SpiritWalking with Asa Hoffman

As a special bonus episode, here is the recorded version of "Centre Road."Check out the full album by following the links, below:SpotifyApple MusiciTunesStream and share the #CentreRoad remixes now on SoundCloud:https://soundcloud.com/centreroad/sets/centre-road-the-remixesStream and share the single #CentreRoad now on SoundCloud:‪https://soundcloud.com/centreroad/centre-road-feat-lizette-cruzStream the full album #CentreRoad now on SoundCloud:https://soundcloud.com/centreroad/sets/centre-road CENTRE ROAD (feat. Lizette Cruz)Music and Lyrics by Michael CooperPerformed by Lizette Cruz THERE IS LIGHT, DESPITE THE DARKNESSTHERE IS HOPE, DESPITE THE PAINTHERE IS SUNSHINE THROUGH THE TREES IN SUMMERAND TOTEM, DANCING IN THE RAIN THERE’S A HUNDRED NEW CONNECTIONSIF YOU TURN, AND LOOK, AND SEEIN THE QUIET WAYS WE PASS THE DAYS:TOMORROW THERE’S NO GUARANTEE IN THE WOODSON A HILLYOU CAN SEE STARS EXPLODELOOKING UPFROM THE HOUSE AT CENTRE ROAD ALL THESE INTERVIEWS AND STORIESAND MARTINIS WE’VE CONSUMEDAND THE MEALS WE’VE MADE, THE GAMES WE’VE PLAYEDAS FLOWERS, ON THE BRANCHES BLOOMED LIKE A KAYAK, ON THE RIVERWE SET SAIL, AGAINST THE TIDEIN THE DAYS TO COME, LET’S PRAY THAT SOMEARE SMOOTHER THAN THIS BUMPY RIDE IN JULYAND IN JUNEAND IN MAY, WHEN IT SNOWEDLOOKING BACKTO THE TIME AT CENTRE ROAD NO CONCEALINGTHIS NEW VIBRATION OF A NATION, HEALINGI KNOW YOU’RE FEELING LIKE THE GROUND UNDERNEATH YOU DISAPPEAREDLOOK AT US NOW, HOW WE’VE PERSEVERED… WE’VE SURVIVED HERERE-EMERGINGLIKE THE SEEDS THAT WE SOWEDUP THROUGH THE EARTHTO A NEW REBIRTHAT CENTRE ROAD Staatsburg Records/Three Hundred Bags of Rice Music, ASCAPCopyright 2020 

In this final episode of the season, I share my insights and wisdom on the Re-Emergence: how to use our SpiritWalking Magic to help embody our best self as we navigate these uncertain times. We are the ones we have been waiting for, so let's show up for the party! Astrologer Patty Yoon gives us an update on the astrological implications of the next few months and potential manifestations that may be sparked by these influences. Patty also has a few ideas on how we might support ourselves through it.Lizette Cruz sings "Centre Road," an original song written during quarantine by my partner, Broadway songwriter Michael Cooper, from his new electronica album "Centre Road."www.pattyyoonastrology.comwww.michaelcoopermusicandlyrics.com 

In this episode, I talk with Mary Roach: psychic intuitive, soul developer, and writer. Mary has been called “the most popular intuitive in Virginia Beach.” With more than 30 years of experience she has given thousands of readings to clients from the United States, Canada, Japan, Thailand, France, the United Kingdom and Australia.Mary specializes in intuitive consultations centering upon an individual’s unique life purpose and soul mission. In addition to discussing past lives and life lessons, she focuses on identifying and healing the soul patterns that are evolving as we enter the 21st Century.Mary has taught workshops on intuitive and soul development with The Association for Research and Enlightenment throughout the United States and at their headquarters in Virginia Beach for over 25 years.Mary received her M.A. in Transpersonal Studies from Atlantic University, with a thesis focusing on “A Blueprint of Consciousness.” She is currently working on a book based on her thesis and her psychic work. Originally from Massachusetts, she also possesses a rich background in theatre arts and was the co-founder and director of a theatre company on Cape Cod.Mary lives with her husband, son, and yellow lab, Magic in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

