Kala speaks with Dr. Norman Shealy, who holds 10 patents for innovative discoveries, has published over 300 articles and 24 books, the latest of which are LIFE BEYOND 100—SECRETS OF THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH and SOUL MEDICINE. In 2008 his book PONY WISDOM FOR THE SOUL and MEDICAL RENAISSANCE--THE SECRET CODE, a movie on the benefits of Complementary and Integrative Medicine, will be released.

In his book, Life Beyond 100 - Secrets of the Fountain of Youth, Dr. Shealy discusses leading-edge therapies and breakthroughs in the science of longevity. By following commonsense habits, we can expect an average lifespan of one hundred years. Adding the life-enhancing effects of natural DHEA restoration, stress reduction, meditation, reduced caloric intake, and a range of mind/body techniques may, however, give us another forty years of active, healthy living. Therein lies the available "fountain of youth." These are the conclusions of Dr. C. Norman Shealy after a long career in medicine and, in recent years, as one of the leading spokesmen of alternative medical treatments.

The result of years of clinical practice and research, Youthful Aging also exposes the fallacies behind many of the claims of the medical profession and the pharmaceutical industry. These two groups, says Shealy, rather than increasing people's life expectancy, create the opposite effect, consigning hundreds of thousands of people to an often miserable and premature old age. As a counterpoint, this revealing book provides the most ambitious-yet medically grounded and practical-longevity program available.

Kala speaks with Dr. David Simon, world-renowned mind-body physician, co-founder with Deepak Chopra of the Chopra Center, as well as the author of the new book Free to Love, Free to Heal: Heal Your Body by Healing Your Emotions. Dr Simon shares that negative emotions, which can be caused by a lack of love or feeling loved, can be addressed and resolved and can lead the body into healing itself. His book covers a five part-process to help you release the core beliefs memories making you sick, Why doctors are unable to do anything but prescribe drugs.. Why masking symptoms will never alleviate the root of the problem... How to take responsibility for your illness but not take blame and why managed care is not working and what to do instead. Says Deepak Chopra, MD, "My friend and colleague David Simon shares the essential truths about love and healing. With his guidance, you will be able to open your heart and heal your body." Whatever stress you may be under, Dr. Simon can help you heal your body and find emotional freedom. Drawing upon the Eastern healing arts and modern science.

Science is demonstrating that the greatest therapy for healing, youth and longevity may be inside of you right now. Soul Medicine is a breakthrough guide to the most potentially powerful source of healing on the planet today: the human spirit. An innovative neurosurgeon and a pioneering health researcher are your guides in this book, through the emerging landscape of energy medicine, which is unlocking remarkable new sources of healing that are accessible to every human being alive. They show that your consciousness holds the key to your well-being, and that small shifts in energy and awareness can produce major shifts in health. They look closely at the many faith healers of history, and trace the factors common to all miraculous healings.

Kala speaks with Dr. John L. Turner, author of Medicine, Miracles and Manifestations - A Doctor's Journey Through the Worlds of Divine Intervention, Near-Death Experiences and Universal Energy. As a physicist and surgeon, Dr. John Turner's curiosity drove him to explore nontraditional healing modalities. Other-worldly events began the first day he was on call on the Big Island of Hawai'i. As time passed, he realized that a book was in the making, a book about his spiritual journey which included methods of healing and spiritual pathways not customarily taught in medical training programs. These techniques include the practice of Johrei (Mr. Mokichi Okada's healing art of Japan), chanting, soul travel and astral projection (as espoused by Eckankar, Robert Bruce and others). Many readers will have an interest in or will be familiar with the concept of Remote Viewing (as developed by Hal Puthoff, Ingo Swann and Russell Targ at the Stanford Research Institute). Dr. Turner describes his training in Technical Remote Viewing by Psi Tech (Major Ed Dames and Ms. Joni Dourif) and the subsequent use of this art in medical diagnosis and treatment.

