For personal spiritual growth, below are some of my favorite books, websites, movies and retreat locations.

 

Jade Goddess

One of the most beneficial and healing workshops that I have ever experienced is  "Live Your Bliss" the Jade Goddess Seminar for Women with Saida Desiléts, Ph.D. Saida is the author of  The Emergence of the Sensual Woman, The Sacred Teachings of the Jade Goddess  and creator of The Desilets Method http://www.thedesiletsmethod.com/

 

Saida is a remarkable, loving, respectful, playful and wise teacher.  She taught me conscious sexual energy cultivation through The Desilets Method, a synergy of the ancient wisdom of Taoist practices with innovative, leading edge practices for all women.

 

Through her teachings and the practices of the Jade Goddess, I continuously experience deep levels of healing and rejuvenation for myself and with my beloved husband Rob.

 

The Désilets Method is an easy, fun and practical system for harnessing sexual energy for greater health, vitality, rejuvenation, pleasure and creativity. It is the synergy of practical techniques of ancient Taoist techniques* and innovative, tried & tested practices blended with leading edge medical and psychological theories and concepts.

 

The core of The Désilets Method is heart-centered sexuality which invites you to experience the revitalizing power of your sensual/sexual nature while providing you with the foundation to create your own unique relationship to sexuality.

 

Based on the wisdom of the 6000 year old Yellow Emperor’s book, Shu Nu Ching – The Tao of Sex Wisdom as well as on the formulas of Mantak Chia’s teacher: Hermit White Cloud.

 

Saida travels the world educating women and men about their sacred sensuality.   She will be in Southern California in November, teaching the Jade Goddess Weekend.

 

For more information about this weekend, go to Saida's site http://www.thedesiletsmethod.com

 

 

Suzanne Rock-Stierle and RockS Design www.suzannerockstierle.com  

Suzanne leads wonderful programs for girls including Mother Daughter Retreats. She also creates beautiful websites and graphic art. She her websites for full details.

 

Bill Stierle www.BillStierle.com

Bill is a communication specialist and great place for parenting resources. He has over 20 years experience helping individuals, families and businesses small and large. Check out his website for more information.

 

 

 

Retreat Locations

The Ojai Foundation www.ojaifoundation.org
Nestled into 40-acres of semi-wilderness at the foot of the Los Padres Mountains, ninety minutes north of Los Angeles, we weave together equal parts sanctuary, school, eco-village and oasis. The Sanctuary provides a wide range of Council-based programs throughout the year for youth and adults interested in deepening their communication and relational skills. Programs include Council training's for teachers and therapists, relationship intensives for couples, rites of passage for high school seniors, as well as seasonal retreats for individuals, families and groups.

 

Esalen Institute www.esalen.org
My husband and I regularly drive up the spectacular California coast to attend workshops here. It is our favorite retreat.  Renowned for its healing natural hot springs, Esalen has long been recognized as a world leader in alternative and experiential education. Dramatically situated on the Big Sur cliffs over the Pacific Ocean, the sacred beauty of the land—clear air, pulsing sea, garden path and waterfall, steaming mineral water bubbling up from deep within the earth—is itself transformative. Now in its fifth decade, Esalen offers more than 500 public workshops and seminars a year, accenting personal growth and social change, in areas traditionally neglected by mainstream institutions.

 

 

 

Organizations

The Center for Nonviolent Communication www.cnvc.org 

CNVC is a global organization helping people connect compassionately with themselves and one another through Nonviolent Communication language, created by Marshall B. Rosenberg, Ph.D. Nonviolent Communication (NVC) helps connect us with what is alive in ourselves and in others moment-to-moment, with what we or others could do to make life more wonderful, and with an awareness of what gets in the way of natural giving and receiving.  NVC language strengthens our ability to inspire compassion from others and respond compassionately to others and ourselves. NVC guides us to reframe how we express ourselves, how we hear others and resolve conflicts by focusing our consciousness on what we are observing, feeling, needing, and requesting. It awakens empathy and honesty, and is sometimes described as "the language of the heart."

 

Salaam Shalom Education Foundation www.salaamshalomfoundation.org  

SSEF provides peace education programs for Jewish and Arab children, so that together they may develop new capacities for problem solving and new potentials for cooperation.  Our programs combine a variety of class topics, educational methods, and communication skills training. Our aim is to foster a generation of individuals educated to cultivate new social, cultural, and economic endeavors so that communities of Israelis and Palestinians may learn to thrive together.  Our programs feature a Jewish-Arab High School in Israel and a Kindergarten Teacher training for Israeli and Palestinian educators.

 

 

YouTube

ThetaHealing on Fox TV Utah

Part 1:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utE9bCnMWJs&mode=related&search

 

Part 2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EibwlNQKiU&mode=related&search=

 

Part 3:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9aHmKH5_bLk&mode=related&search=

 

Kelila’s YouTube channel: GardensofHealing

http://www.youtube.com/user/gardensofhealing

 

 

Movies

The spiritual view that our unconscious beliefs create our reality is now validated by the cutting edge of quantum physics – a concept cleverly portrayed in these two movies:

 

“What the Bleep Do We Know”

 

“The Secret”