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Hi, I'm Andy

Male / 34 / In a relationship

Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Member Since: 2 Jun 2005
Last Login: 7 Sep 2010
Last Updated: 23 Mar 2010

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About Me

Hi, I'm Andy and I'm thrilled to be one of the co-founders of this website. I believe it's my mission in life to support people in living a happier and healthier life and to help raise the consciousness of the planet so that we can all move towards a more harmonious and sustainable lifestyle. I hope that Holistic Local goes some way in helping to achieve that.

I have many interests in life, but one of my biggest passions is spiritual development and learning about the nature of our reality, the universe, and of course ourselves! I'm an explorer and I see life as a big adventure.

I love exploring different spiritual philosophies but I'm generally drawn to more practical and experiential systems like shamanism and I've had some life-changing experiences using a plant teacher called Ayahuasca in South America.

I absolutely love travelling and exploring new places. Nothing gets me more excited than getting on a plane (ok, not so eco-friendly I know!) to some far off destination, although sadly I haven't had the time to do much travelling for quite awhile now, but I'll be doing more of that soon I hope.

I love South America, I've been 3 times now, once to Peru and twice to Brazil. Machu Picchu in Peru is simply one of the most awe-inspiring places I've ever visited and I'm hoping to go back some day soon.

I always love to hear from other members, so please don't hesitate to send me a note, or add me to your friends list!

Anyway, thanks for reading, I hope you enjoy using Holistic Local!

Update
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I recently just fulfilled a longheld dream of spending more time in Peru. I'm currently living in Cusco, high in the Andes of Peru, not far from Machu Picchu. I'm keeping a blog of my adventures at:

http://www.outertravelsinnerjourneys.com

More About Me

Location: London, Greater London, England

Occupation: Co-Founder of Holistic Local

My Philosophy On Life: Life is all about experiences, so experience all that you can and make the most of every moment. Life is exactly what you make it! There are no mistakes, only lessons. Follow your heart. Be truly loving and be authentic.

My Interests: spirituality, shamanism, entheogens, Ayahuasca, holistic living, conscious business, travelling, walking in nature, the internet, movies, 3d graphics, spiritual books

My Inspirations: Stuart Wilde, Kajuyali Tsamani, Shamans, Thom Hartmann, Richard Bach, Carlos Castaneda, Bill Hicks, Alan Watts, Eckhart Tolle, Don Miguel Ruiz, Dan Millman, my friends

Music I Love: Bright Eyes, The Flaming Lips, The Wildhearts, Tim Wheater, Damien Rice, Bic Runga, Eels, Counting Crows, Shpongle, Anugama, Pink Floyd, REM, Radiohead, Pearl Jam, Xavier Rudd

Movies I Love: The Matrix, V for Vendetta, Lost in Translation, What The Bleep Do We know?, City of God, Amelie, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Moulin Rouge, Baraka, The Corporation, Before Sunrise, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Truman Show, Dark City, Donnie Darko, Being John Malkovich

TV Shows I Love: Lost, Dr Who, It's Not Easy Being Green, My Name Is Earl, Spaced, South Park

Books I Love: Infinite Self, Gods Gladiators, The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight, Illusions, The Celestine Prophesy, Holographic Universe, Quantum Healing, The Alchemist, Illusions, Jonathan Livingston Seagul, Visionary Business, The Power of Now, A New Earth, The Four Agreements

Places I Love: Brazil, Peru, Machu Picchu, Canada, Vancouver Island, Leeds, Barcelona, Yorkshire Dales, Colorado, Devon, London, Cusco

Quotes I Love: "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
- Marianne Williamson

Comments

Marilyn
Marilyn
 

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010 9:02 AM

Hi Andy - great site which I haven't explored properly yet - but definitely will do now. Thanks, Marilyn.


Angels Tears - Linda
Angels Tears - Linda
 

Sunday, September 5th, 2010 12:16 AM

Hi Andy,

You do a great job in maintaining this site and bringing together a community of like minded souls. Hope you are enjoying peru!

Love and blessings,
Linda


Corrina
Corrina
 

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 4:50 PM

Wow this is great Andy. I didn't realise you created this site. Well done.


Kelly
Kelly
 

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 1:03 AM

wonderful life experiences you share! Thanks for the inspiration to be the freedom that I sometimes forget I can be.
~Peace~K


Margaret
Margaret
 

Sunday, January 31st, 2010 10:23 PM

Hi Andy
Thanks for the updates, love this site and appreciate all the work you do to keep it running, enjoy your trip to Peru.
Mags


CARL - CHESHIRE MASSEUR
CARL - CHESHIRE MASSEUR
 

Friday, January 8th, 2010 9:54 AM

Thanks for the update, and for thing of me...have a good 2010

Carl


Angelchakra
Angelchakra
 

Friday, January 8th, 2010 2:40 AM

Hi Andy,
Happy New Year to you too!

