Episode 105: Sven Hosford
Sven Hosford is best known in the Pittsburgh region as the publisher of Point of Light Magazine. Starting in 1994, Point of Light covered the holistic and metaphysical activities in the region, along with interviews with local, national, and international experts, researchers, authors, and thought leaders in spirituality, energy medicine, nutrition, and many other topics.
His spiritual journey began as a teenager. After rejecting the Methodist church at age 15, he sought to experience God, not just read about the mysteries of the Divine. At 17, he had his first genuine psychic experience. By age 20, psychic events were common. Then, he was given a book called Being A Christ by Ann and Peter Meyer, which taught that the word “Christ” does not refer just to Jesus but to a state of consciousness within all humans, one that we all can communicate with. That launched a lifelong mission to do just that.
He went on to study Eastern philosophy, sacred geometry, yoga, and especially the connection between consciousness and science. During an interview with Dr. Edgar Mitchell in 2008, he learned that even though science can prove it, most traditional scientists don’t believe that consciousness alone can affect matter.
Now retired, Sven has been collecting the best wisdom from all the interviews he’s done over the last 30 years. The book and corresponding Substack are titled Choose a Better Truth, a series of interviews and lessons on the top eight “Better Truths” we can choose to help us deal with the relentless drumbeat of Cognitive Dissonance we face each day.
He believes that the first step in the spiritual journey is to decide, based on science and personal experience, exactly what you believe is true.
Episode 98: Becca Powers
Becca Powers is the author of "A Return to Radiance" and "Harness Your Inner CEO." As a Fortune 500 high-tech sales executive, keynote speaker, and CEO of Powers Peak Potential, she has worked with industry giants Cisco, Dell, Royal Caribbean International, and Office Depot. She is a certified kundalini yoga teacher and Reiki Master. She can be found online at www.BeccaPowers.com.
Episode 95: Kate Rose
Kate Rose is the author of "Written in the Stars: The Astrology of Soulmate, Karmic, and Twin Flame Relationships" and "You Only Fall in Love Three Times." As a therapist, relationship expert, spiritual intuitive, artist, yoga teacher and astrologer, she uses the stars to help her clients clarify their purpose and recognize the blocks that are keeping them from living the life they are destined to live. She holds an MS is clinical art therapy from Springfield College and writes regular columns for "Your Tango," "Elephant Journal," and her newsletter, "Unedited." Visit her online at WordsOfKateRose.com.
Episode 84: Brooke Smokelin
Brooke Smokelin brings crystal bowls, a chakra activation deck of cards, and an original song to the studio to enlighten and entertain us. She is the founder and creator of Chakra Activation Yoga and the Chakra Activation Deck. She has taught yoga for 25 years and currently offers advanced trainings to yoga teachers and students all over the world. She is also a sound healer and musician/songwriter and brings musical medicine to yoga studios, festivals and communities all around the country.
Brooke has a degree in Environmental Education from Cornell University and for over 20 years has been developing creative environmental educatiion, combining both artistic and scientific inspirations to foster a deeper and more conscious connecction with the natural world. She offers Wild Walks in local parks to educate people about the wild edible and medicinal plants growing right underfoot.
Episode 80: Tony Nackino
Tony Nachino was raised in an Italian Catholic family, became disenchanted with Catholicism, had an evangelical "born again" experience, left all dogma behind and followed his own spiritual path when he tapped into the Truth within. He credits an article in "The Sun" by Dr. Jacob Neddleman titled "Beyond Belief" for putting him on the path to conscious awareness. Listen as he shares the discoveries which led him to discovering the ultimate purpose of life and a world of infinite possibilities.
Episode 67: Sarah Silk
Sarah Silk is a Pittsburgh artist with a wide range of depth and experience. She is a movement teacher, primarily teaching the Feldenkrais method of somatic education, as well as a theater actor and a fiber artist. Her formal education includes a degree in Philosophy from the University of Chicago, an MFA in acting from Rutgers University, and comprehensive professional certifications in Pilates, yoga, myofascial release in the Barnes method, and Feldenkrais (see feldenkraispittsburgh.com).
Sarah has appeared many times on Pittsburgh theatrical stages to great reviews. As a sustainable artist, she collaborates with her mother Louise Silk, who is a prolific Pittsburgh artist. Together they created SilkDDenim over a decade ago, where they deconstruct used clothing by hand and re-make the recycled materials into individually crafte objects. She is also a member of the initiative known as the Rustbelt Fibershed, which is a bio regional textile community growing hope and resilience through local fiber, local color, and local labor.
Episode 31: Sherrie Laryse
“On Path” is a wisdom memoir that provides a number of truths worth remembering. “Nothing in you is broken or needs fixed - you just need a new perspective” is one of my favorites. Listen in and discover yours.