These two free breathing exercises give you the basics of what I call “maintenance breathing” and “Therapeutic Breathwork.”The first exercise helps you return to calm and ease in your daily life and is consonant with coherent and mindfulness breathing. The second exercise introduces you to a technique to help healing and emotional release as well as increasing your energy level and creative potential. Enjoy this 20 min. class by Jim Morningstar.
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Getting more Joy and Nurturance from Eating
Jim Morningstar, PhD, gives an introduction to the Life InWellness Video Series #4 on Eating. This topic is near and dear to all of us and is treated from a wellness perspective, not just nutritional. Ways to get more joy and nurturance from food are explored with two exercises that help detail our mental and emotional states around the process of daily food consumption.
Tai Chi Exercises for Health and Wellbeing
Jim Morningstar demonstrates a series of Taiji Warm up exercises, standing postures and song gongs (energy moving exercises) that he has learned as a student of this comprehensive form of Self care. These special exercises are taught through www.discovertaiji.com by Sifu Adam Mizner. As a student of Tai Chi since the early 1970’s, I have found the daily practice to be centering, strengthening and enlivening to my body, mind and spirit. It affords the opportunity to go as deep and as far in mastery as the student is willing to pursue. For Jim Morningstar’s Worldwide Learning Community: www.transformationsusa.com
Tai Chi Push Hands Play with Masters
Tai Chi has been an anchoring practice in my life since the early 1970’s for physical health, emotional balance, mental clarity and spiritual opening. Once a student has learned the principles of tai chi sufficiently, they may be applied in various forms of partner work. In the accompanying video the sport of “push hands” is demonstrated by several master teachers in the lineage from which I learned. Tai Chi is an internal art that does not rely on muscular strength, but rather relaxing and directing energy through the the body’s fascial system. The discipline can be learned by anyone. It provides limitless layers of depth and awareness through which one can progress
An introduction to healing lifelong holding patterns.
This 5 minute video is an Introduction to the Breathwork and Body Themes Training Video by Jim Morningstar, Phd., Director of the Transformations Breathwork Training Program. Jim demonstrates the use of release and integrating techniques with clients portraying six major body themes during a therapeutic breathwork session. The full 90 minute video explains the neuroscience and developmental formation of these themes during the first six years of life as well as shows examples of how therapeutic breathwork can assist healing and integration. It is an invaluable asset to assisting change in lifelong holding patterns – available now for $17.
Inspirational Leader themes: fear based or integrated?
In this 4 minute video, Jim Morningstar, PhD, gives an introduction to the third of six developmental body themes, the Inspirational Leader, and demonstrates techniques he uses during a therapeutic breathwork session to facilitate release of holding patterns associated with this theme. When bound with fear, those with this theme can be dominating and/or seductive. When integrated and breathing fully and easily, they are not afraid of their vulnerability and can truly be inspirational in leading from their heart. See below for the full 90 minute video.
Affirmations: giving yourself a mental makeover
Affirmations: Giving Yourself a Mental Makeover gives precise information on using one of the most powerful tools for changing your way of thinking to be more effective and satisfying. Building on PEP Class #2: The Analysis Game in which subconscious “shadow” beliefs are uncovered, Jim Morningstar, PhD, gives the technique for transforming these negative beliefs into positive tools for your mental makeover: www.transformationsusa.com
Laws of the Mind
Jim Morningstar, PhD, presents basic principles of how the mind works as part of the Personal Effectiveness Principles course in the School of Integrative Psychology. Mind mastery is essential to creating a life of joy and satisfaction, but few people have had any training in how to change old limiting thought patterns into a more effective life affirming outlook. This is a start.
Restoring your peace in four minutes
This 4 minute meditation will put you in touch with your inner smile and create the tone of self acceptance throughout your day. Jim Morningstar, PhD, shares a way to reset your attitude when you begin to feel out of sorts or are struggling to cope with the stress of work or dealing with relationships outside of work – a frequent challenge of holiday time when expectations are high.
Core Seminar 3: Communication: Pitfalls and Clearing
Core Seminar 3: Communication: Pitfalls and Clearingby Jim Morningstar, PhD
Some of the most clear and effective theories and practices are presented here:
Seminar 1: Goals/Personal Time Study
Seminar 2: Family Systems Study and Application
Seminar 3: Communication: Pitfalls and Clearing
Seminar 4: Therapeutic Breathwork Introduction
Seminar 5: Levels of Existence and Spiral Dynamics
In Seminar #3 the student will learn:
How to recognize “Risky Rascals,” those commonly used messages that purport to help, but which enmesh communicators emotional systems. This is a is key to assisting self and others to increase clarity and effectiveness. Recognizing communication styles and redirecting ineffective styles is the second goal of this seminar. Course Objectives:
*Identify solution messages, put downs and avoidances,
*Know four healthy communication options,
*Give steps of open alternative to four ineffective communication styles.
CE credits available: info@transformationsusa.com