Gay Holiday Packages To Cape Town
Posted by Howie Holben | Filed under Travel
Need to find a place to blend romance with the exotic? Then Cape Town, South Africa is a great place to visit. It is tops for gay vacations and has been for a long time. It is a beautiful place for that perfect get away for just the two of you. You will find all types of activities to catch your interest.
You have oceans on one side and mountains on the other sided. The sky is ever changing, with clouds seeming to work magic over the land. All this combined makes for a perfect afternoon on the beach.So pack a lunch and head out for an afternoon of sun and surf.
For places to stay, try the gay owned Glen Boutique Hotel. It offers beautiful rooms and well appointed baths. For dinner try Marco’s African Place or the Off Moroka Cafe Africaine to try traditional African food. With numerous gay-friendly places to dine and hang your hat for the night.
There is plenty to do in Cape Town once you’ve rested long enough on the beach. Visit the wine country or museums, The Bo-Kapp Museum, District Six Museum and National Gallery should not be missed. And the nightlife in Cape Town is amazing! From little bars to major clubs, Cape Town has them all.
The Rhodes Memorial is built on the slopes of Devil’s Peak. This memorial is in honor of Cecil Rhodes, a gay entrepreneur from Great Britain and founder of the Rhodes Scholarship and the DeBeers company. After you have done all this, it will be time to head back to the beaches again to rest up a bit so you’re ready for the clubs again.
It has been said before, but please do not miss the wonderful South African beaches. Cape Town has wonderful gay tours, such as wildlife, beaches and nightlife. A great place for that special vacation for you and your partner.
Essay about Cape Town penned by Howie Holben. Spirit Journeys provides gay travel packages and gay romantic packages.
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Gay Trip Packages To Ireland
Posted by Howie Holben | Filed under Travel
Ireland has been good for gay vacations at least since the time of Oscar Wilde, although in those days it was not necessarily a friendly country for the LGBT community. Like Wilde, many people were jailed or sent away for hard labor for what was legally termed “indecency” and, until 1861, acts of sodomy were even punishable by death, but Ireland has come a long way since these dark days, decriminalizing same-sex sexual behavior in 1993 and legalizing civil unions in 2009.
While these significant legal strides might not mean that every village - or even every larger city - is ready to fully embrace same-sex relationships, Ireland has become a rather welcoming country for the most part and is a wonderful choice for gay travel. Many larger cities, such as Galway, Dublin, Cork and Waterford, have active, visible communities, LGBT-owned and LGBT-friendly establishments, and enough attractions and activities to fill an entire trip; however, whether you travel to Ireland solo or with organized gay tours, you will not want to miss the beautiful Irish countryside or the quaint, small villages that are scattered about the landscape or overlooking awe-inspiring coastal cliffs.
There are now many Irish cities that have LGBT organizations, popular hangouts, annual celebrations and a thriving community, but Dublin remains the unquestionable center of Irish LGBT life, making it an absolute must-see during gay travel to Ireland. The nightlife in Dublin is an interesting blend of upscale clubs with dress codes and a casual LGBT pub scene, which allows those on gay vacations to Ireland to experience different aspects of LGBT life in Dublin. Depending on when you arrive, you may also have the opportunity to take part in one of Dublin’s annual community events, including the Dublin Lesbian and Gay Film Festival in July, Dublin International LGBTQ Pride in June, and the popular Dublin Gay Theatre Festival, which takes place each May.
There is always something going on in Dublin, on either a small or large scale, so it is a good idea to pick up a copy of GNC, Ireland’s main community magazine, when you arrive in town. There are many must-see attractions when partaking in gay travel in Dublin, including the Guinness Storehouse, the Old Jameson Distillery, the Hugh Lane Gallery, the Book of Kells, the Oscar Wilde House Museum and Dublin’s quintessential LGBT bar, The George.
Folks planning gay tours should consider partaking in group gay tours to ensure that they do not miss out on the plethora of historical, cultural and natural attractions that this intriguing, romantic nation has to offer.
Exposition written by Howie Holben regarding Ireland and gay travel tours. Spirit Journeys can help with your next gay trip.
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En-Lightening Experience, 1977
Posted by Bobbi Landfried | Filed under Self Improvement
I met Jay in June 1977 when he came to our home to meet my husband, a well known certified hypnotherapist. Jay was hoping to be able to study under him. As an astrologer, I asked him for his date, time and place of birth so I could do his chart. After about a minute I made a startling discovery and returned to tell him what I had found. I guess Jay found this a little strange but I said to him, Something special is going to happen to you soon. You will be guided there and this experience will change your life and someone you know will be there to observe.