In this episode, I talk with Anna Bounds: professor, writer, and prepper. Anna Maria Bounds is an Assistant Professor in Sociology at Queens College, City University of New York, USA. She holds a Ph.D. in Urban and Public Policy from The New School and an M.A. in Writing from Old Dominion University. Her research interests focus on city subcultures, city tourism, and public space. She teaches courses on urban sociology and social science research methods. Her new book, Bracing for the Apocalypse: An Ethnographic Study of New York's ‘Prepper’ Subculture, is a rich ethnography that explores the rise of urban preppers in her city. Her sheltering in place hobbies include obsessing over the books and photos displayed by others during virtual meetings, half-hearted decluttering, and daydreaming about pet ownership.

In this episode, I talk with Aoife Anastasia: Esoteric Artist, Performer, Ritual Theatre Maker Aoife Anastasia is an esoteric artist, performer, and ritual theatre maker, who for the last few decades has been living and performing on stages across the UK, but thanks to a random twist of fate is currently grounded with family in Ontario, Canada. Alongside her performing career, Aoife has completed her first Occult Musical based on the Elusian Mysteries, now in development. She is directing a series of plays and site-specific readings, based on the work of her Great Uncle T.H. Nally, Abbey Theatre playwright and personal friend of the great poet WB Yeats.  She is a psychic medium, Seer, trance channel and occasional oracle, Priestess trained in the Elusian and Egyptian Mystery traditions, practitioner of ritual and planetary magic, workshop leader and celebrant of traditional Celtic wheel of the year ceremonies, landscape communicator and teacher of remote viewing, psychic development, and immersive astrology.  Her current project, “Drawing Strength,” is a channeled visual art, spoken word, creative non-fiction exploration of the lives of great artists and how their grit and resilience can inspire us all in times of great uncertainty. Instagram:https://instagram.com/strengthdrawing?igshid=xdmiw2or374tFacebook:https://www.facebook.com/strengthdrawing/

In this episode, I talk with Mike Kelton: producer, director, comedian, and Aquarius living in Brooklyn. Mike just finished directing the first season of Dragnificent which, if you can believe it, premiered on TLC during quarantine. Before that, he released the second season of his critically acclaimed supernatural comedy podcast, Beyond! with Mike Kelton on the Forever Dog Network. Mike is currently most likely to be found burning sage in his backyard for something and feeling grateful to connect with his good friend Asa.Follow him on instagram for stories of him and his boyfriend arguing over a haunted dresser... no, seriously.

In this episode, I talk with astrologer, trickster, and author Caroline Casey. She began studying astrology as a late teen, where she was the kid who got to hang out at a salon presided over by Dr. Andrew Weil, comprised of way cool intellectual political mystics reading anything the Whole Earth Catalogue recommended, including Carl Jung, and Joseph Campbell - with whom she studied Grail legend and Animal Myths in later years.Her unique art of astro-mythological, political-guiding, meta-storytelling is presented in a myriad media venues. She is the author of, "Making the Gods Work for You: The Astrological Language of the Psyche,” and her audiobook, “Visionary Activist Astrology,” published by Sounds True. Caroline invites us to magnetize, animate, and spiral forth the irresistible invitation to participatory kinship.Caroline created Coyote Network News, a mythological news service for the Liberating Trickster within us all; to whom Syncretism is a sacrament, especially now. She is the host-creator and weaver of context for The Visionary Activist Show (for over 23 years) on Pacifica Radio Network. (“Democracy Now!" on mushrooms)"Astrology is one of the great meta-languages of antiquity, uniting everything of consequence."

