The Gender Balanced Theme - Part 5 Teaching Therapeutic Breathwork in the MidEast

Volume XIII February 13 2024

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The Gender Balanced Theme - Part 5

Teaching Therapeutic Breathwork in the MidEast

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

The Body Theme called Gender Balanced is developed around the fifth year of life when fully expressing oneself as a gender identity is being formed. It is in this developmental period during which ones innate ways for self expression as a male and female are affirmed or moulded into outer expectations. Restoration of ones true gender identification can be greatly assisted through Therapeutic Breathwork as explained by Jim Morningstar, PhD in a training he conducts in the MidEast. Graphics of less and more integrated examples of this theme are shown along with an exercise in expressive release from physical and emotional holding patterns.

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

Happiness

starts with you.

Not with your relationships,

not with your job,

not with your money,

but with you.

Combatting Seriousness

Taking yourself too seriously takes the fun out of life and makes manifestation into a chore. I had a client once who grew up in a circus and gave me a prop to help me not take my work too seriously (put on red nose). I wear this in sessions or classes to combat seriousness. For those of you reading this account, visualize me teaching a class wearing a big red ball on my nose. Steve Behrman (a.k.a. Swami Beyondananda) was with us during the beginnings of the breathwork movement. He recommended a good “laughsative twice a day to insure reg-hilarity.” Remember: Enlightenment means to lighten up. Give your Inner Child the the official job of “Fun Advisor.” It may be awkward at first, but children learn about the world through play, imagination and delight. Unless your child is on board with manifesting your dreams, they run the high risk of becoming drudgery or nightmares. Some of us have alienated our inner child by becoming drones with regards to our work. It will take a conscious effort to win back their confidence. This does not mean making a joke of everything, but keeping a healthy balance of work and play. It is precisely this which keeps us both flexible and resourceful. Creativity thrives in an atmosphere where both sides of our brains are called into play. The manifestation process is lubricated by generous doses of joy. Somewhere along the line many of us took on the belief: “Life is Serious.” Here is our chance to reprogram this dour view of the amazing life we are creating together, with the new belief: “Life is Joy.” When you try this on, what does this set of clothes look like for you?

Here are two exercises to help in the process. The first we will do together right now. The second is your to try at home tomorrow morning.

Exercise One: Lift the corners of your lips toward your ears, put your hand on your belly, and repeat the sound of “ha” while exhaling rapidly and rolling your eyes. Let’s do this together and see what happens.

Exercise Two: When you first get up in the morning, walk into your bathroom and look in the mirror. Find something funny about the person looking back at you and begin to laugh at that person. What silly goose! Look how seriously they take everything! What a riot! Make faces at them. Continue until you feel lighter than you did when you woke up.

The Current LIFE TRANSFORMING Offerings from

TRANSFORMATIONS

Creative Life Community

Series

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- YOU CAN STILL JOIN US IN MARCH!

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

international community.

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

Time TBD by local group (optional)

This can be your year of Transformation.

It starts with personal commitment.

It is strengthened in community,

It spreads to our planet.

If not now, when?

Listen to the February class and begin March 10 with Body Mastery

I am extending an invitation for you to join us in a profound new adventure. We are calling together groups of committed spiritual voyagers to join in like-spirited communities around the United States and beyond in a network of individual and planetary transformation. This is to deepen our personal path of ascension through collective group energetics.

Staff Introduction to the Creative Life Community Series

Contact Jim Morningstar at info@transformationsusa.com.

You will grow as a CLCS member each month as you:

~ infuse new creativity into the major areas of your life (i.e., spirituality, mental focus, physical wellbeing, prosperity, relationship fulfillment, positive belief systems...),

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

~ receive feedback and guidance from veteran trainers and healers in their fields,

~ strengthen confidence from the support of and bonding with a like-intended local and an international community

~ definitively upgrade the quality of your life.

CLCS provides the foundational principles of breathwork training and hours apply directly to TI electives required for Level 3 Certification.

How it works: https://transformationsusa.com/CLCS-flyer-Milwaukee.pdf

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.

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

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

Kate Becker: katebecker211@gmail.com

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)

“In the coming years we are going to see a greater focus on the use of breathing to

bring about healing in counseling and clinical mental health practice. Jim’s extensive personal and professional experience of breathwork places him in an ideal position to introduce breathwork to those new to these practices. And for the more experienced practitioner this book provides plenty of stimuli for further personal

integration and professional growth.”

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—Lloyd Lalande, PhD, clinical breathwork researcher and

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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.

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

Holly Soriano - Los Angeles, CA sorianopictures@gmail.com

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