Eventually, Jay met my husband and they worked together for some time. Jay had some blood pressure and stress issues so they did three hypnosis sessions together to sort the problem. Later on, they started to study together and Lee gave Jay perhaps seven to ten books per week to read; ever expanding Jays mind on cultures and beliefs, mind sciences and cult influences, and much more. He also recommended classes; the Loving Relationship Training by Sondra Lee and a series by Theta Seminars on Metaphysics.
Jay began to attend a class called Spiritual Psychology taught by a husband and wife team from Missouri. They had been into natural healing, natural childbirth with doctors and absolutely unique notions for a period in time.
Most of Jays friends thought he was crazy to be attending classes like that on weekends when he could have been water skiing, boating, enjoying life, playing with women at bars, or just getting drunk like some of his clients. But, Jay was happy with studying Metaphysics and Healing.
It was at the second Theta Seminar that the special event occurred. It was August 1977 and Jay was in the classroom which was in a loft on 22nd Street in New York City. In the class, they had discussed the cycles of birth and death and its influence on the soul. They did some breathing, meditation and thinking about their own birth.
Jay remembered that his was traumatic, as his mother had gone into a coma and he was born two months premature. Then, he suddenly realized that he was meant to be born early; his weight was already 8 lbs. 15 ounces and his mother was too tiny at 411 to handle the Big Guy coming into the world.
He was able to forgive himself for wearing out his mother at birth with his size and weight. He forgave his mother for falling unconscious at his birth and missing his first two weeks of life on Earth. What an experience it was for him. Feeling the forgive-ness made Jay feel lighter.
The next part of the class was the chanting and rocking session. Jay, still feeling that lightness as the group of six in his team began elevating and rocking him to music and chants. One at a time, the team was lifting each person up and then rocking the fully elevated person before slowly returning them to the ground.
Back then Jay weighed 280 pounds and there they were, trying to get him up in the air. He felt as light as a feather, totally relaxed as he was rocked back and forth. During the session the window was open and suddenly a strange cool-damp breeze came through into the room, exactly where they were rocking Jay. A bolt of what appeared to be lightning hit Jay at the top of his head. The group pulled their hands away and he floated back down to the ground.
Then Jay slowly opened his eyes and touched the top of his head. It felt warm. As he sat up, he was surprised to see me standing over him, looking at him. He remembered what I had said to him when we first met, And someone you know will be there to observe. Jay closed his eyes and his head was filled with ideas and formulas and concepts and the words just know that you know.
Then since that moment, he knew the past, present and the future. He foresaw floods, tornados, the economic crisis of 2007- on … he was frightened, but understood. He knew about others just by looking at their faces, their eyes or from their handwriting. And there is so much more that he knew he would come know.
The question for Jay in all of this is, if there is so much that he knows, then how can he use it to help everyone throughout the rest of his life?
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Benefits Of Gay Yoga
Posted by Howie Holben | Filed under Health & Fitness
Yoga is a form of exercise, a discipline, and a lifestyle. It has its roots in Vedic India and is actually a school of seven different disciplines for training one’s mind and body to be as pure as possible. In India there are still practitioners of all forms of yoga, but in the West the most popular style of yoga is based on physical poses, or flowing yoga. This yoga is used primarily for fitness purposes, but until like other forms of exercise it also concentrates on mental relaxation and is a low-impact exercise that is good for people of all ages and physical levels. On that note, yoga is also a very personal form of exercise even though it most often done in group classes. Because of this, many efforts have been made to make yoga classes feel as comfortable as possible. For instance, classes might be geared toward people of a similar community such as yoga for women, prenatal yoga, or even gay yoga classes.
Since you need to feel comfortable and relaxed in order to get the full benefit of yoga, besides tailoring classes to certain demographics of people, the entire structure of the yoga studio and class is geared toward a soothing atmosphere.
A good instructor will have a tone that is both encouraging and soothing. This means that you should push yourself has hard as your body lets you, but not feel tension if you can’t immediately accomplish full-blown poses. Being surrounded by people who are at your same physical level also helps to make you feel comfortable.
They should have both a firm but comforting tone that challenges you to work your hardest but doesn’t make you feel bad if you aren’t as advanced as the other students. Of course, being with students who share your physical level or interests is also important.
