ship – they’re fantastic!

4. Absolutely everything is taken care of for you. I’ve been working with Guardian Travel since 1995 and they are such a joy. They greet us warmly at the airport, and after that, we don’t touch another bag for 2 weeks. They take care of everything in such a wonderful way, from our hotels to all our transportation, food, even giving the guards some baksheesh (tip money) so that we can do meditations in certain spots (don’t tell anyone!). They are another Egyptian treasure. All you have to do is show up and have a fantastic time.

5. The exchange rate now is almost unbelievable ($17 US dollars to 1 Egyptian pound – the lowest has been 3:1). This will make the incredible shopping even more incredible. Look at that fabulous rug that Melissa and Chris got this past February, it’s so beautiful!

6. This is a spiritual experience unlike any other. If you feel a pull toward Egypt, that’s probably because you have had a past life there. The energy in Egypt is amazing and experiencing these places is phenomenal. I had an email recently from someone who was on the trip last year and she said the ceremony inside the Great Pyramid (we have 2 hours of private time just for our group inside the Great Pyramid) completely changed her life. And from everything that’s happened to her in the past few months (all of it amazing and incredible), it obviously has! That’s what the Egypt trip does. 

7. Being with other like-minded seekers adds such a wonderful level to the trip. Doing ceremony and meditations, talking about who built the Pyramids and why, really connecting. It’s a total experience and so wonderful to share with other like-minded people.

8. Don’t worry if you don’t have someone to travel with. Our groups usually fall in love with each other within 48 hours and make friendships that last a lifetime.

9. The trip is perfect. Can you believe it, this is my 19th trip to Egypt! And I’ve been doing this particular trip since 1995! I have to say, after 15 years of leading groups to Egypt (and over 30 years of going there myself), plus all the tweaking and adjustments I’ve made over the years, this trip is perfect.

10. We have lots of fun! Not only is this a life-changing spiritual journey, it’s also lots of fun! Seeing all these amazing sites, cruising down the Nile, eating great food, shopping, talking, laughing — it’s the trip of a lifetime. We even have a night on the cruise ship where we dress up like Egyptians. 
We go to all the must see places:
*The Great Pyramid (including 2 hours of private time just for our group for ceremony)
*The Sphinx
*Karnak
*Luxor
*Abu Simbel
*Cairo Museum (to see the complete King Tut exhibit and all the other treasures)

And we go to places that the average tourist doesn’t go to:
*Isis Temple at Philae
*Hathor Temple at Dendera
*Horus Temple at Edfu
*Kom Ombo (dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek and Horus)
*The fabulous temple of Abydos (above) and the Osirion (where we’ll see the Flower of Life)

One of the first things you might be thinking is – “Is Egypt safe?” I was just there in February and (as usual) it was wonderful, incredible, and safe. Everyone in the group commented that they felt completely safe. As I said, this will be my 19th trip to Egypt (my first was in 1983). The Egyptian people are some of the warmest, friendliest people you will ever meet, and they love Americans.

“The Egypt trip was awesome and amazing! Our guide was so passionate and knowledgeable and so much fun. I felt completely safe, the Egyptian people are so wonderful. I loved our group, we all loved each other right away, just like Debra said we would. I manifested the trip using Debra’s “Bringing In Egypt” meditation – not only did I end up with enough money to come on the trip, a few weeks before I left my mother gifted me some additional spending money and my boss gave me a bonus that was completely unexpected!” Cyndee Wickstrom, 2018

Download our beautiful “Mysterious Egypt” report

Download my beautiful 35-page report, including beautiful photos, about spiritual Egypt, the important temples, the Egyptian gods and goddesses, who built the Pyramids, and even discussing some of the esoteric questions such as, “Why is there a carving of a tank, a helicopter and a submarine in the walls of the Temple of Abydos?” Click here to download the report.

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Is this the year you’ll give yourself the gift of Egypt?

“I’m More Spiritual Than You Are” [Very Funny Video]

We all need to poke fun at ourselves sometimes. If you’ve been around spirituality for very long, you’ve seen it. The people who want you to know just how spiritual they are by making you feel you’re somehow, not as spiritual as they are. Which, of course, means they’re not being spiritual at all!
It’s not a contest! The minute you start judging other people, that’s when you know for sure, that something isn’t right.
J.P. Sears really captures this in his “How To Be Ultra Spiritual” video.
One of my friends sent this to me this week and I couldn’t stop laughing because it’s so true! Here are some of my favorites:

“Judging other people to be less spiritual than you, makes you a better person than them, and that’s exactly what makes you more spiritual than them.”

