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Volume XII December 26, 2023

Transformations

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info@transformationsusa.com Jim Morningstar, PhD, Director 1(414)351-5770

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My Journey to Breath and Community

- Interview of Jim Morningstar by Alicia Garza

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

Supporting others to consciously be aware of and use their breath to improve their health and well being may be done informally by simply being an example of this in the world. Being a breathworker formally entails proper training and commitment to ethical practice (See the Global Professional Breathwork Alliance: https://breathworkalliance.com). Jim Morningstar, PhD, shares his journey to being a successful breathworker as an inspiration for others to find their path using the support of community and connecting with one's own Source.

For information on Therapeutic Breathwork and training opportunities go to: https://transformationsusa.com or inquire at info@transformationsusa.com

And so she took the patches of her life and sewed them together to make Wings.

Humanifest Destiny

"If you find it hard to imagine that we can ever get from the crises that we are facing now to a more loving and functional world, consider the tale of another world transition. Imagine you are a single cell among millions that comprise a growing caterpillar. The structure around you has been operating like a well-oiled machine, and the larva world has been creeping along predictably. Then one day, the machine begins to shudder and shake. The system begins to fail. Cells begin to commit suicide. There is a sense of darkness and impending doom.


From within the dying population, a new breed of cells begins to emerge, called imaginal cells. Clustering in community, they devise a plan to create something entirely new from the wreckage. Out of the decay arises a great flying machine- a butterfly- that enables the survivor cells to escape from the ashes and experience a beautiful world, far beyond imagination. Here is the amazing thing: the caterpillar and the butterfly have the exact same DNA. They ae the same organism, but are receiving and responding to different organizing signals.


That is where we are today. When we read the newspaper and watch the evening news, we see the media reporting a caterpillar world. And yet everywhere, human imaginal cells are awakening to a new possibility. They are clustering, communicating, and turning in to a new, coherent signal of love.


Love, we will find, is not some mushy-gushy sentiment, but the vibrational glue that will help build this new flying machine and manifest our destiny as humanity- what we call “humanifest destiny.”


Chances are you are among the evolutionary imaginal cells who are contributing to the birth of this newer version of humanity. Although it may not seem evident now, the future is in our hands. To secure that future, we must first empower ourselves with the knowledge of who we truly are. With a firm understanding of how our programming shapes our lives and the knowledge necessary to change that programming, we can rewrite our destiny."

Spontaneous Evolution Lipton & Bhaerman (2009)

The Current ILLUMINATING Offerings from

TRANSFORMATIONS

Creative Life Community

Series



February- June, 2024 Second Sunday of each month

1:30 pm-6 pm Eastern; 12:30 pm-5 pm Central; 10:30 am-3 pm Pacific

First half of the day is with local group; second half is with virtual national community.

optional:

Mid month meeting virtual and/or in person two hour review and breathwork.

Time TBD by local group


Be part of a network of in person and/or virtual communities that support a major shift in living with a deep sense of SELF AWARENESS, relational EFFECTIVENESS and PASSIONATE life purpose. Learn and reinforce the tools of breath modulation and conscious centering that directly address the stress of life on earth today. Have a support system with like spirited individuals and heart centered principles that make a dramatic difference in the quality of your existence.



Benefits: What you will receive as a CLCS member-


~ creative input to the major areas of your life (i.e., spirituality, mental clarity, physical wellbeing, prosperity, relationship fulfillment, limiting beliefs…),


~ expertise with an effective set of physical, mental, emotional and spiritual tools from which to choose on a daily or as needed basis,


~ feedback and guidance from veteran trainers and healers in the field,


~ support from and bonding with a like-spirited local and an international community of growth-oriented individuals, 


~ a definitive upgrade in the quality of your life.



Goals for the CLS are to:

  • Infuse CREATIVE THINKING into major areas of life purpose through heart centered analysis, mental mastery and effective goal setting, 
  • Understand and MASTER THE BODY as an energy conducting system, means of communication and product of one's thoughts,  
  • Work effectively with prosperity principles including earning, spending, saving and investing, LIVING WITH ABUNDANCE in all you do. 
  • Recognize major psychological and emotional PATTERNS IN RELATIONSHIPS and apply creative thought principles to change, 
  • Address psychological factors which undermine SPIRITUAL FULFILLMENT including birth trauma, parental disapproval syndrome and the unconscious death urge.