More About Dr. John L. Turner:
After graduating from the Ohio State University with a degree in engineering physics, Dr. Turner continued in graduate school at the Ohio State University, Department of Physics. Three years into the PhD program, he was given a book about Edgar Cayce, The Sleeping Prophet. This changed the course of his life! He was excited about the existence of a spiritual world and made immediate plans to attend the Ohio State University's College of Medicine where he earned his M.D. He completed his internship year in general surgery and his first year neurosurgical residency at Ohio State University. He completed the remaining four years of neurosurgical training at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. For eighteen years, he served as the sole neurosurgeon on the island of Hawai'i, initially performing lifesaving procedures with a marginally trained staff and substandard equipment. By all measures, John L. Turner is a surgeon with classic western medical credentials. From his first day on call in Hilo, Hawai'i, metaphysical events appeared for his edification and continue to the present day.

Medicine, Miracles, and Manifestations, is the twenty-year story of Dr. Turner's contributions to the field of neurosurgery through Integral Medicine. The concept of Integral Medicine has been written about by notable members of the medical community, including Andrew Weil, Larry Dossey, Deepak Chopra, Mehmet Oz and Dean Ornish. Each of these writers is a physician who specializes in internal medicine or surgery. What makes John Turner similar to these writers is that he, too, is a physician. What makes him different from these writers is that he is a neurosurgeon. In fact, he is the only brain surgeon to write of medicine from this perspective: hand's on use of complementary techniques prior to, during and after surgery, and exploration of pathways that lead to the spiritual world. The tools of the surgeon normally have more immediate, measurable results on patients' health and well-being. With the opportunity to study and operate on the brain, Dr. Turner was in a perfect position to explore the mind-body connection. Medicine, Miracles, and Manifestations reveals how metaphysical events such as remote viewing, telepathy, consciousness and life-after-death are verifiable manifestations of the manner in which the human brain interfaces with the universal consciousness that author Lynne McTaggart refers to as The Field. More info at: www.johnlturner.com

Kala speaks with nutritionist Deanna Minich about her book, Chakra Foods for Optimum Health. Deanna says that the way we approach foods and eating is a tiny window into the landscape of how we live life. Do you feel that you are confused by what to eat? Have you lost touch with your body’s wisdom in knowing which foods are best for you in any given moment? Is your life chaotic and stress-filled, and eating is either simply another task or a quiet refuge to sink your feelings into? The answers we are so earnestly craving lie before us – at the dining room table, at the restaurant, at the grocery store, and in the garden. Within the eating experiences are planted the true root of what needs healing at our innermost core. When we pay attention to what our body requires and view foods as healing, we get right to the heart of why we have manifested dysfunctional lives, imbalanced bodies, and restless souls. Read Deanna's Guest Blog on Explore Your Spirit with Kala's Bohemian Blog!

Shaking Medicine reintroduces the oldest medicine on earth--the ecstatic shaking of the human body. Most people’s worst fear is losing control--of their circumstances, of their emotions, and especially of their bodies. Yet in order to achieve the transcendent state necessary to experience deep healing, we must surrender control. Examining cultural traditions from around the world where shaking has been used as a form of healing--from the Shakers and Quakers of New England to the shaking medicine of Japan, India, the Caribbean, the Kalahari, and the Indian Shakers of the Pacific Northwest--Bradford Keeney shows how shaking can bring forth profound therapeutic benefits.

Kala speaks with Nick Ortner, Producer of the DVD film, Try It On Everything, which reveals a remarkable new healing technique known as EFT (also known as tapping) and offers compelling evidence of its effectiveness! In it leading wellness experts, physicians and best-selling authors including CherylRichardson, Jack Canfield, Bruce Lipton, Ph.D, Dr. Joseph Mercola, Bob Proctor, Joe Vitale, Dr. Patricia Carrington discuss the healing power and benefits of EFT--a startling new discovery that combines ancient Chinese acupressure with modern psychology.
TRY IT ON EVERYTHING also features ten participants who join EFT practitioners for a retreat that changes their lives forever. From healing grief, chronic back pain, insomnia, addictions and phobias their profound, personal transformations offer evidence of EFTs effectiveness as a revolutionary healing modality.