The structure of a yoga class is also designed to reduce your stress level. When you first start you will engage in breathing exercises should help you to clear your mind.
If you are doing a Pilates combination class, you will do those exercises toward the tail end of the classes when you are fully warm and ready to push yourself up to the next level.
Just when you think you can’t work anymore, you will be given a chance to some simple cool down moves and mediation exercises before leaving the class.
Since the whole point of yoga is to calm your mind and reduce stress through physical work, the entire yoga experience should be comfortable for you. This is why the atmosphere of the class is almost just as important as the exercises themselves. If you don’t feel safe enough to try new things you won’t get the full benefit of the yoga experience. Therefore, the rise of specialized yoga classes, such as gay yoga, should not be surprising.
Advice dealing with gay yoga by Howie Holben. He and Spirit Journeys have put together a gay yoga retreat trip. They also host wonderful gay naked yoga retreats for men.
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Conscious Gay Holidays
Posted by Howie Holben | Filed under Self Improvement
Vacations are something that everyone takes in order to get themselves out of the hustle and bustle of the real world for a little bit of relaxation and rejuvenation. This time away is very important to both our physical and mental health. There are many different types of vacations that one can take in order to fill these needs.
You could take a vacation with just your immediate family or you could do typical group tours. But, you can also venture out into the world of vacationing with a group of people that have faced similar life challenges. For gay people, gay spirituality travel is a great option.
Being gay, we all have at least one thing in common. Vacationing with others that have had similar experiences in life can add to our time away. This commonality helps to form bonds within the group.
New acquaintances become fast friends and people with whom we find we can share things. This helps to make gay vacations a unique and wonderful experience. We know we are understood by those around us, at least on some level.
Being understood allows us to open up, relax more and let our guard down. This vulnerability lets more of the vacation into our hearts and minds. The more we feel the vacation, the more we recover from the strains of life at home.
A vacation with men and women that also share our intentions for the vacation deepens our sense of recovery. Spiritually connecting to the world around us and to ourselves is one shared intention. Now we share two important things, being gay and a desire to grow spiritually.
Gay vacations that include an exploration of the world and also an exploration of ourselves, can be very powerful. With the support of the others in the group we are able to let our walls down even further and live a freer life. And that’s why we took a vacation in the first place, to be freer of life’s responsibilities.
Recommendations for gay travel. This essay is by Howie Holben. Spirit Journeys offers gay folks gay vacations and gay tours that are really unique.
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Psychic Reading - The 7 Questions You Should Ask
Posted by Tana Hoy | Filed under Self Improvement
A psychic reading offers so many benefits for you. You can find answers to your questions, receive advice about a pressing issue, or be aware of what you need protection from, among other things. Basically, you are given an opportunity to prepare for the future and have a better idea of what it holds. A psychic reading lights the way for you.
Now, the future encompasses several areas of your life. When you ask about your future in a psychic reading, the answer does not only cover one aspect of your life. Each area of your life is intertwined with another, and it is best when you know your current direction in each of these.
It is strongly advised that you prepare for your psychic reading by writing down questions, so that you don’t forget them. Here are some areas you can specifically ask about regarding your future in a psychic reading.
Home Life
You can learn about the relationship you have with your family and how their relationship with one another can affect yours. Find out in a psychic reading who might need your help the most. Know which member is the best person to talk to at specific times.
Possessions
This is about things under your possession, including those which are good for you and those which are doing you more bad than good. A psychic reading will give you guidance on which are worth keeping and which should be disposed of. You will also be advised on which items to take extra care of.
Love
Both romantic partnerships and friendships fall under the area of love, so you can ask questions about the future of all existing relationships during a psychic reading. Be prepared for challenges you are likely to encounter. Get to know how certain relationships may evolve and when new ones are likely to come.
Protection
Find out from a psychic reading what sort of challenges are likely to come by and how you can best protect yourself so that you do not fail. It is best if you are aware too in case anyone wants to deliberately cause you not to succeed.
Wealth
Ensure your security in terms of finances and career. Find guidance from a psychic reading on how to handle money matters and work-related decisions. Knowing how your financial future looks will give you very useful insights on how to deal with current financial and career concerns.
Gifts
Gifts refer to your innate gifts. These can be your psychic ability, your artistic talents, or interpersonal skills. Find out how much more capable you are than you think. Discover your talents’ benefits and when the best time is to hone them.
