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Wishing you a Kick Ass New Year!

I’m so excited for this New Year! Watch my video to get some very practical ways to really make this the most amazing year ever! Take advantage of this New Year energy that I talk about and put it behind your intentions and see what happens.

If you’re looking for clarity about what you want or how to go about getting what you want, please start the New Year right!

Call us right now (we’re even open on Sundays because we’re here for you). We’ll connect with you (or both of you (separately) for a Couples Retreat) in deep conversation, really getting under what’s blocking you, what’s holding you back, or what’s causing the problem. And then we’ll custom design a retreat that’s perfect for exactly what you need to bring you into the joy, love and excitement that life is supposed to be about. Click below and we’ll call you.

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Or if you’d prefer, call us at (928) 204-5988 or click here and one of our Soul Guides will call you.

As I always say – you can have the life or relationship you want – I know it!

“I went into my week-long retreat with very high expectations – and these expectations were exceeded beyond my wildest dreams. I particularly appreciated the flow and rhythm of my individual sessions, which magically built on each other throughout the week and were facilitated by some of the most gifted and skillful healers I have worked with. I highly recommend Sedona Soul Adventures for those who are looking to do an intensive spiritual dive and discovery. What I learned about myself and the world in one short week was priceless and has permanently shifted my worldview for the better! Thank you Debra and all of the team that supported, guided and facilitated healing for me.”
~ Kelley M.

Would you like to speak to someone today about doing a retreat? We’re even open on Sunday, because we’re here for you! Remember, there’s no cost or obligation and you can do it in Sedona or At Home!

 
Learn how to rev up your Intuition in the New Year – Join our 10-week “Opening To Your Intuition” Masterclass, starting January 18 – enroll now, space is limited
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You are always receiving intuitive messages. The question is, are you listening? Do you know what that sounds like or feels like? Do you get “hits,” but then automatically discount it or tell yourself it’s not real?

Join us for our next “Opening To Your Intuition” Masterclass, a 10-week personal and professional development training program created and taught by one of our fabulous Practitioners, Komala Rohde.

Komala is an internationally known teacher of intuitive work and meditation, and we are so excited to offer this fantastic program to you.komala-sq

The 10-week class starts Tuesday, January 18, 2022. We will meet on Zoom each Tuesday from 12-2pm PT / 1-3pm MT / 2-4pm CT / 3-5pm ET. Each class will be recorded, so if there are any classes you can’t attend, you’ll always have the recording.

Would you like to:

  • Learn how to reliably connect with your Intuition?
  • Receive the answers to questions through your Intuition?
  • Have tools to continue to deepen your connection with your Intuition on an ongoing basis?
  • Utilize your Intuition to enhance your personal and professional life?

The program includes extensive instruction, practical tools, mindfulness techniques, meditation practices and exercises that will enhance your understanding and application of Intuition in your personal life and professional expression.

You’ll complete the program with a solid understanding of what Intuition is. You will be in deeper connection with your own Intuition and you will have tools to continue to practice and further develop your intuitive skills.

One of the most powerful things you could do to have a fabulous 2022 is to learn to develop and use your intuition.

Sign up now, space is limited. For more information, Click here.

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Our shaman for our Peru trip, Jorge Luis Delgado, is one of the spiritual Masters of our time (June 17-30 – we’ll be at Machu Picchu on the Solstice!!)
 

 

One of the most amazing things about our Machu Picchu and Peru trip is our incredible guide and shaman, Jorge Luis Delgado. I truly believe Jorge is one of the masters on the planet right now.

And to be in his presence for 2 weeks – doing ceremonies, learning his teachings, it’s just so incredible and amazing.

Jorge’s background is so interesting. He grew up on Lake Titicaca with a family of very little means. Amazingly, he became a tour guide throughout Peru and after a few years, became very well known.

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.

He became more and more successful, continuing his guiding and eventually owning some hotels in Peru.

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, very practical and very much a real person. He is married (and his wife is an attorney!) and he has three grown children. His teachings are practical, wonderful and life-changing.

Here’s a picture of me and Jorge at Machu Picchu during one of our last trips.

DebraJorge2014“My journey to Peru 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

If you’d like, click here to check out our amazing testimonials…everyone talks about their incredible experience with Jorge.

Decide now to come on the trip. It’s going to be amazing. Can you imagine being at Machu Picchu on the Solstice?!

If you have any questions, send me an email at Debra@SedonaSoulAdventures.com.

Or better yet, give me a call – I love talking about Peru! Call me toll-free at (877) 204-3664.

Is this the year you give yourself the gift of Machu Picchu?

Wishing you a Kick Ass week to start off your Kick Ass New Year!

 
Okay, I know that we all say this each and every year, but really, I just can’t believe that 2018 is over and I really can’t believe how quickly it all went. With everything that has happened this year, it just feels like everything is speeding up to a level that we almost can’t even fathom. And the reason it feels like that is because that’s exactly what’s happening.
 
Everything is speeding up.
 
But here’s the thing – most people seem to talk about that as if it’s a bad thing. I want to talk to you today about how not only is that not a bad thing, it’s a good thing and here are some ways that you can take advantage of everything speeding up.
There are all kinds of scientific explanations of things that are going on right now, including an increase in the Earth’s frequency, called the Schuman Resonance. I’m not going to go into all the scientific stuff, I just want to talk about that feeling that most of us have, that everything is speeding up and going faster, is true. We experience it all the time with our technology, but we also just experience it in our lives, most notably with how quickly time seems to be passing.
 
I want to encourage you to use this energy for yourself for this New Year, to harness it and utilize it. Instead of resisting it, use it. Befriend it.  
 
So, how can you do that? The first way is to get clear on what you want.
I’m not talking about regular New Year’s Resolutions, which are usually too unspecific, too grandiose and not realistic. 
I’m talking about Realistic Attainable Measurable Goals. Start by going through all of the important areas of your life:

 

 

  1. Body
  2. Work
  3. Relationships
  4. Money

Get laser-focused on what you want this year. Work on all of these if you’d like, or maybe just take one or two to work on – that increases the likelihood of success. Really focus – that’s what will make all the difference.

After you have gotten laser-focused on exactly what you want to accomplish, then write this down somewhere where you will see it every day, so you can keep feeding it into your subconscious. Studies have shown that just by writing it down, you increase the likelihood of it happening by 50%… 50% just by writing it down!

Next, develop your game plan. What do you need to do on a monthly, weekly and daily basis to make this happen?

Some goals lend themselves better than others to this. But for example, if you want to write a book by the end of the year, you’re going to need to write X number of chapters each month to make that happen.

So, develop your game plan and then break it down into monthly, weekly and daily chunks.

Finally, and here is my favorite part – the part that I think is the most important one and the one that I know will give you the most bang for your buck: Spend three minutes each day Meditating about these things, Fantasizing about these things and Feeling and Knowing that they are happening.

Here’s the best way to do this:

Set the timer on your smartphone for 3 minutes. Doing it for only 3 minutes will help insure you do this every day. And setting it on your timer will stop you from thinking about how much time is left.

Close your eyes and put your hand over your heart with the intention of bringing in Heart Coherence. It’s not necessary for you to completely understand what that means and I’ll be talking about it in a later video, so for now, just set that intention.  

Start breathing deeply into your heart. Think of something or feel something that makes you feel good.

Feel gratitude. Feel love for someone. Think about your dog or your cat – that always works for me.

Just do something briefly that is going to bring you into a peaceful, easy feeling.

Now start thinking about the things you want to have happen and start fantasizing about these things, and feeling and knowing that they are in the process of happening. See the energy, this faster, higher vibration energy that is speeding up everything on the planet right now, and see it feeding these goals and desires. See it amp them up as they come to you faster.