Kala speaks with Dr. Caron Goode about her book, Raising Intuitive Children. Her book helps parents understand an intuitive child's world and teaches them how to validate, not suppress, these intuitive abilities. The stakes are high; if intuitive children get dismissed, they can lose their way, their joy, and their spirit. Psychotherapist Caron Goode teams up with parenting expert and coach Tara Paterson to share explanations, stories, and examples in this guide. It shows how to know if a child is intuitively gifted, how to shift the parenting style to meet a child's style and strengths, use breathing techniques to stay centered, calm, and optimistic, create rituals so children can feel solid and bring forth their intuitive intelligence, deal with environmental and nutrition elements that especially affect intuitive's and explore strategies for bonding and communication at each stage of development.

Every one of us is a spiritual being, and perhaps no one knows this better than parents of children with autism. So many individuals with autism seem to "vibrate" at a frequency different from others because they are inherently gentle and exquisitely sensitive. They may more readily perceive all things seen and unseen. This may come through in a divine manner that is natural not supernatural. Kala speaks with William Stillman about his work and his book, Autism and the God Connection. Stillman's study of profound spiritual, mystical and metaphysical giftedness of some individuals with autism, has resonated with parents, professionals, and persons with autism internationally, and has received endorsements of praise from bestselling authors Gary Zukav, Carol Bowman, Dean Hamer, and Larry Dossey. As an adult with Asperger's Syndrome, a mild "cousin" of autism, Stillman's message of reverence and respect has touched thousands nationally through his acclaimed autism workshops and private consultations.

In his work to support those who love and care for individuals with autism and Asperger's Syndrome, Stillman sets a tone for our collective understanding of the autistic experience in ways that are unprecedented. Autism should not be defined as an "affliction endured by sufferers," but as a truly unique and individual experience to be respected and appreciated by all. In so doing, Stillman highlights the exquisite sensitivities of our most valuable, wise and loving "teachers."

Kala speaks with Mark Patterson, who is known as "The Resonance Man" as well as a Sound Healer and Clairvoyant Medium . Mark received his ability to heal others through sound in a Near Death Experience and has experienced the Angelic Realms since childhood.

Kala discusses Auras with Barbara Martin as they explore the fascinating world of the aura and health. With remarkable insight and clarity, Barbara demonstrates in her book, The Healing Power of Your Aura, how your aura is the spiritual support system to your physical body and shows you how to tune into your own energy field to help restore your body to its natural state of health and well-being. They also discuss Barbara's other book, Change Your Aura, Change Your Life, a hands-on training manual that shows you how to work with your aura to improve your quality of life. It outlines exactly what the aura is, and explains how every thought, word, emotion, and action radiates a spiritual energy that comes through in definite colors and hues. It introduces a powerful yet simple meditation technique that will help you access an unlimited source of auric power to facilitate change.

ALCHEMICAL HEALING-A Guide to Spiritual, Physical, and Transformational Medicine. Alchemical Healing brings together innovative techniques from shamanism and energetic healing with the principles of alchemy, creating a practical form of physical healing, therapeutic counseling, and spiritual growth. With simple directions, readers are guided through a series of initiatory steps toward mastery of a powerful healing form that allows them to access the Universal Life Force energy; develop a working relationship with spirit allies from the animal, plant, and mineral realms; and utilize the healing power of the five elements. Starting with journeys of initiation and commitment for the beginner, Alchemical Healing also offers advanced students instruction in powerful techniques such as psychic surgery, distant healing, and elemental balancing of the body. Those who follow the Alchemical Healing path accomplish a spiritual transformation of the self, turning the dark mystery of the subconscious into the alchemical gold of knowledge and enlightenment.

Dr. Robin Falkov is a Licensed Acupuncture Physician and a Diplomate National Board of Homeopathic Examiners. Her focus is educating patients by informing them of the multiple choices available to achieve optimal health. This goal is attained through regular communication and continuing progress evaluation. Facilitating their life style changes and encouraging them to take responsibility for their own well being, is the only way to insure successful treatment results.