“Reclassify all the ways you’re being irresponsible by saying ‘I’m a free spirit.’”

“Deny Your Pain – ‘You’ve been sleeping with my best friend? Oh no, I’m not hurt, it’s all part of the perfection.’”

But my special favorite is, “Use an exaggeratedly light tone of voice when you are talking with other Ultra Spiritual people. It’s like showing your ID to get into a bar – it proves that you belong.” What’s up with that? I’ve never been able to get away with that – wearing long, flowing skirts and speaking in a breathy voice and saying “It’s so beautiful” all the time. I’ve just always been a little too loud, and I’ve never been tall and thin enough to pull off the long skirts. I guess it means I’m just not Ultra Spiritual!
And I have to admit that I do one of the things he talks about… I talk about energy all the time! Sorry!
I hope you enjoy the video as much a I do, and I hope you “get” the point of the video. There’s Fake Spirituality and then there’s the Real stuff.
By the Real stuff, I mean living your life connected to the highest part of yourself and in connection with the Divine. I mean being happy and feeling like your life has purpose and meaning. I mean feeling peace and joy, and occasionally, some bliss. I didn’t feel that way for so many years of my life; instead I felt unhappy, dissatisfied, disconnected, and stuck. J.P. might make fun of me for this (comparing the Fake stuff to the Real Stuff), but adding this element (the Real stuff) to my life has made all the difference.
If you’d like some of the Real stuff, please connect with us. Coming to Sedona 19 years ago is what changed everything for me — maybe it will change everything for you.
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“I was skeptical and nervous at first, wondering if I was making the right choice or not. My life was falling apart, I was lost, scared, confused, and just ready to give up until I went on my Soul Adventure. Everyone there is just totally incredible.  Everything they taught me I have been able to bring home and use in my daily life and I am feeling stronger and stronger. I truly believe that had I not taken this time for myself and taken my “Soul Adventure” I would not be here today. How can I ever thank all of you for what you have given me.” 
                ~ Lisa R., Provo, Utah
And last but not least, watch “How To Be Ultra Spiritual”:

Enjoy!

Did you see your results yet?

Check out the results from our recent survey – quite fascinating!

Bringing in the light of your Inner Sun

One of the themes of the teachings that we receive while we are here in Peru – from our shaman and guide, Jorge Luis Delgado – is about “connecting with the Light.” He talks to us about connecting with Father Sun; he teaches us about walking in the light; and he talks extensively about the light that is within each of us and how important it is for us to let that light shine.
And I’ve been struck on this trip at how many times there have been interesting beams of light that have shown up in our photos. The one above is of Jorge walking through a gateway in Pisac, an ancient Inca ceremonial site. Can you see the beam of light at the top right hand side of the photo? I took photos of everyone walking through that doorway, but Jorge’s was the only one that had that beam of light.
But the next one that was startling was this one. We were in an underground ceremonial cave that is on the grounds of Jorge’s incredibly beautiful hotel in Urubamba. The place is unbelievable — in addition to being incredibly beautiful, it has mountains on one side and the Urubamba river on the other, and it’s built on sacred ground. They discovered this underground cave that is completely dark except for one hole in the top, where at certain times of the day, the sun comes in just in a certain way. Jorge had me stand under the hole and I couldn’t feel anything, but everyone was oohing and aahing, and here was this picture. Unbelievable!
The next day, we were at the spectacular Temple of Ollantaytambo. The energy there is simply amazing – in fact, for me, the energy there is even more intense than in Machu Picchu. I took this photo of Richard against the mountain and suddenly there was this beam of light. It almost looks like a waterfall, but it isn’t, it’s simply light. I took another one and it wasn’t there. Jorge had just been talking about our Inner Sun and how we can use that Inner Sun that we all have, to connect with each other, with ourselves, and with the Cosmos.
Yesterday we were in Urco, which is a site that is so ancient no one really knows exactly what it was used for. It is pre-Incan. But it is obvious from the stonework and the energy that this is a sacred ceremonial place. We did a special ceremony here to bring up the energy of Pacha Mama (Mother Earth) into our hearts. After the ceremony, Richard and I were lying on the grass talking, and Rick Reynolds (our wonderful Angel Guide who is also on the trip with us) took this picture without us knowing about it. He just thought it was a sweet picture and then we saw this incredible beam of light. And it looks like it’s going straight to my heart! I also love the look of love that is in both of our eyes. Peru certainly fills you up with love.
Yesterday we came back from our amazing overnight visit to the island of Amantani (which is in the middle of Lake Titicaca), where we stayed with a local family. It is always so special to be with them. I am god-mother to their son, Anthony, and we always do the most spectacular ceremony there. As we were walking back to our boat, I was just filled with so much gratitude, and took what I thought was just a simple photo of the Lake. Instead, this beautiful beam of light appeared in the photo. Again, I couldn’t see it, it was there when I took the photo.
It’s so interesting. It feels like these beams of light show up when I’m filled with love or gratitude, or feeling the special energy of these sacred places. Almost like it’s God winking at me in some way. I know the rational explanation is that it’s just some refraction of light that shows up when the camera is held a certain way, but I’m not that interested in the rational explanation. I’m more interested in the explanation that has to do with light and love and gratitude and energy. How about you?