An Ending Or New Beginning
An end always signifies the start of something else. Know and prepare for any endings that may manifest in your life - the end of a certain phase, of a long process, or the end of an issue which has been holding you back. Find out from a psychic reading when beginnings from such endings can be expected and how you can best deal with them.
Use these suggestions to guide you on what you can ask and to organize your thoughts. Also, keep in mind that your future is not unchangeable. What you hear in a psychic reading tells you where your current path is leading you and how it will manifest in your future; you are free to pursue it or change it.
Consider the areas listed above as your checklist of what you might want to ask in a psychic reading. They will also give you a better picture of which areas are very closely affecting each other, and which need to be prioritized. These serve as your clues to asking the right questions. The answers you will get will be the light that will guide you as you move forward in your journey.
Tana Hoy has devoted most of his life to helping out people through the psychic reading that he gives. He can also give you answers to your questions about the future. Visit his website to learn more about Tana Hoy.
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Belief
Posted by Dr. Jay Polmar | Filed under Writing & Speaking
Beliefs determine how we see, interact and feel the world around us. Beliefs are ideas that are formed after repetition and contemplation that are accepted as truth and reality and therefore impact how we see life.
Belief and knowledge are often in conflict. The difference might be subtle, but significant. Knowledge is something that you and others, who might be considered experts in that field, consider to be true and there is reasonable, plausible, and provable scientific explanation for that wisdom.
A belief on the other hand is founded on personal experience or faith.
To many people require you to accept their belief based on blind faith. Belief is not a fact and therefore usually not provable beyond a shadow of a down.
Remember, its wasnt long ago that people believed the world is flat, and that we thought women were witches, hunted them down, and then burned them.
Welcome to belief, which is based on superstitions, or blindness.
Ignorant humans who once believed that the Earth was the center of the universe, and that it was flat. Really demonstrated that what really was FLAT was the human ability to think outside the box and perceive something that others could not observe.
When scientists discovered great things, hundreds of years ago, they were imprisoned, tortured and murdered. The Catholic Church did not want people to see clearly, and therefore stopped the voices of these researchers.
Actually, during that time in history it was thought to be common knowledge that these ancient flat world beliefs were true. Even though humankind was sincere in its ignorant beliefs, those beliefs were false and by not believing as the others told you to, you were subject to arrest, imprisonment, and torture which often lead to death.
Times have changed. Today, things that you believe have changed, and you may believe in something so firmly that you count it as knowledge. When, in fact, there may be considerable evidence from the past experience that a particular belief is a truth,” its only truth for you from your personal experience. Just because you believe it is true, does not make it true. Although it might become a truth for you personally, by believing it you are limiting yourself by holding on to self-limiting beliefs.
The trick is to pull back the veneer and see the real truth. That is one that is universal and does not need to be believed, it just is. These are referred to as universal truths. They exist and work beyond our own self-limiting beliefs. They shape and work through the universe and in our lives.
Gravity is a truth. Believe in it or not” its still a real truth. If you drop something it will fall to the ground. If you trip, and fall, you could hurt your butt. You can only fall DOWN you’ll never fall up.
Now this is only a truth that exists here on Earth under normal circumstances. There are other forces that can resist this law such as a strong wind. You may have been programmed since childhood to conceive things that you thought to be true ” but, once you realized that they were not true, you may have wondered why you wasted time and energy believing in them at all.
Take the case of Santa Claus. You thought that he was real. You believed that by some mystical miracle he went around the world in one night and brought presents to every well-behaved child. You may have further believed that he ate the burnt cookies you left for him and he drank that horrible lactose free milk. You believe that it was all related to your doing good things and not bad things, and that Santa was well, almost like God!
There was potent evidence to your faith:
Your parents told you he was real. (You trusted your parents without question)
The cookies were eaten and the milk glass was empty. Also the crumbs disappeared.
There were gifts under the Christmas tree in the morning.
You saw Santa at the mall, and you had a picture of Santa to prove it.
Your friends believed in him also.
All of this evidence pointed toward knowledge, you just knew he existed. It pointed to a truth in that not only did you know he existed, everyone around you knew also. This belief as you found out was not true. It had shaped your view of the world as a child and still may have a lingering impact on your current belief system.