More About Robin Falkov:
Dr. Robin Falkov, D.N.B.H.E., L.Ac., has practiced Homeopathy for over 20 years, and is a Diplomate of the National Board of Homeopathic Examiners. Dr. Falkov, a licensed Acupuncture Physician, is fully trained in Traditional Chinese & Herbal Medicine. Her comprehensive consultations include Nutritional Therapies, Diet and Lifestyle review. The common bond of these energy medicines paved the way for research into LED technology. The results proved so effective and compelling that Dr. Falkov is completing research for her book, designed to share this information with the public.

Since learning of the threat to our Health Freedom Rights from the U.N.’s Codex Alimentarius Commission in 1995, Dr. Falkov has made this critical information a focus in every interview and workshop. More info at: www.healthfreedomrights.com

When Jari Buck's husband became seriously ill, she stayed by his side and bravely fought for his life. Her steadfast attention to detail, questioning caregivers, research medicines and providing a positive, spiritually rich environment for healing, produced a medical miracle: his survival. Jari's vivid experiences form the basis of her guide to becoming a patient advocate. Her lessons shared help readers to choose the best hospital, develop a partnership with caregivers, prevent medical mistakes and avoid caregiver burnout. Along with practical advice for enforcing patient rights, executing legal forms that guide decision making and avoiding inappropriate hospital chargers, Jari explains how to bolster the body, mind and soul of a critically ill loved one through prayer, positivity and spiritual healing.

Kala speaks with Jessica Bryan about her journalistic quest, which begins with the “couldn’t-be-more-personal” experience of her own psychic surgery, Jessica Bryan, in Psychic Surgery and Faith Healing (Weiser Books, December 2008), takes the reader from The Faith in God Spiritual Church outside Reno, Nevada to the Pangasinan Province of the Philippines Island of Luzon, famous for its healers who perform surgery without cutting open the body — bare-handed surgery, where no anesthesia is used, and there is no pain, scars, or infection. Even as quantum physicists close in on a scientific description of how it works, Bryan asks: “Is psychic healing a miracle of God or a trickery of fake blood and cotton balls perpetrated by charlatans?” Explore with her how it might well be both.

The book Genie in Your Genes links consciousness to genetic change,summarizing a chain of remarkable scientific discoveries that are revolutionizing the ways we think about health. Author Dawson Church applies the insights of the new field of Epigenetics (epi=above, i.e. control above the level of the gene) to healing. Citing hundreds of scientific studies, he shows how beliefs and emotions can trigger the expression of DNA strands. He focuses on a class of genes called Immediate Early Genes or IEGs. These genes turn on within a few seconds of a stimulus. They can be triggered by thoughts or emotions ("I loved that unexpected gift of roses Bill gave me" or "I'm so mad about what Uncle John said at the Christmas party"). Many IEGs are regulatory genes turn on other genes that affect specific aspects of our immune system, such as the production of white blood cells that destroy attacking bacteria and viruses. Epigenetics thus influences our health every day.

He coins the new term "Epigenetic Medicine" to describe healing techniques with epigenetic effects. He also summarizes the science behind the infant fields of Energy Psychology and Energy Medicine, both of which offer promising epigenetic medical therapies, and describes a few of the thousands of powerful personal breakthroughs that are being achieved by therapists, doctors and lay people practicing these techniques. The Genie in Your Genes shows that there is a sound theoretical framework, based on credible experiments, for understanding these astonishing results, and predicts that the insights of Epigenetic Medicine will dramatically advance the fields of both medicine and psychology in the coming decade.

Kala speaks with Dr. Leon E. Curry about his new book, The Doctor and The Psychic. Dr. Curry was one of the first physicians to treat children with ADHD in 1969, and developed Georgia's first rural dialysis center in 1973. But none of his scientific training prepared him for an encounter that changed his life in 1975. A friend told him of a plus-sized housewife in rural Illinois who was struck by lightning and began exhibiting psychic abilities. Dr. Curry immediately berated his friend for believing in such nonsense. On a dare, he called Greta Alexander on the phone. She asked, "What do you have to do with airplanes?” His surprised answer: "I just got out of one." His curiosity led to more phone calls. More phone calls led to a visit, which led to some of the first controlled experiments using psychic diagnosis. Greta could look at a patient’s handprint and describe their esophagus, liver, or lungs – even when the patient was seven states away! In The Doctor and the Psychic, Dr. Curry makes a powerful argument for continued study of this under-explored field.

