Don't be alone for the holidays, come to Sedona
Do you find yourself suddenly single this year? Or do you find the holidays to be a particularly difficult time?
We had a number of people this past week who booked a Sedona Soul Adventures retreat for Thanksgiving or Christmas or New Year’s. When I asked one of my wonderful Angel Guides, Rick, about it, he wrote me these beautiful words:
These are people who just don’t want to be sitting in their empty house surrounded by the memories of holidays past, lost loved ones, kids who have left the nest, or who are off with the other parent for the first holiday after the divorce. It’s not so much about being alone, it’s about being alone surrounded by the memories. So many of the men and women I’ve spoken with have spent every holiday season doing too much of everything — shopping, cooking, giving, giving, giving to others and a Soul Adventure is a chance to give to themselves. This isn’t about “not being lonely”, it’s about creating a sense of power and excitement around being on your own…
Isn’t that beautiful?
Because that’s exactly what we do here, is to create a sense of power and excitement about living your best life.
The other wonderful thing is that we do our retreats 365 days per year. So coming during the holidays isn’t a problem, in fact it’s a wonderful time to come. We are starting to fill up, though, so if it’s something that feels right to you, contact us and speak to one of our Angel Guides. They’ll talk to you in depth about what’s going on in your life and how a Soul Adventure can take you from where you are to where you want to be.
I want to reach out to you to contact us. Click here and one of our Angel Guides will call 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 Angel Guides will call you.
A Sedona Soul Adventures retreat is the perfect present to give yourself and what a way to start out the New Year!
Wishing you a week filled with many blessings,
Debra
Debra Stangl / Founder
Sedona Soul Adventures – Transforming Lives One Soul At A Time
(877) 204-3664
https://old.sedonasouladventures.com
Charlotte says her “amazing” Soul Adventures retreat helped her “focus on putting the oxygen mask on myself first so I can better help myself and others.”
“I needed relief from being a caretaker and the stress of my own transition. Sedona Soul Adventures helped me focus on putting the oxygen mask on myself first so I can better help myself and others. It was an amazing experience and one I strongly recommend. The greatest journey of all is the journey into oneself.”
Charlotte M., New Lenox, IL
I love the way Charlotte talks about “putting the oxygen mask on myself first”. It’s so true. Even on the airplane, the flight attendants tell you to take care of yourself first (put the oxygen mask on first) before putting it on a child or an adult who needs help. Otherwise, conditions could make it that you’re so overcome that you can’t help anyone, not even yourself. And isn’t this so true in our lives? If we don’t take care of ourselves we can get so overwhelmed we’re of no help to anyone else.
Can you imagine doing ceremony on the Solstice (June 21) in Machu Picchu?
One of the most amazing parts of our Peru and Machu Picchu Tour (June 17-30, 2016) is the amazing ceremony we do on the Solstice at Machu Picchu. We wake before dawn so that we are in position just as the sun starts peaking over the mountains. Our shaman and guide, Jorge Luis Delgado, leads us in the most amazing ceremony, designed to truly connect us with Pachamama, the Earth Mother. It’s an extraordinary experience and one you’ll remember for the rest of your life.
Isn’t it time to add these kind of memories to your life? Join me on this amazing journey. Two weeks in Peru, learning the ways of the shaman is life changing.
“The Sedona Soul Adventures Peru Trip in June 2015 was AMAZING! It is my second Sedona Soul Sacred Travel trip and it, like the first one 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. Jorge had an incredible way of saying thing in such simple powerful ways. 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 that is the specialness of oral tradition. 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 has had on my life.”
Suzanne West, Alberta, Canada
To download our Peru brochure (which has all the information on our amazing Itinerary and Pricing) Click here
All the detailed information is on our web site – Click here
If you have questions, send me an email – debra@SedonaSoulAdventures.com
Or even better, give me a call. You can reach me on my cell phone – 928/301-2896
I love talking about Peru.
4 unusual reasons why you should do a spiritual retreat (you could meet Stevie Wonder!)
Very often in these newsletters, I write about all the obvious reasons why people should do a spiritual retreat. For most of the people who come to us, they have something going on in their lives and they’re really in need of the help that a spiritual retreat can give them. Some people are at the end of their rope, some people have an issue that they just can’t seem to get resolved and a spiritual retreat is the answer. Sometimes couples reach a crisis in their relationship and they’ve done lots of traditional therapy and it hasn’t helped. In that situation, a spiritual retreat can be amazing for bringing them together and getting them back on track.
We had something happen this past week that was kind of mind blowing and it made me think of the many unusual things that have happened after people have done a spiritual retreat with us (myself included). What we see over and over again is that when things start to shift in one part of your life, seemingly amazing things start to happen in all areas of your life.
So here are 4 unusual reasons why you should do a spiritual retreat:
1. You could meet Stevie Wonder.
Margaret came to Sedona last week for her second Soul Adventure. She came back for a spiritual tune up, plus she loves Sedona. At the end she told us she didn’t think it was possible, but the second Soul Adventure was even more mind blowing and amazing and incredible than the first one. She left and went to the Phoenix airport and discovered her flight had been cancelled. Instead of being upset, she thought “okay, I’m going to use my Sedona Soul Adventures tools and trust that there is a reason why this is happening”. Two minutes later, she looked up and there was Stevie Wonder on his way to a concert (and she’s a huge fan). She got to meet him, take this picture with him and he was so gracious. She got home safe and sound and gloriously happy for this confirmation from the Universe. As she told me in her email after she got home “I’m absolutely amazed”.
It reminded me that shortly after I came to Sedona for the first time, I set the intention that I wanted to meet Sting within the next 12 months. Within 9 months, I got to meet him and speak with him and it still feels like one of the best manifestations I’ve ever done in my life!
So wouldn’t it be cool if as a result of doing your spiritual retreat you not only transform your life but you get to meet someone you’ve always wanted to meet! It’s just such a wonderful example of how when things start to shift, they shift in amazing ways.
2. You could lose weight. Our retreats are all designed for the emotional and spiritual aspects of a person’s life, but it’s amazing to me how many people report that after they go home from their spiritual retreat, they lose a bunch of weight easily and seamlessly. One woman even posted a YouTube video about her Sedona Soul Adventure, talking about how she came to us to deal with emotional losses in her life and in addition to doing that, she lost 17 pounds of what she called “protection weight” within 3 weeks of returning home. She wasn’t doing any dieting or trying to lose the weight, it just came off.
My Sedona story includes the same thing. After struggling with my weight my entire life, I suddenly lost 40 pounds and went from a size 14 to a size 6 within 5 weeks with no dieting or exercising. It just shows you that the transformations that happen in a spiritual retreat take place on all the levels — physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.