Next, see yourself as if these things have already happened. What do you look like? How do you talk? How does your body move? Feel the excitement that you’ll feel as they start to come true. Feel the gratitude that you’ll feel as they start to come true.

Ask yourself the question “What do I need to know right now?” Breathe and listen to the answers.  

Just as the timer goes off, take a final deep breath and feel the knowing, the absolute knowing that this is happening. Open your eyes and write down any answers, thoughts or ideas that came to you.  

Consistency is the Key. If you do this consistently, and I mean every day, I think you will be amazed at what will happen.

Because you are being focused and you’re energizing your goals and desires with this speeded up energy that is on the planet right now. And even better, you’re utilizing that energy to bring your goals and desires to you even more quickly.
So that’s my New Year gift for you. I hope you’ll do it and I’d love to hear your success stories as they happen.

I hope this video makes you feel a little happier and if it did, please like, share the video with your friends and subscribe to our channel.
 
And if you want a more direct path to getting and staying happy – then go to SedonaRetreatGuide.com and get your complimentary copy of The Sedona Guide to Couples Retreats today.
 
Or if you’d like to talk to someone about doing a retreat that’s custom designed for you call us at 928/204-5988.
 
You can have the life AND the relationship you want – I know it.

“I was fighting a battle of fear…”

I received the most beautiful message from someone who did a Soul Adventure with us earlier this month.

Teresa told me her Soul Adventure changed her life and she wrote to me, “Thank you for your vision and putting this Soul Adventure program together. Your life will definitely be a legacy.”

One of the powerful things we do is to have people write a postcard to themselves which we then send to them so when they get home, they’re reminded again of what happened.

Teresa wrote:

Before My Soul Adventure I Was:

  • Fighting a battle of fear
  • Low Self Worth
  • No Confidence
  • Chronic Pain
  • Lowe Energy

After My Soul Adventure I Am:

  • Strong
  • Confident
  • I found my voice
  • I am no longer fearful to use my voice
  • I have found a way to assist myself with pain naturally
  • I am protected
  • I am loved
  • I am strong

Oh Teresa, that just brought tears to my eyes. It’s so interesting because when people come to us telling us that they are in pain, we always tell them that we aren’t doctors, we don’t have doctors on staff, and so dealing directly with physical issues is something we don’t do. But I know in my own life, that there is always an underlying emotional and spiritual aspect and that if those can be dealt with, it’s amazing what happens.

For most of us, our pain is really about our emotional and spiritual pain. For Teresa, it was her fear. And now she doesn’t feel fearful, she feels strong and confident and whole. What a beautiful transformation!

On this Sunday after Thanksgiving, I’m so grateful that Sedona Soul Adventures is here in the world to help people transform their lives and relationships. If you’re looking for a transformation, connect with us. Click below to speak with one of our Soul Guides:

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Or if you’d prefer, call us at (928) 204-5988 or click here and one of our Soul Guides will call you.

They’ll connect with you in deep conversation. Then they’ll custom design the perfect retreat for you, working with our Master Practitioners here in beautiful, mystical Sedona or from the comfort of your own home.

Would you like to speak to someone today about doing a Soul Adventure? We’re even open on Sunday, because we’re here for you! Remember, there’s no cost or obligation and you can do it in-Sedona or At Home.

Wishing you a week filled with huge transformations!

Using Gratitude to Bring in Everything You Want in Your Life

Thanksgiving is this week and it’s such an important time, because it (hopefully) has everyone focused on giving thanks, i.e., on being grateful for what we have.
 
Find out how you can utilize the Gateway of Gratitude to bring in everything that you want in your life.
 
I hope this helped, and if you got value from this video, please like, share the video and subscribe to our channel.
I’m so grateful that Sedona Soul Adventures is here in the world to help people transform their lives and relationships. If you’re looking for a transformation, connect with us. Click below to speak with one of our Soul Guides:
i want my transformation

Or if you’d prefer, call us at (928) 204-5988 or click here and one of our Soul Guides will call you.

They’ll connect with you in deep conversation. Then they’ll custom design the perfect retreat for you, working with our Master Practitioners here in beautiful, mystical Sedona or from the comfort of your own home.

Would you like to speak to someone today about doing a Soul Adventure? We’re even open on Sunday, because we’re here for you! Remember, there’s no cost or obligation and you can do it in-Sedona or At Home.


Why is Gratitude so powerful?
Gratitude brings us into a higher energetic vibration.
When we are feeling negative emotions – anger, frustration, jealousy – we are vibrating at a much lower frequency and worse, we are attracting to ourselves exactly what we don’t want and bringing in more and more of it. Experiencing true gratitude is one of the easiest and fastest ways to bring yourself back into a higher and faster energetic vibration that will then attract everything you DO want into your life. This is what I call the Gateway of Gratitude — the process of utilizing Gratitude as a doorway or portal to bring yourself into alignment with what you want:

 

 

  • Love
  • Abundance
  • Vibrant Health
  • Spiritual Connection

What do you want? Do you want your relationship to be more loving, more expansive, more fulfilling? Do you have a situation with a friend, a co-worker or a mate that is causing you to stay in disconnection? Are you having a health challenge?
Use the Gateway of Gratitude to change it around and to bring in exactly what you want. More love, more abundance, a healthy body. This simple process can literally work miracles in your life!
Here’s the process:
For the next 30 days, take 3 minutes (that’s all!) each morning and write 5 things that you are truly grateful for about the person or the situation. For example, if you are having difficulties in your relationship, write 5 things you truly appreciate about the other person. It must be things that are true for you. So, if it’s something about your mate it could be:

  1. I love his/her beautiful blue eyes.
  2. I love that he/she likes dogs.
  3. I love that he/she is good at his job.
  4. I love that he has things that he enjoys, like baseball.
  5. I love that he/she loves our children.

You can also write about things in your life that you are grateful for. The easiest way into the Gateway of Gratitude is to be thankful for what you already have, for what is. And there are many, many things in your life to be grateful for: the sun is shining, the earth is spinning on its axis, you are alive, you are breathing.

After you have written down your 5 things, take just a moment to close your eyes, take a deep breath and truly FEEL the gratitude for this person or situation. The more you can infuse emotion into the process, the faster you will move into the Gateway of Gratitude. If you find you can’t muster the feeling, it’s okay, just breathe and let it go. As you move more and more into the process, it will start to come. Don’t force it.

You can repeat things you have written again, especially towards the end of the 30 days. Just make sure you are writing things you truly believe.

Don’t tell the other person (or anyone else for that matter) that you are doing this. The magic lies in what you will start to see happening in just a short time — as little as 3 days!

To begin, get yourself a little spiral notebook, a new one that you can pick up for 50¢ at Walgreens. Of course, you can get a fancy journal, but all you need is a new book for this new life you are creating. I prefer a small spiral notebook because you can easily carry it around with you and write down more “Attitudes of Gratitude” as you think of them during the day. It’s also wonderful throughout the process to go back and read what you have written in the prior days and to watch how your Gratitude and appreciation continue to deepen.

There also seems to be something more powerful about actually writing the “High 5” in your own handwriting, rather than typing it on a computer. You are infusing your own self, your own energy into the process.

The key is consistency. Go into the Gateway of Gratitude every single day for 30 days with no interruption. Taking only 3 minutes is a good way to get yourself to do it every day, so that you are not spending a lot of time.
When you have another issue that comes up, start another 30 day process. Or better still, use the process consistently each day to bring yourself into connection.

I have used this process in my own life and with my coaching clients for years. My favorite results (and the most typical) are when my client will say something like, “It’s so amazing. My husband has suddenly become so much more loving. Nothing has changed, except that I’ve been doing this process.”

