Volume XII August 1, 2023

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Dealing with Resistance in Breathwork - Teaching in the MidEast

Jim also shares a link to the playlists of many of his videos on breathwork and integrative psychology.

Jim Morningstar, PhD, founder of Therapeutic Breathwork, teaches a group of women trainees in the MidEast ways to identify resistance in their clients before, during and after a breathwork session. He demonstrates disruptions to full and free breathing which can interfere with the release of their holding patterns due to fear in their bodies that is acted out in a session. He also extols the benefits of being a breathworker which requires staying true to one's own healing and growing path to be effective as a healing presence for others. For information on Therapeutic Breathwork and training opportunities go to: https://transformationsusa.com or inquire at info@transformationsusa.com

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. ~ Albert Einstein

When Einstein gave lectures at U.S. universities, the recurring question that students asked him most was: - Do you believe in God? And he always answered: - I believe in the God of Spinoza. Baruch de Spinoza was a Dutch philosopher considered one of the great rationalists of 17th century philosophy, along with Descartes. (Spinoza) : God would say: Stop praying. What I want you to do is go out into the world and enjoy your life. I want you to sing, have fun and enjoy everything I've made for you. Stop going into those dark, cold temples that you built yourself and saying they are my house. My house is in the mountains, in the woods, rivers, lakes, beaches. That's where I live and there I express my love for you. Stop blaming me for your miserable life; I never told you there was anything wrong with you or that you were a sinner, or that your sexuality was a bad thing. Sex is a gift I have given you and with which you can express your love, your ecstasy, your joy. So don't blame me for everything they made you believe. Stop reading alleged sacred scriptures that have nothing to do with me. If you can't read me in a sunrise, in a landscape, in the look of your friends, in your son's eyes... ➤ you will find me in no book! Stop asking me "will you tell me how to do my job?" Stop being so scared of me. I do not judge you or criticize you, nor get angry, or bothered. I am pure love. Stop asking for forgiveness, there's nothing to forgive. If I made you... I filled you with passions, limitations, pleasures, feelings, needs, inconsistencies... free will. How can I blame you if you respond to something I put in you? How can I punish you for being the way you are, if I'm the one who made you? Do you think I could create a place to burn all my children who behave badly for the rest of eternity? What kind of god would do that? Respect your peers and don't do what you don't want for yourself. All I ask is that you pay attention in your life, that alertness is your guide. My beloved, this life is not a test, not a step on the way, not a rehearsal, nor a prelude to paradise. This life is the only thing here and now and it is all you need. I have set you absolutely free, no prizes or punishments, no sins or virtues, no one carries a marker, no one keeps a record. You are absolutely free to create in your life. Heaven or hell. ➤ I can't tell you if there's anything after this life but I can give you a tip. Live as if there is not. As if this is your only chance to enjoy, to love, to exist. So, if there's nothing after, then you will have enjoyed the opportunity I gave you. And if there is, rest assured that I won't ask if you behaved right or wrong, I'll ask. Did you like it? Did you have fun? What did you enjoy the most? What did you learn?... Stop believing in me; believing is assuming, guessing, imagining. I don't want you to believe in me, I want you to believe in you. I want you to feel me in you when you kiss your beloved, when you tuck in your little girl, when you caress your dog, when you bathe in the sea. Stop praising me, what kind of egomaniac God do you think I am? I'm bored being praised. I'm tired of being thanked. Feeling grateful? Prove it by taking care of yourself, your health, your relationships, the world. Express your joy! That's the way to praise me. Stop complicating things and repeating as a parakeet what you've been taught about me. What do you need more miracles for? So many explanations? The only thing for sure is that you are here, that you are alive, that this world is full of wonders. - Spinoza