3. Money could come out of nowhere. As I think about it, this is actually one of the most common of the unusual occurrences that happen when people have done a spiritual retreat with us. We’ve had so many people who contacted us wanting to do a spiritual retreat, but cost was an issue. It has happened so many times where people have said, “I don’t know how this is going to happen, but I’m telling the Universe I want this” and then suddenly, something happens. With one woman, the next day, she went to her mailbox and received a check from the insurance company that was much larger than she had anticipated. I told you a few months ago about Andrew’s story where suddenly the next day his brother offered to pay for his Soul Adventure (and I just heard from Andrew a few weeks ago that his new healing practice is going spectacularly well!). Another woman received a bonus at work that she had no idea was coming or even possible and it paid for her entire retreat.
What I love in these instances is that the shift happened as soon as they said “Yes, I’m going to do this!”. There is so much power just in making the decision.
I think my favorite one, though, is the woman who came here when she was unemployed and had no money. She had applied for her dream job and they offered the job to someone else. She didn’t tell us what financial straits she was in until she got here to Sedona. She had put everything on a credit card and wasn’t sure how she was going to pay the credit card after she got home. She told us she just knew that she had to do a spiritual retreat with us and that she was trusting that everything would be okay. She completed her Soul Adventure and it was absolutely fantastic. Within one week of returning home she got the dream job (the other person had to turn it down because her husband got transferred to another town). They offered her more money and more opportunity that she had even hoped for.
I love that one because something like it happened to me. When I first came to Sedona, I had just started my 20th year of law practice and even though my practice had been quite lucrative, through a strange set of circumstances I suddenly found myself $50,000 in debt. At the time, the last thing I should have been spending money on was a spiritual retreat. But I came to Sedona and within 3 weeks of returning home, $50,000 dropped out of the sky. That allowed me to leave my law practice and three years later I started Sedona Soul Adventures.
Money is energy and when you shift your energy around, all the energy in your life starts shifting around. If you’re telling yourself you can’t afford to do a Sedona Soul Adventure, maybe the truth is that you can’t afford not to do a Soul Adventure!
4. You could meet your soul mate. A man came to us a few months ago to do a spiritual retreat, wanting to move on from his divorce. On the last day of his Soul Adventure he met a woman at Whole Foods and they struck up a conversation. They’ve now started a relationship and he’s convinced he’s found his soul mate.
A number of years ago a man and woman were here each doing a spiritual retreat with us. They didn’t know each other and would never have met except that as Fate would have it, I went into the coffee house one morning and I saw him and invited him to have a cappuccino with me. Then I saw her and invited her to join us and introduced them. When I left, they were talking about their respective Soul Adventures and the amazing transformations that had happened. That started their relationship and two months later they moved to Sedona and 1 year later they were married at a beautiful hilltop ceremony overlooking the Red Rocks.
Of course, I’m not promising that if you do a Sedona Soul Adventures retreat that you’re going to meet Stevie Wonder (or Sting) or that you’ll lose weight or have $50,000 drop out of the sky or meet your soul mate. But, WHAT IF? What if, in addition to fixing the problem you’re wanting to fix some other incredible things start happening in your life? As I said before, when one thing shifts, lots of other things start shifting as well.
So if you’d like to have some unusual things start happening in your life, let’s get started. Click here and one of our Angel Guides will call 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 Angel Guides will call you. They’ll connect with you (or both of you if it’s a couple) on a deep level and then they’ll custom design the perfect retreat that’s designed to take you from where you are to where you want to be. And who knows what could happen after that?
Wishing you a week filled with unusual (and wonderful) occurrences,
Debra
Debra Stangl / Founder
Sedona Soul Adventures – Transforming Lives One Soul At A Time
(877) 204-3664
https://old.sedonasouladventures.com
5 Reasons Why You Should Go on the Peru Trip (June 17-30, 2016)
1. You will have a mystical, magical experience. From doing ceremonies at Machu Picchu to experiencing Ollantaytambo, the Sacred Valley and Lake Titicaca, this is truly the trip of a lifetime.
2. You will experience one of the most important teachers on the planet today, Jorge Luis Delgado. Jorge will be with us as our shaman and guide throughout the trip. Just being in his presence is incredible and receiving his teachings is life changing.
3. You will make friendships that last a lifetime. This is one of my favorite things that people love about our trips. Everyone pretty much falls in love with each other within the first 48 hours. Don’t worry if you don’t have someone to travel with – you’ll have new friends immediately, taking in all these amazing experiences together.
4. We take care of everything. Getting around a foreign country, arranging transportation, deciding on where to stay and where to eat can be pretty daunting (and incredibly time consuming) when you’re on your own. We make all the arrangements — including three flights within Peru, all transportation, all accommodations, admission to all the sites and the food is terrific! Having all the details handled gives you the freedom to focus on your spiritual journey and creates the space for magical transformations to happen.
5. We have fun! Someone who booked the trip this week asked me, “Since this is a spiritual trip, does that mean we’re going to be serious all the time and only eat vegetarian food and no drinking?” The answer is an emphatic no! For me, spirituality is about being the best we can be and that includes having fun. If you want vegetarian meals, that’s fine and we can provide that, but we will be talking, laughing, eating, drinking and we want everyone to have as much fun as possible.
Click here to download our beautiful brochure which has all the information (including pricing) on this incredible journey or Click here to read all about it on our web site.
If you have any questions, send me an email at
Debra@SedonaSoulAdventures.com or better yet, give me a call. You can reach me directly on my cell phone – 928/301-2896.
I'm worried…
“Worrying is using your imagination to create something you don’t want” – Abraham-Hicks
This past week-end I went to see the new Tom Hanks-Steven Spielberg movie “Bridge of Spies” (it’s great). The movie takes place during the Cold War and Tom Hanks plays an attorney who is asked to represent a Russian spy. If found guilty, the spy is facing the death penalty. The Russian spy is one cool customer — throughout the movie, he is completely calm, unruffled and dignified. As he remains so cool and collected (in spite of the potentially dire circumstances), Tom Hanks asks him [tiny spoiler alert] “Aren’t you worried?” And he replies, “Would it help?”
My friend and I laughed heartily at this response, but we also talked about it later. We both know the answer is, not only does it not help to worry, it can be harmful. We both believe (and I hope you do too) that
• We are all creating our reality in every moment
• Everything is all about energy
• What we put out, we get back
• What we think about, we get more of
• What we think about gets bigger
So if all that is true, that’s why I love that Abraham quote and that’s why I know that worrying doesn’t help!
Think about it. When we let ourselves start worrying about something, pretty soon our minds are off to the races. We’re suddenly thinking about all these crazy things. Thinking about all these things that are probably never going to happen. But what’s worse, if you think about it from the Abraham perspective, your worrying is energizing and making bigger exactly what you don’t want to have happen! You’re using your imagination to create something you don’t want!
