Dr. Yvonne Kason MD, MEd, CCFP, FCFP, is the President and Co-Founder of Spiritual Awakenings International and the Past-President of IANDS (2019-2020). Dr. Kason is the person who in 1994 first coined the phrase “Spiritually Transformative Experiences” or “STEs”. She is also the Group-Leader and Co-Founder of Toronto Awakenings Sharing Group.

Dr. Kason has had 5 Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), 2 in her childhood and 3 in her adult life, as well as multiple Spiritually Transformative Experiences (STEs) of many kinds. Dr. Kason is a retired family physician and MD-psychotherapist, previously on faculty at the University of Toronto, and an internationally renowned medical expert on NDEs, Kundalini Awakening, and other STEs.

In 1990, Dr. Kason was the first Canadian medical doctor to specialize her medical practice in the research and counseling of patients with diverse types of STEs. She has over 40 years’ experience counseling STE Experiencers. She co-founded the Kundalini Research Network in 1990, was the Chair of the Kundalini Research Network’s Questionnaire research project, results published in Explore, July 2020. She co-founded the Spirituality in Health-Care Network in 2000.

Dr. Kason has six published books, her most recent, Soul Lessons from the Light: How Spiritually Transformative Experiences Changed My Life (December 2022) and Touched by the Light: Exploring Spiritually Transformative Experiences (2019). She has made hundreds of professional presentations, has given scores of media interviews, and is in demand as a keynote speaker.

Websites:

dryvonnekason.com

spiritualawakeningsinternational.org

torontoawakenings.org

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Summary and transcript of this interview

Interview recorded November 5, 2023

YouTube Video Chapters:

00:00:00 - Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump

00:02:58 - Yvonne's Near-death Experiences and Past Lives

00:06:43 - Childhood Near-Death Experience and Flying

00:10:37 - Near-Death Experience in a Car Accident

00:14:50 - Seeing Ghosts and Near-Death Experiences

00:18:44 - A Powerful Meditation Experience

00:23:21 - Meeting Gopi Krishna and the Revelation of Kundalini Awakening

00:27:39 - Different Experiences of Awakening

00:31:57 - Psychiatric illnesses and spiritual awakening

00:35:53 - Balanced Approach to Spiritual Awakening

00:40:30 - The Harrowing Plane Crash Experience

00:44:29 - The Voice's Guidance and Ignoring it

00:49:06 - Experiencing Infinite Intelligence

00:52:44 - The Miraculous Rescue

00:56:28 - Transformative Aftereffects of a Near-Death Experience

01:00:36 - Clairvoyant Experiences and the Truth-O-Meter

01:04:37 - Advocate for Experiencers of Kundalini and Spiritual Transformation

01:09:06 - Spiritual Awakenings International and the Global Awakening

01:12:51 - The Concept of Peace and Harmony in Warfare and Defense

01:15:55 - Judicious use of drugs in Kundalini awakening

01:20:33 - Premonitions and Near-Death Experiences

01:24:54 - A Benevolent Being in an Unusual Posture

01:29:41 - The Shift in Spiritual Goals

01:33:22 - Deepening and Exploring

01:37:42 - Crossing Over and the Realm of Light

01:41:23 - A Profound Awakening: Remembering Past Lives and Understanding Interconnectedness

01:46:21 - Perceiving the Complexity of Time

01:50:12 - A Miracle Healing Journey

01:54:45 - Never give up hope

01:58:00 - Collaborating with Beings for Reincarnation

02:00:46 - Coughing Fits and Goodbyes