In this episode, I talk with Sheila R. Foster: Professor of Urban Law and Policy at Georgetown. Sheila Foster is the Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Urban Law and Policy at Georgetown. She holds a joint appointment with the Law School and the McCourt School of Public Policy. Professor Foster writes in the areas of property and land use law, state and local government, and environmental justice. Her most recent work explores questions of urban law and governance through the lens of the “commons” exemplified by her article The City as a Commons, Yale Law and Policy Review (2016) and her forthcoming MIT Press Book, Co-Cities (both with Christian Iaione). Professor Foster has been involved on many levels with urban law and policy. She is the chair of the advisory committee of the Global Parliament of Mayors and has been a member of the Aspen Institute's Urban Innovation Group and the New York City Mayor's Panel on Climate Change. She also co-directs LabGov, an international applied research project that works directly with local governments to craft, implement and evaluate new policies that enable city residents to steward land and other resources within their communities. At Georgetown, she is the faculty director of the Georgetown Project on State and Local Government Policy and Law (SALPAL) and lead researcher for the City Diplomacy Project for the Georgetown Global Cities Initiative.

In this episode, I talk with Adam Robinson - a Wizard. Entrepreneur. Shaman of financial markets. Seeker. Embracer of possibility. Adam Robinson was born in New York City and grew up in Evanston, Illinois, just outside Chicago. He attended the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School before receiving a degree in jurisprudence from Oxford University. After graduate school, he became one of two co-founders of The Princeton Review. His first book, originally entitled Cracking the System: The SAT, remains the only test prep book ever to become a New York Times bestseller. Robinson currently advises the heads of large hedge funds, family offices, and other financial institutions on all global asset classes – global equities, US sectors, bonds, currencies, and commodities – using a unique approach that combines game theory, systems thinking, Bayesian analysis, and behavioral economics to outthink global markets and anticipate when major trends will change.Robinson is a rated chess master, having been awarded a Life Title by the United States Chess Federation.

In this episode, I talk to Brooklyn Bruja Emília Ortiz: a healer, bruja, & mental health advocate from Brooklyn. She works both on & offline to bring magic & healing to the collective.I find Emilia's spirit is palpable - you can feel the energy that radiates from her the minute she walks into the room. She has over 247,000 followers on instagram, she has been featured in Playboy and she is a contributing editor at Dazed Beauty.Emilia on Instagram

In this episode, I talk to actress, singer, performer and psychology counselor Tessa Hersh.Tessa shares her experience as a mixed race black woman living in America and how this watershed moment is impacting her. She candidly talks with me about the need for white people to recognize their privilege - she shares why we must begin having honest and open conversations about race at home, at work, at school, with our children, our partners, and in every other area of our life.  This is a systemic problem that will never change if we do not just start the conversation, but also embrace it as a part of our ever growing culture.  Tessa and I enter into this difficult conversation with an open heart. Tessa Hersh received her B.A in psychology from Carleton College and M.A in counseling psychology from Santa Barbara Graduate institute. She has over 15 years of professional education and facilitation experience working in a variety of educational and corporate settings. Tessa has taught in pregnant teen programs, juvenile hall, Orphanages in Ethiopia, and parents and children all over New York. She has worked in school and in-home as a behavioral therapist for children with special needs including students on the autistic spectrum. She has consulted with the Theatre Development Fund on multiple Autism friendly performances of Broadway Shows and on inclusion programming with various arts based programs in NYC and Los Angeles. She has run an arts based after school program in Brooklyn and teaches creative writing, story telling, improv comedy and American Sign language in elementary schools all over New York City. Most recently she has consulted with NYC Department of Education, start ups, law firms, and the YMCA, supporting and creating trauma informed, culturally aware spaces inclusive of individuals with special needs and spaces for racial bias education.