Watching the movie and watching Tom Hanks with his client reminded me of what used to happen during the 20 years that I was a divorce attorney. My clients were always worried and understandably so. They were going through one of the most difficult situations a person can go through. The outcome of their divorce would be affecting them for the rest of their lives and they were justifiably concerned. In the last 10 years of my practice, I had started to really embrace all these concepts, so I knew that worrying about the case not only would not help, it was actually counter-productive for my clients and would only get them what they did not want.
Knowing that my clients couldn’t help but worry, I made a deal with them. I told them that if they needed to worry, they should do this little trick. Schedule 10 minutes each day to worry about their case. If they found themselves constantly thinking about it and worrying about it throughout the day, they should tell themselves, “I’m going to worry about that in the 10 minutes I have set aside, I won’t worry about it now”. Then when they did the 10 minutes, invariably, they would find they could only keep the worrying up for 2-3 minutes!
After they had done the scheduled worrying, I had them think about what they did want. I told them to take a few more minutes to visualize the judge announcing the verdict and awarding them what they wanted (custody of the kids, keeping the house, or whatever it was that was important to them) and how much better they would feel when that happened. Virtually all of my clients who did this faithfully reported that they felt much calmer and much more peaceful even in the midst of the stress of the divorce. And I’m happy to say that the vast majority of them got exactly what they wanted (but also let’s remember they had an excellent attorney – ha ha).
I’m not saying that you won’t every worry again. You will – it’s human nature. Do I ever worry? Yes, my mind goes there automatically sometimes, especially about things that are important to me. And it’s also interesting to me when I materialize something that I’ve worried about. What a terrible way to prove what I teach — when I get something I don’t want because I’ve worried about it! Physician, heal thyself!
But when I find my mind going there, I always try to make myself stop and remind myself that I’m energizing what I do not want. That usually stops my mind in its tracks. I then ask myself what I want in this situation and I start thinking about that instead. It’s not that I don’t ever worry, it’s just that (most of the time) I can stop it and start flowing my thoughts and energy toward what I do want.
It’s simple but not easy. It’s a simple process, but not always easy to do consistently. But when you know that worry is actually increasing your chances for getting what you do no want, this process gets easier and easier to do.
Sometimes we find ourselves at a point in our lives when we are overwhelmed with our worry and we can’t seem to make it stop. Most worries are coming from fears and those fears can come from a number of sources, some of which are conscious and some of which might be from our unconscious. If you find yourself overwhelmed with worry about something in your life or your relationship, you need to think seriously about doing something about it. Once we get on that merry go round it’s hard to get off, it’s hard to stop obsessing.
Think about coming to Sedona and doing a Soul Adventure. Can you imagine being in a situation where the worry starts to melt away and it’s replaced by a deep trust and knowing that all is well? Can you imagine what it would feel like to know (on a deep level) that all is well? That’s what happens to people here all the time. They come here stressed out, burned out, worried and anxious about things in their life or things in their relationship. They leave happy, connected and at peace. It’s still amazing to me after all these years and the thousands of people who have done this.
If you’re looking for peace, call us toll free at 1-877-204-3664 (US and Canada) or Click here to contact us. For our friends outside the US and Canada call 01 928-204-5988. Speak to an Angel Guide, tell them what’s going on with you and they’ll custom design the perfect retreat to take you from where you are to where you want to be.
Wishing you a week of no worries,
Debra
Debra Stangl / Founder
Sedona Soul Adventures – Transforming Lives One Soul At A Time
(877) 204-3664
https://old.sedonasouladventures.com
Harry says his Soul Adventure “changed everything”, living his life without fear, worry or angst
“I came to Sedona wrought with fear, anxiety, and grief. Within the first three sessions, I was well on the road to a spiritual Re-Awakening that would change everything. After my five days of Soul Adventuring I returned to Seattle with a new outlook on life and ready to walk my Great Path without fear, worry or angst. Thank you all for Reminding me of how important my existence in this world is, and most of all for Reminding me of all the love that is here supporting all of us. I LOVE ME!”
Harry C., Seattle, Washington
Is fear keeping you from the Egypt trip?
II find that people typically say 2 things to me about the Egypt trip (and they’ve been saying both things since I started going there in 1983): 1) “I’ve always wanted to go to Egypt and 2) “Aren’t you afraid to go to Egypt?” And my answer has always been the same – No. This next trip will be my 15th time going to Egypt and I’ve been taking groups each year since 2004. The Egyptian people are some of the warmest, friendliest people I’ve ever met and I’ve always felt safe there. The US State Department issues Travel Advisories for countries they do not feel are safe for Americans to travel to and there are no Travel Advisories for Egypt.
But don’t take my word for it, here’s what 2 people said who went on the trip this February (2015):
“This trip was one of the most wonderful experiences of my life, especially because I felt very safe during the entire experience.” – Ginger Wishik, MD
“The Egypt trip was life changing. I personally felt very safe in Egypt.” – Shelly Pitts (that’s Shelly in the picture above on the right – I don’t believe she could look anymore relaxed than she does!)
Or as one of the people from last year’s trip (2014) said:
“Please don’t let fear keep you from one of the most exciting adventures in your life. You will never regret your trip to Egypt.” – Joyce Eleanor
Our Return to Egypt tour is February 14-28, 2016. It’s an amazing journey – we see the Pyramids (and have 2 hours of private time just for our group inside the Great Pyramid for ceremony), the Sphinx, Abu Simbel, Karnak, Luxor, the Isis Temple at Philae and much more. We stay at 5 star hotels and do a 5 day cruise down the Nile on a 5 star ship. Everything is taken care of for you and traveling with like-minded soul adventurers is so wonderful. The cost is virtually all inclusive.
Click here to download our beautiful brochure which has all the information on pricing and our fabulous Itinerary.
Or you can read all about it on our web site – Click here
I’d love to have you join me. If you’ve always wanted to go to Egypt, now is the time to go! Send me an email if you have any questions:
debra@SedonaSoulAdventures.com
Or better yet, give me a call — 928/301-2896.
I guess I struck a nerve
I guess I struck a nerve last week with my newsletter about the Top 5 Deathbed Regrets. I can’t remember (in 13 years of doing this newsletter), a response like I got from this one — I was deluged with emails from people, we had so many calls to the office and requests for Angel Guide sessions, so many people who booked retreats, plus I had many more people than usual contact me about the Peru and Egypt trips and a bunch of people who signed up for both trips.
Whew! It’s so funny, I almost didn’t write that newsletter because I thought it might be too “down”. I even sent it to 2 people whose opinion I value, asking them if they thought this was an okay subject or too depressing? They both loved it and judging from the response, I guess I was right. This is something we all have to be thinking about — we have a limited amount of time on this planet and we have to be thinking about how we are spending our precious time here and how can we live with no regrets?
