The following is an update and excerpt from the post, “Light & Dark Experiences from a Trip to NYC, Especially Teal Swan’s The Mirror Event” under subtitle, “The Strange and Intriguing Vibes of Teal Swan’s The Mirror Event/Workshop”:

Teal Swan’s The Mirror workshop was the first major spiritual event I’ve ever experienced besides the tiny room event shared in post, “The Lesson of the So-Called Bad Personality” under subtitle, “An Unexpected Experience at the Bill Foss Akashic Records Event” and Barbara Marciniak’s small event, that were both held in Sedona.

I’ve come across several readings in the past about Teal Swan and her team being a cult, but I just brushed it off at the time because I thought they were just judging what they feared (the unknown).

However, the feelings I experienced those three days, at this event, made me realize that perhaps those who came to this conclusion weren’t completely full of $h!+. 

The best way I can describe the ambience of this place, as well as Teal and her team, was that it reminded me of the opposite of Light and Love at times.

Teal’s volunteers, certain hard-core followers (one who was very obsessive), and her team members—besides Blake and the Latino female who seems to be the motherly figure to Teal, telling her to count down when Teal was panicking backstage—had a vibrational frequency that seemed very passive and desperate, like sheep anxious about a nearby threat.

And Teal’s vibrational frequency at times seemed like an aggressive wolf who treated her team members as inferior to her—the dominant tone she used when she talked to them—though she managed to conceal it well by occasionally shouting out to her team in a cheerful way (I think it was, “Go power rangers!”).

I’ve even seen her treat her team members this way in a few of her YouTube videos, but gave her a benefit of a doubt that she purposely did so with loving intentions.

Granted, I did share comments for these videos to let her know how jacked up she was being towards them just in case she wasn’t aware of it.

Teal mentioned in one of her videos that people are often disappointed in her because they’re expecting a mother-like nourishing type of vibes from Teal, but she stated that it’s not her.

I wondered if that has anything to do with her not embracing and integrating this aspect of self because it still feels foreign to her (i.e., her mentioning at this event that her own mother doesn’t even come to her events, which probably revealed her lack of support for Teal).

I have no doubt that Teal is very capable of expressing this loving, compassionate, and warm aspect of her to her followers and team members.

Surprisingly, Teal did seem really cold and unapproachable half of the time throughout the three-day event. I even wondered at one point if Teal’s body had been hijacked by another entity that wasn’t so loving.

Afterall, Teal had said some crazy@$$ BULL$h!+ that was obvious she was trying to instill fear in others, which seemed so unlike her.

While at Barbara Marciniak’s first and last event (at least for me)—though I still respect and admire her for a few of her books from back in the 90’s–Barbara talked about negative entities taking over another’s body (a topic I don’t like to focus on too much); and I instantly had a flashback of the moment that I wondered if that had happened to Teal since she looked the same as her videos (but better), but strangely didn’t feel like the same being.

I also wondered why she chose a church for the location of this event when she has clearly spoke against the church and other religions that are mostly fear-based.

I wanted to think positive, so I chose to trust that she was intending for her or us to ground higher energies into that place; but I don’t know for sure. 

I’m very grateful that I went to this event despite some of the not so pleasant vibes that I experienced. I realized that my intuition (Master Teacher within) had served me very well when I had absolutely no desire to join the Teal Tribe.

Prior to this insight, I did wonder a few times why I wasn’t drawn to join Teal’s spiritual community since I enjoyed watching a lot (but not all) of her YouTube videos that were very helpful.

I now fully trust that I was simply meant to extract what highly benefits me, and discard whatever doesn’t, the way I’ve been doing with all outer teachers that show up in my awareness—whether people, readings, videos, etc.

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Last Update

The following is a reply I shared for a comment left by one of the viewers (Allyson Sixx Costello) of the video, “Teal Swan’s – Mirror Event” (Note: This reply comment doesn’t show up when I’m not looking at it via my Google account; I think Teal’s team might have ensured that it doesn’t appear to others. I’m pretty sure it’s not the content that YouTube has a problem with, since I’ve read plenty of harsh comments to Teal before, and they’re visible for everyone to see) :

Damn. If I knew just a little sooner that Teal was coming to NY on April 20-22, I might’ve been able to arrange going. I’m literally less than an hour away from Central Park. Sh*t S*it Shi*!!! 😤

Allyson Sixx Costello: You’re probably over this by now, but just in case you’re still wishing you had gone (or if there’s anyone else who feels the same way), I will share some of my own personal experiences from having attended this event during April of 2018 at NYC.

Though there were some positive moments, there were also some unhealthy moments where Teal upset some people by the following things she said and did, and even didn’t do:

– Teal said that females who aren’t in the category of hot or butt@$$ ugly—basically, somewhere inbetween, which many females probably are—are very dangerous; hence, Teal doesn’t trust them. This is a very dangerous and not necessarily accurate message to teach since it creates separation among people rather than unity.
– Teal said that if you spend time alone, and don’t hurry up and form relationships—with the strangers at the event or just about anyone—you could end up spending the rest of your life alone. One of the event members had just left two, abusive relationships prior to this event—an emotionally unavailable boyfriend and a very manipulative and controlling mother—so hearing Teal say this really upset her, and she didn’t show up for Day 3 of the event.
– Teal demanded in a serious tone (and facial expression), “Don’t listen to any other spiritual teachers,” which contradicts what she shared in at least one of her videos
– When Teal approached one of our groups, she walked up to a couple, stared at the woman (wife) with a serious facial expression, and then turned to the woman’s husband and gently held his hand for a couple of minutes while looking into his eyes in a soft manner; this was an awkward experience
– one of Teal’s team members (the Latino female) claimed that everyone in our group had certain thoughts and beliefs that were the exact same, and that we didn’t care about our inner child, which wasn’t true; and I called her out because I refused to allow her force her own beliefs onto me, especially since I’ve been doing inner-child work for years prior to the event, and the event itself was meant to be a free-spirited, fun trip
– On the second day of this event, everyone at the event (except Teal Swan) went on a two-hour walk at Central Park, followed by a three-hour lunch break
(so 5 hours on Day 2 of the vent WITHOUT Teal Swan is a lot, considering she’s the person everyone paid a lot of money to go see)

So is this 3 day Mirror Event worth between $600+ – $900+? In my opinion, absolutely NOT. Perhaps 1/4 of that price (for the beneficial moments) considering one also has to pay for a round trip plane ticket, hotel fees, transportation, drinks and meals if traveling from out of state (or even out of country).

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Also see previous, related post, “Trusting Our Own Authenticity Without Needing to Be Validated by Others“