In this episode, I talk with socially aware creative Georgie Greville about co-founding an inclusive brand in the beauty industry.   She candidly shares about Milk Makeup's recently layoffs due to COVID-19 and the company's active response to Black Lives Matter.  She talks about the need to get better internally and the multiple actions they are taking to ensure that this inspires long lasting change and growth. Georgie aka "GG" is a true multi-hyphenate. She seamlessly functions as an entrepreneur, filmmaker and creative director with a unique combination of socially aware strategy, pop art direction and cinematic vision. She has received countless accolades for her work in pushing the boundaries of branding and content for incredible risk-taking brands such as Diesel, Versace, Evian, Belstaff, Rag and Bone and Target.  GG Co-Founded Milk Makeup, where she leads the brand’s visual identity with a progressive, socially aware, multi-media presence. In her direction for Milk Makeup, GG has been able to infuse progressive modern values into every side of brand, from using clean ingredients and vegan, cruelty-free formulas to their leading stance on inclusivity and active philanthropic support for the LGBTQIA+ community. Under her supervision, the cosmetic brand has become an industry leader in inclusivity and has used its video campaigns to redefine conventional beauty standards and champion self expression.

On April 15, 2020 I launched my first episode of the Perspectives on the Pandemic Series. Since then, I've received a multitude of emails relaying what a powerful support this has been during these unprecedented times. My heart is so full of gratitude for every guest who participated in the series. On this last episode of the Perspectives on the Pandemic Series, I talk about our journey with these different perspectives from all of my guests. I also introduce my next season: Perspectives on the Re-emergence, which will turn our focus towards creating a better future, both individually, and for the world.

Kevin J. Todeschi is Executive Director and CEO of Edgar Cayce's A.R.E. and Atlantic University, responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the Edgar Cayce organizations.As both student and teacher of the Cayce material for thirty-five years, he has lectured on six continents in front of thousands of individuals. A prolific writer, he is the author of more than 25 books, including Edgar Cayce on Angels and the Angelic Forces, Edgar Cayce on Reincarnation and Family Karma, Edgar Cayce on Vibrations, Divine Encounters, The Best Dream Book Ever, and the best-selling Edgar Cayce on the Akashic Records.In addition to his non-fiction books, he is also the author of several fiction novels: A Persian Tale, The Reincarnation of Clara, and The Rest of the Noah Story. He also authored several popular apps for Edgar Cayce's A.R.E.  www.edgarcayce.org  www.kevintodeschi.com

I am so excited to share Miss Blassa with the SpiritWalking community. In her work, she is a healer, teacher, and an oracle for many. One of the things that has always stood out the most for me about Blassa is her humility, coupled with unwavering strength and dedication to the path she has chosen. She has built everything from the Silver Leaf senior co-housing complex in Paonia, Colorado to sweat lodges in the woods.

In this episode, Asa shares an intimate conversation with Intuitive Counselor Tony LeRoy. Tony is an a native New Yorker, he has been giving intuitive counseling sessions on the East and West coasts for over twenty years, and has been prominently featured in the press by Marie Claire, Elle Magazine and The New York Times, and by a variety of radio, web, and television shows.https://www.tonyleroy.com

These are two unique healers who possess a broad scope of knowledge and awareness in both allopathic and wholistic healing.Dr Kokayi received his medical degree from Yale and went on to to study Classical Homeopathy, Chinese Medicine, African Shamanism, and Quantum Healing. https://www.healinghealthservices.com https://www.kokayiohm.comWalter Blick is an Occupational Therapist, Somatic Bodyworker, Energy Practitioner, and Transformational Coach. He has studied Craniosacral Therapy, Myofascial Release, EFT, Hypnosis, Somatic Experiencing, Integral Somatic Psychology (ISP), Mindfulness, Clinical Imagery/Meditation, and Energy Kinesiology. http://www.walterblick.com 

Pat McAnaney told me he had a vision in the mid 1970s that relates to what is currently happening in the world right now. He believes that the coronavirus may be helping us to avoid an even greater catastrophe.  I call Pat a Psychic Elder as he has worked professionally in this field since 1974. He has helped with criminal investigations, jury selections, and (just for fun!) he translates, deciphers, and recreates ancient texts. To get book a session with Pat go to www.psychicpat.com

Is Astrology able to offer any clarity with respects to our future?  A candid conversation with astrologer Patty Yoon around the astrological influences and implications of COVID-19 and insights we may gain from this ancient system about what is happening right now.  To book a session with Patty go to www.pattyyoonastrology.com