Centering and the Art of Intimacy Handbook: A New Psychology of Close Relationships

As you move from the first stages of a relationship toward a deeper commitment, an essential question arises: "Can we be close and be ourselves at the same time?" While we all yearn for unity with another person, we also yearn for complete freedom and autonomy. When this question is navigated successfully, there is no limit to how much love and creativity can be expressed in close relationship. The three keys to a successful relationship lie in: Awareness. Honesty. Commitment. This handbook will teach you how to build on these relationship cornerstones to improve communication, create positive priorities, resolve conflict, and end power struggles. Through body intelligence practices that have been tested in many workshops as well as in their own marriage, this book provides you and your partner with the road map to a more fulfilling relationship. This edition of the book includes expanded persona activities that have proven very popular and user-friendly over the last several decades. Gay Hendricks and Kathlyn Hendricks have been pioneers in the fields of body intelligence and relationship transformation since the 1980s. They've mastered ways to translate powerful concepts and life skills into experiential processes where people can discover their own body intelligence and easily integrate life-changing skills. Katie and Gay have empowered hundreds of coaches around the world to add a somatic perspective to enhance fields from medicine to sports psychology, education and personal growth. Together and singly they have authored more than forty books, including such bestsellers as Conscious Loving, The Big Leap, Conscious Loving Ever After: How to Create Thriving Relationships at Midlife and Beyond and The Joy of Genius. They have appeared on more than 500 television and radio programs, including Oprah, 48 Hours and others. More information on Drs. Hendricks can be found at www.hendricks.com and foundationforconsciousliving.org.