The point is that there are other things that you may think are true, but are not. You have been told things all your life for a variety of reasons: to make you feel better, to be funny, to hurt you, because other people believed it was true, and for other noble and not so noble reasons. You made the choice whether to believe what was being told you. You weighed this information and decided whether it fit or not into your already existing belief system. You either rejected the idea straight out, accepted it as part of what you already believed, or it changed your belief system.
Beliefs are very powerful, and they do shape our reality. If you believe in something strong enough, it becomes real in your life. There is a universal law that states that likes attract like. If you believe in something strong enough it not only becomes your reality, it attracts similar things to your life.
Suppose you believe you are clumsy. Your parents said you were clumsy, your coach as school did and so did your friends. They told you that you were an accident waiting to happen. You thought this to be true. Your whole life you tripped over your shadow. Not only did you believe this, but you also created that reality and circumstances of being clumsy.
Examine your beliefs and draw back the veil. Well, Ill be. They seem to have repeatedly hypnotized me to trip myself up — all my life” well, Ill be! And, then” you dont have to be! Its all your belief.
Dr. Jay Polmar, author of Thinkright, was a teacher and instructor at colleges and universities in the Southwest and Hawaii about the quality and power of Thought being an active force in creating the quality of your life. Learn more in Thinkright.
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Becoming a Psychic Reader
Posted by Tana Hoy | Filed under Self Improvement
They say the future holds much mystery, while for other’s, the future is just something you could read about. Psychic Readings are types of method used in an attempt to foretell the future of an individual or group. Psychic readings can be done in many ways and these include, Distant reading, Psychometry readings, Aura reading, Tarot reading, Numerology, Palm reading, Astrology, Rune reading and Cartomancy or Playing cards reading.
There are a lot of variations for psychic readings. These include face-to-face readings that can take place at home, psychic party readings for a group and the less detailed and shorter psychic readings that can take place in school booths or any particular fair for that matter. Most psychic readings do not usually need to use any tools. However for the comfort of those abroad or distant psychic readings could also be done long distance with the help of technology like through the phone, mail, or the internet.
In the evolution of consciousness, people are awakening their psychic abilities and discovering they can read others. Some enjoy it for fun and as a part time, while others even make Psychic Readings as a career.
Exciting as it may sound, Psychic readings are not easy tasks. It requires skills that would need time, not to mention a lot of understanding and practice to determine the validity of information received. Because of such, psychic aspirants seek teachers, read books, buy tools (e.g. cards, runes, etc) to fulfill their dream. In the whole course, others endure while some give up in the face of frustration and dissatisfaction and others just read when guided at specific. Others also discover that they can read only a specified group of people such as family or close friends since they share similar frequencies.
Fact is, there are many approaches to to do Psychic Readings. These Psychic Readings can also be short, a few minutes, or long such as several hours, depending on how deep you want the levels of understanding to go. A Psychic Reading can also cover any of the following topics: Love and Relationships; Job, Career, and Education; Family; Friends; Health and emotional issues which include fears and phobias; Relocation, Home environment; Spiritual mission and other metaphysical subjects; Dreams; Mediumship; Pets; Cars; Creative interests and talents; and Hobbies, among many others.
It is a known fact that every person has some level of psychic ability. So now the question is, how do you develop your special gift to become a Psychic Reader?
Anyone willing enough to develop their extraordinary psychic ability can do so with these simple steps: 1. Be positive and believe that you can be psychic. Any disbelief doubt or fear can hinder your progress. Remember that belief and fear does not mix well. The time needed for developing psychic abilities is something that may vary for each person and may occur faster in some and slower in others but there is no doubt that everyone can do it. 2. Practice meditation because it helps you relax and is a very important part of being a psychic. There is a far better chance to be able to pick up the subtle vibrations you need to develop your psychic skill if you practice meditation. 3. Be very attentive and focus on watching and listening. Sharpening your attention to all that goes on around and within you will enhance your ability to catch psychic signals. 4. Keep a journal; in it, record your dreams, psychic impressions, thoughts and any “coincidences” that may occur during the day. This is good for you evaluation and will help you track your progress. 5. Practice visualization because when you start using your psychic abilities, you may receive some information as pictures in your mind. Visualization exercises can help you receive these types of messages accurately. Looking at a picture and then trying to remember it exactly as it is with closed eyes can be a great practice.
Dedication, discipline, and perseverance, are three things you need to hone your psychic abilities. Becoming a Psychic Reader is possible to anyone who wants to. Staying on the right track will assure you that you can be doing Psychic Readings in no time at all.
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