{"id":561,"date":"2026-05-22T04:43:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T04:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jameszatopa.com\/?page_id=561"},"modified":"2026-05-22T04:43:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T04:43:24","slug":"about-james","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jameszatopa.com\/index.php\/about-james\/","title":{"rendered":"About James"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--\nTitle: About James V2\nSuggested slug: about-james-v2\nPurpose: Fuller About page version using current site About content plus spiritual resume material.\nStatus: review draft source; do not publish over the existing About page without James approval.\n--><\/p>\n\n\n<style>\n.entry-content > .wp-block-cover:first-of-type .wp-block-cover__background { opacity: .78 !important; }\n@media (max-width: 640px) {\n  .entry-content > .wp-block-cover:first-of-type { min-height: 620px !important; padding-top: 72px !important; padding-bottom: 72px !important; }\n  .entry-content > .wp-block-cover:first-of-type .wp-block-cover__background { opacity: .84 !important; }\n  .entry-content > .wp-block-cover:first-of-type h1 { font-size: 38px !important; line-height: 1.08 !important; }\n  .entry-content > .wp-block-cover:first-of-type p:not(:first-child) { font-size: 18px !important; line-height: 1.58 !important; }\n  .entry-content > .wp-block-group { padding-top: 64px !important; padding-bottom: 64px !important; }\n  .entry-content .wp-block-columns { gap: 28px !important; }\n}\n<\/style>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-custom-content-position is-position-center-left is-dark\" style=\"padding-top:96px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:96px;padding-left:24px;min-height:660px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-441\" alt=\"James Zatopa\" src=\"https:\/\/jameszatopa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/478167625.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jameszatopa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/478167625.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/jameszatopa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/478167625-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jameszatopa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/478167625-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jameszatopa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/478167625-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-black-background-color has-background-dim-70 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-left\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7af8afac wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#f7e8d7;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.12em;text-transform:uppercase\">About James<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#fffaf4;margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:clamp(42px, 6vw, 74px);font-style:normal;font-weight:500;line-height:1\">Teacher of Love, awakening, healing, and direct spiritual practice.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#f7e8d7;margin-top:28px;margin-bottom:0;font-size:20px;line-height:1.65\">James Zatopa is a spiritual teacher, yoga instructor, meditation guide, prophet, healer, and founder of Church of Infinite Love and the Luv-U app. His work is rooted in a direct encounter with God in 2017 and years of daily practice, study, teaching, and service.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fbf5ec;padding-top:72px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:72px;padding-left:24px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7c53af3a wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7078d998 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#181f2a;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:26px;font-weight:500\">Primary work<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#3f4854;font-size:18px;line-height:1.7\">Spiritual teaching, meditation guidance, yoga instruction, awakening support, energy healing, and direct practice rooted in love, truth, God, and integration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#181f2a;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:26px;font-weight:500\">Training<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#3f4854;font-size:18px;line-height:1.7\">Advanced Yoga Principles 200-hour yoga teacher training, Reiki Master, Theta Healing, Medical Qi Gong, Kriya Yoga, Tumo breathwork, Ophanim Yoga, Temple Arts, Kabbalah, and Hermetic practice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#181f2a;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:26px;font-weight:500\">Location and platforms<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#3f4854;font-size:18px;line-height:1.7\">Based in Brookfield, Illinois, with teaching and community work shared through JamesZatopa.com, Church of Infinite Love, and the Luv-U app for iOS and Android. For direct inquiries, email Jzatopa@gmail.com.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fffaf4;padding-top:88px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:88px;padding-left:24px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c16f3f0b wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#a53f67;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.12em;text-transform:uppercase\">The story<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#181f2a;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:clamp(34px, 4vw, 52px);font-style:normal;font-weight:500;line-height:1.08\">From crisis, practice, and awakening into a life of teaching.