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"Awareness is ever there. It need not be realized.

Open the shutter of the mind and it will be flooded with Light."

Nisargadatta

I view everything and everyone as pure Light - Radiance. Each object and being are unique in their particular combination of conditioning, gifts, traumas, limitations and beliefs. But more fundamentally I experience all of us as the same One that expresses as everything. When I work with you - we partner with each other to relax the conditioning, the trauma, the tensions and limiting beliefs that prevent your experience of being pure Radiance and in Flow with/as Life.​ Being Radiance

and in Flow are a delicious new normal that is waiting for you. 

Through shared attunement, conversation, and a deep surrender to the field of Awareness-Itself we'll work with your breath, subtle energy, belief systems, awareness and embodiment practices. During our time together you will expand and refine your consciousness and awaken to a more vital way of being human, revealing your greatest potential in every moment, and clearing your mind, heart and soul to receive and to give all that is possible for you. 

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BIO

In the 1980s I followed my heart into Psychology, Breath, Energy and Bodywork.  I explored many forms of philosophy and spirituality such as Taoism, Hinduism and Buddhism.  I was inspired by the teachings of Ram Dass, Siddha Yoga, and Ken Wilber. And I discovered Dan P. Browns detailed research on state stages in the book Transformations of Consciousness. 

In the 90s I gained experience in alternative therapy modalities in my private practice. I attended a meditation center regularly and devoured Ken Wilbers books on Integral Theory. From 2006-2016  I joined Terri O’Fallon and Geoff Fitch as a Pacific Integral  partner. We offered nine-month transformational leadership trainings (GTC) to leaders from 35 countries in Australia, New Zealand, Ethiopia and the Unites States. During that time Terri started her research on what became know as the STAGES framework and Geoff and I assisted Terri in observing state and stage development of adults in our leadership programs.

Over the years, I have blended the knowledge and experience of states and stages with my training in psychology, bodywork, and energy awareness including tantra, pranayama and kundalini yoga. The result is a powerful culmination of  wholeness that brings with it a transmission of expanded consciousness, a life of greater flow and ease, and a sense of freedom, love, clarity, wonder and peace.  

METHODS & TRAINING

Following is a partial list of training and philosophy that inform this approach:

Methods and Philosophies

  • Awareness Training 

    • Vedanta

    • Kashmir Shaivism/Tantra

    • Tibetan Buddhism & Zen

    • Taoism

  • Somatic/Bodywork

    • Rosen Method​​

    • Bioenergetics​

    • Acupuncture/Accupressure

    • Psychodrama

  • Subtle Energy Practices

    • Reichian Breathing & Energy Philosophy

    • Kundalini/Chakra Philosophy

    • Pranayama

    • Advanced awareness practices

  • Psychology

    • Psychodynamic 

    • Family of Origin​

    • Developmental Psychology

    • ​Gestalt​

    • Attachment Theory

    • Person Centered/Humanistic

  • Other Frameworks

    • Integral Theory

    • Systems Theory​

 

Education

​      M.A. Psychology, Antioch University 1985

      B.A.  Business, University of Puget Sound 1981

  • CertificateStAGES Developmental Assessment Scoring Analyst, with Terri O'Fallon, PhD, 2014

  • Certificate - Transformational Leadership, Pacific Integral via the Leadership Institute of Seattle, 2007

  • Completed - Integral Studies Course with Ken Wilber and Randy Martin, University of Pennsylvania, 2004

Training in Psychology & Somatic Modalities

  • Bennet Wong, M.D., Jock McKeen M.D., Joann Peterson, M.S.W. 1986-1996 (Breath, Body, Energy, group facilitation, Gestalt, Object Relations, Psychodrama, Emotional Authenticity, Boundaries.)

  • Rosen Method Training 1994

  • Eugene Kidder, M.Div., Richard Miller, Ph.D., Peg Blackstone, M.A. 1985-1990 (Psychodynamic Theory, Group Process) 

Training in Meditation & Eastern Philosophy

  • Siddha Yoga Meditation Center of Seattle, 1988-96

  • Integral Consciousness, Fred Kofman & Ken Wilber 2004

  • Zen Buddhist Training -  Genpo Roshi 2006

  • Pointing Out the Great Way Level 1, with Tibetan Buddhist teacher Dan P. Brown, 2016​​ & 2017.

  • Advanced Mahamudra with Dustin DiPerna, 2024

Education and Training

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“Among her unique gifts, Venita exercises a “unitary presence” of mind-body assessment. She uses herself with restraint, empowerment and artistic deftness,

including a marvelous sense of timing.”

 Eugene Kidder, M.Div. – Psychotherapist, Seattle, USA

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