As author, therapist, teacher, and workshop leader, Carolyn Hobbs has used the heart tools outlined in this book with clients, couples, and workshop students for over thirty years. A licensed marriage and family therapist with a masters degree in humanistic psychology, Hobbs blends her two lifelong passions -- Buddhist meditative wisdom and body-centered therapy -- into her work, which draws from studies in bioenergetics, Feldenkrais work, Breathwork, as well as Buddhism. This October, Omega Institute in New York will offer Hobbs's five-day Workshop, "Free Yourself: 10 Life-Changing Powers of your Wise Heart," to teach participants the ten heart powers outlined in this book. Based on her first book, JOY, No Matter What (2005), Hobbs began in 2004 teaching Everyday Joy workshops each spring at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in the San Francisco Bay Area and lecturing to professional therapists at U.S. Journal's annual Self and Family Conferences in Santa Fe, NM. Prior to this, she was a visiting professor at Naropa Institute in Boulder, CO, and Ft. Lewis College in Durango, CO. Excerpts and reviews of her first book appeared in such magazines and professional journals as Woman's World, Woman's Day, Shambhala Sun, AHP Perspective, Imagine, and Essence. Certified since 1992 as a body-centered therapist by Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks, she works with clients nationally from her home base in Durango, CO.
A fine and trustworthy guide for healing and heart-centered living!
With a supportive and compassionate tone, Ms. Hobbs helps us
believe that any one of us, no matter how self-limited or wounded
we might be, can finally live with majesty and joy. Waking Up Free
is hands-down one of the most empowering books I've read in a very
long time, definitely a must-have for your personal
growth/spiritual growth library.--Janice Lynne Lundy, author of
Your Truest Self: Embracing the Woman You Are Meant to Be
Like a warm and helpful conversation with a wise friend over a cup
of tea, Free Yourself wraps the wisdom teachings in stories, humor,
and suggestions that gently nudge us toward the freedom inherent in
every beat of our heart. Listening will definitely change your
life!--Shoshana Alexander, co-author, Awakening Joy: 10 Steps to
Happiness
"All readers, whether therapists or anyone seeking personal insight
and growth, will find Free Yourself a rich resource. Having had the
privilege of sponsoring author Carolyn Hobbs for various training
events and conferences, I have seen first-hand audiences appreciate
the author's clinical insights and experiential techniques,
enthusiastically embracing both. In this book, she distills
life-tested approaches to help readers open their minds and hearts
to meet life's challenges with deepening levels of awareness and
confidence."--Dan Barmettler, codirector of conferences, US Journal
Training Inc. and The Institute for Integral Development
"Carolyn Hobbs offers readers a guide for awakening heart wisdom
that arises from her years of healing work with others--and her own
deep understanding. Free Yourself is filled with poignant
vignettes, meditative practices, and reflections that help us to
inhabit our lives with the fullness of loving presence."--Tara
Brach, PhD, author of Radical Acceptance and True Refuge.
"None of us escape life without feeling fear, pain, and loss. At
times, we all need a helping hand. Free Yourself helps you learn to
tenderly hold your heart with your own loving hands."--Jacob
Liberman, OD, PhD, author of Take Off your Glasses and See
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