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#3f4854;font-size:19px;line-height:1.72\">James began an intensive daily meditation practice in 2016 during a profound life crisis. What started as inner work, self-inquiry, and contemplative practice became the foundation for mystical experience, healing, and spiritual breakthrough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#3f4854;font-size:19px;line-height:1.72\">James Zatopa is a teacher of Love as the path to enlightenment. Love is not a side teaching in his work, but the path itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#3f4854;font-size:19px;line-height:1.72\">In 2015, after the birth of his daughter, he experienced a profound white-light awakening and direct encounter with God in 2017. He describes this as meeting God in totality and following the Holy Spirit across the world to learn everything divine providence had to offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#3f4854;font-size:19px;line-height:1.72\">That experience did not end the search. It began a deeper life of practice. James continued studying the world&#8217;s religions, aligning them into a single living form of teaching and healing, and devoting himself to helping others meet God directly through sincere practice, healing, openness, and personal transformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#3f4854;font-size:19px;line-height:1.72\">His path has taken him through Israel, South Africa, Central America, Thailand, and sacred spaces of study, practice, and service. In Israel, he journeyed to Tzfat, Jerusalem, Tel Megiddo, and Midburn, deepening his relationship with Jewish mysticism, prophetic tradition, embodied practice, and global spiritual community. In South Africa, he sojourned to the Magaliesberg Mountains while receiving visions of a wall of water covering the world. After he dove deep into advanced Tantric practices, the sky opened and the lands flooded, mirroring the meaning of his last name in Russian, despite being half Czech and half Dutch, only two weeks before COVID flooded the world. While training in Central America in the arts of invocation and evocation of holy spirits and angels with a master, he developed a vision for where to go next, what the future held, and how powerfully these gifts could be trained, not just received. Thailand brought the structure that ashram-level dedication can create, along with full certification from AYP Yoga. His most recent dive into the limits of human healing potential has taken the form of training at the nearby Tranquil Cloud Taoist Temple, further deepening his already impressive healing abilities. Along the way, there have been many other initiations, trials, and developments.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background\" style=\"background-color:#171310;padding-top:88px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:88px;padding-left:24px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-924554d2 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#d8b79b;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.12em;text-transform:uppercase\">Path and service<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#fffaf4;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:clamp(34px, 4vw, 50px);font-style:normal;font-weight:500;line-height:1.08\">The work has become classes, healing, community, events, and digital tools.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-33918e08 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:42px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#fffaf4;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:26px;font-weight:500\">Church of Infinite Love<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#f7e8d7;font-size:18px;line-height:1.68\"><p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#fff4e8;font-size:18px;line-height:1.68\">James founded the first all-inclusive online micro church, Church of Infinite Love, as a simple place where everyone is invited and all who show up are loved and included.<\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#fffaf4;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:26px;font-weight:500\">The Lion&#8217;s Den<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#f7e8d7;font-size:18px;line-height:1.68\"><p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#fff4e8;font-size:18px;line-height:1.68\">At Burning Man in 2019, he founded and hosted The Lion&#8217;s Den, a three-day spiritual event focused on meeting God and supporting each other through life&#8217;s challenges, with talks including Meeting God, The Divine Masculine, and How to Human.<\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#fffaf4;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:26px;font-weight:500\">Luv-U<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#f7e8d7;font-size:18px;line-height:1.68\"><p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#fff4e8;font-size:18px;line-height:1.68\">He created and developed Luv-U, a mobile app for spiritual guidance, guided meditations, education, self-love, divine connection, personal transformation, and accessible modern practice.<\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fbf5ec;padding-top:88px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:88px;padding-left:24px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ac1123a9 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-6c3424e8 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:42%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/jameszatopa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/478167625.jpg\" alt=\"James Zatopa\" class=\"wp-image-441\" style=\"border-radius:8px;aspect-ratio:3\/4;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jameszatopa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/478167625.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/jameszatopa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/478167625-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jameszatopa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/478167625-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jameszatopa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/478167625-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:58%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#a53f67;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.12em;text-transform:uppercase\">How James works<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#181f2a;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:clamp(34px, 4vw, 48px);font-style:normal;font-weight:500;line-height:1.08\">Teaching, healing, guided practice, and grounded awakening support.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"color:#3f4854;font-size:18px;line-height:1.75\" class=\"wp-block-list has-text-color\">\n<li>Weekly online class, local teaching, retreats, and spiritual discussion groups<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1:1 awakening support, healing support, and integration guidance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yoga instruction, meditation instruction, breathwork, and spiritual practice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Medical Qi Gong, Reiki, Theta Healing, Kabbalah, Hermetic practice, and energetic healing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Digital resources through JamesZatopa.com, Church of Infinite Love, and Luv-U<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fffaf4;padding-top:88px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:88px;padding-left:24px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-924554d2 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#a53f67;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.12em;text-transform:uppercase\">Training and certifications<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#181f2a;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:clamp(34px, 4vw, 52px);font-style:normal;font-weight:500;line-height:1.08\">A wide training background held inside one practical aim.