The emails I received were so sweet and telling. One woman wrote “Debra, I’ve been reading your newsletter for 8 years telling myself that “someday” I’ll do a Soul Adventure. I’ve been telling myself I couldn’t afford it and, hopefully, “someday” I’ll be able to do it. Now I realize I can’t afford Not to do it. And I know I need to do it Now!”
It reminded me of one of my favorite quotes from one of my teachers, Abraham:
“Your life is right now! It’s not later! It’s not in that time of retirement. It’s not when the lover gets here. It’s not when you’ve moved into the new house. It’s not when you get the better job. Your life is right now. It will always be right now. You might as well decide to start enjoying your life right now!”
Is there a dream in your life that is unfulfilled? Is there something you’ve been telling yourself you’re going to do “someday”, but so far nothing is happening in that direction?
Do you keep waiting for something to be different? A situation or a person? As Einstein said (and you’ve heard a million times) ‘The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.’
I spent over 10 years being dissatisfied with my work, my life, my body, my relationship and always telling myself that “someday” things would be different, even though I was never really doing anything about it. I admit I was completely insane – I kept doing the same thing over and over again somehow, magically, expecting a different result. It wasn’t until I came to Sedona for the first time (in January, 1999) that things started to really turn around for me. Here’s some advice from a formerly insane person:
Nothing will be different in your life until you do something different.
If you’re unhappy about your work, you need to do something about your work.
If you feel like you aren’t living your life purpose, when are you going to start?
If you feel like you don’t know what your life purpose is, what are you doing to find out?
If you’re unhappy about your relationship, you need to do something about your relationship.
If you’re unhappy or dissatisfied about anything in your life, you have to do something about it. It’s not going to miraculously change without you doing something different.
I met with a couple this week who were here starting their couples retreat and the husband told me they had never done anything like this before and he was freaking out a little because it was out of his comfort zone. They had been in traditional therapy for over a year, it wasn’t working and it looked like they were headed for divorce. I told him this works exactly because what we do IS different and not like anything they had done before. As Einstein says, the only way to get different results is to do something different.
I was so happy to see them on the last day of their retreat. Everything had turned around, they both even looked different. Their relationship has been completely transformed — they were able to get to the heart of their issues and come back onto love and connection, plus they received tools to continue to maintain and deepen that connection. He told me he could hardly believe what had happened in just 4 days. Four days of doing something different had given them completely different results.
I love it so much that this past week we had such a surge of people contacting us to take steps to do something different with their lives and their relationships, as well as people signing up for bucket list trips like Egypt and Peru. Do you want something different in your life? If so, call us – we we can help you do exactly that!
Click here and one of our Angel Guides will call 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 Angel Guides will call you.
Wishing you a week of different and better,
Debra
Debra Stangl / Founder
Sedona Soul Adventures – Transforming Lives One Soul At A Time
(877) 204-3664
https://old.sedonasouladventures.com
Ian says his Soul Adventure was the most important week of his life
“It’s been a year since my Sedona Soul Adventure. Who knew the extent of the results, I can hardly believe the year I’ve had, and to this day, my week with Sedona Soul Adventures and all the lovely angels that I met remains the most important week of my life. I came for three days of soul work and had so many blocks removed and so many profound shifts and awakenings. I had no idea just how quickly my new life would unfold. I cannot thank you enough.”
Ian S., Edmonton, Alberta
Egypt or Peru? Don’t wait
In the spirit of what I’ve been talking about this week, what are you waiting for? If going to Egypt has been something you’ve wanted to do your entire life, do it now! If seeing Machu Picchu is on your bucket list, you’re not getting any younger!
Both of the trips are amazing and spectacular, with everything planned for you and deep spiritual connection waiting for you.
The Egypt trip is February 14-28, 2016. Click here to download our beautiful brochure which has information on our Itinerary and Pricing.
The Peru trip is June 17-30, 2016. Click here to download our beautiful brochure which has information on our Itinerary and Pricing.
Send me an email if you have questions – Debra@SedonaSoulAdventures.com or better yet, give me a call on my cell – 928/301-2896
Top 5 deathbed regrets and how to not let those happen to you
I think one of the most terrible things in life is regret. And regret at the end of one’s life is even more sad and deep. The book “The Top 5 Regrets of the Dying” was written by a palliative care nurse, Bronnie Ware. She worked for many years with people in the last 3-12 weeks of their lives. Here’s what she said:
Top 5 Regrets of the Dying
1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me
“This was the most common regret of all. When people realize that their life is almost over and look back clearly on it, it is easy to see how many dreams have gone unfulfilled. Most people had not honored even a half of their dreams and had to die knowing that it was due to choices they had made, or not made. Health brings a freedom very few realize, until they no longer have it.”
2. I wish I hadn’t worked so hard
“This came from every male patient that I nursed. They missed their children’s youth and their partner’s companionship. Women also spoke of this regret, but as most were from an older generation, many of the female patients had not been breadwinners. All of the men I nursed deeply regretted spending so much of their lives on the treadmill of a work existence.”
3. I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings
“Many people suppressed their feelings in order to keep peace with others. As a result, they settled for a mediocre existence and never became who they were truly capable of becoming. Many developed illnesses relating to the bitterness and resentment they carried as a result.”
4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends
“Often they would not truly realize the full benefits of old friends until their dying weeks and it was not always possible to track them down. Many had become so caught up in their own lives that they had let golden friendships slip by over the years. There were many deep regrets about not giving friendships the time and effort that they deserved.”
5. I wish that I had let myself be happier
“This is a surprisingly common one. Many did not realize until the end that happiness is a choice. They had stayed stuck in old patterns and habits. The so-called ‘comfort’ of familiarity overflowed into their emotions, as well as their physical lives. Fear of change had them pretending to others, and to their selves, that they were content, when deep within, they longed to laugh properly and have silliness in their life again.”
Gosh, don’t reading these just break your heart?
Why do we tell ourselves we can’t have the life we want? Why do we tell ourselves we have to work so hard? Why can’t we let ourselves be truly happy?
I think we all have emotional blocks, trauma and limiting beliefs that are holding us back from living our best life. The key is to find them, do something about them and start living a life with no regret. The great news is, that’s possible. It’s so interesting to me how all of these issues are exactly the things we work within our retreats each and every day here in Sedona.
Are you ready to start living your best life? Are you ready to transform your connection with your partner into the relationship of your dreams? Call us – that’s what we want for you too.
Click here and one of our Angel Guides will call 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 Angel Guides will call you. They’ll connect with you (or both of you if it’s a couple) and custom design a retreat that will allow you to live the life you want, have the relationship you’re craving and be happier than you ever thought possible.
