On this episode of Gateways to Awakening, I speak with Maria Christina Owl, author of Planetary Ascension: The Purpose of 3D and the Choice We Face, spiritual mentor, ceremonial leader, and teacher of indigenous wisdom technologies and energy medicine. For over 25 years, Maria has helped people break trauma patterns, reclaim soul fragments, and reconnect to the living web of life.

We explore what it actually means to be a multidimensional human—through dreams, astral travel, intuition, and quantum DNA—and how many of us are unknowingly living inside “false timelines” that pull us away from our authentic soul path. Maria explains how to recognize when you’re off your true timeline, how fragmentation occurs through trauma, and how to begin calling your soul parts back through the body, somatic awareness, and loving adult consciousness.

We also dive into:

• Working consciously on the astral plane: silver cord, solar plexus portal, and why nightmares are often a recall mechanism

• Reversal grids, the “inverted pyramid,” and shifting from over-giving to receiving support from the universe

• Psychic interference and entities—and why Maria lives by the mantra “I have no enemies”

• Planetary ascension, solar light, changing Earth grids, and what acceleration in 2026–2027 might really be about

• Grief as a teacher and how being forged in the fire of loss can open us to deeper compassion and embodied love
  

If you’ve ever felt like you’re in the wrong reality, stuck in loops, or exhausted by unseen energies, this conversation offers both language and practice for coming back to your highest timeline—through love, sovereignty, and wholeness.

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In this episode of Gateways to Awakening, Yasmeen speaks with transformational guide Sascha Haert to explore the deeper architecture of intimacy, embodiment, and authentic relating.

Sascha works with women leaders who have achieved external success but still feel disconnected from themselves. Together, they unpack why relational patterns repeat, how to build partnerships rooted in truth rather than performance, and what it means to live from your deepest intelligence, the intelligence of the body.

This conversation illuminates the subtle ways we abandon ourselves, how to reclaim our needs with integrity, and why intimacy always begins with honest self-resonance.

“Intimacy only works when you stop performing and start telling the truth — not the dramatic truth, but the embodied one.” — Sascha Haert

Key Takeaways

• Why many high-performing individuals struggle with intimacy and self-connection

• How the nervous system shapes our ability to stay open, present, and receptive

• The two pillars that Sascha believes every relationship needs to thrive

• How to express truth without collapsing into reactivity or performance

• Why sensuality is a doorway to self-awareness, not just pleasure

• How polyamory can act as a healing phase — and where it becomes a bypass

• Practical tools to speak the unspoken and build authentic connections

• How to recognize and stop subtle self-abandonment in real time

• The difference between compatibility and resonance

• What it means to live from “yes” instead of fear, obligation, or pattern

You can find Sascha Haert on IG here.

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In this extraordinary episode of Gateways to Awakening, Yasmeen sits down with evolutionary astrologer and Vastu gemstone master Tashi Powers, whose decades of experience reading charts for luminaries, from the Rolling Stones to Brad Pitt to Nobel Laureates, have made her one of the most respected astrologers in the world.

Together, Yasmeen and Tashi explore the hidden architecture of reality through Vastu, gemstone astrology, and evolutionary astrology—revealing how our homes, bodies, and birth charts are encoded with cosmic intelligence.

“Your home is a living organism. When you align your space with your planetary blueprint, the universe begins to conspire with you—fast.” — Tashi Powers

“These remedies aren’t symbolic. They’re vibrational technologies that have been working for 10,000 years.” - Tashi Powers 

Tashi explains how to personalize Vastu using your birth chart, how gemstones communicate with planetary frequencies, and why your home is a living organism that can either harmonize or distort your destiny. She shares astonishing stories about space clearing, planetary remedies, and the Deva realm, and breaks down how colors, deities, sacred geometry, and gemstones can transform your relationships, career, creativity, and emotional harmony.

This episode also dives into:

- How Vastu aligns your home with your planetary blueprint

- Why gemstones work—and how to use them for love, money, empowerment, and protection

- How the days of the week correspond to planetary energies

- What evolutionary astrology reveals about your karma, purpose, and soul path

- The power of the moon, Venus gates, and the sacred geometry of the cosmos

- How to work with natural law, intuition, and the seed cycle of the zodiac

- The importance of the galactic center and why some souls come in with a “galactic mission”

Yasmeen and Tashi also announce the relaunch of their personalized Vastu app, Vastu Feng Shui, which turns an ancient $500-$2,000 consultation into a modern, intuitive tool for anyone to use—complete with personalized remedies for love, health, prosperity, and emotional harmony.

This is a mystical, grounded, highly practical conversation for anyone ready to understand their space, their chart, and their energy in a completely new way.

Learn more at:

VastuFengShuiHarmony.com

EnlighteningTimes.com

Instagram: @tashiastrodikini @yasmeenturayhi @vastushaktifengshui

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Dear Friend, In this powerful and far-reaching episode of Gateways to Awakening, Yasmeen Turayhi sits down with writer, historian, musician, and esoteric scholar Ronnie Pontiac, one of the most important living voices on Western mysticism and hidden spiritual lineages.
Ronnie’s life was shaped by decades of work at the crossroads of hermeticism, occult philosophy, Rosicrucianism, and alternative American history. From 1981–1987, he served as research assistant and designated substitute lecturer to the legendary teacher Manly P. Hall, gaining unparalleled firsthand access to the inner currents of Western esoteric thought.