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-33918e08 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:42px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"has-text-color wp-block-list\" style=\"color:#3f4854;font-size:18px;line-height:1.722\">\n\n<li>Medical Qi Gong training, Cloud Temple of New Lenox with Tony D&#8217;Angelo, 2025<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Tumo Breathwork training, Hansavedas Academy, 2025<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Advanced Yoga Principles 200-hour Yoga Teacher Certification, 2023<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Kriya Yoga Initiation, 2022<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Reiki Master Certification, 2022<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"has-text-color wp-block-list\" style=\"color:#3f4854;font-size:18px;line-height:1.722\">\n\n<li>Ophanim Yoga, Judeo-Christian Yoga, 2021<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Franz Bardon&#8217;s Principles of Magical Evocation with Mark Rasmus, 2021<\/li>\n\n\n<li>International School of Temple Arts Level Two, South Africa, 2020<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Theta Healing Certification, 2019<\/li>\n\n\n<li>International School of Temple Arts Level One, Chicago, 2018<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fbf5ec;padding-top:88px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:88px;padding-left:24px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-924554d2 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#a53f67;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.12em;text-transform:uppercase\">Practice disciplines<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#181f2a;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:clamp(34px, 4vw, 50px);font-style:normal;font-weight:500;line-height:1.08\">Daily practice, study, and healing work are the center.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-33918e08 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:42px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#181f2a;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:25px;font-weight:500\">Meditation and prayer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#3f4854;font-size:18px;line-height:1.72\">Daily meditation since 2016, including multiple-hour practice, contemplative prayer, Kriya Yoga methods, self-developed meditation techniques, and practices for healing crisis, breakthrough, and divine encounter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#181f2a;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:25px;font-weight:500\">Healing and energy work<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#3f4854;font-size:18px;line-height:1.72\">Reiki, Theta Healing, Medical Qi Gong, energetic healing, breathwork, Tumo, pranayama, shamanic practice, Hermetic practice, and body-based spiritual disciplines.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#181f2a;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:25px;font-weight:500\">Study and revelation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#3f4854;font-size:18px;line-height:1.72\">Sacred text study across traditions, recording of personal revelations and mystical experiences, and ongoing work to integrate direct experience with disciplined spiritual learning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background\" style=\"background-color:#171310;padding-top:88px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:88px;padding-left:24px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8e518cd5 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#d8b79b;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.12em;text-transform:uppercase\">Core teaching philosophy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#fffaf4;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:clamp(34px, 4vw, 50px);font-style:normal;font-weight:500;line-height:1.08\">Meet God directly. Live from love. Practice until it becomes real.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#f7e8d7;font-size:19px;line-height:1.72\">James teaches that living in alignment with God comes through consistent daily practice, authentic community support, and the recognition that human life is a blessed opportunity to experience heavenly angelic consciousness while embodied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#f7e8d7;font-size:19px;line-height:1.72\">His teaching emphasizes integration of diverse spiritual traditions and healing modalities to support holistic transformation. He advocates direct mystical experience over dogmatic belief, while honoring wisdom from Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikh tradition, Taoism, Western esotericism, and other sacred paths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#f7e8d7;font-size:19px;line-height:1.72\">Central to the work is infinite love as God&#8217;s essential nature and the invitation for all beings to recognize their divine nature and live from love-consciousness in everyday life.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fffaf4;padding-top:88px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:88px;padding-left:24px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-924554d2 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#a53f67;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.12em;text-transform:uppercase\">Teaching experience<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#181f2a;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:clamp(34px, 4vw, 50px);font-style:normal;font-weight:500;line-height:1.08\">Classes, retreats, teaching spaces, and community containers.