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