TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

BEGINNING TO HEAL
   First Steps
   Intention
   Finding Support
   A Circle of Gifts

DIALOGUE
   Honoring the Body's Wisdom
   Communicating with Respect
   Relaxation: Inviting Images
   What My Knee Knew
   The Inner Guide

BREATH: THE GATEWAY
   Conscious Breathing
   Breath and Energy
   Lighten Up!

HEALING
   Choices
   Flexibility of Response
   Body Posture
   Warming
   Releasing the Past
   Surgery
   Illness as a Rite of Passage
   A Circle of Strengths

EMOTIONS AND PAIN
   Anger
   Freedom from Fear
   Pain and Sensitivity

THE INNER SELVES
   The Inner Critic
   The Impartial Witness
   The Inner Family

GRATITUDE

JUDGMENTS
   Louisa's Wisdom
   Roots of Judgmentalism
   Nonjudging Language
   The Two-Edged Sword
   Fight or Flight, Wrong or Right
   Embracing the Shadow
   The Illogical Emotion
   A Dialogue with My Higher Self

ANOTHER WAY OF SEEING
   Transformation
   Groundhog Day
   Slowing Down and Waking Up

NO VICTIMS, ONLY VOLUNTEERS

TIME OUT
   Responsibility
   Forgiveness

LIVELY WORK

NATURE
   Nature as Teacher
   Nature as Healer
   The Winged Ones
   Bird Talk
   One of Many Bright Blades

INVOKING SACRED SPACE
   Humble Beginnings
   Altared States
   Rituals of Honoring
   Seasonal Rituals
   Rituals with Personal Meaning
   Opening the Circle

BEYOND MATERIALISM

CONNECTIONS
   Joining
   Community

EPILOGUE

RESOURCES
   Recommended Readings
   Videotherapy
   Audiotapes
   Additional Resources