Wishing you a week of no regrets,
Debra
Debra Stangl / Founder
Sedona Soul Adventures – Transforming Lives One Soul At A Time
(877) 204-3664
https://old.sedonasouladventures.com
Tommy says “I gained so much knowledge about life and how I’m supposed to be living it” from my Soul Adventure.
“On my Soul Adventure, I gained so much knowledge about life and how I’m supposed to be living it. Sedona Soul Adventures is an amazing team of people who really care about each person who walks thru the door. They are very knowledgeable and loving. My soul adventure truly changed my life!”
Tommy R., Cowpens, South Carolina
Is Egypt on your bucket list?
I’m amazed at the number of people who tell me they’ve wanted to go to Egypt since they were children. And they’ve never given themselves permission to go. If Egypt is on your bucket list, perhaps it’s time to go! It’s such an amazing trip — the Great Pyramid (where we have 2 hours of private time just for our group for ceremony and meditation), the Sphinx, Abu Simbel, Karnak, 5 day cruise down the Nile on a 5 star ship and the price is virtually all inclusive — air fare to and from New York (JFK), 3 flights within Egypt, 5 star hotels, breakfast, lunch and dinner each day, our incredible Egyptian guide (who reads hieroglyphics!), tips, even travel insurance. And being in this amazing place with like minded soul adventurers is so amazing! Click here for our incredible day to day Itinerary.
Click here for all the information on pricing.
Send me an email if you would like more information – debra@sedonasouladventures.com
Or better yet, give me a call at 928/301-2896 – I love talking about Egypt!
2 minutes to feeling more confident and powerful
If you could feel more confident and powerful in 2 minutes would you be willing to do it every day? Believe me when I tell you, it’s worth it.
If you’ve been reading my newsletter this past year, you know I’ve been talking a lot about how our brains affect everything in our lives. But today I want to talk about how doing something with your body can affect everything.
Researchers at Harvard have discovered that not only does your body language effect how other people perceive you, but your body language has an affect on how you perceive yourself and how you feel. What they discovered is that people who stand or sit in a power pose for more than two minutes have increased levels of testosterone and decreased levels of cortisol.
These hormones can change within seconds and have a dramatic impact on how you’re feeling. Testosterone makes people feel more confident, more self empowered. Reducing cortisol results in lower levels of stress and anxiety. Cortisol is also known to lower immune function and bone density, interfere with learning and memory, increase weight gain, create negative impact on blood pressure, cholesterol and heart disease, so anything you can do to lower cortisol is a very good thing.
The power poses that they studied were what we usually call the Superman or Superwoman pose, with your hands on your hips, feet at least shoulder-width apart, chest out, head held high. They also included sitting back with your feet on a table, and the decidedly less-ladylike sitting with your legs spread wide apart (guys, you can get away with this one). What they found was that in 2 minutes, the hormonal levels changed dramatically.
Not only did the testosterone and cortisol levels change, but the people reported feeling much more confident and powerful. And I don’t mean the kind of power where you’re barking orders at everyone and they’re shaking in their boots. That’s not power, that’s intimidation. I’m talking about the feeling that comes from truly being in your own power. Self empowerment.
Try doing this every day. Stand in that power pose and breathe deeply. Do it for 2 minutes each morning. Or do it for 2 minutes before an important meeting (I just did it last week in a bathroom stall!) Visualize powerful energy coursing through you and coming out of you. If you’re doing it before a meeting or an important event, visualize how you want the meeting or event to go.
Okay, so now I’ll be very vulnerable and share my secret with you about how I do this. I do the pose, but I don’t envision myself in a Superwoman costume. Instead I envision myself (don’t laugh) in full Egyptian regalia. I do this because I know I had a past life where I was a priestess in the Temple of Karnak and I had some very strange powers. I wasn’t anyone famous (I’ve never been anyone famous), but I was very powerful. One of the things I could do was blast energy through my hands and knock people over. Literally, I could knock them over. In that lifetime I abused those powers and one of the lessons for me in this lifetime has been around the abuse of power (a lesson that received a lot of healing when I was an attorney).
So I do the pose and see myself dressed as an Egyptian woman in the dresses you see depicted in the temples and tombs, I have gold bands around my wrists and upper arms and a beautiful headdress. I envision the power energy running throughout my body and then coming out of my heart. The power energy is mixed with the heart energy in a beautiful combination of power and love. The energy is never used to blast anyone (or knock them over!), it’s used for my own self empowerment and for the other person to feel that and my love. It’s a very juicy combination!
Self empowerment is so critical to a meaningful and happy life. Do you feel self empowered? Do you know that you have the inner strength to face anything that life throws at you or to create the life of your dreams? Standing in a power pose might not be enough.
If that’s the case, I urge you to contact us and do something about it. Empowering yourself, living your best life is your birthright and helping you find that is what we do best.
Click here and one of our Angel Guides will call 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 Angel Guides will call you. They’ll connect with you (or both of you if it’s a couple) and custom design a retreat that’s perfect for you for the life or the relationship you’re craving.
Wishing you a week filled with self empowerment,
Debra
Debra Stangl / Founder
Sedona Soul Adventures – Transforming Lives One Soul At A Time
(877) 204-3664
https://old.sedonasouladventures.com
Andrew says his Sedona Soul Adventure gave him “a renewed and lasting sense of purpose, clarity, freedom, balance, and support.”
“My Sedona Soul Adventure was a 10! I am beyond excited to have returned from my retreat with a renewed and lasting sense of purpose, clarity, freedom, balance, and support. Thank you, Debra, and EVERYONE at Sedona Soul Adventures!”
Andrew L., Raleigh, North Carolina
Come with me to Machu Picchu and Peru June 17-30, 2016
Imagine:
• Doing ceremony at Machu Picchu on the Solstice
• Spending 2 weeks with our amazing shaman and guide, Jorge Luis Delgado
• Traveling with other like-minded adventurers making friendships that last a lifetime
• Having your entire trip planned and perfectly executed
• Coming home with a renewed connection to yourself and Spirit
“The Sedona Soul Adventures Peru Trip in June 2015 was AMAZING! It is my second Sedona Soul Adventures 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 things in such simple powerful ways, it was like I was learning them again for the first time. 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 has had on my life.”
Suzanne West, Calgary, Canada
Would you like to have a life changing experience that brings you into higher consciousness? Join us!
Click here for all the information, including pricing. And if you haven’t already, download my beautiful free report, “Machu Picchu & Sacred Peru”.
The ways we shoot ourselves in the foot (including me)
I love the expression “shooting yourself in the foot”. Could it be any more graphic? In that situation, you are loading, aiming and firing and doing something that is so destructive that is going to affect you for the rest of your life.
