HEAVEN and EARTH: How it all Works by Tonya Gamman not only confirms and validates near-death experiences, it goes far beyond them. It is the chronicle of two lives, life in heaven in between, and over a year of daily lessons in the etheric retreats under the tutelage of a master teacher.The story begins with the tragic last days of Tonya's previous life in 19th-century Ireland. She describes heaven in exquisite detail and explains the major activities souls engage in: healing, resting and reflecting, reviewing their last life, planning their next life, and preparing for reembodiment.Tonya describes how a returning soul visits old haunts on Earth before entering a baby's body. When she enters her body, she says "I'm like a pilot checking out my plane before take off, I activate systems and organs that are not working at full capacity." Soon after being born, Tonya forgets about heaven and her plans for this life. But when she is baptized at 11, she reconnects to the feeling of unconditional love, peace, and freedom that is heaven and to a presence whom she calls God.Six months later, after practicing a meditation involving focusing on the point between waking and sleeping, she enters a state of heightened awareness and sees the presence as a being of light with brown eyes that are soft, deep and full of compassion. His name is Kuthumi.Kuthumi takes Tonya in her soul body to etheric cities of light in the heaven world, for lessons about life that last over a year. Tonya condenses the most important lessons she remembers into 2 chapters. Thanks to these lessons, she successfully navigates past pitfalls such as smoking, drugs and alcohol and accelerates her education, enrolling in college at 16.At 19, she begins reading the lives of saints and finds a picture of Kuthumi, but the caption reads "Saint Francis of Assisi." Thus begins of her search for answers that will take her through 33 more years of her life in a future sequel.
About the Author: Tonya Gamman was born on July 20, 1956 in Lynnwood, California. She is an author, instructor and therapist and owner of the Academy Of European Reflexology and Healing Arts in Issaquah, Washington, where she teaches reflexology, wellness kinesiology, reiki and intuition development classes. She was past director of the Hippocrates Health Institute in Portland, Oregon where she taught classes on raw food diet and wheatgrass therapy. She also teaches classes around the country on the human aura. She is the author of The Flower's Secret, a children's picture book about the cycles of life, reincarnation, and the importance of each soul's life. It is loved by adults as well, especially those who have lost someone dear to them. She is married to Dr. Paul Gamman, a chiropractor, and they have seven wonderful children, Reva, Maria, Jeremiah, Joshua, Clare, Michael and Alexander. Tonya is a counselor, reflexologist and regressionist as well as a reiki master. Her current passions are writing, helping people find healing, and the development and refinement of an alternative drug treatment program for teens. Her hobbies are reading, hiking, writing, dancing, traveling, and kayaking.