By Donna Martin and Marlena Field
Published in November 2007
From the introduction:
"Helping others is all about “being in relationship”, and therefore about developing personhood — full human beingness. Yes, it’s great that we have training, experience, and skills. But unless we can show up fully in our relationships and be authentically ourselves, our presence offers less than its full potential and we end up feeling generally less fulfilled.
This book provides a self-study reflective practice guide for:
From this guidebook you will learn ways to practice reflecting on who and how you are being — both with your clients and with the other important people in your life. You will probably discover some old habits and patterns that are limiting your full performance as a helper or as a friend. You may have some important insights — some ‘aha’ moments — that can help to move you forward towards greater fulfillment in work and in life.
You will also be offered practical ways to help others to reflect, to stay present, to simply be aware of the moment and of what is happening in their present experience. This way of simply being is illuminating. It is an effective way of reducing unnecessary stress, of clearing away harmful thoughts and emotions, of remembering where you are in life and what is true for you. As a reflective practice it allows insight and clarity to emerge out of confusion and helps you to listen to your inner wisdom. It helps to put everything into its proper perspective."
6"x9" Coil-bound 112 page book Cost: $19.95 (USD) plus shipping. Order online here
By Donna Martin
Donna has just recorded this new CD. It runs just under an hour and includes a short talk and instructions for the key exercises of the practice of loving presence. Cost: $15 (CDN) plus shipping. To order, email Donna.
By Marlena Field
Donna's recommendation:
This is the kind of book I love: at once readable and profound, inspiring and practical, informative and accessible.
Marlena Field and I have been friends for almost thirty years. When I say that she has put her heart into this book, as she does with everything, it is with a huge appreciation for her whole-hearted approach to life, her warmth, her joy, her spirit, her love of helping others, and her contagious enthusiasm. I think it comes through clearly in this delightful book.
I feel confident that you will pick up the spirit of that as you read it, along with all the tips and techniques that make this "body-centered" approach to working so effective.
Marlena and I started training in the Hakomi Method of Body-centered Psychotherapy together in 1990. I have gone on to become a trainer in that method, while Marlena has developed her skills as a personal coach. Both of us have felt and witnessed the profound affect of paying attention to the wisdom of the body in our own lives and in working with others. I am thrilled to see her take the essence of the body-mind approach, adapt it to the coaching situation, and create in this book a simple yet powerfully effective tool for others to use in their work and in their life.
I think this book will help anyone working with others in a "client-centered" way to access deeper levels of intuitive knowing, clarity, peace of mind, confidence, inspiration, and creativity in all they do.
I am certain you will want to read Body-Centered Coaching again and again and have it close at hand when you work with others.
Mostly, I sincerely hope you will begin to use the simple tools shared in this book to enrich your own life.
Enjoy!
By Donna Martin, M.A.
Remembering Wholeness: InSight Methods, by Donna Martin, M.A. is a book about a spiritual paradigm for healing and offers some practical ways to help you access inner wisdom. InSight methods produce insights but mainly they are experiential bodymind approaches to seeing in… tuning in to the wisdom within you in order to learn to live a more authentic, conscious, compassionate and creative life. Some of the methods presented include mindfulness, the Hakomi Method, the Triangle Method, and Donna’s original approach to yoga for emotional healing. Remembering Wholeness sees wholeness as intrinsic, healing as wholeness happening, and therapy as a way of helping someone remember and experience the reality of wholeness. The book is designed to be used by anyone interested in consciousness and health, personally or professionally.
December 2002 ISBN 0-9689579-1-9 68 pages Cariboolinks Publishing $10.00 (CDN) each, plus shipping & handling
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SEEING YOUR LIFE THROUGH NEW EYESBy Paul Brenner, M.D., Ph.D and Donna Martin, M.A.