I do a session each week with my coach. I’m a huge believer in coaching, I’m a coach myself and because I believe in it so strongly I have my own coach. I also have a personal trainer, because I know that the best way for me to make absolutely sure I do what I say I’m going to do, is to set that appointment and never, ever break it. When I’m feeling off, I do a session with one of our amazing practitioners here at Sedona Soul Adventures because it always brings me back to where I need to be.
But this week, I was Debbie Downer with my coach. There was a particular problem we were discussing and because of it, I wasn’t in a good mood when we started the call. Every suggestion she was giving me, every insight she was providing was met with a “no” or “I’ve tried that” or a smug “I already know that”.
Suddenly she sagely said to me “Debra, why are you choosing to shoot yourself in the foot? It’s okay with me if you want to do that, but why are you choosing that?”
It was just the wake up call I needed. It hit me that here I am Miss Positive Thinking, the big believer of “you create your own reality”, but I wasn’t doing what I tell everyone else to do (gosh, it’s so easy to tell everyone else what to do and sometimes so difficult to do it ourselves). I was choosing to stay stuck, choosing to stay negative and worse, I was wallowing in it.
In that one moment, it all flipped around. Within minutes of stopping my “stinkin’ thinkin”, the problem was solved in my head and within hours I received confirmation that it had been completely taken care of and handled in a way that was much more perfect than I had originally hoped.
Do you shoot yourself in the foot? Are there things going on in your life where the real problem is how you’re looking at something or someone? Is this thing you’re calling a problem really a problem? Or is it just the way you’re thinking about it? Could it be that if you looked at it from a different perspective it might all change around?
In this situation, I was judging myself harshly and holding myself to an impossible standard. Do you ever do that? What would happen if you took yourself off the hook?
Or are you demanding that a particular situation or a particular person has to be a particular way in order for you to be happy? What would happen if you took them off the hook?
There are two things I particularly like about this story. The first is, how things can turn around in an instant. The second is that we all need help sometimes. For the difficult things in life, very often we can’t handle them all by ourselves. We need to reach out.
If you’re finding that there are times when you’re shooting yourself in the foot and you can’t seem to stop, maybe it’s time to reach out for some help. That’s what I did and the results were almost miraculous.
It’s amazing what can happen when we’re able to shift things around. And that’s what happens so incredibly during a Sedona Soul Adventures retreat. We get to the root of the problem and then shift it around. If you’re tired of shooting yourself in the foot, if you are wanting to live your best life or have the relationship of your dreams, come to Sedona to do a retreat.
Click here and one of our Angel Guides will call 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 Angel Guides will call you.
Wishing you a week filled with easy riding,
Debra
Debra Stangl / Founder
Sedona Soul Adventures – Transforming Lives One Soul At A Time
(877) 204-3664
https://old.sedonasouladventures.com
Melissa says she’s “a different person” after her Sedona Soul Adventure
“I’m writing to you as a different person today than I was a week ago. I had so many amazing “ah ha” moments and I now have a permanent smile on my face just KNOWING that I am on my path to my true purpose.”
Melissa W., Spring Grove, Illinois
Don’t forget to take a Moon Bath with me tonight (10:51 pm Eastern time)
I hope you read my newsletter last week about all the amazing things that are happening tonight (September 27) at 10:51 Eastern time. The Blood Moon, a Supermoon, a total Lunar Eclipse and powerful energies flooding the planet. Go out and soak up some up of the Moon’s rays tonight and get in on that energy!
Where would you like to go? Egypt or Peru?
Join us for our amazing “Return to Egypt” tour (Feb. 14-28, 2016) – Click here for all the information.
Or if Machu Pichu is calling you, come on our “Enchanted Peru” tour (June 17-30, 2016) – Click here for all the information.
Take a Moon bath with me next Sunday
There are some incredible things going on over the next week culminating in the Supermoon Total Lunar Eclipse Blood Moon next Sunday, September 27. I’m going to tell you how you can fully utilize those energies right now and I want to invite you to take a Moon bath with me next Sunday.
Here’s what’s going on:
– Sunday, September 27 is not only a Full Moon, it’s also a Supermoon Total Lunar Eclipse. This is an incredibly rare event. The last time it happened was 1982; it won’t take place again until 2033. The moon will appear to be very large and abnormally bright. It’s considered a Supermoon when the moon reaches its full phase at or near its closest approach to Earth.
Eclipses are major life awakening events. They are designed to shake things up. They are designed to eclipse things out of your life that are no longer working and designed to give you the power to do things you never thought you could do. What an incredible combination!
– This Total Lunar Eclipse takes place in Aries so this has the greatest impact on your love relationships. This can be a time of great emotionality in your relationships. It can be a time when you really examine your relationship and ask yourself are you receiving everything you want to receive in this relationship? Conversely, are you giving everything you can give in this relationship? If the answer is no to either of those questions, what needs to happen to make it a yes?
This particular Moon will bring in fond memories of past relationships, especially those that have a karmic basis (meaning that you’ve had past lives together). Do you need to examine those relationships again? Is there something there for you?
– This particular Full Moon Eclipse is called a Blood Moon, because it is the 4th and final eclipse that we have had of 4 total eclipses in a row. The first was April 14-15, 2014, the second was October 7-8, 2014, and the third one (the shortest total lunar eclipse of the 21st century) was April 4, 2015. The fourth and final one is this one on September 27-28. If you’ve felt a little beat up this past year, this may be why and (thankfully) this part of it is coming to an end. We’re now moving into the phase where transformations are imminent and very possible.
– This is also the Harvest Moon. It’s time to reap the harvest of all the good things you have (hopefully) been planting all this year.
– The Pope is visiting the United States Sept. 22-27. I love the new Pope. He is a man of the people, he is inclusive, his message is all about love. Isn’t it fascinating that this amazing spiritual leader is coming to the US precisely during this special time?
– This one is really far out, but it’s my favorite. The channel Bashar said this about this Full Moon:
“At this Full Moon on September 28, some of the artificial satellites around our world are actually beaming energy and using your moon as a reflective mirror to add its vibrational frequency to the vibrational frequency of the polarized light coming off your moon. So if you choose to bathe in the light of this full moon, you can open up to the idea that you are receiving frequencies interdimensionally not only from your your own solar system but from other solar systems as well and you can use that energy however you wish.”
So this is why I’m inviting you to take a Full Moon bath with me on September 27. All of these incredible energies are in play on September 27 and they are being multiplied throughout other dimensions. Let’s get us some of that energy!
