~anand sahaja, Temple Pastor

Mary-Margaret Stratton aka ‘anand’ is a seasoned industry consultant with over thirty years of experience working with Forbes 500 clients such as Canon, DreamWorks SKG, Hughes Space and Communications, Mattel Toys, IBM, Xerox, Tommy Bahamas, and more, as a Senior User Experience (UX) Architect and Senior Creative Director. Her paintings have been exhibited in both solo and group shows in Southern California within the Pop Surrealist movement. She was also very active in the successful historic preservation of Mid Century Modern architecture in California and beyond for several decades.

Twelve years of Catholic training, was followed by additional study in world philosophies and ‘mystery schools’ with an undeclared minor in philosophy when she graduated with an AA in Marketing from SFVC and a BA from UCLA. At that time, she published her first pamphlet about paganism and she is known by some as “The Good Wiccan!” She went on to publish many more books on a variety of subjects since that era. amazon.com/Mary-Margaret-anand-sahaja-Stratton/e/B011K34Q3C

anand studied under direction of the Essene Order (founded by Dr. Edmond Bordeaux Szekely and Gary White in the San Diego, CA area). She was ordained as an Essene Minister by a Bishop of the Order in 2011. She received David Avocado Wolfe’s Raw Food Nutritionist credentials from the Body Mind Institute (now UEXL) in 2012. In 2018 she completed additional Ministerial Certification from the Nazarenes of Mount Carmel and is currently an active minister under their spiritual order. She serves as a Master Tarot reader with uncanny intuitive abilities and was attuned as a reiki maStar and holds Certification as a Sound Healer.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/marymargaret/

Shawn Hutchens, Advisor

Shawn Hutchens come to the Seed of Life with a background in retail and holistic business. He operated a beloved store in Milwaukee, Wisconsin called Green Fields on Brady for close to three decades.

He has since transitioned to a setting his sights on developing a plant-based healing sanctuary in the Asheville North Carolina area. The 140 acres will host sustainability, wellness & wilderness education, along with healing technology such as an Infrared Sauna, Hyperbaric Chamber, & QRS (quantum resonance system) and more. Along these same lines, Shawn is also supporting other related businesses such as non-GMO food crystals, Just One Organics. justoneorganics.com. Their associated businesses, Regenitech, restores the soils microbiome 400x faster than nature. regenitech.com and Breezy Point Energy, is a renewable energy company that gives B2B companies actionable solutions to achieving a zero-carbon footprint. breezypointenergy.com

Shawn is also a part-time van lifer and completed his teacher training for Hot Yoga in 2023.

“whatever is most needed right now, is what we should do for ourselves, for others & in the world. each day I strive, in work and communication, to be in a state of service. knowing that we are one. we are here to come together. to serve our neighbors. to serve our families. to serve our friends, and to live for one another…”

Sofia Kangas, Minister

Sofia Kangas is a native Southern California girl with a rare gift of intense healing energy from a long familial line of healers. She was intuitively drawing master Reiki symbols long before she actually was trained and certified as a Reiki Master a decade and a half ago. Sofia is qualified in ThetaHealing™ and with her knowledge of energy she was able to heal from a painful and debilitating back injury, along with releasing herself from opioid dependence. She incorporates additional healing modalities for her clients, including powerful directed crystals, organic essential oils, and sound therapy.

Sofia is also an accomplished artist who creates unique crystal and energy infused ceremonial “Talking Wands.”

Sofia is an Ordained Minister and a certified practitioner in Access Consciousness (energy Face Lift and BARs). And all of her work is infused and amplified with the ancient healing energy of Aku-Dua. Sofia currently is the owner operator of the BeWell LasVegas Center. She is also the co-author of The Sola Sofia Method