Venita Ramirez

About Me

I was assigned Up From Eden in my Transpersonal Psychology class in 1985.  The first Wilber book I completed was No Boundary in 1988.  After that I read Transformations of Consciousness,  Grace and Grit, and was quite transformed in 1995 when I read SES in its entirety.  (I truly think the footnotes are the best part).  Loved Eye of Spirit.  Took I-I courses as soon as they were offered. Met many great integrally informed people. Now have an incredible network of friends/colleagues worldwide, who are using their understanding of integral theory to relieve suffering, increase happiness and embody a more liberated and illuminated consciousness for the love of sentience and our future.

Education

Antioch University, Seattle. M.A. Psychology

University of Puget Sound, Tacoma. B.A. Marketing/Writing

psychotherapy training with Richard Miller, PhD, Gene Kidder, M.A., Ben Wong, M.D., Peg Blackstone, M.A., Jock McKeen, M.D., Julie Gottman, PhD. 

Context Associated - Excellence series 1984-1989

Bodymind and energy training with Ben Wong, M.D. and Jock McKeen, M.D.  - Bioenergetics, Reichian Breathing, psychodrama, gestalt, emotional release work, accupuncture theory 1986-1996

Siddha Yoga Meditation Center, Seattle 1988-1996 - Kashmir Shaivism and Vedantic teachings, meditaton, video talks, in person intensives with Gurumayi Chidvilasananda, ecstatic chanting

Big Mind Month long with Genpo Roshi 2006

Pacific Integral's Generating Transformative Change 18 month certificate program in Integral Transformative Leadership 2006-2007

Career

KUPL Radio, Portland

Career Improvement Group, Seattle

Context Associated, Seattle

Inner Heart Associates, Seattle

Big Sisters of King County, Seattle

Self-Employed Body oriented Psychotherapist Seattle

Lighthouse School, Chelmsford, MA

Childrens Hospital Oncology Clinic, Seattle

Batelle Research Center, Seattle

The Gottman Institute, Seattle

Pacific Integral, Seattle

Life Presencing, Coaching Practice - Teaching state development to more quickly release blockages in the body, mind, emotion and subtle energy field which inhibit the full embodiment of an awakened state of being.

Hobbies and Interests

Love in the most liberated and impeccable sense of the word.  Adventures.  Magic and miracles that are always everywhere. Living well as a human being.

Perspectives

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