Here’s what I’ll be doing next Sunday evening and I invite you to do the same or your own variation, whatever feels right for you. The Full Moon starts at 10:51 pm Eastern time. At that time (which will be 7:51 pm in Arizona), I will be sitting outside and allowing the energy of the Moon to bathe me in her light. I’ll be doing some deep breathing and I’ll go into a meditation. I’ll open my heart and open my third eye. I’ll ask that any information I need to have be brought to me at that time. I’ll release that information and then I’ll just bask in the energy of the moon. Usually at those moments I start to feel vibrations throughout my body and those always feel really good.
The point of all of this is that we are living in special times. Things are happening. Things are moving faster. Do you feel that in your life? Sometimes it’s exhilarating, sometimes it’s exhausting and sometimes it’s a little overwhelming.
The great news is, we are being given special energies to help us in our transformations. How cool is that? If you are feeling the pull toward transforming your life or feeling the need to transform your relationship (remember that eclipse in Libra is all about relationships), then I urge you to take action on that NOW. You Soul is calling – are you listening to the call?
Coming to Sedona to do a Sedona Soul Adventures retreat is the perfect way to bring in these transformations. Speak to one of our Angel Guides (they’re the ones who will custom design your retreat). They’ll connect with you (or both of you if it’s a couple); they’ll figure out what’s holding you back and keeping you stuck and they’ll design a retreat that will manifest the transformations you’re looking for.
Click here and one of our Angel Guides will call 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 Angel Guides will call you.
Wishing you a week filled with transformations,
Debra
Debra Stangl / Founder
Sedona Soul Adventures – Transforming Lives One Soul At A Time
(877) 204-3664
https://old.sedonasouladventures.com
Jennifer says her Soul Adventure was “transformational” and “exceeded” her expectations
“My Soul Adventure was truly spiritually transformational, and exactly what I needed and wanted. It met and exceeded my expectations. It broke through barriers for me that I wanted to conquer. Now four months later it provided what I need to break through my fears of leaving my career as a midwife of 15 years to start a spa, bed & breakfast. I’m living my dream. Thank you so much for providing exactly what I needed.”
Jennifer S., Mariposa, California
Barbara says the Machu Picchu and Peru trip was “life changing”. Join us June 17-30, 2016
“I have just returned from the Machu Picchu and Peru trip and my feet have not touched the ground yet! I knew the trip would exceed my expectations just as my Sedona Soul Adventure did 8 years ago. But what I could not imagine, in my most optimistic anticipation or wildest imagination, were all the intricacies that Debra would weave together to create such an awe and joy inspiring pilgrimage. This was truly a life changing experience”.
Barbara N., Dover, New Hampshire
This is such an incredible trip. Join me and our amazing shaman, Jorge Luis Delgado, as we explore Machu Picchu, Cuzco, Ollantaytambo the Sacred Valley, Lake Titicaca and other sites of sacred Peru. Doing ceremonies (including an incredible ceremony on the Solstice at Machu Picchu), traveling with other like-minded seekers and receiving the teachings of Jorge Luis are (as Barb says) truly life changing. Decide now to join us on this amazing adventure.
Click here for all the information on fabulous Day to Day Itinerary.
Click here for all the information on pricing.
Be sure to download a copy of my beautiful report, “Machu Pichu and Sacred Peru” it has so much information about Machu Picchu and Peru, along with beautiful pictures and more about Jorge.
If you have more questions, send me an email at
Debra@SedonaSoulAdventures.com
or call me toll free at 877/204-3664. For our friends outside the US and Canada, call me at 01 928-204-5988 – I love talking about Peru!
Our next Machu Picchu & Peru trip-3 reasons why this trip so unique
As I started to write this newsletter, I started thinking about all the amazing, extraordinary, fantastic, mind-blowing, expansive and wonderful things that have happened to me in Peru over the past 10 years since I’ve been going there. It’s such an amazing place and our trip and all the things we do are so incredible. Would you like to get yourself some of that? Here’s how: come with me to Peru and Machu Picchu, June 17-30, 2016.
This trip is so unique because of three special things that come together to make it that way:
• Being in the presence of our shaman and guide, Jorge Luis Delgado and receiving his teachings and ceremonies and clearings is positively life changing (that’s Jorge and I at Machu Picchu). Read more on Jorge below.
• The amazing people who come on the trips (like you!). Sedona Soul Adventures draws a particular type of person and experiencing these amazing places with fellow seekers is so wonderful. Not to mention becoming lifelong friends with some extraordinary people.
• At the risk of tooting my own horn, the third part of the combination is being with me in Peru! I love going on these trips, I love connecting with everyone on the trips and I have soooo much fun on these trips!
“Both Jorge and Debra helped guide me through spiritual healing that has been needed to free my mind and spirit from past resentments, fears and pain. All of the ceremonies were beautiful and enlightening. I have been home for a week and my family has made comments about how happy I seem. I really am – I feel better!”
Stephanie Springel
I believe that Jorge Luis Delgado is one of the most important teachers on the planet right now. His story is so interesting. He was born and raised in a very small town on Lake Titicaca. His family had very little means, but he (amazingly) became a very well known tour guide in Peru. Although he grew up in a very spiritual region, he thought that all of the talk about energy and Pachamama (the Earth Mother) was a little bit crazy and not something he was interested in at all.
And then suddenly he started having dreams about a portal, a doorway to other dimensions. After having the dream over and over again, he finally went to the elders in his village. They told him that it was his soul purpose to find this doorway.
As his spiritual awakening continued, Jorge spent a great deal of time finding the portal. He describes his spiritual journey and finding the portal in his book “Andean Awakenings”. On the trip we will do an incredible ceremony at the doorway.
One of the things I love best about Jorge is that even though he is an incredibly spiritual person, he is also very grounded and very practical and very much a real person. He is married (and his wife is an attorney!) and he has three children, the youngest of whom is now in college. His teachings are practical and wonderful and life changing.
And it is such a joy and provides such transformation to be in his presence for these two weeks.
“On a scale of 1 to 10, everything about the Peru trip was a 10! Everything was even more than I expected! It is the trip of a lifetime….. for many reasons. Jorge Luis Delgado is exceptional, a kind, caring, wonderful teacher. My life feels richer, my thoughts feel wiser and my intentions are more clear to me. What a pure gift you and Jorge have given through this Peru trip!”
Debra Hicks
“The Peru trip was absolutely life changing. With Jorge’s guidance, encouragement and mystical tools, we were brought into an overwhelming space of love and appreciation for the spirit, the country, the people ,each other, and ourselves. I could never have imagined the quick and intense bonding that occurred between each one of us in the group. Every day our hearts opened wider! We laughed together, we cried together, we grew and expanded! To find yourself in the presence of so many like minded people is a positively jolting experience. Many are now friends that I will cherish for the rest of my life. This experience is one I will never forget.”
Barb Nadeau
Click here for all the information on all the amazing things we’ll be doing each day.
