Gill Edwards

Living Magically: A New Vision of Reality

Written with empathy and openness, the book guides the reader through gradual process of changes happening in day-to-day life. It helps to restore trust in relationships with one’s own body and the universe surrounding us. Coincidences, synchronous events, realization of what you dreamed about – a living metaphysics that comes through the body, if you know how to listen to it. The author does not impose her point of view, but rather invites the reader to try, take their own steps and see what happens.

First published in 1991

Danny Penman, Mark Williams, and Robert Arthur Jr.

Mindfulness: An Eight-Week Plan for Finding Peace in a Frantic World

Eight weeks practice program. Can be followed without much effort by an adult who has never tried “anything like this” before. Consists of techniques that help to gradually let go of excessive anxiety and tension. Helping to recover those missing connections that will bring confidence, and allow to treat the world as well as one’s own self, in a more compassionate manner. The exercises that this book is offering leads to a state of greater resilience, even if a reader is deeply rooted in an environment that favours quite the opposite.

First published in 2011

Eckhart Tolle

A New Earth

Modern times cause uncertainty in many. Eckhart Tolle’s text offers a reliable navigation tool. It helps to live in harmony with what one would call destiny or in other words, the purpose of our presence in this complex world. The book does not focus specifically on the body and the bodily experience. It rather helps the reader to get back to their self, an impossible task without the contact with the body.

First published in 2005

Alexander Lowen

Spirituality of the Body

A student of the rebellious psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich was the first to address the body issues as the root source of various requests in psychotherapy. Lowen is the founder of the Bioenergetic Analysis approach. The capacious text is full of author’s exercises, examples, comments. Lowen often talks about unleashing potential, mastering creative freedom. Bioenergetic analysis is one of the schools that stands at the foot of the modern building representing somatic approaches to health and wellbeing. The concept is at least worth getting to know.

More important is how the exercises and practices, insights can affect the reader. The book is replete with powerful tools for change. Lowen suggests that exercises be handled with care. It is unclear whether an unprepared reader will be able to cope with results.

First published in 1990

Michael Kern

Wisdom in the Body: the Craniosacral Approach to Essential Health

It would be a bold assumption to think that it is possible to learn a body-oriented technique without receiving a single session. In the meantime, Michael Kern’s book seems to be a great introduction to CranioSacral Therapy as an approach.

Craniosacral often looks incomprehensible to the uninitiated. Something between a high-tech somatic view on health and a mystical bodily experience. The text of the book helps to understand what is attributed to the theory and practice of the method, from an applied, tangible point of view.

The author describes what the results of the therapeutic process are and what constitutes this paradigm of working with the body. Respectfully and delicately structured, the book can explain why the craniosacral approach can be useful for you, and for practitioners, somewhat enrich the understanding of this therapeutic direction.

First published in 2001.

Note: cover images on this page do not match actual covers of the published books and are provided for illustrative purposes only

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I attended Denis Petrov’s workshop: Between Therapy and Ritual, Working with Sound and Voice.
It marked my first contact with this therapeutic approach. The work is based on deep contact with self, in silence, silencing the words to give way to the sensations and reflections. Those that sometimes we find hard to let out, express.
Almost music emitted through our voice, throat, chest, abdomen. We get in touch with people, situations or places. We can eliminate doubts or resolve concerns, using the technique. It helps us find a new way through, towards possibilities for solution. Denis Petrov guided us with his charisma and spirituality along this new path path. Thank you.

Dr. Guillermo Rodriguez Vega. Master of clinical and family psychology. Bogota, Colombia.

I had the opportunity and privilege to participate in a workshop guided by Mr. Denis Petrov.
A serious professional, who contributes not only on a personal level, but also provides tools for the professional life of those who are facilitating change in others.

Ricardo Cortés Reyes
Author of “One Couple, Two Visions”, “Give the Place. Systemic Family Pedagogy” and “Everything to See. Systemic Family Pedagogy”.

