Escape from Death- Spiritually Transformative Experiences: Yvonne Kason, EP 252

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Her plane went down in frigid Canadian water in hidden terrain. Weighed down by saturated heavy winter coats and boots, coincidences helped to save Yvonne Kason, the pilot and the nurse from certain death. Subsequent Spiritually Transformative Experiences led her to found Spiritual Awakenings International.

Our guest, Dr. Yvonne Kason MD, MEd, CCFP, FCFP, is a Founder and the President of Spiritual Awakenings International, a 5x Near-Death Experiencer, multiple STE Experiencer, author, and in-demand speaker and media resource. She is the person who first coined the phrase “Spiritually Transformative Experiences” (STEs) in 1994, and has written extensively about STEs in her last 3 books, her most recent Touched by the Light (2019). A renowned international expert on Kundalini Awakenings, Near-Death Experiences, and Spiritually Transformative Experiences, Dr. Kason is a retired MD-Psychotherapist and Family Physician, previously on faculty at the University of Toronto. She has over 40 years experience researching STEs and counseling STE Experiencers. Dr. Kason was the first Canadian medical doctor to specialize her practice in 1990 in the counseling and research of persons having diverse types of Spiritually Transformative Experiences. In 1990 she was Co-Founder of the Kundalini Research Network (KRN), and became Chair of the KRN Questionnaire Research Project. In 2000 she was Co-founder of the Spirituality in Health-Care Network. Dr. Yvonne Kason has been recognized for her groundbreaking work as an Honoree on the Spiritual Awakenings International Circle of Honor. Learn more, here https://spiritualawakeningsinternational.org/

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