Heartwork: How To Get What You Really, REALLY Want - Hardcover

Dale L. Goldstein

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0978960610 ISBN 13: 9780978960612

Publisher: Heartwork Institute, inc., 2007

Synopsis

Heartwork is a synthesis of western psychological processes and eastern meditative techniques developed by psychotherapist and teacher Dale Goldstein from over 37 years of personal and professional work. In Heartwork: How to Get What You Really, REALLY Want, Goldstein brings Heartwork to life through compelling, illuminating teachings and personal stories. His tools for mindfully inquiring into what blocks us from having what we really want in life are ideal for those who find the standard psychological approach to personal growth too limited. Through Heartwork, readers learn to see their blocks as doorways to the spiritual, and the result is nothing short of complete personal transformation. Beautifully illustrated by award-winning graphic designer Richard Wehrman, the book is filled with inspiring poetry and quotations, as well as testimonials from those who have used Heartwork to profoundly change their lives. The hardcover is $39.95, and includes a CD with music and guided meditations.

About this title

About the Author:

Heartwork's founder, Dale Goldstein, feels that his real life began on his 24th birthday when he realized that, up until that moment, he had been afraid to live. On that day Dale had what Abraham Maslow (the father of Humanistic Psychology) called a "peak experience." For the first time since childhood, Dale felt fully alive. He remembers, For a few days I was ecstatic. Feeling fully alive, I realized, was what I had been searching for, even though I hadn't known before that I was searching for this experience. With this realization Dale knew that he wanted to live his life wholly and passionately alive. Thus began his search for a way to recapture and hold onto that experience. To distill truly powerful healing modalities, Dale has spent decades synthesizing eastern meditation techniques with psychological tools. Having experienced the full depth of his feelings, Dale is comfortable allowing people to go wherever they need to go emotionally. I am not afraid of others deep feelings...often therapists and teachers distract a client or student from fully moving through a deep feeling because it is too uncomfortable for the therapist or teacher. This is a huge disservice to those they are trying to help because it deprives them of becoming whole in the place where they have split from themselves and experiencing their inherent freedom. In 1981, Dale coalesced his years of study, work, and personal practice into Heartwork, a gentle, deeply penetrating process that supports in individuals and organizations the growth and healing of the body/mind/spirit. Currently Dale Goldstein is a Clinical Social Worker and Licensed Psychotherapist. He is the co-founder and director of the Heartwork Institute, Inc. in Rochester, New York. In addition to having a full-time psychotherapy practice and facilitating workshops internationally, Dale consults with corporate business and not-for-profit organizations. Dale has been blessed with two deeply intimate relationshi

Review:

"There are in this world illnesses that seek healings in just the same way as aspirants seek liberation - the right catalyst is crucial. Dale Goldstein is just such a catalyst for healing." --Stephen Levine, author of A Gradual Awakening, Meetings at the Edge, and Healing Into Life and Death

"Heartwork gave me chills when I first picked up the manuscript. This wonderful book is simply the truth about what it takes to heal and become vibrantly healthy." --Christiane Northrup, M.D., author of Mother-Daughter Wisdom, The Wisdom of Menopause, and Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom

"With Heartwork, Dale Goldstein has created an important addition to the growing body of work integrating modern therapeutic approaches with awareness practices from spiritual traditions. But this book - in which Goldstein's compassion, experience and wisdom come shining through - is also visually striking and aesthetically rich. It shimmers with beauty and a sense of grace transmitted. The practices Heartwork offers are simple and powerful, and anyone willing to take this journey is sure to have some direct tastes of what all hearts truly seek." --Russ Hudson, author with Don Riso of The Wisdom of the Enneagram

About this edition

• Publisher: Heartwork Institute, inc.
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0978960610
• ISBN 13: 9780978960612
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 175
• Illustrator: Richard Wehrman