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“Behind the Scenes”
Tigers, Seminars and More
October, 2004
Captions by Dick Sutphen
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The big cat photos posted here relate to my “Lions, Tigers & Past Lives” column that can be read at this site. Click on the “Dick Sutphen Articles & WebColumns” button and scan way down on the columns
list.
 Diana McCourt and Sierra, a female white Bengal
tiger with blue eyes. Diana heads the Siberian Tiger Conservation Association in Gambier, OH. (www.sibertiger.com)
 October 12, 2004: With Elaine Melody
Thomas, and her daughter Angela Brooks who is one of Diana's certified trainers. The tiger is Ekaterina, a 4 1/2 year-old female Siberian.
Diana got Ekaterina when the cat was two days old.
With Ekaterina.
Tara and Ekaterina.
 With Sierra, the female white Bengal tiger. She is
4 1/2 years old. The white tiger is extinct in the wild and only 500 are in captivity. She is the baby of Diana’s family
Tara snuggling with Sierra.
 With Sher Kahn, a four-year old male
Siberian.. Today, there are less than 300 in the wild and only 1000 in captivity. Within ten years, all tigers will be extinct in the wild. “Not if I can help it,” says Diana.
I think Sher Khan is deciding whether to eat my hand or lick it.
 Tara kissing Sher Khan. Diana says, “Ever
since Kahn was a baby he has loved being kissed all over his face. If you let him, he will fall asleep with his head in your lap while you’re stroking his face. He’s very loving and
trusting.” A moment later, Khan playfully bopped Tara on the head with a paw.
 Here we are with Diana and Joseph, a six-year
old African lion. Diana says, “He loves the attention and thinks everyone should love on him. If you’re showing attention to another cat, he will push his way in so you can love on him.”
 “Rub Joseph’s ears and he is your best
friend,” according to Diana. She says, “He loves women.”
 Tara with Simba, a ten-year old female Siberian
tiger. Simba is sensitive to handicapped people. She will lie down next to a wheelchair to be petted. “She’s a gentle soul,” according to her owner.
 October 10, 2004: Over two days, Tibetan
Monks create a beautiful sand mandala at the Universal Light Expo in Columbus, Ohio.
 At the end of the expo, the Tibetan Monks
perform a ceremony in which they destroy the mandala. They gave everyone attending a small plastic bag of the sand used in their spiritual creation.
 October 8, 2004: We had dinner with Carol
Morgan, her husband Ben, mother Ann, and two young sons at the Morgan home in Dayton, OH. Carol is a hypnotherapist, and a professor at a Dayton, OH college. She is currently writing a
book titled “Radical Relationship Repair,” and we have been sharing ideas and information on the project. In this picture Tara is holding Colton, Carol’s oldest son.
Carol, Tara, Ann and Colton. Ann is also trained in hypnosis.
Carol and me after a delicious dinner prepared by Ben..
 Most of the graduates of the 2004 5-Day
Professional Hypnotists Training held in Marina del Rey, CA, Sept. 22-26.
 Profession Hypnotist Training participants: Karen,
Carol, Tiffany and Lilian. (Carol Morgan’s website: www.attraction-u.com / Lilian Bohanec’s website: www.asklilian.com)
 Oct. 2, 2004: The Sedona Healing Seminar.
On Saturday afternoon the participants are free to visit the vortexes. A group of us decided to climb to the top of Cathedral Rock. Here, Tiffany, Shannon, Tara and Steve are catching
their breath in the shade, abut half way up the mountain.
Tara and Tiffany near the top of Cathedral Rock.
Meghan Hansen meditating on top of Cathedral Rock.
 On the way down we found a medicine
wheel in a wash. Shannon, Tara and Tiffany are meditating.
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