Beautiful teaching from Jorge Luis Delgado in Machu Picchu

Well, it’s happened again. Just when I think Machu Picchu and Peru can’t get any better, it does.
We’ve had such an incredible trip and it’s only half-over! Our group is absolutely amazing and as usual, we were all in love with each other within 48 hours. It’s so incredible to travel with other seekers, having deep experiences and lots of fun.
We started in Cuzco on our first day and Jorge immediately took us to the Heart Temple to do an incredible ceremony. The ceremony was for clearing out “the heavy energies” and bringing us back into our hearts, truly loving ourselves and everyone else. Here’s Richard hugging Rochelle as she came out of the Heart Cave.
We then walked on part of the Inca Trail, literally jumping for joy (see the video below)!

That evening we had a beautiful and delicious dinner in Cuzco, complete with music and dancing.
Then on our third day, we were off to Machu Picchu, the bucket list item of our trip. It’s amazing to me that most tours take the train here, run around for a few hours and then leave. You can see it doing it that way, but you certainly aren’t experiencing it! I love that we have three days to truly have the complete experience of this mystical place. On the first day, we took the train, which goes along the Urubamba river and is so absolutely beautiful. Jorge brings us into Machu Picchu in an unexpected and special way (it’s a secret!) and it literally takes your breath away (don’t you love the picture of the group at the top?).
One of the other fun parts of Machu Picchu is that there are llamas all over, and they are so sweet and wonderful to connect with. Usually they are kind of skittish and don’t stay with you for long, but Richard and I had a moment with this adorable one. He just stayed and looked at us, and we locked eyes for the longest time. Everyone in the group kept snapping photos because we couldn’t believe how long he was staying with us. He kept making this sweet sound and Richard and I kept making the sound back to him. I’m not sure what we were saying to each other, but he must have liked it because he stayed with us for a really long time!
On our second day, we got up before dawn to do a ceremony in Machu Picchu as the sun is rising over the mountain. Here I am with my dear friend Ranjita connecting in with Father Sun during the ceremony.
And that has been one of the special things for me on this trip, to have two dear friends and practitioners here with me. Many of you know Ranjita Ryan and Rick Reynolds from doing transformational sessions with them during your Sedona Soul Adventure. They are both such amazing practitioners and it’s so wonderful to have two dear friends like this to share Machu Picchu with.
After our sunrise ceremony, we walked up to the Sun Gate, which in ancient times was the entrance to Machu Picchu and where the Inca Trail ends. On our way, we stopped at the Mother Temple to do a sweet meditation. Here’s Richard filled with the energy of this fantastic place.
But certainly the best part of this trip is being with Jorge everyday and receiving his teachings. He is such an amazing person and wonderful teacher. Plus, he is fun, playful, and so down to earth. I love this photo of him at Machu Picchu, it really captures him.
And I want you to listen to this short video, it is so indicative of his teachings. Of how important it is for us to truly love ourselves – that is the key to everything. Enjoy!
And sending you so much love from Peru and Machu Picchu!

