People We Adore: Sandy Duarte

A: I consider myself a creative and wellness artist, where expression, no matter the medium is connected to Love. To use expression to bring love to the world is at the center of all the things I create, from theater, to writing, to yoga, to sound. It is a joy to curate sound for a Global Sound Bath and bring to the masses a platform that allows sound bathing and healing modalities to access more and more people. The mission is truly to bring love through sound into the world. To support healing and life and love on a grander global scale.

A: My super power is LOVE. While battling stage 4 cancer last year, there were many dark scary moments. One thing that helped me was a practice I write about and call "Love Chants". The power of love felt deeply and said on repeat whether verbally or inside your head, had the power to move me out of such fear and scary emotions and moments. Anytime that a feeling would strike up that was beyond anything, I would find my chant and repeat and repeat and feel myself being washed over by Love, and that super power removed the dank darkness that came over. I stand here now a year later, in remission, and I believe a huge part was the Mystical meets the Medicine - was Love; the ultimate potion in my surviving and being here now.

A: My special place is my meditation spot a top a mountain here in Los Angeles, called Mount Washington where Yogananda's meditation gardens and "temple of leaves" greet me almost daily. I go here to be in nature, to listen to birds, to smell the roses (literally), to say thank you and to pray. Its high vibes and his work is deeply spiritual and beautiful. I also move my body daily, whether it be yoga, a walk or weights - that is a must PLUS my sound bowls. Between nature and my crystal singing bowls, I know that my energy and cells and soul can remain alive with positivity and love, and I can harness my super power of calm through it all.

A: (Heart Chakra) -- because, my gosh do we need a healthy heart to support all of it inside of us. The heart is special to me, as I remember it beating with strength and beauty anytime I saw my scans and many countless X-rays during cancer. Anytime I saw my heart beating through the cancer and chemo, it would bring me to tears, and it still does, even as I write this to you. The beating heart, the soldier of love, it carried me through and supported the rest of me, and the other chakras. I am grateful. I love the heart. I love, Love.