Journal
Notes from the work
Reflections on ceremony, healing and integration, written in Andrew's own voice.
Ceremony & Healing
Kundalini Activation and Spiritual Awakening
What a kundalini awakening actually feels like, why it happens, and how to move through it without losing your footing.
Read →Dealing with anger
Learn the theory and techniques to manage anger with a holistic counselling approach
Read →Does Reiki Energy healing work?
There are many studies on the benefits of reiki and energy healing, including scientific studies that have been published in PubMed. These studies concluded that energy healing is an effective complementary treatment for a multitude of conditions such as pain relief, stress, anxiety, depression, arthritis and muscle and connective tissue damage. Even cancer and AIDS patients showed improvements in their symptoms!
Read →How do psychedelics heal?
Psychedelics have multiple methods of action including - neurobiological, relational, psychological, transpersonal and spiritual
Read →How to shift blocks
Sometimes we have the feeling that we're stuck or blocked in achieving our conscious desires. Here's some techniques to help to break through.
Read →Living in the present
Nature's creations don't attach to the past or worry about the future. Her plants and animals live in the present moment - in flow and acting from instinct. So why do we find it so hard when, as a creation of nature, this is our natural state?
Read →My energy journey
I wasn't born able to channel energy or to heal. It wasn't until I started doing energy work that things really started to open up.
Read →Preparing for Your First Mapacho Ceremony
What to wear, what to eat, and what actually helps before a first Mapacho tobacco ceremony — from the person who runs them, not a checklist someone else wrote.
Read →Psychedelic Integration: Making Meaning After the Experience
Having a powerful psychedelic experience and making meaning from it are two different things — here's what I've noticed about the gap between them, and what helps close it.
Read →Reiki Energy healing - where's the proof!?
There are many studies on the benefits of reiki and energy healing, including scientific studies that have been published in PubMed. These studies concluded that energy healing is an effective complementary treatment for a multitude of conditions such as pain relief, stress, anxiety, depression, arthritis and muscle and connective tissue damage. Even cancer and AIDS patients showed improvements in their symptoms!
Read →Reiki, Ashati, Seichem and Golden Dragon — What's the Difference?
Reiki, Ashati, Seichem, Golden Dragon — I get asked to untangle these in almost every first conversation about energy healing. Here's the plain version, lineage by lineage.
Read →The placebo effect, or the body's innate ability to heal
The placebo effect is well documented in medical literature, but what it really shows is that we all have the innate ability to heal.
Read →The Shadow
Have you ever wanted something, but then sabotaged yourself trying to get it? We've all been there, countless times. That self-sabotaging aspect is the shadow.
Read →What is a plant diet?
A plant diet, or dieta, is about connecting to the energy or spirit of a plant. Different plants have different properties - some help with certain diseases or illnesses, some help to detoxify the body and the organs, some strengthen the mind and body, while others give guidance or visions.
Read →What Is Soul Retrieval, and How Does It Work?
Soul retrieval, plainly explained — the shamanic idea that a part of you can step back from something too big to stay present for, and how that work actually goes in session.
Read →Why I meditate
When people ask me why I meditate, I smile and reply "it keeps me sane." It's the best defensive against my overactive mind and keeps anxiety and depression at bay.
Read →Wellness
Germ theory vs terrain theory and our innate immunity
Terrain theory (coined by Antoine Béchamp) puts the emphasis on maintaining a state of wellness and internal balance to stave of disease.
Read →How to heal with superhuman speed
Injuries suck, and I've had my fair share. Here's what I've learnt recovering from them in a fraction of the time medical professionals have told me I'd need.
Read →How to improve immunity
A strong immune system is our body's defence against viruses and infection. Here's a summary of things I've come across when looking to stregthen my immune system and how to best support it when sick with a cold or flu.
Read →Is poor health sabotaging your mission?
Diet and exercise are integral to you mission here on earth, whatever you are driven to do - you can't give 100% when you're not feeling it.
Read →Keto - weight loss and beyond
Every day there's some new celebrity crediting it for their dramatic body transformation. Keto is great for weight loss, as well as increased energy and focus, anti-inflammatory effects and neuroprotective benefits.
Read →Mindfulness and exercise
Being mindful during exercise allows us to access the flow state - increasing performance and enjoyment, as well as boosting the positive effects of exercise on the mind and body.
Read →My eczema story
I've struggled with eczema for most of my life. Recently I had my own health crisis, along with the worst eczema I've ever seen! this is how I got through it, what I learned, and how I returned to health.
Read →The amazing benefits of fasting
Fasting helps you get lean while staying muscular. It also triggers the body to heal and optimise itself.
Read →The ultimate anti-inflammatory diet
This is the diet I followed to help resolve my recent health problems, including the worst eczema I've ever seen.
Read →What I've learnt from physical practices
Physical practices are like a microcosm for our life. They teach us the value of discipline and perseverance to reach a goal or obtain to mastery in something. Once we come to realise these lessons, we can apply them to any area in our life.
Read →What is a healthy diet?
A healthy diet is first and foremost one that makes you feel your best. Nutritional research also has some excellent recommendations.
Read →What is a holistic personal trainer?
My holistic personal training service incorporates traditional strength training with nutrition, yoga, meditation, psychology, tai chi and energy healing.
Read →Why Exercise?
Exercise reduces stress, improves cognitive functioning, increases energy levels, improves your hormonal profile and strengthens and rejuvenates your brain and body.
Read →Why focus on posture?
Prolonged periods of bad posture leads to pain, stiffness and a loss of mobility. Our posture also greatly affects our mental health.
Read →Why men need an aggressive outlet
Men have a biological urge for aggression and competition, which can be channelled constructively into physical activity and self expression, or destructively into self destructive behaviours, violence, rape and war.
Read →Why we need to challenge ourselves
Why do we need to challenge ourselves in our day to day lives? A healthy stress is important to grow both physically and mentally.
Read →Why your health affects others
Your health, be it good or bad, affects those around you - your friends, family and the community at large. Maybe it's something to consider.
Read →Ready to talk it through?
Every piece of work at Temple of the Soul starts with a conversation — no pressure, no obligation.