“One big miraculous miracle”

What a week it’s been! So much happening and we leave for Peru next week! And then, suddenly on Tuesday, I got a call from Rick, one of my wonderful Angel Guides, who told me about Glen, who had just completed an amazing, incredible Soul Adventure, and said “Glen wants to go to Peru with you, is that possible?”
Well, of course we had released the two remaining rooms a month ago, because the trip is next week! I emailed Peru, and then Glen and I started texting and praying, trying to make it all happen. He sent me the most beautiful text saying, “Sedona Soul Adventures has changed my life.” Amazingly, within just a few hours, we had everything all set up!
And at the same time, we had one of my favorite people, Sandra, here doing her second Soul Adventure! Sandra did her first one last year and then she went to Egypt with us in February – and now she’s back for more and to go deeper and deeper. I had already invited Sandra to go hiking with Richard, the dogs and I this morning, so then we invited Glen. Rick also came, because we’re all getting in shape for hiking in Peru. What a hoot! That’s a picture I took of Glen taking a picture of he and Sandra!
As we were climbing Sugarloaf Mountain, Glen kept exclaiming, “Wow!” and “It’s so beautiful!” at every turn, and we had so much fun talking about all the amazing things that had happened during his retreat. Sandra and I were talking about how so many people think that their second Soul Adventure can’t possibly top the first one, but they always do!
When we got to the top, we were having so much fun, I took this little video of all of us. It’s very unprofessional (I keep swinging the camera around from person to person!), but you can really feel the high energy! And I loved it when Glen said that his Soul Adventure has just been “one big miraculous miracle!”
http://https://youtu.be/LtcOsYu7AFY
The next day, Glen went to the Grand Canyon and did a 10 mike hike! Suddenly at the end of that day, I got this most incredible video that he sent me. I was so blown away. He said “Soul Adventures helped me find my soul again” and “I have another opportunity to start my life all over again thanks to Soul Adventures.” Needless to say, I was in tears.

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Your monkey mind, “the crazy,” and not doing it alone

We’ve been hiking with the dogs every single day (almost) and we’ve been climbing Sugarloaf Mountain because we’re getting in shape for Peru (which happens in 2 weeks!). As you can see, it’s quite a climb, but we love it because it’s a real workout for getting our lungs in shape.  My good friend, Rick, who is also one of our Angel Guides and and one of our practitioners, is going on the Peru trip with us (yay!) and this week he’s been hiking with us every day (almost). Yesterday we couldn’t go because I had a coaching session at 7:30am, so Rick went by himself.

This morning we all went together again and as we were coming down the mountain, Rick said, “Gosh, it’s a lot easier to do this with you guys than doing it alone. Yesterday, when I did it by myself, my mind just went into overdrive and I was telling myself things like…
‘wow, this is so much longer’…
‘gosh, I must have taken the wrong trail’…
‘gee, we must be going slower when we’re with the dogs, cuz I’m really tired’…
‘dang, I think I need to sit down and take a rest!’”
And of course, he was realizing that none of those things were true – he was on the same trail, he was going at the same rate, it was just his monkey mind taking off, and once it took off, it was going a mile a minute! Literally, within 5 seconds, all those crazy thoughts happened.
Now, one of the things you need to know is that Rick is one of the most conscious people I know. He is an incredible teacher, has been doing the work and walking the path for decades, but WOW! The minute that monkey mind kicks in, it kicks in. We had a good laugh about it, but we also had a very fun discussion about how amazing it is, how our mind will run away with the craziest thoughts, what I literally call “the crazy.”
I see this all the time with my coaching clients and with our clients here at Sedona Soul Adventures. Something random will happen and suddenly, their monkey mind is off and running with “the crazy.” Does this happen to you? Something will happen to you and suddenly your mind is telling you all kinds of crazy things:

• “He doesn’t like me”
• “I’m so stupid”
• “This is always how my life goes”
• “I’ll never get what I want”

