Gaia Art Bar's Ana Estrada and Diane Dunn, author and founder of Paz y Luz Hotel and Conference Center in Pisac, Peru, have a conversation about life altering experiences that call to be shared with the world through writing. When Diane's husband unexpectedly passed away in the midst of writing her second book, the insights and communication she shared with him became a part of the editing process and later gave birth to a screenplay and a novel written at his request, revealing that even life's most devastating blows can be transformed through the medicine of writing and storytelling.

Lock-down Reflections (Diane’s adventures with her trusted Schwinn bicycle): https://dianedunn.net/lock-down-reflections/

Contact Diane Dunn:
diane@dianedunn.net
https://dianedunn.net

Purchase Diane's books on Amazon:
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Alchemy of Surrender invites us into the sacred art of letting go, a radical choice to release the story that no longer defines who we are, creating space for the experience of true freedom. Yannick and Ana discuss how this choice of letting go of our painful stories and false identities is crucial for establishing ourselves in creative sovereignty, where we realize the capacity to offer service with humility and return to a more intimate relationship with the Earth.

Yannick Fernandes serves as spiritual guide, transformation catalyst, and embodiment mentor. In a session, he uses a multidisciplinary approach, blending his metaphysical work with quantum energy healing, past life regressions, shamanic clearings, and light language activations. He is gifted with the capacity to connect with the deeper parts of your own unconscious patterns, helping to dissolve them, and bring tangible change in your physical reality.

To connect with Yannick 👉 https://linktr.ee/yunique_alchemy

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In this Gaia Art Bar conversation, we welcome Diane Dunn, founder of Paz y Luz, a spiritual retreat center nestled in the heart of Pisac, Peru. Together, we explore what peace truly means in our fractured world. We share our experience of the ancient wisdom found in the Andes, and the practices that nourish our modern lives:

• The multidimensional symbolism of the chakana, or Andean cross.
• The sacred tradition of the despacho ceremony, an offering of gratitude to the Earth.
• The embodiment practice of Biodanza, where movement and music facilitate profound healing within the body and psyche.

More than a discussion, this episode is a call to awaken reciprocity in our own lives, not as an abstract theory or ideology, but as a practice. We reflect on how honoring indigenous wisdom, softening polarity, and opening to unfamiliar perspectives can become an inner activism that is subtle, sacred, and transformative.

World peace may not begin with nations, but with how we listen, and how we choose to relate to the Earth, to each other, and to the mystery that connects us.

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Today’s guest is Suzanne Munson, an author and intuitive who explores writing as a form of spiritual communion and multidimensional insight. Her body of work includes The Metaphysical Thomas Jefferson, which reimagines the Founding Father as a soul still deeply involved in humanity’s evolution, and Of Loss and Love, a book that emerged from the depths of grief after the loss of her beloved husband. Susan’s work transcends genre, blending history, mysticism, and healing into a powerful writing practice that speaks directly to the soul.

Contact Suzanne Munson: https://suzannemunson-author.com/

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Contact Tara Lloyd:
https://www.connecthealingartsstudio.com
tara.connectstudio@gmail.com

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What does it mean to create from your deepest truth, not despite your pain, but because you’ve gone through it? In this powerful episode, Ana Estrada and Tara Lloyd explore Fierce Originality, a key principle of Creative Sovereignty that arises after walking through the fire of personal transformation.

We talk about the necessity of facing your shadow, feeling your darkest emotions, and bringing full presence to your inner field. From jungle medicine ceremonies to the everyday initiations of life, this is a conversation about purification, reclamation, and the artistry born from depth.

Contact Tara Lloyd:
https://www.connecthealingartsstudio.com
tara.connectstudio@gmail.com

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