Kala discuss with Dr. Davis Liu, the issues of US healthcare as it becomes increasingly expensive, confusing, and difficult to navigate. His book, Stay Healthy, Live Longer, Spend Wisely: Making Intelligent Choices in America's Healthcare System. Written by a practicing family physician employed by one of the nation's top healthcare organizations, Stay Healthy, Live Longer, Spend Wisely provides critical information to make intelligent medical and financial decisions to not only increase your chances for good health, but also to get the most value out of your healthcare dollars.This easy-to-understand handbook provides valuable insider tips on:

* Selecting a high-quality health insurance plan
* Making every doctor's visit productive
* Whether body scans, dietary supplements, or concierge physicians are worth your money
* What and who are the various primary care and specialist physicians you might see
* The truth about generic and branded medications
* Which tests, procedures, and actions must be done so you stay well both physically and financially

Kala discuss with Dr. Davis Liu, a practicing family physician employed by one of the nation's top healthcare organizations, the issues of US healthcare as it becomes increasingly expensive, confusing, and difficult to navigate. His book is Stay Healthy, Live Longer, Spend Wisely: Making Intelligent Choices in America's Healthcare System. Dr. Liu discusses how to speak with your doctor, retail clinic, internet resources and getting the best medications for your money.

On January 5, a team of 10 AMURT volunteers arrived in Haiti amidst rumors of kidnappings, murders and other violence. The mission was to support the wonderful work already done by two yogic renunciates working with Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team. The specific task was to provide medical relief and eye care to those Haitians who had almost no such care available to them, both in Port au Prince and in the northern province of Anse Rouge, which had been hit hard by recent hurricanes.

At an organizational meeting on arrival, they decided to split up in two groups - one to serve the city folk and the other to head for the provinces. The medicines were split in two, with each group carrying over 4 trunks full of supplies, pharmaceuticals and vitamins.
The city group efforts were concentrated at Didi's school at Bourdon, which serves over 300 children, and Dada's school in Delmas, which serves over 450 children and houses adult literacy and computer classses as well. They were guarded by Frankie, a Haitian Karate instructor wearing khakies and drab and sunglasses and slouch hat. This group saw and treated over 100 people a day for a total of about 500 patients diagnosed and provided with medication. Clinics were free. In addition, 300 pairs of reading glasses were fitted and dispensed free.

More About Dr. Steven Landau:
Dr. Steven Landau is Board Certified in family practice as well as holistic medicine. He began a serious practice of meditation and yoga in 1970 when he was initiated into Ananda Marga (AM). His motivation for teaching AM yoga is their motto: Self-realization and service to humanity. His belief in this philosophy has led him to teach in schools, jails, treatment centers for drug addition, and battered women's shelters. He has gone on medical missions with AMURT (AM Universal Relief Team) to Third World countries including Haiti, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, as well as hurricane/flood relief in Greenville, North Carolina. He has served on the North American AMURT Board for more than 10 years and now serves as its President. He also has been named the best AM Bhukti Pradhana (county governor) in North America. When asked why he joined the Yoga Alliance Board, he quoted his guru, Shrii Shrii Anandamurti, who said, "When you want to learn the secrets of the magician, you must join the magician's party." Dr. Landau is married with three children, speaks 5 languages, and plays 10 musical instruments.

Numerous studies have linked unwanted sound to increased levels of stress. Even low-level noise has been associated with increased aggression and other mental health problems, as well as poor sleep, high blood pressure, and heart disease. Janet Luhrs, pioneer of the Simplicity Movement, offers valuable tips for increasing moments of silence in your daily life so that you will feel better and be healthier including: Start your day with silence, Eat at a table, without TV or reading, Try driving in silence, Create a silence retreat at home and Practice silent exercise. At 444 pages, the Guide has been called "the bible of the simplicity movement." It has everything you'll need to simplify your life: articles, resources, tips and inspiration, covering every area of your life that can possibly be simplified, including time, money, clutter, families, housing, holidays, work, inner simplicity, cooking, health, gardening, travel, simple pleasures and romance.