Luckily, Rick has the knowledge and the tools to cope with “the crazy,” so within a few more seconds, he was able to calm his monkey mind down. And the next day, he was able to recognize it and even laugh about it. In fact, one of the sessions he does so well with our clients is called “Core Belief Transformation,” where he goes in and figures out the Core Beliefs that are holding them back, roots them out, and replaces them with Core Beliefs that empower them. Most of the time, people don’t even know what their Core Beliefs are, because they’re buried so deep.
And that’s why it’s so difficult for most people to turn “the crazy” off. They don’t even realize these are just deep beliefs that keep coming up over and over. Worse, is that most people don’t realize how toxic these thoughts are. If these thoughts are allowed to stay there, they take over your life. And they actually start to define your life:
If your core belief is “I’ll never be happy,” you can’t ever be happy.
If your core belief is “this is always how my life goes,” then that’s always how your life is going to go.
If your core belief is “I’ll never get what I want,” then you’ll never get what you want.
And if your core beliefs are allowed to stay inside you forever, they’re going to run your life.
Luckily, Rick has the tools to turn that off. Do you? Most people don’t, and that’s why most people are living with “the crazy” most of the time.
The other thing we had fun talking about that day was how Rick said, “This hike is so much easier and fun doing it with you guys,” in fact, that’s what started the conversation. Most of us don’t know how to do this, we don’t know how to turn off “the crazy,” we need help. It’s a whole lot easier to do this with other people who know how to do it.
If you would like to learn how to turn that off, please connect with us. We’ll spend time talking with you and really connect with what’s holding you back or causing problems in your relationship. Then we’ll design a retreat to clear out the blocks and gunk that are causing the trouble, and bring you back into connection. Click below and we’ll call you:

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“I felt the grief just lift away”

When people come to do their Soul Adventure, I always try to meet them at the office to say hello. I always know why they’re here and what they’re hoping to have happen, and I know where they’re from. I love to connect with them at the beginning and I always ask them to call me at the end to tell me how their Soul Adventure was.
Last week, just as I was writing the newsletter about my two friends who had just passed away, I got a phone call from someone who had completed their Soul Adventure the week before and he had already been home a week. He started to tell me that all of our practitioners were really good, very professional and he really liked all of them, and the Soul Adventure was great. But that’s not what I wanted to know – I said to him, “Yes, but what happened for you while you were here?”
He took a deep breath and he said, “Debra it was the most amazing thing,” and he started to tell me that he had come because he needed help dealing with the grief from his wife’s death. She was young, just in her 50’s, she was very healthy and vital. She was running and suddenly had a seizure. They took her to the emergency room and discovered that she had a number of brain tumors. She was dead six weeks later.
It was so amazing because when he called, I was literally in the middle of writing about my own grief about my two friends passing and that one of them (also an incredibly athletic person) had been diagnosed with brain cancer on January 12, my birthday, and was gone 7 weeks later.
But it was the next part that took my breath away. He told me, “I don’t know exactly what happened, but I suddenly felt the grief just lift off of me. It’s the most amazing thing.”
He said that “the layers of grief were peeled off and embedded pain was released. I have a healthier perspective now on her passing. I am more relaxed about it. She had her journey and it was to leave fairly young. But my life goes on. I have more to do. I have more to create going forward.”
He also told me that in one of the sessions that she had come to him and told him in a very loving way, that it was time for him to release her. She told him that she had work to do in the world of spirit and it was time for her to do that. That she needed to move on as well. She assured him she would always be a loving presence in his life, but that his deep grief was keeping her bound to him and that she now has her own journey. In his Integration session he said “She can visit, but I’m ready to let her go on.”
It’s so powerful, isn’t it? So many people who come to us are grieving. Grieving the loss of loved ones, of family, of relationships, of friends, of a marriage. Grief can be so incredibly overwhelming. For me, it seems to come in waves. I’ll be fine and then all of a sudden that wave just breaks over you.
I loved our phone call. I told him about my two friends and that I was just writing about them, and we had this beautiful conversation about how amazing life is, how we can’t take anything for granted, and we just have to stay in gratitude all the time. But the best part for me, was him telling me that his grief had completely lifted and had stayed that way in the week since he’d been home, and that now he was just left with his love of his wife, his deep appreciation for the time they were together, and this new sense of peace that he had found.
If grief is part of your life, if it’s overwhelming you, please reach out to us. It’s so interesting, because I’ve found over the years that grief shows up differently for different people, and the causes can be different as well. For some people, the grief is completely debilitating and they don’t even want to function. For some, the grief makes them angry. For others, they have a reaction that they somehow deserve what’s happened, that they’re being punished. And some feel like they can’t ever come out of it, no matter what.
Because it’s different for everybody, the way we handle it is different for everyone that comes to us. That’s one of the things that’s so wonderful about what we do. We create the retreat that YOU need for exactly what is going on. We’ll spend time talking to you before you come and we’ll figure out how to move you to the other side, to have what happened here, where the grief just lifts off of you. Wouldn’t that be wonderful?
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Remembering Emma and Suzanne and What are YOU waiting for?