I had a coaching client a few years ago who contacted me because she knew I had Sedona Soul Adventures and she knew I had been a divorce attorney for 20 years, and she wanted me to coach her through her divorce. We started the coaching with me asking her why she wanted a divorce. Everything she was telling me seemed rather minor, certainly not enough to break up a family over. I started talking to her about the things she actually like about her husband. I had her start a Gratitude Journal that day.

What had started out as a 2 year divorce coaching process (because that’s how long her lawyer told her it was going to take) ended in 60 days. She started the Gratitude journal about her husband and everything switched around – her husband became more loving, more attentive, more caring, they started having great sex again…everything switched around and that was over 5 years ago.

We use this with people in our retreats here in Sedona and I have seen people change relationships, heal their bodies, create more abundance, create better relationships with their children – every area of your life can be transformed using this simple, but powerful process.

 

I hope this video makes you feel a little happier and if it did, please like, share the video with your friends and subscribe to our channel.
And If you want a more direct path to getting and staying happy – then go to SedonaRetreatGuide.com and get your complimentary copy of The Sedona Guide to Couples Retreats today.
Or if you’d like to talk to someone about doing a retreat that’s custom designed for you call us at (928) 204-5988.
You can have the life AND the relationship you want – I know it.

Scientific Studies Say Being Happy & Positive Is More Important Than Diet & Exercise For A Longer, Happier Life

You know how everybody seems to be fixated on diet and exercise as the only thing they talk about for living a longer and happier life?

What if I told you that many scientific studies show that being happy and having a positive attitude have been proven to be much more important than any of these:

  • Cholesterol
  • Weight
  • Smoking
  • Blood Pressure
  • Exercise

Would that surprise you? Watch my video to find out what’s The Most Important Thing You Can Do for living longer.

Being optimistic, being happy and staying positive can be really difficult if you’re actually feeling upset, anxious and unhappy. 

If you need to turn that around, please call us. We will clear the blocks and gunk that are creating the problems (they’re probably different than you think!), and move you back into connection and back into the happiness and peace that are your birthright.

Call us now – Your life depends on it!

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Or if you’d prefer, call us at (877) 204-3664 or click here and one of our Soul Guides will call you.

Would you like to speak to someone today about doing a retreat?
We’re even open on Sunday, because we’re here for you!
And remember, there’s no cost or obligation and you can do it At-Home or here in Sedona.

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Join us for our new “Compassion Cultivation Training” 8-week online class Starting September 14, 2021

Would you like to learn about a way to give yourself a happier, healthier life? Then join us for our new “Compassion Cultivation Training” 8-week online class – starting September 14, 2021.

Compassion is perhaps the most powerful and effective tool you can use to care for yourself and improve your relationships. Compassion Training builds mental habits that, over time, are demonstrated to open the heart and promote personal well-being, resilience, and meaningful connections, even in challenging circumstances.

Existing research shows that mindfulness and compassion training can meaningfully reduce the symptoms of stress and burnout and improve health outcomes.

why compassion

We all face difficult situations, challenging relationships, and internal thoughts and beliefs that prevent us from experiencing the best life has to offer. When we become more aware, open, and curious about the world and people around us, we learn to use our natural compassion in practical ways to navigate life’s toughest personal challenges and begin to move through life’s ups and downs with greater confidence and ease.

Practicing compassion can alleviate our worries and fears so we can become powerful forces for good – in our relationships, families, workplaces, and communities.

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The Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) is an 8-week online course developed in 2009 at Stanford University (CCARE — Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education) by experts in contemplative studies, psychology, neuroscience, and adult education. The Compassion Cultivation Training© (CCT™) is backed by scientific research and 10,000+ alumni worldwide.

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Throughout the training, we help you lean into challenges, build the courage to take compassionate action, manage your emotions, and develop your resilience to prevent empathy fatigue.

take this class if

The course includes:

  • Weekly 2-hour online classes including lecture, discussion, and in-class exercises
  • Daily meditation practices
  • Real-world assignments for practicing compassionate thoughts and actions
  • Each class will be recorded (but live participation is highly recommended for the biggest benefit.
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I hope you can join us – you’ll be glad you did.

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Komala Rohde is a certified instructor of the Compassion Cultivation Training. She is a certified professional coach (PCC, CPCC, CNTC).

Born in Germany, she began her career as a nurse before receiving her degree in Naturopathic Medicine / Psychology. Komala works internationally as a mentor, coach, and teacher.

She has been practicing meditation for over 40 years and has practiced and taught various traditions including Mindfulness for Stress Reduction, Vipassana, active meditation techniques and compassion meditation. Komala lives with her husband in Sedona, Arizona for the past 25 years.

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Wishing you a week filled with happy!

This Will be Powerful for You (4 Amazing Questions)

I was noodling around in my computer earlier this week and found a questionnaire I had completed back in 2012. Wow – that seems so far away!

I had gone to a workshop in California that was a business workshop, not a spiritual workshop (oh the days when we could just jump on a plane and easily go to California and sit in a hotel conference room with a thousand other people and think nothing of it). I answered these 4 Questions that turned out to be highly spiritual, incredibly insightful, and tremendously helpful.

I was amazed to discover that everything I said I wanted in my answers had actually happened!

I think if you take 10 minutes to answer these questions, it will be tremendously profound for you.

1. What’s frustrating you the most right now?
Isn’t this a great question? It really gets to the heart of what’s eating you. I know for so many people who come to us, they feel like they’re at the end of their rope, some life situation is driving them crazy, or worse, they feel they are not living their best life or their relationship isn’t giving them all that they want. That’s got to be one of the most frustrating things in the world, to have this feeling that you are capable of living a happy, joyful, wonderful life, but you just don’t have the tools to do it. That’s exactly how I felt before I first came to Sedona.

2. What do you want to have happen this year?
Wow, doesn’t that just zero in on it? I love this question. It makes it so immediate. So what do you want to have happen this year? Wouldn’t it be great to have something really amazing and incredible happen? What would that be for you? You’ve still got 4 months left this year to make it happen, a lot can happen in 4 months.

3. What have you tried in the past that’s worked and what have you tried in the past that hasn’t worked?
This one really hits close to home for me because before I came to Sedona for the first time 21 years ago I had read every book, done so many group retreats, done so many workshops, done therapy, and nothing ever really seemed to help. It wasn’t until I was doing one-on-one private sessions that were focused completely on me with the Masters here in Sedona that I really got to the heart of what I needed.

4. What would it take for you to double your happiness during the next year?
I love this one so much because it takes out the complaining aspect of everything that’s wrong and puts it right into your lap. What would double your happiness during this next year? It’s especially fun to answer this question from the standpoint of really knowing that it can happen!

So what are the answers to these questions for you?

And of course, I loved these questions because they pointed out to me once again why a Sedona Soul Adventures retreat is so important. Because literally, we can help identify the source and blocks that are causing the frustrations and help move you into the space of becoming that person who is living a happy, joyful, abundant purpose-driven life. And the best part is – it works!

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Amanda says after her Soul Adventure she is living her true purpose and has clarity for the present and the future

Did you know we were named Best in Sedona for Retreats in 2020 and 2021? And Best Marriage Retreats in the US 5 years in a row? It’s because our retreats work.

Would you like to speak to someone today about doing a retreat?
We’re even open on Sunday, because we’re here for you!
And remember, there’s no cost or obligation and you can do it At-Home or here in Sedona.

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Or if you’d prefer, call us at (877) 204-3664 or click here and one of our Soul Guides will call you.

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Kelly says after my Soul Adventure “I am love, I am worthy, and I am an amazing woman.”