How it works:

  1. We meet once a month with our local group (2 hours) and our international group (2 hours) immersing ourselves in the highest quality life changing work on a specific topic.
  2. We do experiential exercises and learn new tools each seminar for life change.
  3. We have an optional Mid-Month Meeting (2 hours between Sunday meetings) for review the monthly topic and doing group breathwork.
  4. We form partnerships, small interest groups or use a WhatsApp group to share progress with our life work.
  5. We acknowledge the positive changes we have made and quality of affirming relationships we have gained through keeping this commitment to ourselves and our planet. 


Jan. 14 Free Introduction to The Creative Life Community Series. Jim & Faculty

Learn flow and benefits from each seminar and how to apply them practically to your life. Engage in Q&A with teaching faculty of Series. (Not required for Series.)


The following curriculum will be presented locally and virtually in Milwaukee, WI, Washington, D.C., Huntsville, AL, Lawrence, KS and Los Angeles, CA (virtually only) ....Contact organizers in other cities for curriculum details.

                                                 

Feb. 11 Spiritual Psychologywith Jim Morningstar Mastering the mind by learning and experimenting with the principles of how it works; integrating your highest spiritual purpose with your material and emotional desires


Mar. 10 Body Masterywith Jayne Ader and Jim Morningstar Reading and releasing your body; mastering its flow of energy, how it communicates, and how you heal it and create a daily experience of love in it.


Apr. 14 Prosperitywith Molly Richard and Jim Morningstar Living with the sense of abundance; meeting and exceeding your financial and occupational goals; setting up your life to give and receive at greater levels of pleasure and satisfaction. Living with prosperity in all aspects in your life.


May 12 Loving Relationshipswith Lenny Delvecchio, Jayne Ader and Jim Morningstar Releasing ineffective relationship patterns and increasing your potential for love and pleasure with others; how getting the fulfillment you want benefits everyone.


Jun. 9 Completionwith Kate Becker and Jim Morningstar Living with the experience of having made it and the excitement of new discovery at the same time; freedom from the “Parental Disapproval Syndrome” and the “Need/Obligate Patterns.”


Tuition: $625 in person; $550 virtually, includes Sunday Series, materials and Mid Month Breathwork Meeting. 


To reserve your place in person or virtually for the Milwaukee group:

Payment or $200 Deposit via check to Transformations 4200 W Good Hope Rd Milwaukee, WI 53209

or online: http://www.transformationsusa.com/products.php Workshops and Trainings with Jim Morningstar, Ph.D. 


💥Special Holiday Gift to Yourself. Give this life affirming Series as a present to your future Self and receive a $25 reduction in your tuition if you register by making payment or deposit before January 1, 2024.

Contact Jim Morningstar for details. 🥗


Limited in person attendance. Contact local organizer for details and reservations.


Organizers at various locations in the US:

Washington, D.C -.Ashira Lavine ashiraalavine@gmail.com

Huntsville, AL - Keith Rowe keith@vitalhealing.org

Milwaukee, WI - Jim Morningstar jim@transformationsusa.com

Burlington, WI - Rich Ocampo rich.ocampo@gmail.com

Lawrence, KS - Cassie Jones cassiejoneslpc@gmail.com 

Los Angeles, CA (virtual only) - Holly Soriano sorianopictures@gmail.com


and accessible virtually from anywhere. or contact Jim Morningstar at info@transformationsusa.com

CLICK FOR 20 MINUTE INTRODUCTION TO THE CREATIVE LIFE COMMUNITY SERIES



Therapeutic Breathwork Practicum Seminar 1

self guided or group facilitated

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.


For group facilitated contact

Kate Becker katebecker211@gmail.com

February-July, 2024 First Saturday of the month.

or Sherry Ward integrationsforhealing@gmail.com

or Ashira Lavine ashiraalavine@gmail.com

Therapeutic Breathwork Studies Certificate Program

is 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. 

Hybrid Therapeutic Breathwork Certification Training Schedule 2024 and 2025


Therapeutic Breathwork Training Modules 2924

August 2024 Modules include Energy Release and Body Themes in Breathwork (15), The Anatomy of Breathwork (16), Breathwork in Water (17) and Group Breathwork (18).