This past week within 24 hours, I found out that two women who I love, respect and admire had passed away. Both of them were vital, energetic, incredibly successful and well-loved.  One was 54 and one was 53. One was diagnosed with cancer a little over a year ago, one was diagnosed with brain cancer on January 12, my birthday.
Emma was my book coach and she was the one who got my book out of me. I had taken a “Write Your Book In 5 Days” class 8 years ago and I actually wrote a first draft during that time. But over the next two years (!), every time I started to work on the book, I would get physically ill — my stomach would hurt, I would get dizzy. I took it as a sign (as you know, I’m big into signs) that for some reason I wasn’t supposed to write this book, so I gave up on it.
I met Emma at a workshop that had to do with marketing your business, not a spiritual workshop of any kind. As you can see, she was a very beautiful woman and I loved her energy. We ended up having lunch together on the first day and within 5 minutes, I said to her “you’re an Abraham person, aren’t you?” She got a look on her face and said, “yes I am!”.  Abraham is one of my teachers, and love their philosophy on the Law of Attraction.   I discovered that Emma was a book coach and I told her about my situation with my book. She said “I can help you with that”.  And she did. I always loved this quote of hers.
Within 2 months of working with her, my book was re-done, re-mastered and re-born. She was so inspiring, so wonderful and that started a friendship that lasted all these years. I would continue to come to LA to work with our marketing person and she and I would always spend time together. She was the one who told me my book was going to become an Amazon #1 Best Seller and with her help, it did.
The one regret I have with my relationship with Emma is that over the years she would always say “One of these days I’m going to come to do a Soul Adventure and I’m definitely going to go to Egypt with you”. But her life was always so incredibly busy and neither of those ever happened.
At the same time I found out about her diagnosis, I discovered that a “Warrior Fund” had been set up for her, as she was trying to regain her health with non-traditional treatments and those aren’t covered by insurance. I wrote to her and told her I wanted to contribute to her Warrior Fund by having her do a Soul Adventure as my guest. I received this response from her and it would turn out to be the last email I had from her, on my birthday last year:

Hello dearest Birthday Girl! How are you? Thought of you practically all day today and sent you lots of love!

Your email was the first one I received after my public announcement and it made me weep.. I was so touched by your love and generosity!

Yes I would love to take you up on your very kind offer as soon as I get a bit stronger and Garrett is situated at his new school.

I love you so much Debra! Thank you for being beyond amazing! Happy Birthday!

Xoxo
Emma

She never got strong enough to come and she wanted to spend as much time as possible with her son. He was the light of her life and my heart goes out to him, he is just a teenager. I am so stunned at how quickly this all happened.
Then 24 hours later I received an email from Marilyn telling me that Suzanne had passed (Marilyn was on the Peru trip as well).  I can’t tell you how absolutely shocked I was. Suzanne had done a Soul Adventure retreat with me, she had gone to Egypt with me (and brought her mother) and then went to Peru with me 3 years ago and brought her friend, Marilyn. Marilyn told me that Suzanne had been diagnosed with brain cancer on January 12 (my birthday). Less than 2 months later. she was gone.
Like Emma, Suzanne was an absolutely incredible human being. She was so energetic and full of life that I can’t believe she’s gone. She was the President and CEO of a large energy company in Canada. She was on a life mission to bring clean energy to the world. She was so amazingly healthy, a real athlete. She sponsored a run every year in Canada for charity.
She was so enthusiastic and full of life. On our Peru trip, she was constantly taking notes when Jorge was speaking, she was just drinking it all in. I looked up her the last email I had from her and, true to form, it was Suzanne being ecstatic about the Peru trip:

“Debra, I’m happy to write this for you:  The Sedona Soul Adventures Peru Trip was AMAZING!  It is my second Sedona Soul Sacred Travel trip and it, like the first in Egypt, was life changing.  The magic of Machu Picchu, the peacefulness of Lake Titicaca, the energy of the Apu mountain spirits is not something you can read about – it must be experienced!  On this trip, we had the privilege of being in the presence of Jorge Luis Delgado, our Peruvian Shaman and Chacaruna (bridge person – messenger of light) who is an extraordinary guide, teacher and spiritual Master.  I have been on my spiritual journey for approximately 10 years now, and I have learned and experienced many things, but Jorge had an incredible way of saying thing in such simple powerful ways, it was like I was learning them again for the first time.  I experienced with him the power of oral tradition – that it isn’t just the words that he spoke, but it was the energy and intention he imbued into his words and ceremonies that is so special.  It is that energy which touches you and teaches you.  He reaches you heart to heart, rather than from your mind.  He led me on a Pilgrimage to my Inner Sun that deepened my commitment to a higher level of consciousness, that increased my understanding of the Cosmos and its wonder, and that fueled my desire to shine brightly in the world.  I will be forever grateful for this trip and the positive impact it had on my life.”

Can you feel her energy in this? That was Suzanne. Amazingly, I used her beautiful words in my newsletter just last month, not realizing that Suzanne was fighting for her life right at that time.
When Marilyn wrote to me she said “Suzanne and I were just talking about the wonderful group we were with in Peru and what a special time it was.” That just made me weep with tears of joy.
I reached out to everyone who was on that trip to let them know about Suzanne. We were an especially close-knit group and it helped to give each other some hugs via email.
I spent the next 24 hours going back and forth between praying for both of them, thinking about both of them, and thinking about my own life. And I’d like to ask you to do the same thing – please join me in saying a blessing for both Emma and Suzanne and their happy passage.
And then I want to ask you about your own life. I know that a year ago both Emma and Suzanne thought they had so much left to accomplish. They both thought they had lots of time. Both of them were so hugely goal oriented and they dreamed big and they accomplished so much. But they had lots more dreams left.
I know we all feel like we’re going to live forever that we have lots and lots of time to do all the things we want to do. On a deeper level, I know there are lots and lots of us who tell ourselves “when this happens, I’ll be happy”. When I get the new job, when I lose 10 pounds, when I finally have a good relationship”, etc., etc. fill in the blank. So many people that I see are waiting for their lives to really start happening. And I’m here to tell you, STOP WAITING FOR YOUR LIFE TO START HAPPENING.
The time is now.
You life is happening now.
Now is the only time we have.
This is not a dress rehearsal.
Each day is such a gift, but it is NOT a guarantee.
All of this has brought back my mother’s death to me in such a big way. My mother was only 51 when she died, after having been ill with cancer for 5 years. All the time I was growing up she and my father would talk about the trips they would take once the kids were grown up. She would constantly say to me “when I have my dream house…” and then she would tell me about it. My parents worked so hard and they never went on trips, ever. My parents had a nice home, but my mother never got her dream house. And once she got cancer, that was pretty much it.
I reached a point in my life almost 20 years ago where I was so incredibly unhappy. Even though I had told myself that I wasn’t going to live my life the way my mother had, I was doing it. I was unhappy, frustrated, hated my work, in an unhappy marriage, overweight, in debt and miserable. I tried lots of stuff to pull myself out of it (therapy, workshops, read a lot of books) and nothing worked. Until I came to Sedona.
In a session, my High Self said, “if you don’t change your life now, you’re going to die like your mother did”. I got the message. And it started me on a path where I wasn’t putting my life on hold.
So I ask you – what are you waiting for?
Are you putting off your happiness waiting for something to happen, or someone to show up? The only person who is going to show up is YOU.
If your life is not the way you want it to be, please don’t keep putting it off. Our time here is precious. I believe that we are put on this earth to live lives of joy and happiness and abundance and connection. If that’s happening for you, I’m so happy for you and I want you to give yourself a giant pat on the back.
But if you aren’t living a life of joy and happiness and abundance and connection – What are you waiting for? When are you going to do something about it?
My life changed when I came to Sedona and  made the decision that I was going to live a happy and satisfying life. From that has come this blessing of Sedona Soul Adventures where we help people do that each and every day. Let us help you.

Or if you’d prefer, call us toll-free at 1-877-204-3664 (US and Canada). For our friends outside the US and Canada call 01 928-204-5988 or click here and one of our Retreat Guides will call you.
Would you like to speak to someone today? We’re even open on Sundays, because we’re here for you.