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"color:#3f4854;font-size:18px;line-height:1.75\" class=\"wp-block-list has-text-color\">\n<li>Yoga Instructor, Southwest Ice Arena Office Yoga Program, 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yoga Instructor, B3 Yoga, Crest Hill, Illinois, 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tantra Teacher, Oneness Fest, 2024 and 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Creator and Founder, Church of Infinite Love, 2020 to present<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Founder and Host, The Lion&#8217;s Den at Burning Man, 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Online spiritual teacher and discussion leader, 2017 to present<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Creator and developer, Luv-U app, 2024 to present<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Host of specialized retreats and advanced practice gatherings, including Franz Bardon Mini-Retreat work<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fbf5ec;padding-top:88px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:88px;padding-left:24px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-924554d2 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#a53f67;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.12em;text-transform:uppercase\">Community impact and service<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-33918e08 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:42px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"has-text-color wp-block-list\" style=\"color:#3f4854;font-size:18px;line-height:1.725\">\n\n<li>Guided hundreds of individuals through spiritual awakening experiences and healing crises<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Created safe sacred spaces for discussing divine experiences and spiritual emergence<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Developed websites and mobile tools making spiritual growth resources available globally<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Facilitated cross-traditional spiritual learning and genuine interfaith understanding<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"has-text-color wp-block-list\" style=\"color:#3f4854;font-size:18px;line-height:1.725\">\n\n<li>Hosted transformational events at Burning Man and online retreats<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Provided free teachings and resources through Church of Infinite Love<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Mentored students in advanced practices including Franz Bardon&#8217;s Hermetic system<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Supported people integrating mystical experiences and navigating spiritual emergence safely<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-border-color is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-color:#e8d8c2;border-width:1px;border-radius:8px;margin-top:42px;padding-top:28px;padding-right:28px;padding-bottom:28px;padding-left:28px\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#181f2a;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:22px;line-height:1.55\">\u201cJames\u2019s distance healing was able to help me free myself of stuck pain that allowed me to grow and heal.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fffaf4;padding-top:88px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:88px;padding-left:24px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-924554d2 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#a53f67;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.12em;text-transform:uppercase\">Skills and competencies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-33918e08 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:42px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"has-text-color wp-block-list\" style=\"color:#3f4854;font-size:18px;line-height:1.725\">\n\n<li>Advanced meditation instruction across multiple traditions<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Yoga teaching: AYP, Hatha, Kriya, Ophanim, and Vinyasa<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Energy healing: Reiki Master, Theta Healing, and Medical Qi Gong<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Kabbalah, Judeo-Christian and modern interpretation<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Spiritual counseling and guidance<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"has-text-color wp-block-list\" style=\"color:#3f4854;font-size:18px;line-height:1.725\">\n\n<li>Event design and facilitation<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Public speaking and teaching<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Interfaith dialogue and integration<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Sacred text interpretation<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Breathwork instruction<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Temple Arts and sacred sexuality education<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fbf5ec;padding-top:88px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:88px;padding-left:24px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-924554d2 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#a53f67;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.12em;text-transform:uppercase\">Studies and lineages<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#181f2a;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:clamp(34px, 4vw, 48px);font-style:normal;font-weight:500;line-height:1.08\">A cross-traditional library of practice and study.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-33918e08 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:42px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#181f2a;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:24px;font-weight:500\">Judeo-Christian<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#3f4854;font-size:18px;line-height:1.72\">Sefer Yetzirah, Tanach, New Testament, Bahir, Book of Thomas, Book of Andrew, Book of Judas, Zohar volumes 1-8 of 23, and The Lesser Key of Solomon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#181f2a;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:24px;font-weight:500\">Eastern traditions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#3f4854;font-size:18px;line-height:1.72\">Tao Te Ching, Grasping the Wind, Bhagavad Gita, Upanishads, Jnana Sankalini Tantra, Akashara Tattwa, The Dhammapadda, The Diamond Sutras, and Asa Di Var.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#181f2a;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:24px;font-weight:500\">Esoteric and mystical study<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#3f4854;font-size:18px;line-height:1.72\">Franz Bardon&#8217;s Initiation Into Hermetics, Principles of Evocation, Key to the True Quabbalah, The Book of Gates, and Valentine Tomberg&#8217;s Inner Development.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div 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Where these paths converge we find The Light. 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