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From the Sierra Vista Herald, Sunday, 28 Feb 2010

Mind Body Spirit Expo, Sierra Suites, Sierra Vista, AZ 27 Feb 2010

SIERRA VISTA — Anyone looking to have their aura photographed or life line interpreted was in luck Saturday, as local practitioners of the metaphysical descended on Sierra Vista for the Mind Body Spirit Expo.

Organized by Kelly Jackson of the Blue Eyed Witch in Tombstone and Mushauld Smith, a Sierra Vista-based tarot card reader and spiritual minister, the expo was designed to raise local awareness of a variety of alternative, spiritual and homeopathic health practitioners and vendors.

It included a broad range of vendors, including jewelry makers, reiki and acupuncture practitioners, musicians and others.

Among those in attendance were Rick Kutzner and Fred Sayler of Roy G Biv Aura and Chakra Imaging.

Fred Sayler (Left) and Rick Kutzner (Right)

Standing beside a metal-encased device mounted on a tripod called a Coggins camera and wearing a white lab coat over a tie-dyed T-shirt, Sayler photographed those who wanted an image of their aura. Kutzner said the camera works by having the individual who is being photographed place his or her hands on two silver panels, which measure “galvanic skin resonance.

“It picks up blood pressure, heart rate, your emotional state, as well as any nervous energy,” he said.

An image of a young woman who just had her picture taken was surrounded by a deep crimson. Colors correspond to different emotions and personality traits.

In other areas of the expo, one could see a man in a foot reflexology session. Across the room and behind a drawn curtain came the sound of chimes as someone had their chakras balanced.

Smith said he hopes the expo will result in renewed interest in the metaphysical and alternative health fields in the area.

“We’d like to see this as a kind of rekindling of this type of activity,” he said.

Fred Sayler (Left) and Rick Kutzner (Right)