One of my dreams is to visit Machu Pichu one day, I feel very drawn to Peru and believe I once spent a past life there, I will check out your blog and read about your adventures :) Blessings, Kate xx


Rashmi
Rashmi
 

Friday, January 8th, 2010 12:10 AM

Hi Andy

It was great reading your message, thankyou for sharing.


siew
siew
 

Thursday, January 7th, 2010 10:57 PM

Hi Andy,
I like the fact that you have sent me an email to prompt me to enter the site again. I have busy with LInked in and the like and so used to getting email prompts .Glad to hear you are having a great time discovering the South American continent. Love to go oneday.I am into massage and acupuncture. Would you be able to find out if Peruvians include acupuncture and eastern massage in their health culture?
I am from Malaysia, and it is one of the natural therapies we indulge in for health ie sickness prevention.Good blood flow = healthy organs, what does everyone think?
Siew Allen


Ratna
Ratna
 

Thursday, January 7th, 2010 10:00 PM

Hi Andy, Thank you for inviting me. Like you I love travel and had worked in the travel trade for many years just to get to know other cultures. It is this that took me on a holistic journey which has finally got me here. I hope some day our paths will cross in the real world.........Sneha and prema (love and affection). Ratna


Sally
Sally
 

Thursday, January 7th, 2010 7:15 PM

Happy New Year to you Andy. It is a really lovely site to use, it is great to get everyone together.

Many Blessings

Sally x


luxorlight
luxorlight
 

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010 2:29 AM

Hi Andy
Happy New Year to you and Many blessings for you and your Passion
ChristinA


luxorlight
luxorlight
 

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010 2:29 AM

Hi Andy
Happy New Year to you and Many blessings for you and your Passion
ChristinA


Rodger
Rodger
 

Monday, September 21st, 2009 5:37 PM

Hi Andy recently Joined the site, what a great Idea and such good content too..

Blessings
Rodger


Linn
Linn
 

Monday, June 15th, 2009 5:56 PM

http://www.ofspiritandsoul.com/earth%20vortices/vortices.html


Linn
Linn
 

Monday, June 15th, 2009 5:46 PM

How wonderful that the one place in the world that i want to go to is Macchu piccu and you have been there twice. There are some strong and powerful ley lines there and on a conscious level intuitively that place talks to my mind in pictures always there and ever present in my dream like state of meditating. I would like to share a story about Macchu piccu with you - Once on a day trip by train to Edinburgh a few years ago i was staring out of the window at a mountain Scheihallion and in my minds eye consciously thinking about Macchu Piccu imagining myself up there at the top looking over the landscape when out of the blue the man opposite me commented " have you ever been to Machu Piccu" I was so astounded at his mentioning of it synchronistically with me thinking about it at that precise moment that the hair on my whole being stood up to attention.He then told me that hed just got back from travelling there and shared all his adventures with me for the remainder of the train journey. I took it as a sign that i was sending out some sort of intuitive signal that he understood on a telepathic level
Since this occurance i have become aware spiritually of just how powerful the mind is and how one can indeed influence the path that one walks and travels on and there have been many more occurances that have happenned to me since this moment. I indeed became more awake since that particular occurance One day i will go to this fascinating place.and experience something wonderful I have a feeling it will occur in 2012 which again is a spiritual date in our calendar of massive shifts in consciousness. I hope i hear back from you with any thoughts you may have on this experience or indeed your own thoughs on 2012 and the Macchu Piccu link.... i would be interested in hearing your comments..
My Email address is Healinngarden@gmail.com

Namaste to you dear friend

Linn


Nehmat
Nehmat
 

Sunday, February 15th, 2009 10:06 PM

thank you for becoming my friend
bye
nehmat


W*HolisticUK
W*HolisticUK
 

Sunday, October 19th, 2008 1:55 AM

Autumn Greetings Andy from myself & Universal Learning
Wholistic Awareness. t was nice having a short chat with you last week. Hope to converse with you again some time!

Live love laugh and there you are
THE LIGHT

Do feel free to visit our Universal & Wholistic Awareness Forums Join us?


Linda
Linda
 

Thursday, October 9th, 2008 9:53 AM

Hi Andy I'm a new member. Interests include Tera Mai Reiki, and currently undertaking Indian Head Massage course. You certainly lead an interesting life! love Linda


rainbow
rainbow
 

Friday, October 3rd, 2008 9:51 PM

hey there andy WOW thanks for such a great site you have done something truly beautiful here thanks a lot


Greg
Greg
 

Sunday, July 13th, 2008 4:33 PM

Hello My New Friend !!!****** = )

Blessing's of Peace...Love...Joy...And Infinite Abundance !!!****** =)


Candace
Candace
 

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 5:58 PM

Well Hi Andy,
......Cool........like what youre doin.....yea........cool........:) :) :)


Jozef
Jozef
 

Sunday, May 4th, 2008 1:19 PM

Hello Andy,
you have very interesting profile. Specialy Im happy that you are learning more about the nature of our reality, the universe, and ourselves! Im happy to tall you that I discovered answers to all your learnigs :) TACHYON IS THE ENERGY of existence, without it there is no life on earth. Tachyon is also known as universal or sourse energy, or cosmic consciousness.
I would be happy to tell you much more and to answer all your life existence questions.
Greetings and Love
Jozef


Maria
Maria
 

Sunday, April 13th, 2008 8:56 PM

Hi there,

I have yet to fully explore this site but it looks really interesting. Once I upgrade my computer and it stops having every couple of minutes, I intend to have a good look around. It is always great to connect in with like minded people, so a big hello to everyone

With warm smiles

Maria


Maria
Maria
 

Thursday, March 27th, 2008 5:46 PM

Hey Andy,

Good to join your circle. Like you I love life, people and everything that we are all connected to.