Click here for all the information on pricing.
Be sure to download a copy of my beautiful report, “Machu Pichu and Sacred Peru” it has so much information about Machu Picchu and Peru, along with beautiful pictures and more about Jorge.
If you have more questions, send me an email at
Debra@SedonaSoulAdventures.com
or call me toll free at 877/204-3664. For our friends outside the US and Canada, call me at 01 928-204-5988 – I love talking about Peru!
Is this the year you’re going to give yourself the gift of Machu Picchu?
Many blessings,
Debra
Debra Stangl / Founder
Sedona Soul Adventures – Transforming Lives One Soul At A Time
(877) 204-3664
https://old.sedonasouladventures.com
Wayne Dyer and me and 9/11
This past week, Wayne Dyer passed away. I started to write this newsletter to say that his work had a huge impact on my life and on the creation and formation and continuation of Sedona Soul Adventures. But in looking at the publication dates of his books, I’ve been absolutely stunned at the connections between his books and my life and Sedona Soul Adventures and 9/11, the anniversary of which is Friday.
What I loved about him was that he went from essentially a pop psychologist with his first book “Your Erroneous Zones” and from there went on to write some of the most amazing books on spirituality. It felt to me like his journey and progression was a mirror of my own, but now I’m realizing how directly his books must have been helping to guide me all these years:
• I read “Your Erroneous Zones” when it came out in 1976. I was in law school at the time and it made me re-think my approach to life.
• In 1980, he wrote “The Sky’s The Limit” and talked about taking charge of your life and becoming a no limit person. I was a practicing attorney at the time and I really embraced his ideas about living a life that mattered.
• In 1992, he wrote “Real Magic: Creating Miracles in Your Life”. The previous year, 1991, was when I truly re-embraced the spiritual awakening that had happened to me in 1978 and made the decision to live a more spiritually-based life. It seems like that’s when he started pulling out all the stops on writing about spirituality.
• In 1994, he wrote the book that I think influenced me the most “Your Sacred Self”. At that time I was really embracing the idea that we are all spiritual beings having a physical experience and in that book he taught me how to connect with my High Self.
• In 1999, he wrote “Wisdom of the Ages: 60 Days to Enlightenment”. That was the year I came to Sedona for the first time and knew I had to change my life. I closed my law practice and started coming to Sedona regularly doing sessions with the amazing practitioners here.
• This one is the most shocking to me. His book, “There’s a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem” was published on August 21, 2001. I know I bought it right away and read it. I have always told the story that 2 weeks before 9/11, I had the vision that came to me that told me it was time to move to Sedona. That would have made it one week after the publication of that book! I moved to Sedona in October, 2001 and started Sedona Soul Adventures on July 4, 2002.
And, of course, that is the foundation of Sedona Soul Adventures — that there is a spiritual solution to every problem.
I have always told people how much Wayne Dyer has influenced me, but I never realized until today how close the connections were. It’s giving me goose bumps.
What a huge help is must have been for the planet for those words of his to be out in the mass consciousness when 9/11 happened. Is it a coincidence that book was published 3 weeks before 9/11? As Freud says, there are no accidents.
Since 2001, all his books have been a mirror and inspiration for what we help people do here:
• “10 Secrets For Success & Peace”
• “Excuses Be Gone!”
• “Change Your Thoughts – Change Your Life”
• “Wishes Fulfilled”
The other weird thing is that I always thought I was going to meet him in this lifetime, particularly because over the years there were 5 Sedona Soul Adventures clients (that I know about) who after I recommended a particular book of his to them, they ended up meeting him!
The most incredible of these was over 11 years ago, a woman called us from Toronto about doing a Sedona Soul Adventures retreat. As I spoke with her, I saw an image in my mind of the cover of his book “You’ll See It When You Believe It”. She had never heard of Wayne Dyer. I told her she should get that book as soon as possible.
This woman doesn’t drive, so she took a long taxi ride to a book store in Toronto, went to the metaphysical section and there was Wayne Dyer! He was speaking in Toronto that evening. She told him the story and he asked her to come to the event as his guest. At the event, he called her to the stage to tell her story! She then became friends with his fiancé! She came to do a Soul Adventure and it was completely life changing for her.
What a deep and abiding gratitude I have for this amazing being. I knew I was deeply indebted to him, but these close connections take my breath away. Thank you, Wayne Dyer, for all the millions of people you have helped and will continue to help. And thank you for the help you’ve given me to do a little bit of the same.
There really is a spiritual solution to every problem. No matter what problem you have in your life right now, it can be solved. I like to think that the work we do here at Sedona Soul Adventures is to help people realize that, clear out the gunk that is holding them back and then give them the tools they need in their day to day life to really live that. Reading Wayne Dyer’s books made me believe I could change my life; coming to Sedona and working with the amazing practitioners here made it possible for me to actually do that and have that.
If you believe (even a little) that things can be different in your life, I urge you to contact us. You can have the happiness and joy that is your birthright. You can come back into connection with your partner, no matter what has happened. I know it, because I’ve seen it over and over again.
Contact us and speak to one of our Angel Guides (they’re the ones who put the retreats together). They’ll connect with you (or both of you if it’s a couple); they’ll figure out the blocks that are holding you back and design a retreat that will bring you into the life and relationship that you’re craving.
Click here and one of our Angel Guides will call 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 Angel Guides will call you.
Wishing you a week filled with you embracing Your Sacred Self,
Debra
Debra Stangl / Founder
Sedona Soul Adventures – Transforming Lives One Soul At A Time
(877) 204-3664
https://old.sedonasouladventures.com
Jackie says she was “transformed” by her Soul Adventure
“My Sedona Soul Adventure transformed me. I arrived confused, hurt and deeply sad. But I left feeling alive, connected and with a plan.”
Jackie D., Ellicott City, Maryland
Is Egypt calling you? Come with me on our Return to Egypt tour, Feb 14-28, 2016
I got an email today from someone who went on the Egypt trip with me this past February and she said she wishes she could go back again next year! It is such an amazing trip – the Great Pyramid (and we have 2 hours of private time just for our group doing ceremony and meditation!), the Sphinx, Abu Simbel, the Isis Temple at Philae, a 5 day cruise down the Nile (in a 5 star ship!), 5 star hotels, all your meals, air fare from New York to Egypt, 3 flights within Egypt, all transportation, even tips and travel insurance! Our amazing Egyptian guide reads hieroglyphics and traveling with other like-minded adventurers is so wonderful. It’s truly the trip of a lifetime.
If you have any questions, about the trip, email me at
Debra@SedonaSoulAdventures.com
or call me toll free at 877/204-3664 – I love talking about Egypt!
Click here to get all the specific information on the trip.
If Egypt is calling you, it’s time to answer the call!