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  3 years ago, I asked a dear friend of mine to help me launch a website. I was just starting my spiritual work and felt a very deep intuition to a) launch a website and b) make weekly videos to share with the world. I was deeply in love with life and knew that […]

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In this 3-part series on Ayahuasca, join energy healer Christina Lopes, as she shares tips and advice for working with this miraculous plant. In part III, you’ll learn how to navigate the post-Ayahuasca period, known by shamans as the “integration phase”.

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When I’m working with clients who have experienced significant trauma or pain, we inevitably get to the “Why Phase”: they begin to question deeply why such pain needed to happen in their lives. This questioning often comes with anger, almost dereliction. And frequently, the pain and trauma will lead to two other, deeper questions: What […]

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In this 3-part series on Ayahuasca, Christina shares tips and advice for working with this miraculous plant. In part II, you’ll learn what to do during the plant medicine ceremony, in order to stay centered and at peace throught it all. You can view part I of this Ayahuasca series here. If you’d like Christina to […]

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In this 3-part series on Ayahuasca, Christina she shares tips and advice for working with this miraculous plant. In part I, you’ll learn what to do before the day of the ceremony, in order to better prepare for working with the plant. If you’d like Christina to help you prepare for a plant medicine ceremony, […]

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What percentage of your day is spent criticizing or judging self and others? And what percentage is spent praising? You’ll be surpised to learn just how much our inward and outward communication contributes to our energy system and emotional health. Check out my short video and let me know what you think!     For […]

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Two weeks ago I participated in my 2nd Ayahuasca ceremony. In the days before, I was feeling “stuck” but didn’t know why. I assumed my “offness” was due to my recent life changes: moving from the forest of Northern Portugal to downtown Lisbon, where I was launching a startup with my partner. The move was […]

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Have you ever noticed the strong preferences, expectations, and attachments our minds have? We’re happy if it’s sunny, moody if it’s raining, joyful if we find a boyfriend/girlfriend, lonely if we’re single, peaceful if we’re on a beach, irritated if we’re sitting at our office desk…the list goes on and on. Sometimes it seems the […]

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For 4 years, I lived a life of deep solitude, silence, meditation and spiritual practice. I spent the majority of my time alone, surrounded by old trees or the ocean I so love in my beloved Portugal. Those years were beautiful, challenging, ecstatic, at times lonely. There was a spontaneous Kundalini awakening (yes, it was […]

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You’d have to be a hermit in the middle of the jungle not to notice what is happening on the planet right now. No matter where we live, our individual and collective consciousness is shifting, sometimes in dramatic fashion. Within each country, we are facing a massive wave of change, and that change trickles down […]

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