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Did you see our newest reviews on TrustPilot? Click here

Do you know that we use TrustPilot as our 3rd party review service? A 3rd party review service is one where reviews go through them and they are verifying that these are truly people who have been customers of ours, so the review process is completely trustworthy.

We have a 5 star rating (out of 5 stars) on Trustpilot. You can read about the amazing transformations that are happening to individuals and couples here.

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Join us for our new “Compassion Cultivation Training” 8-week online class Starting September 14, 2021

Would you like to learn about a way to give yourself a happier, healthier life? Then join us for our new “Compassion Cultivation Training” 8-week online class – starting September 14, 2021.

Compassion is perhaps the most powerful and effective tool you can use to care for yourself and improve your relationships. Compassion Training builds mental habits that, over time, are demonstrated to open the heart and promote personal well-being, resilience, and meaningful connections, even in challenging circumstances.

Existing research shows that mindfulness and compassion training can meaningfully reduce the symptoms of stress and burnout and improve health outcomes.

why compassion

We all face difficult situations, challenging relationships, and internal thoughts and beliefs that prevent us from experiencing the best life has to offer. When we become more aware, open, and curious about the world and people around us, we learn to use our natural compassion in practical ways to navigate life’s toughest personal challenges and begin to move through life’s ups and downs with greater confidence and ease.

Practicing compassion can alleviate our worries and fears so we can become powerful forces for good – in our relationships, families, workplaces, and communities.

compassion training

The Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) is an 8-week online course developed in 2009 at Stanford University (CCARE — Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education) by experts in contemplative studies, psychology, neuroscience, and adult education. The Compassion Cultivation Training© (CCT™) is backed by scientific research and 10,000+ alumni worldwide.

steph testimonial

Throughout the training, we help you lean into challenges, build the courage to take compassionate action, manage your emotions, and develop your resilience to prevent empathy fatigue.

take this class if

The course includes:

  • Weekly 2-hour online classes including lecture, discussion, and in-class exercises
  • Daily meditation practices
  • Real-world assignments for practicing compassionate thoughts and actions
  • Each class will be recorded (but live participation is highly recommended for the biggest benefit.
aiko testimonial

I hope you can join us – you’ll be glad you did.

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Komala Rohde is a certified instructor of the Compassion Cultivation Training. She is a certified professional coach (PCC, CPCC, CNTC).

Born in Germany, she began her career as a nurse before receiving her degree in Naturopathic Medicine / Psychology. Komala works internationally as a mentor, coach, and teacher.

She has been practicing meditation for over 40 years and has practiced and taught various traditions including Mindfulness for Stress Reduction, Vipassana, active meditation techniques and compassion meditation. Komala lives with her husband in Sedona, Arizona for the past 25 years.

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Wishing you a week filled with your dreams coming true!

The Biggest Issue Most of Us Face

This is one of the most important videos I’ve every made.

Because this issue, the issue of thinking there is something wrong with you (even if you think it just a little bit) is at the core of any of the problems you might be having. I see this over and over again with all the people we work with.

I hope this helps…

From my experience, this issue is at the heart of everything that is going on with all of us. And if you need help with this, we’re here for you.

Give us a call and we’ll connect with you. Or both of you, for a couple — and believe me, the core issue at the heart of most relationship problems is that both of you are playing out your “I’m not good enough” issues with each other (even if you’re not able to see that yourself).

We’ll find what’s causing the problem and we won’t sugarcoat it – we’ll blast through it with you.

We’ll bring you into the self-love and self-acceptance that will change every part of your life.

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Or if you’d prefer, call us at (877) 204-3664 or click here and one of our Soul Guides will call you.

Would you like to speak to someone today about doing a retreat?
We’re even open on Sunday, because we’re here for you!
And remember, there’s no cost or obligation and you can do it At-Home or here in Sedona.

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Kelly says after my Soul Adventure “I am love, I am worthy, and I am an amazing woman.”

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Do you know that we use TrustPilot as our 3rd party review service? A 3rd party review service is one where reviews go through them and they are verifying that these are truly people who have been customers of ours, so the review process is completely trustworthy.

We have a 5 star rating (out of 5 stars) on Trustpilot. You can read about the amazing transformations that are happening to individuals and couples here.

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Join us for our new “Compassion Cultivation Training” 8-week online class Starting September 14, 2021

Would you like to learn about a way to give yourself a happier, healthier life? Then join us for our new “Compassion Cultivation Training” 8-week online class – starting September 14, 2021.

Compassion is perhaps the most powerful and effective tool you can use to care for yourself and improve your relationships. Compassion Training builds mental habits that, over time, are demonstrated to open the heart and promote personal well-being, resilience, and meaningful connections, even in challenging circumstances.

Existing research shows that mindfulness and compassion training can meaningfully reduce the symptoms of stress and burnout and improve health outcomes.

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We all face difficult situations, challenging relationships, and internal thoughts and beliefs that prevent us from experiencing the best life has to offer. When we become more aware, open, and curious about the world and people around us, we learn to use our natural compassion in practical ways to navigate life’s toughest personal challenges and begin to move through life’s ups and downs with greater confidence and ease.

Practicing compassion can alleviate our worries and fears so we can become powerful forces for good – in our relationships, families, workplaces, and communities.

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The Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) is an 8-week online course developed in 2009 at Stanford University (CCARE — Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education) by experts in contemplative studies, psychology, neuroscience, and adult education. The Compassion Cultivation Training© (CCT™) is backed by scientific research and 10,000+ alumni worldwide.

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Throughout the training, we help you lean into challenges, build the courage to take compassionate action, manage your emotions, and develop your resilience to prevent empathy fatigue.

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The course includes:

  • Weekly 2-hour online classes including lecture, discussion, and in-class exercises
  • Daily meditation practices
  • Real-world assignments for practicing compassionate thoughts and actions
  • Each class will be recorded (but live participation is highly recommended for the biggest benefit.
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I hope you can join us – you’ll be glad you did.

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Komala Rohde is a certified instructor of the Compassion Cultivation Training. She is a certified professional coach (PCC, CPCC, CNTC).

Born in Germany, she began her career as a nurse before receiving her degree in Naturopathic Medicine / Psychology. Komala works internationally as a mentor, coach, and teacher.

She has been practicing meditation for over 40 years and has practiced and taught various traditions including Mindfulness for Stress Reduction, Vipassana, active meditation techniques and compassion meditation. Komala lives with her husband in Sedona, Arizona for the past 25 years.

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Wishing you a week filled with loving yourself!

Relationship problems? The real problem is probably not what you think it is

We see it all the time in our Couples Retreats — what the people are telling us is the problem is usually not what’s REALLY causing the problems. It’s almost always something much deeper.

If you have any issues going on in your relationship (and let’s face it, most of us do) I REALLY want you to watch this video. After being a divorce attorney for 20 years and working with couples here at Sedona Soul Adventures for almost 20 years, I know that the #1 problem that most couples have is not communication – it’s the lack of nurturing each other…of getting what you need and giving what the other one needs.

Watch this video I did 2 years ago and you’ll see what I’m talking about:

Let us help you get back into the Nurturing Zone. Do a Couples Retreat with us either here in Sedona or in the comfort of your own home. Can you imagine how good it would feel to come back into the love and connection that brought you together in the first place?

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Call us and connect with one of our Angel Guides. They’ll connect with both of you separately and really dig deep to discover what’s keeping you out of the Nurturing Zone.

Then they’ll put together a retreat that’s custom designed for exactly what you need and want, and to bring you back into the love, connection and sizzle that you crave.

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Or if you’d prefer, call us at (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. And remember, there’s no cost or obligation and you can do your retreat either in Sedona or At Home.

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You might also like to download your free copy of our “Sedona Guide to Couples Retreats.” That will give you a real idea of what we do and how it works. But please — for the sake of your relationship, do something to get yourself back into the Nurturing Zone.