 We explore his latest book, The Rosicrucian Counterculture: The Origins and Influence of the Invisible Society.  We explore the Invisible Schools, illuminating the mysterious lineage that has quietly shaped philosophy, science, art, politics, and spirituality for centuries.

“The universal reformation begins with personal reformation. You cannot transform a society if you have not already transformed within yourself.”
— Ronnie Pontiac

Together, Yasmeen and Ronnie explore:
• The hidden metaphysical roots of America and why much of U.S. history has been misunderstood, and how esoteric currents quietly shaped early American philosophy, science, and political life.
• Rosicrucianism beyond the myth - Who the Rosicrucians truly were, why their manifestos electrified Europe, and how their vision of a “universal reformation” still echoes today.
• The alchemical process of inner transformation, a rare, grounded look at how real alchemy was practiced and what its steps mean for modern seekers.
• The Hermetica, ancient Egypt, and the metaphysical revival - Why astrology, sacred geometry, and ancient esoteric philosophy are resurging today
• The battle between America’s spiritual openness and its shadow - A candid exploration of Christian nationalism, pluralism, and the long-forgotten mystical side of America’s origins.
• A profound personal story of grief, love, and spiritual revelation

Ronnie shares the moving, intimate account of losing his wife and lifelong creative partner and the extraordinary experiences that unfolded afterward, reshaping his understanding of consciousness, death, and the continuity of the soul.
Tune in to Gateways to Awakening for more conversations with leading thinkers, creators, and spiritual pioneers shaping the future of consciousness. For more from me: follow my writing on Substack (substack.com/@therealyasmeent), find me on Instagram @TheRealYasmeenT, or visit InnerKnowingSchool.com.

Best, -Yasmeen 

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In this illuminating episode of Gateways to Awakening, host Yasmeen Turayhi speaks with Marcie Anderson, a spiritual teacher, published author, and Sai Shakti healer with over 25 years of study in the ancient science of consciousness.

After spending a decade in India under the direct guidance of Sri Kaleshwar, where she earned her PhD in Soul Doctorism, Marcie shares the sacred knowledge of the Holy Womb Chakra — an ancient spiritual system that awakens the creative power within every soul.

Together, Yasmeen and Marcie explore:

✨ What the Holy Womb Chakra truly is — and how it serves as the source of divine creation

✨ The mantras and yantras (sacred sounds and geometries) that purify karma and open the channels of creation

✨ How healing the womb can dissolve ancestral patterns, clear past relationships, and call in soul-aligned love

✨ Conscious conception rituals that invite high vibrational souls to incarnate

✨ How silence, elemental decharging, and devotion restore spiritual sovereignty

This conversation bridges ancient Eastern wisdom with modern spiritual practice, guiding listeners to reconnect with their Divine Mother energy, embody wholeness, and awaken the sacred creative essence within.

You can connect with Marcie at: [email protected] or on Instagram: @marcieandersonofficial

🎧 Experience a guided womb activation during the episode — and feel the power of this lineage for yourself.

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Hey Friends, 

This episode was spectacular.  In this episode of Gateways to Awakening, I sit down with Jennifer Hough, best-selling author of UNSTUCK and founder of The Wide Awakening, to explore what it means to become a “cosmic instigator”, someone who catalyzes quantum leaps in love, business, and consciousness. 

Jennifer unpacks the science and spirit of holographic seeing, describing how we can perceive reality beyond linear time, and how thriving—not surviving—becomes the entry point to expanded awareness.

“You can’t imagine something that doesn’t already exist. Imagination is simply the door to a parallel reality that’s waiting for you to step into it.” -Jennifer Hough

We talk about the following and so much more:

• What it really means to “quantum jump” into a parallel reality

• Why paradigm shifts can rewrite hundreds of beliefs at once

• How resistance is simply feedback guiding us toward flow

• The role of biology in attuning to new dimensions of being

• The illusion of control — and how to partner with universal intelligence instead

You’ll get a free month's access for the Agents of Awakening course through this link: https://thewideawakening.com/aoa-30day-ac/?referredby1=Yasmeen%20Turayhi.

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-Yasmeen 

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On this episode of Gateways to Awakening, I speak with Ryel Kestano, the co-founder of ART "The Art of Authentic Relating" International and Kora, a new dating and relationship app rooted in the principles of authentic relating.

Ryel is also the author of the beautiful and practical book Authentic Relating: A Guide to Rich, Meaningful, Nourishing Relationships, and a pioneer in bringing the tools of authentic communication to individuals, couples, and even inmates through his nonprofit, The Realness Project.