The Current Life Fulfilling Offerings from TRANSFORMATIONS

THERAPEUTIC BREATHWORK RESIDENTIAL and VIRTUAL TRAININGS AUGUST 14-18, 2023 In Person or Virtual.   with Jim Morningstar and the TBTP Staff "This immersion is life changing. I will be teaching new material on 'The seven intelligences of the heart and breathwork: Unity, Love, Life, Respect, Honesty, Justice and Kindness' this year which will give new tools for daily growth in heart-centered living and thriving. " ~ Jim Morningstar Feedback from past participants. These trainings will be conducted virtually and in person in Wisconsin, USA from the gorgeous Cedar Valley Retreat Center.  Level 1 BASIC THERAPEUTIC BREATHWORK TRAINING Level 2 ADVANCED THERAPEUTIC BREATHWORK TRAINING Level 3 BREATHWORK TRAINER APPRENTICESHIP Training Schedule: Monday 11 am - Noon; !:30 - 5 pm; 7-9:30 pm Tuesday - Thursday: 9 am - Noon; !:30 - 5 pm; 7-9:30 pm Friday: 9 am - Noon

Information and Registration: For Information on Trainings and Trainers Register now, make payment or deposit and save your place. For a quality training experience we limit capacity. A $300 deposit must be submitted with a one-page statement of your goals for the training to which you are applying and your prior healing arts experience sent to info@transformationsusa.com. The balance is due on July 15, 2023.

Our Virtual Trainings will consist of daily live streaming and interactive practice sessions. Supervision will be conducted for online individual, group and wet sessions. Teaching sessions will be recorded and made available.

We have had amazing success with the bonding and the community members' essential connections in our work online. Some of the advantages of this virtual training are the amount of individual attention you will get from the trainers online, receiving recordings of all the teaching sections if you have to miss one and/or for future review, the comfort of being in your own environment and financial savings on travel, food and lodging. ~ Jim Morningstar

Cedar Valley Retreat Center Our In Person Trainings are held in a private retreat center in the luscious countryside of Central Wisconsin amid 100 acres of forested hills with a pond for outdoor breathwork and ample hiking trails.

These are all residential trainings at Cedar Valley. Call or register and make deposit below to reserve a place in the training circle. Open the doors to continued learning and growing with one of the most incisive healing modalities most needed today. For more informations contact: phone: 414 351 5770 fax: 414 351 5760 info@transformationsusa.com www.transformationsusa.com In Person Double Room Occupancy includes lodging, meals and training: $1768 Virtual attendance includes training and video recordings: $995 Register and Deposit Payment: check or money order in USD to:  Transformations 4200 W Good Hope Rd. Milwaukee, WI 53209 USA. or Pay online at: http://www.transformationsusa.com/products.php enter tuition amount under: Workshops and Trainings with Jim Morningstar, Ph.D. The Transformations Breathworker Training Program is one of the longest standing breathworker training programs in the world. Our trainings are certified by the Global Professional Breathwork Alliance www.breathworkalliance.com and approved for continuing education credits through NBCC and NAADAC For information: info@transformationsusa.com

Therapeutic Breathwork Practicum Seminar 1 self guided Students will be exposed to the core theory and techniques of Therapeutic Breathwork. Adaptation to one's current professional service will be addressed. Should a practitioner choose to additionally complete all the Level 1 breathworker requirements including direct supervision, certification at that level could be obtained. . Begin whenever you are ready: Course Description and Purchase or contact info@transformationsusa.com for more details.

Therapeutic Breathwork Studies Certificate Program an 88 hour online certificate program in the growing field of breathwork, using breath awareness and techniques for healing, personal awareness and spiritual evolution. Appropriate for medical professionals, therapists, educators, caregivers, life coaches, workshop and seminar leaders and students of self help. Practitioner certification available with additional supervision. http://bit.ly/2Ru6aqX

Therapeutic Breathwork is both comprehensive in teaching faster and slower than normal breathing techniques as well as inclusive in blending this with other healing modalities. We are one of the oldest training centers in the world for the certification of dyadic and group breathwork and endorsed by the Global Professional Breathwork Alliance. Approved for continuing education credits through NBCC and NAADAC.