Off to do some mountain climbing in Italy and will write about it when I get back.

Just had a book published actually but it won't be available on Amazon and in the shops until May.

Promise to let you know about it. It's a fun, inspiring, spiritual read with a dash of spice and humour.

Thanks for inviting me on to your friends,

Take care and live life to the full!

Maria :)


Christopher
Christopher
 

Saturday, March 8th, 2008 7:51 PM

Hey Andy, thanks for adding Holistic Vitality


Belinda
Belinda
 

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 2:58 PM

Yeah it's all good here. I am originally from Manchester but I've been in Leeds for over 2 years. It has a really great community feel in places like Headingley and Chap Allerton and I like it's multi-culturality (is that even a word (-;? What took u to London?


Belinda
Belinda
 

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 2:50 PM

Hi Andy, can't believe I have just discovered this site today. It's fab. Thanks for adding me too (-;


Yogaman
Yogaman
 

Monday, January 21st, 2008 11:55 AM

Hi Andy,
Thanks for accepting my friend request - in about a second!
Great site I've been a member for a while but only recently starting to network, mainly in my local area, also reading so many interesting (some totally wacky!) blgs and articles.
Cheers,
Keith


Charles
Charles
 

Saturday, January 12th, 2008 3:25 AM

Thanks Andy for being my new friend. We share many common interests and I'm looking forward to some fascinating exchanges.

Charles


Liz
Liz
 

Saturday, October 27th, 2007 7:56 PM

Hi Andy, thanks for adding me on as a friend! Just discovered this website and liking it :) Like your philosphies on life!


Angela
Angela
 

Monday, September 3rd, 2007 5:10 PM

Hey Andy, not all travel cost money:)) Try astral travelling:)) Just find some pictures of where you'd like to hop to - and go!


W*HolisticUK
W*HolisticUK
 

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007 4:40 PM

Hi Andy, thanks for being here and faciliating us all at Holistic Local :)


* mary *
* mary *
 

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007 12:52 PM

hehe it seems we enjoy the same quote in life haha! :)
did u watch the programme last night about holistic medicine and the skeptics view haha,,where they were interviewing the founder of quantum healing?
Peace, mary


kellie
kellie
 

Thursday, July 12th, 2007 11:05 AM

Hi Andy, thanks for the invite, look forward to getting to know you:) ........................
Kelix


Lauren
Lauren
 

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007 10:01 AM

hey you why haven't you emailed me, i may be on the othere side of the world but that's no excuess!! xx


Sue
Sue
 

Monday, March 19th, 2007 2:27 PM

Andy is one of my bezzie mates! He's pure inspiration travelling on a cheeky grin, and I will always love him! My spiritual awakening is attributed to Andy Pops! We reet miss him, us folk Up North!

Keep up the fantastic work Metty!

x Sue


Skye
Skye
 

Friday, March 16th, 2007 12:34 AM

Loving this site babe... iv already met so many beautiful people(including your dear self), so i cannot thankyou enough for having the brainwave that is now Holistic Local.

You have a stunning energy that leaps right off these pages, keep up the fantastic work:) I feel big things coming your way

Infinite love, light and lucid dreams to you friend

P.S. im definetly a hedolist, hehe(",)


Callie - Moonpoppy
Callie - Moonpoppy
 

Sunday, January 14th, 2007 10:31 AM

Thank you so much for your welcome, Andy ... I love your "quote" - had never thought of my fears in that way but reading it, it all makes sense now! Bright blessings, Callie x


Dawid
Dawid
 

Friday, January 12th, 2007 4:01 AM

coool


thanks for tha add!

Peace n Blessings


Leanne
Leanne
 

Friday, September 1st, 2006 3:33 PM

I completey agree with Aannsha, where wold we be without you? I have met so many 'like minded' souls on this site and have made some really good friends, you included Andy. You are a wonderful person with a good head on your shoulders and although you don't realise it you and your site have been my rock over the past few months and have brought some light back into my life. Thank you xxxxx


Aannsha
Aannsha
 

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006 11:30 PM

Andy, I've just read yours and Carl's e-book "Hedolism - because life wasn't meant to be a struggle" - and I HAD to write and say IT'S GREAT! Short, to the point, but totally encapsulates how I see myself - a hedolist!!!

I also want to acknowledge what a positive influence you are in my life through your works - this site, your e-books, forum posts - your spirit shines through great, strong, and so very positively. Thank you for BEING you!

Love, love - Aannsha


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