Seeing Your Life Through New Eyes identifies the origin of your personal profile and points you in directions to maximize your potential and transcend self-imposed limitations. This workbook format helps readers create a diary of self-discovery and assists in resolving any misunderstood relationships and addictive behavior. This book offers insights for replacing negative thoughts by revealing the source of their origin and suggests tools for reflection, insight, and change. Utilizing the process Family Triangles, which is based on the relationship of the parental hurts or gifts of childhood, specifically from the age of two to twelve, and how these experiences combine with inherent temperament to shape your adult life, Seeing Your Life Through New Eyes revisits your past and offers new perspectives from a different focal length without filters.
Click here to read some reviews of this book.
October 2000 ISBN 1-57178-164-1 176 pages from Council Oak Books
By Donna Martin, M.A.
.... a delightful story for all ages with a message about life lived in the mind or in reality.
$6 (CDN) each for 10 or more
or $7.00 (CDN) each, plus shipping & handling
1. CREATIVE SELFISHNESS:
Women, in particular, have been conditioned to take care of everyone else's needs before our own. Unfortunately, many women have needed an illness or chronic pain to give themselves permission to be "selfish". This interactive book was adapted from a workshop created to help us identify and overcome the unconscious obstacles to taking care of ourselves.
2. WONDERCHILD:
This booklet describes the essential authentic self as a "wonderchild". It is an inspirational self-esteem building invitation to come home to who you really are.
3. FALLING IN AND OUT OF LOVE:
This interactive process sheds light on our personal definition of love, the way we choose a mate, and the roots of conflict in relationship. It presents an interesting introduction to a more complex self-awareness process called Family Triangles, designed to help us resolve relationship issues and create more satisfying partnerships.
4. IF YOU THINK YOU CAN: (Addictions are the Tip of the Iceberg)
This booklet provides a summary of some of the ideas we explore in a group setting with men in early recovery from alcohol and drug abuse. It discusses the roots of our addictions and provides strategies to use the power of the mind to move beyond the habitual coping strategies that limit and damage our lives.
5. THE ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE: (Cultivating the Art of Appreciation)
Practical strategies to help us discover and remember that "everything in the universe is a pitcher brimming with wisdom and beauty"... (Rumi) This booklet contains twenty simple effective individual or group exercises and meditations to open the heart.
6. CREATIVE RESPONSES TO CHANGE:
A practical guide to moving through change creatively. These exercises have been used successfully in workshops, seminars, and individual and couples sessions with hundreds of clients. Donna's original Change-Mapping process is included. "To encompass change is to embrace Life fully."
7. TO FEEL IS TO HEAL:
This interactive booklet provides questions for self-study and journalling, as well as simple effective strategies for handling feelings and emotions more creatively. The exercises are designed to get us back in touch with feelings and would be useful for therapists and counsellors or for anyone in therapy or in recovery.
8. YOGA FOR SELF-AWARENESS:
An introduction to some of the basic principles of yoga and mindfulness, this booklet begins with Donna's interpretation of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. These are followed with twenty simple postures and breathing techniques for increasing self-awareness and relaxation.
9. REMEMBERING WHOLENESS: a spiritual model for healing and recovery:
This book addresses the issues of trauma, dissociation, physical and emotional pain, and healing from a new paradigm of intrinsic wholeness.
10. GETTING UNSTRESSED FROM THE INSIDE OUT:
30 simple effective strategies for transforming stress and enjoying life.
Booklets 1–5 are $4 (CDN) each for 10 or more, or $4.75 each.
Booklets 6–10 are $6 (CDN) each for 10 or more
or $7.00 (CDN) each, plus shipping & handling
Donna leads you through a 20 minute guided relaxation on one side and a 20 minute mindfulness practise on the other side.
Audio Tape $9.00 (CDN) plus shipping & handling.
The Yoga Studio of Calgary presents "YOGA for WOMEN" Instructor: Donna Martin
A practice for the relief of pre-menstrual and menopausal systoms.
Part One: demonstrates a sequence of 9 postures that stimulate glands and balance hormones, followed by breathing technique and deep relaxation. This is recommended for all women and especially those who are apporaching menopause.
Part Two: demonstrates a sequence of 8 postures that give relief from menstrual cramps, achiness and nervous tension. This includes a breath technique and deep relaxation.
Cost: $29.95 (CDN) plus shipping & handling. SALE PRICE $20.00!
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