There was once a native American tribe with a crazy-wisdom trickster figure who was called "the reversed one" and did everything differently. His horse went forwards, for example, but he rode it facing backwards. That is how we ourselves might learn again how to enjoy living, argue the authors of this book - by turning our consciousness back to front so that we can start seeing and doing everything in a completely different way.

Riding the Horse Backwards: Process Work in Theory and Practice

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Mindell, Arnold

Mindell, Amy

Pets & Animal Care

Penguin??Books

The open heart says, more than anything else, “Go on, ride the horse backwards. Let the impossible unfold.” Native American tribes often spoke of a “Heyoka”, a crazy-wisdom trickster figure who did everything differently. His horse went forwards, for instance, but he rode it facing backward. “Riding the Horse Backwards” introduces Process Work, Arnold and Amy Mindell's innovative school of healing and self-exploration that puts crazy wisdom and dreaming just before linear thinking and common sense. An illustrated running narrative of a workshop presented by the Mindells at the Esalen Institute, “Riding the Horse Backwards” is the story of an approach to human experience that is still young enough to be exciting and startling, where crises can unfold into festivals of self-discovery. Arnold is the founder of one of the most inspiring schools of healing in the West - Process Work. Amy and Arny are innovators in the fields of personal therapy, relationship work, and group or “worldwork.”

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Behind our therapy methods and interventions, behind our day-to-day interactions, lie feeling attitudes –“METASKILLS”- which strongly affect our work and lives. Amy Mindell created the concept of "Metaskills" to show how awareness of feeling skills transforms our work into an artistic and spiritual experience. Using a series of examples, anecdotes, and case studies, Amy demonstrates how metaskills can make all that you do more effective.

Metaskills: The Spiritual Art of Therapy

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Religion & Spirituality

New Falcon Pubns

Coma: A Healing Journey, is a heartful and practical guide to non-intrusive communication with coma patients. Extending her husband, Arnold Mindell's pioneering work with people in comatose and near death conditions, Amy Mindell provides step-by-step exercises to help family members and caregivers communicate with, and care for, patients thought to be lost in coma. The book helps to bridge the divide between the coma patient and concerned family, friends, and healthcare professionals while furthering the comatose person's meaningful communications and inner journey. The deep relationship that comes from caring for, and communicating with, the person in coma, makes healing a part of the caregiver's, as well as the patient's, journey.

Coma: A Healing Journey: A Guide for Family, Friends, and Helpers

Gatekeeper Press

Whether you are a student-in-training or a long-time practitioner, this book will help you explore the unique style that animates your work and makes you most creative and effective. The contents of this book will be enriching for facilitators of all kinds including therapists, organizational facilitators, coaches, teachers, leaders, and other types of individual and group helpers. Through lively stories, discussions, pictures, and numerous process-oriented exercises, you’ll explore the many facets of your style, the mythic flow that moves you while working, and how your facilitator skills come to life in your own special way. You’ll understand that your unique style is one of the greatest gifts that you share with others, even though you are usually not quite aware of it. You’ll also discover the special artistry that lies hidden in the most unusual parts of you, including your biggest learning problems!

Your Unique Facilitator Style: Explore Your Special Gifts and Powers as a Facilitator, Therapist, Teacher, Coach, and Helper

Business & Money

Business Culture

Through the voices of a group of imaginary figures and their creative teachings, Amy Mindell explores many of the innovative concepts and practical methods of Process-Oriented Psychology (Process Work). The goals of Process Work lay not the traditional psychotherapeutic ones, but rather in the unique wisdom and path of process, or nature, itself. Each of the 32 easy-to-read chapters represents a "class" in which a wide range of theoretical ideas, practical applications, supervision, and case examples are explored. The text illuminates the flow behind client-therapist interactions and the hidden patterns behind everyday events. The book is also a practical guide and workbook, in which readers, can explore their personal psychology and learning through various exercises. Alternative to Therapy will be useful to both beginning and advanced helpers and therapists from many diverse backgrounds.

Alternative to Therapy: A Creative Lecture Series on Process Work

This book inspires and reveals that everyone has the amazing ability to be creative! Drawing upon her research, teaching experience, and work as a Process oriented therapist, teacher, artist, and musician, Dr. Amy Mindell reveals just how the source of creativity lies hidden within everyday events. She discusses events such as body problems and environmental objects that catch your attention. Filled with pictures, anecdotes, and enjoyable exercises, the reader will enjoy exploring her/his/their creative nature using simple materials, sounds, movements, etc. The book will support therapists, artists, and anyone who would like to learn more about themselves ...and enjoy a more magical life!

The Dreaming Source of Creativity: 30 Creative and Magical Ways to Work on Yourself

Self-Help

Creativity

Introduced in this groundbreaking work are new ethics, and new skills and metaskills in working with and supporting people in comas. Step-by-step exercises teach how to get in contact with comatose people in a non-intrusive way, and how to establish a way of yes-no communication. An in-depth training in coma work for health care professionals is provided, and methods and support for family members wishing to be close to and communicate with their loved ones thought lost to coma is discussed.

Coma: A Healing Journey

Parenting & Relationships

Lao Tse Press

Why is some therapy effective and some disappointing? Amy Mindell says it has to do with the subtle atmosphere created by therapists' unconscious feelings and attitudes. By tapping into their deepest beliefs about spirit, nature, and human development (metaskills), they can become more effective healers and spiritual teachers.Through years of researching husband Arnold Mindell's work with individuals, couples, and groups, Amy Mindell has identified a number of feeling attitudes which she amplifies here through analogies to Eastern traditions, the teachings of don Juan, and/or modern physics. She approaches the question of learning metaskills: Is it possible? How is it done? And she explains how the concept could revolutionize the vast field of psychotherapy. The book has numerous verbatim transcripts, as well as detailed theoretical and poetic explanations.In addition to offering helping professionals an inspiring new approach to working with people, this book will also be valuable to anyone interested in discovering the unconscious attitudes that can lead to a deeper self-knowledge and satisfaction in relationships.

Lao Tse Pr Ltd

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Riding the Horse Backwards: Process Work in Theory and Practice

Riding the Horse Backwards: Process Work in Theory and Practice

Metaskills: The Spiritual Art of Therapy

Metaskills: The Spiritual Art of Therapy

Coma: A Healing Journey: A Guide for Family, Friends, and Helpers

Your Unique Facilitator Style: Explore Your Special Gifts and Powers as a Facilitator, Therapist, Teacher, Coach, and Helper

Alternative to Therapy: A Creative Lecture Series on Process Work

The Dreaming Source of Creativity: 30 Creative and Magical Ways to Work on Yourself

Coma: A Healing Journey

Metaskills: The Spiritual Art of Therapy