Sherri completes her 4th Retreat (!) her 2nd Couples Retreat, and says, “Every experience has been unique and special, and worth every penny!!!”

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Wishing you a week filled with love and nurturing!

Today I’m going to talk to you about How to get what you want in your relationship. If you’ve been following me for a while, you probably already know that I was a divorce attorney in Omaha, Nebraska for over 20 years. And then in 2002, I started Sedona Soul Adventures, where we do retreats for individuals and couples. So I spent 20 years divorcing people, and now I’ve spent almost 20 years helping people stay together. 

Our record for helping people with their relationships is absolutely stunning and it’s because we’re able to dig deep to get at the root of the problem, and sometimes the problem is not what either person thinks it is. A big piece of this is finding out what each of you need in your relationship and deciding if you are willing to give it to the other person?  

We had a couple here last year and it was stunning. The husband had an affair and on the surface it looked like just one of the usual situations that sadly we see a lot of. They had grown apart and the husband, I’ll call him Mike, had an affair. Even though he said he loved his wife, I’ll call her Linda, and he adored their two children, the affair had happened and it had gone on longer than Mike had originally told Linda. Linda, of course, was devastated and really, really angry and felt like she could never trust him again. And of course, those reactions are completely natural.  

Mike’s father was a womanizer and his mother left his father when he was very young. He and his mother went to live with relatives in a household that was basically full of men-hating women. Mike grew up hearing about how terrible men are, how you can’t trust them and they’re all womanizers, and he grew up afraid that he would be like that too. But he wasn’t, he’d been married for 20 years, had never had the urge to have an affair and was even saying to us over and over again, “I can’t believe I did that, I can’t believe I jeopardized my whole life” like that. 

Linda grew up in a family where her mother constantly criticized her father and so Linda thought that’s how you communicate with a husband. You get him to do what you want by criticizing him.  

We discovered through our process that the needs that Mike has are Words of Praise and Gifts.

At this point, this might sound to some of you like the Love Languages work that is out there, which I like, but what we do is very different and very specific for each person. 

We discovered through our process that the needs that Linda has are Listening, Conversation and Protection.

Which also made sense because Linda’s mother also criticized Linda and her father would never stand up for her with her mother, so Linda grew up believing, “I have no one to protect me.” 

So Linda needs a man who will talk to her and protect her. And we quickly discovered that Mike just simply wasn’t talking to her and really hadn’t been throughout their marriage and she was, quite understandably, upset about it. And of course, the affair was the ultimate betrayal, how could anyone feel protected by someone who had betrayed them?

Mike didn’t want to have a lot of conversations with Linda because she was constantly criticizing him. She thought she was “helping him” by telling him what to do and how to do it, but it all just felt like criticism to him and Linda got it, how it would feel like that to him. 

So here we have a man whose most basic relationship need is Words of Praise and all he’s getting is Criticism. We have a woman whose most basic relationship need is Conversation and we have a man who won’t talk to her.

But then here’s the kicker:

When we discovered that Mike’s other need was Gifts, we asked him about that. He started tearing up as he told us that he never got gifts when he was growing up, not even for his birthday.  

And guess who gives him gifts? The woman that he had an affair with. And guess what else she gave him? Words of Praise. His other deepest need. It wasn’t about sex, it was about him feeling valued. 

When Mike and Linda realized they were living in this crazy, vicious cycle of he needs Words of Praise and she’s criticizing him, and she needs Conversation and he doesn’t want to talk to her because he doesn’t want to get criticized…and how this had much more to do with their childhoods than with what is going on now…and it’s just this crazy thing that keeps on happening and keeps on going back and forth until someone finally says, “STOP! Wait a minute. He needs Words of Praise and Gifts, are you willing to give that to him?”

And we say to him, “She needs conversation and protection, are you willing to give that to her?” It was harder for him to say yes, because they had 20 years of not really talking to each other. But when she saw him tear up over the gifts thing, her heart just melted. When he got that she was just doing what her mother had taught her to do, he got it. They both got it — that you have to give the other one what they need, not what you think they need, but what they need and want, you have to nurture them in what they need. 

If you’re not willing to do that, you don’t have a relationship. And you certainly don’t have a relationship that’s going to last for very much longer. 

Now understand, I’m not saying that what Mike did was okay, far from it. Having an affair is simply not okay, but when Linda understood all this, she really got it, her heart opened and she was able to forgive him and love him again. 

So How about you?  

Do you know what you want in a relationship? I’ve been surprised to discover that most people don’t. 

Do you know (really) what your partner wants? 

Do you care? That’s actually the most important one, because if you aren’t willing to give your partner what they want, things aren’t going to work. 

Have you spent any time thinking about how your parents were with each other because that can be really telling.

Were they happy?
Were they loving with each other?  
Did they talk?  
Did they fight?  
What did they teach you? (Even though they probably didn’t think they were teaching you.) 

But even more deeply, how was your childhood? 

Did you feel loved?
Did you feel valued?
Were you criticized?
Did you grow up believing there’s something wrong with you?  

Sadly, for many of us, things happen to make us believe that we’re not enough, that we don’t deserve love and then we bring all that into our relationships and it comes out in all kinds of crazy ways, like having affairs and mistreating the person we’re supposed to love. 

What do you really want? 

What do you crave? 

What do you need? 

Come to Sedona and we’ll help you discover that and help move out the blocks that are keeping you from the loving relationship you desire. That’s what we do all day, every day with our custom-designed retreats. 

What you need is probably different than what your partner needs. The blocks that have happened for you are the result of different things that caused the blocks for your partner. We’ll dig all that out and bring you into the love that’s waiting for you. 

Go to SedonaRetreatGuide.com and get your complimentary copy of The Sedona Guide to Couples Retreats today. 

Or even better, if you’d like to talk to someone about doing a retreat that’s custom designed for exactly what the two of you need,  call us at 928/204-5988. 

I hope this helped, and if you got value from this video, please take the time to like it, share it with someone in your life who think might get something out of it and subscribe to our channel

You can have the life AND the relationship you want – I know it!

Will you be getting this from your beloved on Valentine’s Day?

What do you think you’re getting from your beloved for Valentine’s Day? What are you giving your beloved?

Watch this to see what I think is the most important thing you can give them.

Josh and Jen say their Couples Retreat was “the most amazing experience we have had in our lives” and “We feel like we are on fire!”

“This was probably the most amazing experience we have had in our lives and definitely as a couple. We came out of the adventure much closer and with a renewed sense of direction. We feel like we are on fire! We are ready to go out into the world and live our lives with joy and purpose! We want to make the most of our human experience and use our close partnership to support each other’s life purposes. Our lives have changed forever because of our Soul Adventure and it was just the boost we needed to grow in marriage and in life. We have a whole new perspective on our lives and we can truly see the endless possibilities now. We both feel so blessed that we were able to experience this adventure together and we will most definitely return to discover even more about our true selves as we travel along this path. Thanks to everyone at Sedona Soul Adventures who made this experience possible. We wish for everyone to receive the love and joy that they have given us.”  
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Would you like to come back into the love and connection that brought you together in the first place? Give us a call.

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If you’re not in a relationship now, maybe you need a retreat to call in your beloved? Or do deal with some other issue that you just can seem to handle. Call us today (928) 204-5988 or click here and one of our Retreat Guides will call you. They’ll connect with you and custom design a retreat that’s perfect for exactly what you need and desire.

Remember there’s no cost or obligation to speak with one of our Angel Guides and you can do the retreat here in Sedona or At Home.

Would you like to speak to someone today about doing a Soul Adventure?
We’re even open on Sunday, because we’re here for you!
Remember, you can do it in-Sedona or At Home

As I always say – if you knew what could happen, you’d be calling us right now.

