Fai West was just 10 years old when she was first introduced to the teachings of Soulaire Allerai and the Soulful Journey. A few years later, as a teenager in high school, she found herself living in Soulaire’s basement, sleep deprived from attending multiple late-night classes and channelings of an omniscient being known as ‘G’, and learning about her own presence in a future dimension called The 99.
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Credits:
Written and hosted by Sarah Steel
Music by Joe Gould
Links:
- Being: The Soulful Journey — by Soulaire Allerai, FriesenPress, December 2023
- Being: Transformation Begins With… — by Lynn Young, Master Path Publishing, March 2007
- Soulful Journey — website, accessed February 2026
- Living Faith Spiritual Community — ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer listing, accessed February 2026\
- Getting Real with Soulaire — Podbay episode shownotes, accessed February 2026
- An Interview with Lynn Young (Master Soulaire) — by Tim Miejan, Edge Magazine, 1 October 2008
- Lynn Young, Interview — by Tim Miejan, Edge Magazine, 1 October 2007
- soulaireallerai.com — archived website from 28 February 2021
- Inspiring Conversations with Soulaire Allerai of Bad Rooster Food Truck — Voyage Minnesota, 24 March 2022
- Soulful Journey® Wellness Center — archived website page from 12 August 2025
- Family, former followers, claim food truck finances a Minnetonka cult — by Tom Lyden, FOX 9, 28 August 2022
- Bad Rooster Responds: It’s because of our success — by Tom Lyden, FOX 9, 30 August 2022
- Bad Rooster LLC and Soulaire Allerai vs Kelly
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