SIX NEW PROFESSIONAL BREATHWORK TRAINING VIDEOS 1. The Client - Facilitator Relationship in Professional Breathwork Practice: Ethics and Excellence - 2021 (55:07) 2. Introduction to the Evolution of Modern Schools of Psychological Thinking and their Relation to Breathwork - 2021 (1.13:57) 3. Theories of Human Development and Behavior and Applications in Breathwork - 2021 (58:59) 4. Intersectionality and Professional Breathwork - 2022 (54:07) 5. Neurodiversity and Professional Breathwork - 2022 (1.06:26)  6. Gender Expansiveness and Professional Breathwork - 2022 (56:07)

PROFESSIONAL BREATHWORK TRAINING VIDEOS for Schools and Training Programs Jim Morningstar, PhD Breathwork Schools and Training Programs augment their curriculum and provide diversity to their students on a one time or ongoing basis with these newly created training video classes. The topics are most relevant to the competence of breathworkers in today's practice. Each topic gives tools for the education and direct implementation of those in training as a professional breathworker. Exercises and immediate feedback enhance the retention of the new learning and help personalize the material for each trainee's practice. Live virtual follow for each class is available for questions, clarifications and individualized applications. Click here for summaries and learning objectives for each training video. For further information and pricing contact: Jim Morningstar, PhD. JIM MORNINGSTAR was an honors student at Marquette University and spent a year of studies in Paris, France. He obtained a PhD in clinical Psychology in 1971 from Fordham University in NYC. He then trained in community psychology in Washington, DC as an NIMH intern, and returned to Milwaukee to become an outpatient clinic director for Milwaukee County in the 1970s and an adjunct faculty member of the Medical College of Wisconsin. He explored alternative and complimentary approaches to therapy and in 1983 founded Transformations and the School of Integrative Psychology. He founded the Transformations Breathworker Training Program in 1990 and developed a mind/body healing technique, Therapeutic Breathwork (tm). He is co-director of the Global Professional Breathwork Alliance since 2001 http://breathworkalliance.com/ and has authored five books in the field of integrative psychology.

Mentoring Program for Professional Breathwork Mentoring in Therapeutic Breathwork Levels 1-3 with Jim Morningstar, PhD, and the Therapeutic Breathwork TrainingTeam CLICK HERE for Team biographies

Support for completing your certification process Supervision for required client practice sessions Coaching in selecting and completing Elective hours for certification Accountability in becoming a confident and competent breathworker Mentoring sessions count towards Certification Equivalency hours

To apply for mentoring: Complete this Application For more information contact: Jim Morningstar: jim@transformationsusa.com or Kate Becker: katebecker211@gmail.com

Professional Leadership Studies (76 cr hrs) Spiritual Mastery Studies (78 cr hrs)

Master of Integrative Psychology Certificate Programs A Masters of Integrative Psychology Certificate is awarded for completion of the Personal Integration Studies Program (88 cr hrs) plus two of the following three Certificate Programs: Therapeutic Breathwork Studies (88 cr hrs)

“Throughout Break Through with Breathwork, Jim Morningstar presents actual case studies that add a wonderful human touch, as well as an explanation based on neu- roscience for the changes that he has seen in clients during his experience as a breath- work practitioner. This book is one of the few of its kind that demonstrates the safe and effective usage of faster than normal breathing in professional practice. Break Through with Breathwork should be read by anyone interested in evolving modern counseling techniques to keep pace with the growing need to help people face the challenges of life today.

Break Through with Breathwork Order Paperback or Ebook Both professionals and nonprofessionals alike will be struck by Jim Morningstar’s clarity, involvement, and attention to detail, which is such an integral part of healing. A must-read! I highly recommend it.”

Earn 10 CE Credits —Shirley Telles, MBBS, MPhil, PhD (neurophysiology), DSc (yoga), director of Patanjali Research Foundation in Haridwar, India

Jim Morningstar, PhD ...is the originator of Therapeutic Breathwork(tm), director of one of the longest-standing breathwork training centers in the world, and co-director and co- founder of the Global Professional Breathwork Alliance, which sets ethical and training standards for the field of dyadic breathwork.