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The perfect Gift for your beloved (or, even better, for the two of you!) – Our Machu Picchu and Peru trip (June 17-30)
100% Refundable up to April 1

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What an incredible gift to give yourself or to give the two of you for Valentine’s Day – our fabulous Machu Picchu and Peru trip. It’s June 17-30 and it’s close to being full. It’s going to be spectacular.

What a perfect way for the two of you to connect – two blissful weeks in Peru, away from all the noise and hectic day to day life, seeing the incredible sites, meditating and doing ceremonies with our amazing shaman and guide, Jorge Luis Delgado, and connecting with other spiritual seekers. We’ll be in Machu Picchu on the Solstice – it doesn’t get much better than that!

That’s my beloved, my husband, Richard, and I at Machu Picchu on the Solstice two years ago. What a beautiful time that was.

And if you’re traveling alone, that’s no problem! Most of the people on trip are Singles, you’ll have life long friends within 48 hours… that’s what always happens on our trips.

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If you have any questions about our fabulous journey, send me an email at Debra@SedonaSoulAdventures.com.

Or better yet, give me a call – I love talking about Peru! Call me toll-free at (877) 204-3664.

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Join us for our 10 week “Opening To Your Intuition” Seminar and Training starting March 6

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I am so excited about our newest offering “Opening To Your Intuition,” a 10-week personal and professional development training program created and taught by one of our fabulous Practitioners, Komala Rohde.

Komala is an internationally known teacher of intuitive work and meditation and we are so excited to offer this fantastic program to you.

Would you like to:

  • Learn how to reliably connect with your Intuition?
  • Receive the answers to questions through your Intuition?
  • Have tools to continue to deepen your connection with your Intuition on an ongoing basis?
  • Utilize your Intuition to enhance your personal and professional life?

The program includes extensive instruction, practical tools, mindfulness techniques, meditation practices and exercises that will enhance your understanding and application of Intuition in your personal life and professional expression.

You’ll walk away from the program with a solid understanding of what Intuition is. You will be in deeper connection with your own Intuition and you will have tools to continue to practice your intuitive skills.

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If you’ve always wanted to explore your intuitive abilities, this is the perfect opportunity!

Sign up now, space is limited. For more information, Click here.

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Wishing you a week filled with love on fire!

Happy Valentine’s Day! The day of love and lovers. 

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On this special day, I want to tell you about something I’ve come to believe, just in the past year, about relationships. It’s something that seems like I should have known this all along and when you hear it, you’re probably going to say something like, “Well, of course, Debra, everybody knows that.” 

But just stay with me for a moment because I think you might be surprised to find out that what I think the #1 thing that you either have or don’t have in your relationship, that either makes it or breaks it and that is…

Are you nurturing each other?
Does your beloved nurture you?
And are you nurturing your beloved? 

It seems like a simple question, but it’s not at all. Because it’s about a way of being. It’s a decision you’re making, in every moment.  

Do you truly want to nurture your beloved?  

Do you want to nurture them in the way they want to be nurtured? 

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Or are you constantly picking at them, criticizing them and thinking nasty thoughts about them?

As most of you know, I was a divorce attorney for over 20 years and now I’ve done couples work in Sedona for almost 20 years. It appears to me that relationships are either mainly in the “I love you” zone or the “You drive me crazy” zone. And it seems like once you’ve rounded the corner into the “you drive me crazy” zone, there’s not much going back unless you really do something about it.

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There are basic problems that seem to show up a lot when the nurturing factor isn’t there. And in my experience, there are things that seem unique to women and unique to men. This is also borne out in John Grey’s Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus series of books (so please don’t write me that I’m stereotyping — I’ve watched this for almost 40 years!). 

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If you’re a woman, do you: 

  • Complain a lot to your partner? 
  • Complain about your partner to other people?
  • Have you taken everything over because he won’t do the stuff you want him to do, in the way you want him to do it? 
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If you’re a man: 

  • Are you engaging emotionally with your partner? 
  • Are you able to just sit and listen to your partner or do you always give advice, even when it’s not asked for?
  • Are there times when you simply tune your partner out? 

These are all danger signs. Big signals telling you, “STOP! You’ve got to do something here.”

If you’re a woman, stop complaining and stop doing everything because he’s not doing it right.

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If you’re a man, start listening and start really engaging emotionally with her.  

The biggest thing, is that you both have to make this basic decision: “I love this person and I want to nurture them.”  

So many books and articles say that communication is the most important thing in a relationship and of course, communication is extremely important, but think about it…

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Deciding to truly nurture your partner is at another layer below communication and everything else. If you are in nurturing mode, your communication will always be wonderful, the way you treat them will always be wonderful, and you’ll be having the perfect amount of sex and time together, because it will be based on each of you nurturing the other. 

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If you’re finding that you’re out of the nurturing zone, you can recognize that and you can do something about it. You literally can shift everything around by making this simple decision:

I want to nurture this person and I’m going to figure out how to do that.

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It takes 

  • Willingness 
  • Dropping your resentments about what’s happened in the past 
  • Coming back into loving connection 

Now I know, doing these things is easier said than done. Letting go of past resentments is usually pretty difficult for both parties and that’s usually what’s holding one or both of you back from really getting into and staying in the nurturing zone.  

Or maybe you don’t have clarity about what you truly want. It’s hard to go out of your way to do something for the other person when you’re maybe not 100% sure that you want to be with them. 

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Let us help you get back into the nurturing zone. Come to Sedona and do a Couples Retreat. Give it to yourselves as a Valentine’s Day present. Wouldn’t that be the most amazing present you’ve ever had? Coming back into the love and connection that brought you together in the first place? 

Call us and connect with one of our Angel Guides. They’ll connect with both of you separately and really dig deep to discover what’s keeping you out of the nurturing zone. Then they’ll put together a retreat that’s custom designed for exactly what you need and want, to bring you back into the love and connection and sizzle that you crave, giving you tools to stay in the nurturing zone forever.   

If you’d like more information, go to SedonaRetreatGuide.com and get your complimentary copy of The Sedona Guide to Couples Retreats today.

Or even better, if you’d like to talk to someone about doing a retreat that’s custom designed for you call us today at (928) 204-5988.  

If you got value from this video, please like, share the video with someone you think might get something out of it and subscribe to our channel

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Can’t we all just get along? A simple, but powerful solution

I don’t know about you, but 2021 has already been pretty tough!

My birthday was this past week and I spent part of the day getting a COVID test – now there’s the 2021 way of spending your birthday! Luckily, it was negative (and so was my husband’s). 

These past weeks have been so difficult, so divisive, and I have a simple, but powerful, solution – the ancient forgiveness technique of the Hawaiian kahunas, Ho’oponopono. 

The best part is, this works on everything. It doesn’t matter what you believe, it doesn’t matter what “side” you’re on, it doesn’t matter whether or not you think there is anything to be forgiven – it moves the energy of disconnection and brings in the energy of love and connection. And it only takes a few minutes.

Watch my video.

I hope this helped, and if you got value from this video, please like, share the video and subscribe to our channel.

If you’re finding it hard to forgive a particular situation, we can help with that.

Give us a call. Speak with one of our Angel Guides. They’ll start the process of bringing you from where you are to where you want to be. And remember, there’s no cost or obligation and you can do the retreat either here in-Sedona or At Home.

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Call us today at (928) 204-5988 or Click here and we’ll call you.

Would you like to speak to someone today about doing a Soul Adventure?We’re even open on Sunday, because we’re here for you!

 

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Wishing you a week filled with forgiveness!

This is one of two videos where I’m talking to you about Learning How To Forgive. If you haven’t watched the other one on Radical Forgiveness, be sure to do that.
 
