Deconditioning Ground (The Answers are Within - A collection of personal Stories) - Softcover

Rode, Dorena

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1941894054 ISBN 13: 9781941894057

Publisher: Enlightenment & Simple Living Institute, The, 2015

Synopsis

Ground is another name for our primordial state of being. It is a state of pure inner wisdom and clarity. To abide in ground is to dwell beyond the constructs of conventional reality. Deconditioning Ground is the process of removing the dysfunctional automatic reactions that prevent the continuous enjoyment of resting in ground. Deconditioning Ground is a collection of personal stories that are intended to provide the reader with inspiration and personal insight into their own spiritual journey. This collection primarily focuses on Dorena’s process of eliminating automatic reactions that reduce the capacity for enjoying life. With a desire to create more meaningful relationships and invigorating work she goes deep within to find the habitual mental processes that keep her locked into an unconscious way of living. Join Dorena as she explores:

• the completion of a 20 year process of deconditioning mother issues
• the changes in worldview brought about by insight experiences
• negotiating automatic reactions in the quest to find the “right” man
• how to deal with everyday crises like broken teeth and gray hair

Dorena demonstrates within each story the use of many practical tools for creating more ease and clearing away worn-out habitual responses. The reader is invited to garner ideas and apply her methods to their own life in order to create the life of their dreams.

About this title

About the Author

Dorena Rode was born in 1964 in Detroit, Michigan. She moved to California in 1979 as a runaway. There she worked in restaurants in a variety of capacities and went back to school to study art, early childhood education, and writing. After taking a course in Folk Medicine at the Cabrillo Community College, she became interested in herbal medicine and pursued training in Traditional Chinese Medicine while simultaneously completing an undergraduate degree in chemistry with highest honors from UC Santa Cruz (1988).

As a child and young adult, Dorena found sustenance in the manifestation of the divine in the world. Her altar was her garden and the natural wonders of the world. When Dorena joined her first Twelve Step fellowship in 1989, that marked the beginning of a formal spiritual path and a program of self-improvement.

In 1998, Dorena returned to school (UC Davis) and earned a doctorate in physiology (2004). Her research involved exploring the effects of stress on female reproductive health and how herbs can be used to correct problems. Her doctoral research was funded by a personal predoctoral grant from the National Institute of Health-National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

Her interest in alternative healing has led her to become a Reiki Master (2001), a licensed massage therapist (2004), a ThetaHealer® (practitioner: 2007, instructor: 2013), and Bars® Facilitator (2015). In order to serve her clientele better, she completed degree in addiction and substance use disorders at Rio Salado College in 2015.

Dorena founded The Enlightenment & Simple Living Institute (TESLI) in order to "inspire, encourage, and support people interested in alternatives to their habitual ways of living and thinking." The institute offers classes, seminars and retreats on a wide variety of topics such as: meditation, herbal medicine, simple living, growing a business, website creation, addiction, ThetaHealing®, and Access Bars®.

Edition details

• Publisher: Enlightenment & Simple Living Institute, The
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1941894054
• ISBN 13: 9781941894057
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 108