Original texts, in Spanish:

Asistí al taller de Denis Petrov: Entre la terapia y el ritual, trabajando con sonido y voz. Significó un primer contacto con un enfoque terapéutico basado en un profundo contacto consigo mismo, en Silencio, acallando las palabras para darle paso a las sensaciones y reflexiones que a veces nos cuesta dejar salir, expresar. A través de los sonidos casi musicales emitidos desde nuestra voz , la garganta, el tórax, el abdomen, nos ponemos en contacto con personas, situaciones o lugares y podemos aclarar dudas o formular inquietudes de una nueva forma que nos ayudan a encontrar posibilidades nuevas de solución. Denis Petrov, nos guía con su carisma y espiritualidad por este camino novedoso. Gracias.

Dr. Guillermo Rodriguez Vega. Master psicologia clinica y de familia. Bogotá, Colombia.

Tuve la oportunidad y el privilegio de participar de un taller orientado por el señor Denis Petrov.
Un profesional serio, centrado y quien aporta no sólo a nivel personal, sino que adicionalmente aporta herramientas para la vida profesional de quienes somos ayunadores de otros.

Ricardo Cortés Reyes
Autor de “Una pareja, dos miradas”, “Dar el lugar. Pedagogía Familiar Sistémica” y “Todo que ver. Pedagogía Familiar Sistémica”.

Between Therapy and Ritual, Working With Sound and Voice workshop is scheduled February 1st, 2pm till 6.45pm in Studio D325, district of Mile End, Montreal.

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These are in my opinion, worth visiting and will certainly change your view on the field of systemic work if you decide to go. The selection is based on my experience, the below mentioned figures I have had a chance to study with.

https://ioccti.com/ International Organizational Constellations Community for Transformation and Integration conference. October 18 to 24, 2020. Netherlands.Held by Jan Jacob Stam, probably the most prominent figure in systemic work with organisations. This will be an outstanding event for sure. Besides Jan Jacob himself, other top facilitators will be there, including for example, Stefan Hausher. This conference is rather expensive (participation costs between 1450 and 1900 EUR depending on the package), though it’s quite improbable that you might see anything of this scale in the domain of work with business systems, besides that there will probably be another IOCCTI Conference in a few years from this one.

http://healthy-autonomy.de/International Congress “What do I want: to live or to survive?”Friday, 16. October 2020 to Sunday, 18. October 2020, in Munich, Germany.Organised by the team of probably the present time’s largest name in constellations work with trauma, dr.Franz Ruppert, the conference offers a variety of workshops mostly focused on Identity Oriented Approach that Franz is developing and promoting. To me he’s work is marvellous and the approach is highly specific. The registration fee is 390EUR.

Franz Ruppert’s webpage: https://franz-ruppert.de

Daan Van Kampenhout will be in Mexico City in October 2020. Probably the most affordable of the events held by the figures of this scale, and within reach to people from Canada. There are various direct flights to Mexico City from Montreal, also very reasonable accommodation prices are available.Shamanic training (theme will be announced later)October 10, 2020 17:30 – October 14, 2020 18:50 @ Mexico City, Mexico

Daan’s webpage http://daanvankampenhout.com

One of my Russian teachers, Elena Veselago, director of the Centre for Modern Systemic Constellations in Moscow, will facilitate several workshops in English speaking environment in the US next year (and also – she said that she’s considering bringing her full training program to the States – not the next year but in a few years). One of the workshops is announced already.November 15-20 2020 . How the Soul Returns near Portland, Oregon.It will be the 6-day workshop dedicated to constellations and work with trauma. I guess that she’s invited by her friend Sarah Peyton. Price is relatively high – the tuition cost is between 1050 USD an 1350 USD depending on the time of registration, plus accommodation it comes to 1670-2000 USD for the 6 days of training.

https://empathybrain.com/event/how-the-soul-returns-with-elena-veselago/

Elena said that there will be other events in US also. If you might be interested, please write to me, I will ask her. Please feel free to share this information.

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