A launch post celebrating the arrival of Kathryn Colleen’s eighth book and fifth album, twin works designed to go together and twelve years in the making, with candid notes on the exhausting final months of publishing.
A festival invitation to join Kathryn Colleen at a homegrown festival at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Loudoun County, Virginia, June 21-23, with a link for tickets and information.
A candid essay on the difficult, unglamorous side of publishing, the formatting, editing, proofreading and distribution work required to get a book onto Amazon and an album onto worldwide services, likened to the pain of childbirth.
An announcement that the album Purna Asatti: Music For Complete Connection will be available worldwide on April 25th across iTunes, Spotify, YouTube and nearly one hundred other services, searchable under Kathryn Colleen or Purna Asatti.
A short behind-the-scenes post about mixing the Purna Asatti album, described as part meditation-and-relaxation music and part conceptual art music, shared alongside a screenshot of the volume automations for the instruments involved.
A post noting that Kathryn Colleen rarely does live events but could not pass up teaching at FlowJam 2019, held June 21-23, with a link to buy tickets.
A brief, personal diary post reflecting on an afternoon spent making rhymes and singing in Sanskrit with a small dog on her lap, and Kathryn Colleen’s gratitude for how unusual and fortunate her life is.
An early announcement that a new book and companion album are coming that same month, Purna Asatti: A Roadmap To A Better Life Through Complete Connection, and Purna Asatti: Music For Complete Connection.
A short post in which Kathryn Colleen shares that her name appears on the official FlowJam 2019 poster alongside many other teachers, inviting readers to take a look.
A vulnerable essay on releasing her eighth book, Purna Asatti, and the exercise of contacting the more than fifty authors, teachers and thinkers she cites, reflecting on how everyone remains a child craving validation and how small notes of encouragement matter.
A short invitation to join Kathryn Colleen in the foothills just outside Washington DC in June for healing, peace and fun, with a link to the FlowJam festival.
A short promotion urging readers to get tickets to FlowJam 2019, described as a universal healing arts festival, with a link to the event site.
An announcement that Kathryn Colleen will teach a workshop on Purna Asatti at FlowJam 2019 in Lovettsville, Virginia, just outside DC, this June, amid many other teachers, musicians and healing offerings.
A data-driven personal analysis of a news feed’s 74 stories, tallying actions versus opinions and the emotions conveyed, arguing that the news functions as an addictive ’emotional slot machine’ dominated by fear.
A candid explanation of the author’s coaching and speaking rate structure of $1,700 per hour and $17,000 per day, framing high prices as boundaries that filter for serious clients, signal the value of one’s time, and preserve energy for one’s mission.
A brief announcement inviting applications for a 2019 personal-coaching program in which four students would be guided through the author’s developmental roadmap to Stage 11, paying with shared feedback rather than money.
A teaching piece using a hostile commenter as a live example of Stage Five of the developmental model, the stage of identifying so completely with one’s ideology that any challenge triggers defensive attack, and modeling a compassionate response.
A short reflection reframing meditation as a workout for the mind, arguing the goal is consistent practice rather than a perfect session, since the benefit accrues from showing up regardless of any single session’s quality.
A brief site announcement introducing a translation widget that renders the author’s articles in many languages for an international readership, with an invitation for visitors to try it and give feedback on quality.
A personal reflection crediting a recent sense of groundedness and clarity to several changes: a Plant Paradox eating plan, taking more responsibility for her own ideas, and sharply limiting social media and news.
A detailed account of the author’s modified Plant Paradox eating plan and an exhaustive nutritional analysis of her diet, identifying small vitamin and mineral deficiencies and stressing careful scrutiny of supplement labels.
A personal account of staying calm and detached while managing bands during a storm-disrupted festival, using the moment to illustrate being a ‘silent observer,’ projecting peace, and releasing attachment to outcomes.
A provocative personal essay arguing that alcohol, used carefully, can loosen social and self-imposed rules and surface one’s suppressed truth as a step toward self-honesty, with a closing caution against substance abuse and drunk driving.
A speculative musing on whether meditation practice should be timed to natural biorhythms and hormonal cycles, pairing chakras, tantra, and spiritual focus to different phases, offered as an open question rather than a claim.
A travel-diary reflection from Berlin on the exhaustion of constant self-examination, the ease of ignoring news while traveling, and impressions of the city’s international, identity-seeking character.