One of the hardest things in life is learning how to deal with a situation when someone has hurt you. Especially if it’s someone who you love and care about,` and who you thought loved and cared about you. Like a parent, a spouse, or a friend.
 
And it doesn’t even have to be from someone we care about. It happens all time in life, where we feel like we’ve been wronged or someone has done something to mistreat us – like getting into an argument with a neighbor or having a situation with another person that just seems to be something where you can’t get along with this person no matter what you do. And if it’s someone like a fellow employee or your employer, that can be really difficult. Having to be around someone who you constantly seem to have problems with is draining and makes life not fun.
 
If that’s your situation, I want to tell you about Ho’oponopono. This is an ancient practice  developed by the kahunas, the spiritual teachers of Hawaii. It’s a very simple practice but it’s incredibly effective. This was popularized by Dr. Hew Len. Dr. Len grew up in Hawaii thinking that all this spiritual stuff was really weird and he didn’t believe it, but then some things happened in his life and he started studying Ho’oponopono.
 
Ho’oponopono is very simple. When I tell you this, you’re going to think something like “Debra, that’s ridiculous, that can’t really work”, but just stick with me.
 
The Concept of Ho’oponopono is all about consciousness and about taking total responsibility for everything that comes into your consciousness. So, for example, if you have a car accident and you tell me about it, now that it’s come into my conscious awareness it becomes my responsibility. “Now wait a minute, Debra”… I’m sure you’re thinking, “If one of my friends tells me about their car accident, how does that become my responsibility?” Well, it has to do with consciousness and energy, and clearing the energy of things that are not in the highest vibration.
 
So again, it’s very simple, with Ho’oponopono, here’s the way it works. You think about the situation and you say either out loud or silently:
 
I’m sorry
Please forgive me
I love you
Thank you
 
That’s it. You just do that over and over again and watch how things change. Dr. Len’s story is probably the most dramatic about this.
 
After he began working with Ho’oponopono, he was asked by the State of Hawaii to work in the Hawaii State Prison for the Criminally Insane. This was a very violent place filled with people who were murderers and rapists, plus they had been found to be insane. Conditions there were terrible – inmates were constantly attacking the staff, employee turnover was constant, the energy was so bad that plants wouldn’t grow, and get a load of this, paint wouldn’t stay on the walls, they would paint the walls and it would peel off.
 
They asked Dr. Len to join their staff and he said okay, but he wouldn’t see patients, he wouldn’t do rounds… he just sat in his office with the files of the people in the prison. He would read over what happened, all the murders, the rapes and he would take on full responsibility for everything that had happened. Then he would say:

I’m sorry
Please forgive me
I love you
Thank you
Over and over.

 
He did this for a few months and everything started to change in the prison, the energy started moving and there was a transformation that started to happen. First, the prisoners became less violent. The attacks on the staff stopped. The prisoners had all been heavily medicated before, they discovered they didn’t need as much medication or with some people, none at all. Plants started growing. The paint started staying on the walls.
And incredibly within 4 years, the prison was closed down. Many of the prisoners were adjudicated as sane, stood trial and were imprisoned. But a huge majority were healed and released for time served. Within four years, the place was completely emptied of all the negative, horrible energy.
And the only thing that was different was that Dr. Len was sitting in his office bringing this into his consciousness and saying:
 
I’m sorry
Please forgive me
I love you
Thank you
Over and over.
 
We teach this practice in our retreats and we’ve had incredible success with it. We had one woman come on a retreat because she said she was going to leave her husband because he simply would not help her. She had a demanding job, they had 2 kids, and he wouldn’t do anything at all to help her with running the house and taking care of the kids. That led to lots of anger and upset, nagging and disconnection, and finally she’d had it. And he was sick of the nagging and also ready to walk out the door.
 
She said she wanted her retreat to focus on getting strong enough to leave. But when she was here, we uncovered that she really did love her husband and she didn’t want to split up her family. We did some clearing sessions with her and taught her Ho’oponopono, including all the underlying dynamics.
 
She went home and just kept doing the Ho’oponopono with her husband. She said that 2 days after she got home he started doing the dishes. She hadn’t asked him, he just started doing it. Then he started helping with the cooking, cleaning, and child care. One day he just came in and said, “Is there anything I can do to help you?” and she just about fainted. She started crying and told him what had happened. He told her how much he loved her and that the last thing he wanted was a divorce. That was over a year ago and their marriage has completely turned around.
 
We had another person come to us who had a fabulous job – she loved what she did, she made a lot of money and had a lot of freedom, but there was always something going on with her boss. Her boss was always criticizing and always doing things to cause her trouble. He couldn’t fire her, but he was making her life miserable. She came for a retreat and her focus was on “should I leave my job?” We did some other clearing with her and taught her Ho’oponopono. When she got back, her boss said to her, “We missed you”. Suddenly her boss wasn’t just being neutral with her, her boss was being kind and deferential. Six months later she got a huge promotion, largely based on the recommendation of the boss she’d had so much trouble with before she started doing Ho’oponopono.
 
Try this for 28 days and see what happens. It works. Don’t tell anyone. Certainly don’t tell the person you’re having the trouble with. Just do it.
Just think about the situation and say:
 
I’m sorry
Please forgive me
I love you
Thank you
Over and over.
 
And the amazing thing is, you don’t even have to actually feel sorry. I did a 5-day workshop with Dr. Len a few years ago and he told us, you don’t even have to feel like you’re sorry. The energy just moves from doing this. And it works with every kind of person and every kind of situation.
 
Try it and send me an email to let me know what happened. I love getting stories like that.
 
I hope this helped, and If you got value from this video, please like, share the video and subscribe to our channel.
 
Forgiveness can be a really tricky and difficult thing to do. And if you find that you need some help, or you need to go deeper, connect with us.
 
Go to SedonaRetreatGuide.com  and get your complimentary copy of The Sedona Guide to Spiritual Retreats.
 
And if you’d like to talk to someone about doing a retreat that’s custom designed for you call us at (928) 204-5988.
 
You can have the life or relationship you want – I know it.

Don’t Miss This! Cutting Edge Process for Trauma, Anxiety & Stress

Most of you know that I’ve been doing my own personal spiritual healing work for over 40 years (yikes!) since my mother’s death in 1978. I think I’ve pretty much done all the different types of spiritual and emotional healing that’s out there (including firewalking, breathwork, all the 50+ modalities we do at Sedona Soul Adventures). So let me tell you how exciting it was for me to discover Havening and then for us to be so lucky as to have a fantastic Practitioner who does this amazing work as part of our Soul Adventures!

Havening is a simple, yet incredibly powerful technique that has been hailed as one of the most dramatic of current breakthroughs to help people lead happier, healthier lives.

Havening was researched and developed by a medical doctor, Dr. Ronald Ruden and his twin dentist brother, Dr. Steven Ruden. They spent years researching what happens in the brains of people while undergoing successful energy therapies like EMDR and EFT.

Havening is a tool, not a therapy, however, it can be extremely therapeutic. Havening is designed to effectively disconnect a traumatic stimulus from where it gets activated in our brains. The act of Havening touch induces receptivity in the brain, introduces some distractions, and in the process, sets off an electrochemical chain reaction which can lead to the permanent removal (in medical terms, “depotentiation”) of the receptors in the brain that hold onto trauma. After Havening, you may or may not remember the memory or the event. However, if you do remember it, the traumatic response to it is usually no longer present.

And the great part is, you don’t have to understand any of that, you just do this simple technique and it works!