September 2024 Modules include Physical Touch and Dynamic Movement in Breathwork (19), Shamanism in Breathwork (20), Healing Trauma and Breathwork (21) and Ethics in Breathwork (22).


Therapeutic Breathwork Residential Training August 11-15, 2025

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
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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.

Master of Integrative Psychology Certificate Programs

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)

Professional Leadership Studies

(76 cr hrs)


Spiritual Mastery Studies (78 cr hrs) 

““Jim has created a wonderful guide to help empower practitioners from all walks

to add breathwork to their toolbox. This type of breathing breaks through old,

no longer useful patterns while helping the practitioner and client create a healthy

new vibrant way of life. Jim instills the confidence and

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knowledge to begin this

great life adventure of breathwork personally and professionally.”

Earn 10 CE Credits

~ Lauren Cafritz, breath facilitator, lecturer, and teacher, author of Breath Love.

...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.
THERAPEUTIC BREATHWORK TRAINING PROGRAM
Practitioners and Trainers

Breathwork is a conscious breath awareness process which is used around the world to explore, release and integrate mental, emotional and physical material that may be impeding an ability to experience a sense of personal well-being.

Therapeutic Breathwork™ has been successfully adapted to a wide variety of healing and growth settings. Professionals and non-professionals have used the training to enhance their healing skills. Some of the disciplines incorporating breathwork include psychotherapists, occupational and physical therapists, nurses, physicians, dentists, massage therapists as well as body and energy workers.Breathworkers Certified at the Level III Professional Level through the Therapeutic Breathwork Training Program.


Certification in four levels of Professional Breathworker Training


Overview of Breathworker Certification Process


Breathworkers Certified at the Level III Professional Level through the Therapeutic Breathwork Training Program

Mike Arney - Milwaukee, WI iammike2350@gmail.com

Julie Banashak - Milwaukee, WI juliebanashak@yahoo.com

Gregory Bordenave - New Orleans, LA ggastonb@yahoo.com

Shelley Brown - Vienna, IL srainbowgift@gmail.com

Gary Chulkins - Milwaukee, WI gchulkins@sbcglobal.net

Linda DeMill - Rhinelander, WI ldemill@yahoo.com

Dehan Elcin - New Orleans, LA dehanelc@gmail.com

Andy High - Milwaukee, WI andrew.high@att.net

Andrea Hill - Ann Arbor, MI ahillbodypoetry@gmail.com

Anne Johnson - Delafield, WI Ajohnsonbreathwork@gmail.com

Ashira Lavine - Bethesda,MD ashiraalavine@gmail.com

Lillie Lee - Denver and Frisco, CO breathelil@q.com

Jenn Maricelli - Missoula, MT holisticintuitivewellness@gmail.com

Elaine McCarthy - Waukeshau, WI james.mccarthy@earthlink.net

Trish Williams Mueller - Glendale, WI portkey2000@gmail.com

Mary Naylor - Ireland rmnaylor@eircom.net

Leann Panek - Milwaukee, WI leann_p@sbcglobal.net

Ron Rothschild - Urbana, IL rrthschild@aol.com

Tamarack Song - Three Rivers, WI tamarack@teachingdrum.org

Patricia Stout - Mandeville, LA breathwork@bellsouth.net

Lynn Taylor - Yellowknife, NT Canada circlenorthtraining@gmail.com

Sherry Ward - Burlington, WI integrationsforhealing@gmail.com

Laura Weber - Bay View, WI orendallc@gmail.com

Kathleen Wojcik - Wauwatosa, WI kathleenmusicmakers@gmail.com


Breathworkers Certified at the Level IV Trainer Level through the Therapeutic Breathwork Training Program

Jayne Ader - Milwaukee, WI jayne.ader@gmail.com

Kate Becker - New Orleans, LA katebecker211@gmail.com

Outail Omar Chtioui - Amman, Jordan omarchtioui.oc@gmail.com

Lenny Delvecchio - Milwaukee, WI lenny@foobox.com

Jack Fontana - Metairie, LA jaf108@gmail.com

Carol Lampman - Tuscon, AZ carol@breaththerapy.net

Steve Moe - Rhinelander, WI steve@moesong.com

Teri Nehring - Costa Rica teri@livinginnerhappiness.com