“You are worthy of connection exactly as you are. You don’t have to filter or contrive a version of yourself to be loved.” - Ryel Kestano You can listen to the entire conversation here. 
In this conversation, we explore:
- What authentic relating actually means—and how it’s not just about being honest
- The three levels of conversation and why most of us stay stuck in the first two
- How to meet people where they are without collapsing our truth
- The five foundational practices of authentic relating, including “welcome everything” and “own your experience”
- Why relational presence is the portal to deep intimacy
- How the Kora app is reimagining dating through meaningful, values-based connection
- And how slowing down, listening, and being seen without performance can transform the way we relate—not only to others, but to ourselves
If you're craving deeper connection, clearer communication, or a new way of approaching relationships—this episode is for you.
Learn more about Ryel’s work:
ART International
Ryel’s Book
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In this powerful and delightfully unpredictable episode of Gateways to Awakening, Yasmeen Turayhi sits down with filmmaker, writer, and creative provocateur Bobby Kennedy III, son of RFK, to explore one of the most wide-ranging conversations in our show’s history  spanning politics, spirituality, satire, lucid dreaming, hidden narratives, and his new book The Confessions of Anthony Fauci.

From the moment the episode begins (and yes, includes a hilarious “restart” moment due to a bio mix-up), Bobby opens the door to a candid and unfiltered dialogue. 

“You can’t wake up a society without first waking up your own shadow. Satire just gives the medicine a taste people can actually swallow.” - Bobby Kennedy III

We explore:

• How humor and satire can cut through propaganda and awaken consciousness

• Why American identity is shaped by myths, secrecy, and selective storytelling

• His family’s legacy — and the emotional, spiritual weight of growing up amid unresolved truths

• Bobby’s lifelong practice of lucid dreaming and how it became a gateway into healing, exploration, and contacting deeper realms of the psyche

• A behind-the-scenes look at his film “Fear and Loathing in Aspen” and the experiment in “backlash politics”

• The inspiration behind his new satirical book, The Confessions of Anthony Fauci — a fictionalized “tell-all” written in Fauci’s own voice

• How power, secrecy, and belief systems shape public health and public narrative

• A candid discussion on the metaphysical, occult, and psychological forces that may influence modern systems

Why Bobby remains hopeful — and how he believes humanity can cross a threshold into unity and consciousness

His call to action for listeners: Talk to someone you disagree with. Build bridges. Start small. Start human.

Bobby’s new book: The Confessions of Anthony Fauci

Find him on X: @BobbyKennedyX

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Dear Friends, I took so many notes during this conversation!  In this illuminating episode of Gateways to Awakening, host I speak with Candice Covington, author of Essential Oils in Spiritual Practice and Vibrational Nutrition and her latest book,  Floral Absolutes: Aromatic Healing for the Physical, Emotional, and Energy Body, about the living intelligence of the plant world — and how food, scent, and essence each carry unique energetic signatures that can shape our consciousness.

Drawing from her background in Ayurveda, aromatherapy, and energy medicine, Candice reveals how every plant, from okra to rose, raspberry to pomegranate, holds a vibrational pattern that mirrors aspects of the human soul. She explains how subtle energies from plants can help us restore emotional balance, clear karmic imprints, protect our energetic boundaries, and even catalyze creativity and heart awakening. Whether you’re new to the language of subtle energy or already working with essential oils and vibrational healing, this conversation will remind you that plants are living blueprints of the divine reflections of our own multidimensional intelligence.

We talk about the following and more:

1) The connection between vibrational nutrition, flower and food energetics, and archetypal forces in nature — showing how plants are not passive resources, but conscious allies in our evolution.

2) Why certain foods call to you at specific moments, how to select oils for emotional healing and protection, and how the act of eating, anointing, or smelling becomes a sacred dialogue with life itself.

3) Tangible guidance for empaths, creatives, and anyone seeking to reclaim their vitality and inner sovereignty through plant consciousness.

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In this episode of Gateways to Awakening, Yasmeen Turayhi sits down with Judith Corvin Blackburn, award-winning author, transpersonal psychotherapist, shamanic minister, and internationally known teacher, to explore what it means to live as a multidimensional being in our rapidly shifting world.

Drawing from her books Empowering the Spirit and The 6th Dimension: The Ascension Journey, Judith shares how humanity is evolving from third-dimensional consciousness into fifth and sixth-dimensional awareness realms defined by unconditional love, unity consciousness, and creative co-creation.

We discuss the following: 

• What 5D and 6D consciousness actually mean and how to access these states in daily life.

• How the “world of forms” (6D) operates as a quantum blueprint — where thoughts, emotions, and intentions take shape before materializing in 3D reality.

• Why many of us are experiencing time differently and how to consciously collapse timelines through awareness and emotional clearing.

• The role of trauma, the emotional body, and DNA activation in awakening our higher potential.

• How to release polarity thinking, embody unity consciousness, and become a conscious creator of your life.
  

Judith offers grounded wisdom from five decades of teaching and psychotherapy, bridging quantum science, spirituality, and psychology to help us navigate the global ascension process with compassion and clarity.

Tune in to remember your multidimensional nature, reconnect with your heart, and begin co-creating from the higher frequencies of love, awareness, and form.

Learn more about Judith at: empoweringthespirit.com

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