Claudia McNeely returns for a conversation about what’s happening on planet Earth and how Solar Flares, Earthquakes and weather are affecting your emotions and your health. We also touch on some changes and challenges that lie ahead in 2012 on this edition of The Farkas Files.

Swami Beyondananda is a highly acclaimed keynote speaker and performer whose specialty is using mind-opening comedy to create heart-opening laughter.

For over 23 years, the Swami, in reality humorist and author Steve Bhaerman, has been performing what is described both as “comedy disguised as wisdom” and “wisdom disguised as comedy.”

A unique feature of his performance is spontaneously answering live questions from the audience. Or, as the Swami puts it, “I will answer your questions, and you will question my answers!”

He has been on stage with the great sages of the past quarter century, and even performed for Swami Satchidananda’s 80th birthday party in 1994, along with Hollywood celebs and international recording artists.

He has gained a reputation for being both pointed and compassionate. His comedy has been called “irreverently uplifting” and over the past decade, his comedy has become more political. “I know,” Swami says, “that many people don’t want to go there. But there has already come here.”

Swami’s latest venture is to combine his non-religion of FUNdamentalism with the non-politics of the newly-formed Right to Laugh Party (“one big party … everyone is invited”), to create one big evolutionary up-wising to overgrow the current dysfunctional system.

He will also be launching his radio feature Karma Talk this year — to give folks from all over the world to ask the Swami answerable questions, and receive his questionable answers.

I had the great pleasure of meeting the Swami many years ago and we commiserated as escapees from Brooklyn and merry punsters. Don’t miss this very special conversation!

Jennifer Judd is a professional vocalist and private music instructor who recently experienced a spiritual awakening. She created her practice called Inner Peace, Outer Balance in 2010 while along her own journey to healing and now offers spiritual healing and guidance to others. In her practice, she offers intuitive and channeled life guidance, medicinal aromatherapy, crystal and sacred geometry therapies, Yuen Method™ Energetics, aura reading, mediumship and techniques of neutral thinking to quiet the mind.

Most recently, she has been channeling high dimensional beings of Light to realign people to their true selves and allow for self-healing to occur. With this new gift, her desire is to share it with people for free or donation as a group experience so that positive change might come into the world. Since she has a great love for music, she often supports her work with sound, whether from singing bowls, meditative CDs or her own voice. We'll learn more about her fascinating work on this edition of The Farkas Files.

Paranormal investigator and researcher Deonna Kelli Sayed wrote ‘Obsession‘ to reveal how and why the public fascination with spirits started. She interviewed ghost hunters, religious figures, scientists, academics, and cast members of the popular TV shows Ghost Hunters and Paranormal State, and offers compelling insight into what our fixation on ghostly activity says about American culture. Paranormal Obsession also highlights the author’s paranormal group’s investigation of the USS North Carolina, the most haunted battleship in the United States. Deonna Kelli Sayed’s new book isn’t a collection of ghost stories. It is more about why people are so fascinated by ghosts in the first place. Using a “cultural studies” approach, Obsession uses paranormal reality TV (mostly SyFy’s Ghost Hunters) as a springboard for discussion. A discussion we will continue on this edition of The Farkas Files.

On this edition of The Farkas Files, we meet Chaya Leia, a practicing Registered Nurse in the western medical world, Reiki practitioner, belly dance instructor and Certified Practitioner and Teacher of the Arvigo Techniques of Maya Abdominal TherapyTM. In her quest for personal health, she discovered the Arvigo techniques of Maya Abdominal TherapyTM. This practice restores the harmony we seek, by realigning the abdominal organs. This optimizes flow of blood and lymph, thus restoring health, vitality and joy.

On this edition of The Farkas Files, join David as he talks with Yuliya Cohen, a trained energy healer, medical intuitive and therapist, and the creator of the Energy Restructuring™ System. Member of ACEP (Association of Comprehensive Energy Psychology), she has presented her paradigm-changing research at international conferences in the United States and Canada. She received her training from the HLCC “Crucible” program, directed by Rev. Rosalyn Bruyere, a world-renowned healer, scholar and researcher in the field of Energy Healing.She was formerly an engineer and computer science researcher and holds degrees in Civil Engineering from the Kiev School of Civil Engineering and in Computer Science from Brandeis University. Juliya offers tools for achieving graceful and lasting healing, and a desire to live in this world and in your body with more faith in the wisdom of the universe.Yulia’s clients are not limited to those who naturally gravitate towards spiritual growth. Because of her own scientific background, many of her clients have highly developed analytical skills and may question the rationality behind energetic phenomena, so our conversation should be an enriching, stimulating, and beneficial experience.

St. Suzan Baltozer has been practicing shamanism & energy healing to help people heal, grow & reach their highest potential for over 30 years. After years of service & training she was formally initiated into the tradition of the Ecuadorian Yachaks (shamans) of the High Andes of Ecuador, a dream she has held since childhood.

After an unusual childhood with lots of spiritual activity, Suzan has been trained extensively in African Spiritual Technologies with Malidoma Some’, studied with & was a dog-soldier (assistant) for Shamans & Wisdom Keepers from North, South & Central America, Greenland, Siberia, Ireland, Africa, Tibet, & India hosted at Omega Institute.

She has completed a comprehensive shapeshifting training with John Perkins, studied energy healing with teachers from the Barbara Brennan tradition, and is certificate to teach Contemplative & Dance/Authentic Movement. She is also a student of Matrix Energetics. In other words she has paid her dues… many times over. We'll get to know her even better on this edition of The Farkas Files.

Shaman, author, and teacher, Christina Pratt has been in practice for over 20 years, specializing in soul retrieval healings, soul part integration, and pioneering an approach to healing our ancestral lines. She is the author of An Encyclopedia of Shamanism.

A skilled healer who weaves her authentic shamanic experience, extensive training, and experience with shamans from Ecuador, Nepal, Tibet, and Africa into her contemporary practice. She has unique gift in creating effective and transforming healing rituals for the sacred passages in the lives of contemporary people and communities.

On this edition of The Farkas Files, David Talks with Ande Lyons, founder and CEO of Bring Back Desire – a playful, tasteful website where women from around the world are rediscovering sensual pleasure and intimacy. Her passion for bringing increased intimacy to others stems from her own 26-year relationship with her darling husband.Touched by toddlers, several business start ups, health challenges, financial turmoil, 5 moves in 9 years, teens and menopause – Ande was committed to keeping the spark alive in her marriage. Join us for what promises to be a conversation full of insight and surprises!

THEY'RE BAAAAAACK! On this edition of The Farkas Fliles it's the return of The Three-Psychic-Tsunami! Join us for a two-hour, back-to-back bonanza of opinion, wry humor, and of course -- READINGS FOR YOU! David is joined by next-airwave-neighbor Corbie Mitlied and psychic Allie Cheslick for a no-holds-barred hour.