What is an underlying question that gives form
to your work or interest in this field?
“How can we better understand, manage and direct
subtle energies as a tool for individual and collective healing and
social change?"
What is your personal experience of collective
wisdom in groups?
I have been a teacher, facilitator and group participant
for all of my adult life. My experience is that the group provides knowledge,
insight, support, challenge and levels of energy that could never be
found within oneself as an individual. I have experienced how my thoughts,
attitudes and intentions influence others. I have felt the influence
of others' thoughts and intentions on me. I therefore am convinced that
we need to collectively train our minds to transmit the most positive
of energies to
assist in the healing and transformation of our universe.
What is it about the work in this field that excites
you and connects you to your own deepest self?
I am most challenged by the seeming contradiction in
my own life of living in a culture that seems to be going farther and
farther astray at a faster and faster speed while trying to hold to
the intention of helping to generate a field of positive, transformative
energy.
Please provide a brief storyline or snapshot of
what brought you to this work.
I have always been involved in energy work, it would
seem. As a child and young person I would describe myself as intensely
sensitive - an energy sponge. As I have matured, I have learned ways
to better manage my own energy and those energies that I receive. Doctoral
work at the California Institute of Integral Studies allowed me to study
what is known about subtle energies in a rigorous and profound manner.
This inquiry continues to this day. An important teacher for me is Thich
Nhat Hanh, the Vietnamese Buddhist monk living in exile in France. The
model of his life and his teachings on engaged Buddhist inspire me daily.
My doctoral dissertation focused on my own personal experiences in learning
how to better understand, manage and direct subtle energies. In a very
real sense, my entire life with my various roles of teacher, guide,
healer, mother, wife, learner have given me opportunities for ongoing
growth and learning. I feel poised at the edge of moving more deeply
in to this work and look with anticipation to where that might lead
me.
How would you like to be available to others in
this field?
I welcome connections, discussions, sharing and inquiry
with others!! My own work is moving towards helping to expand the existing
network of energy workers with an overall goal of making the impact
of subtle energies on the well-being of our planet something accessible
and comprehensible to all people.