In this Masterclass, you will:

  • Learn a simple to do, yet profound, self-care approach to calming and refurbishing your nervous system, especially if you have ever experienced any kind of trauma or anxiety or deep stress.
  • Discover how to bring yourself back into balance, whether it be from waking in the middle of the night with a scary dream/thought, your boss has just chewed you out unfairly at work (worse in front of co-workers), or you have embarrassed yourself by saying or doing something you regret.
  • Receive a brief lesson in neurobiology: why trauma memories are so “sticky,” why they can get re-ignited literally in a split second, and how to mend those old wounds.
  • Have an opportunity to practice Havening on a topic of your choice privately.

The major benefits of Havening are:

  • Practicing Havening allows you to erase and replace traumatic memories at source in your nervous system. It is sweet, deep, gentle and regenerative.
  • You can benefit from practicing Havening without having to disclose to others what is bothering you — you know, the kind of thing you’ve stuffed, kept deep inside, that’s been eating at you and about which you never told anyone.
  • Havening literally gives you a place to find a safe haven, a refuge, a sanctuary within yourself, from your anxiety or traumatic memories.

It’s so simple, but it’s so powerful! It’s an important part of the retreats we do here at Sedona Soul Adventures, because almost everyone has some sort of trauma, stress or anxiety in their lives and it’s part of the release processes that we do. In this class, you have the opportunity to to experience it for yourself.

In the class, to learn the technique, we will begin by doing this process together as a group with everyone on the call. Don’t worry, you can keep your issue totally private if you wish. We will follow up with as many volunteers as we can fit into our time together and you will be amazed at how quickly and completely this process works!

If you haven’t been joining us on the Masterclasses, I really want to encourage you to do this one. Here are the options:

  • Register just for this one Masterclass (cost is $37), Click here
  • Register for the entire series and get access to all the recordings (cost is $97 or less than $5 per class – BEST DEAL) Click here

If you want to get more information on all the amazing Masterclasses over our 20 week series, Click here.

And remember that we know times are tough for many of you out there. That’s why we’ve provided scholarships. If that’s your situation, please Click here for the scholarship information.

Reinventing Yourself for a Better Tomorrow – Masterclass Series
Havening – The Cutting Edge Process to Break Free From Emotional Trauma, Anxiety and Stress
With Marianna Hartsong
Saturday, November 7, 2020
Noon Eastern • 11 am Central • 10 am Mountain • 9 am Pacific
(If you can’t join us live, we will send a recording)

Again, if you would prefer to just register for this one Masterclass, Click here.

If you’re already registered, I’m so glad and I’ll see you on Saturday!

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You will love my interview with Christian de la Huerta on
Meeting the Masters

If you’ve been on a Soul Adventure then you know how powerful breath work can be. It can heal your body, release trauma, resolve grief, allow you to see visions, connect with your High Self, the list goes on and on. I first experienced the transformational power of breathwork in October of 1989 and during my interview with my guest on this week’s Meeting The Masters, Christian de la Huerta, we discovered we both started doing breathwork at the same time!

Christian is a leading voice on spirituality in the LGBTQ community and his book “Coming Out Spiritually” has impacted hundreds of thousands of lives.

I had never met Christian before, so speaking with him was so much fun, especially to discover that we share so much in common. Not only a passion for breathwork, but we both love Sacred Travel and helping couples heal their relationships through spiritual transformation.

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Watch the interview

We talk about it all, everything from his family’s escape from Cuba under Castro to the magic and power of the breath. And we take a deep dive into how to express your true and authentic power which is the subject of his latest book. This is a must watch interview.

Be sure to check out Christian de la Huerta’s New Book, Awakening the Soul Of Power.”

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Before her Soul Adventure, Melinda felt “completely lost” – after her Soul Adventure, “I feel hopeful for my future and I feel joy again”

Melinda’s story is such a perfect example of what happens during a Soul Adventure. We first use processes (such as Havening) to clear out the trauma, stress, anxiety and gunk that is affecting you. And once we clear that out, we use other processes to bring you back into connection on all the levels – physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.

Can you imagine going through all the loss Melinda went through in a year? Both of her parents, a long term relationship, her home, her dog, her Art Studio, her community and a job she loved. Oh my gosh, that’s enough to knock anybody for a loop. I’m surprised she had enough strength to pick up the phone and call us.

But see, that’s what happens – our souls tell us, “You have to do something,” “There’s hope” and “Reach out.”

I’m so glad she did! I met Melinda when she first came and, of course, her life force energy was showing all this loss and pain. As she says, she was feeling “overwhelmed” and “completely lost.”

Isn’t it incredible that after a few short days, all of that was turned around? After her Soul Adventure she says, “I feel hopeful for my future.” And here’s the really important one — “I feel joy again.”

Are you feeling joy in your life? This has been a difficult year to feel a lot of joy. But the secret is to not allow what’s going on outside of you to affect what’s going on inside of you. That’s the biggest thing our people are telling us they’re experiencing – this new found peace and a new way of experiencing life. Plus, as Melinda says, we give you “lots of tools to continue the journey of growth.” Because that’s the most important thing – that you’re having real transformation that lasts.

Give us a call and speak to one of our Angel Guides. They’ll begin the process of digging deep to discover what are the blocks that are holding you back from having the life or relationship of your dreams? Those blocks are different for everybody, the cause is different and how they show up is different. Let’s start the process.

Remember, there’s no cost or obligation and you can do it in-Sedona or from the comfort of your own home.

Call us today 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 we’ll call you.

Would you like to speak to someone today about doing a Soul Adventure?We’re even open on Sunday, because we’re here for you!
And remember, there’s no cost or obligation.

i want my transformation

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Only a few spots left for our Return To Egypt Tour
February 13-26, 2021 – 100% Refundable

I’m getting so excited about the Egypt trip! I haven’t been anywhere for so long!

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Luckily, unlike here in the United States, the COVID numbers in Egypt are very low. Their tourist season is underway and in fact, one of my friends was just there with a group and had a fabulous time! But it was excruciatingly hot, so I’m so glad that we go in February, when it’s nice and warm, but not so terribly hot.

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We go to all the must-see places:

  • The Great Pyramid (where we’ll have 2 hours of private time for ceremony just for our group)
  • The Sphinx
  • Karnak
  • Luxor
  • Abu Simbel

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But we’ll also be going to places the average tourist doesn’t always see:

  • Isis Temple at Philae
  • Temple of Abydos
  • Hathor Temple at Dendera
  • Horus Temple at Edfu
  • The Osirion

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And this year we have special tickets to see:

  • The Tomb of King Tut in the Valley of the Kings
  • The Tomb of Seti I in the Valley of the Kings
  • The Tomb of Queen Nefertari in the Valley of the Queens!

Plus, we’ll be doing ceremonies and meditations, and discussing the alternative theories of who built the Pyramids, who built the Sphinx (and when) and why are there carvings of a helicopter, a tank and a submarine in the walls of the Temple of Abydos?

Having two hours of private time just for our group inside the Great Pyramid for meditation and ceremonies is beyond belief!

And to go on a journey like this with other like-minded travelers – it’s just the icing on the cake. Don’t be concerned if you don’t have a companion to travel with – our groups are typically in love with each other within 48 hours, making friends that last a lifetime.

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And remember, the trip is 100% refundable up to December 14, 2020.

For information on the Day to Day Itinerary – Click Here

For all the details on Pricing – Click Here

If you have any questions about our trip, send me an email at Debra@SedonaSoulAdventures.com.

Or feel free to give me a call. Here’s how:

  • Cell: 1-928-301-2896
  • Office toll-free: 1-877-204-3664 (US and Canada)
  • Outside the US and Canada: 001 928-204-5988

Or Click here and I’ll call you – I love talking about Egypt!

If you already know you want to go, Click here to place your deposit.

Wishing you a week filled with positive outcomes!

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