Anodea Judith
Encyclopedia
Anodea Judith is an American
author
, therapist, public speaker and expert on the Chakra
system, bodymind (body
/mind
integration), somatic
therapy
, and Yoga
. Judith is best known as the author of Wheels of Life: A User's Guide to the Chakra System.
Her book Waking the Global Heart: Humanity's Rite of Passage from the Love of Power to the Power of Love was the winner of the 2007 Nautilus Book Award Best Book of the year for Social Change and of the 2007 Independent Publisher Award Silver Medal for Mind/ Body Spirit.
Judith's academic background includes a Master's degree in Clinical Psychology
from Rosebridge School of Integrative Therapy (a distance learning school), a doctorate in Health and Human Services (focused on mind-body health) from Columbia Pacific University
(an unaccredited, though state-certified, nontraditional distance learning school in California), and additional doctoral work in Systems Theory
at Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center
. Judith's studies in healing have included Bioenergetics
, trauma recovery, yoga
therapy, hypnotherapy
, acupressure massage, Gestalt therapy
, standard psychotherapy
, clairvoyant reading and Reiki
. Her shaman
ic spiritual training led to ordination in 1985 through the Church of All Worlds
. She has maintained a private practice for over twenty years and presents workshops nationally and internationally at holistic retreat centers, yoga studios, Neo-Pagan and New Age
events and training institutes.
United States
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author
Author
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, therapist, public speaker and expert on the Chakra
Chakra
Chakra is a concept originating in Hindu texts, featured in tantric and yogic traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism. Its name derives from the Sanskrit word for "wheel" or "turning" .Chakra is a concept referring to wheel-like vortices...
system, bodymind (body
Body
With regard to living things, a body is the physical body of an individual. "Body" often is used in connection with appearance, health issues and death...
/mind
Mind
The concept of mind is understood in many different ways by many different traditions, ranging from panpsychism and animism to traditional and organized religious views, as well as secular and materialist philosophies. Most agree that minds are constituted by conscious experience and intelligent...
integration), somatic
Somatic
The term somatic means 'of the body',, relating to the body. In medicine, somatic illness is bodily, not mental, illness. The term is often used in biology to refer to the cells of the body in contrast to the germ line cells which usually give rise to the gametes...
therapy
Physical therapy
Physical therapy , often abbreviated PT, is a health care profession. Physical therapy is concerned with identifying and maximizing quality of life and movement potential within the spheres of promotion, prevention, diagnosis, treatment/intervention,and rehabilitation...
, and Yoga
Yoga
Yoga is a physical, mental, and spiritual discipline, originating in ancient India. The goal of yoga, or of the person practicing yoga, is the attainment of a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility while meditating on Supersoul...
. Judith is best known as the author of Wheels of Life: A User's Guide to the Chakra System.
Her book Waking the Global Heart: Humanity's Rite of Passage from the Love of Power to the Power of Love was the winner of the 2007 Nautilus Book Award Best Book of the year for Social Change and of the 2007 Independent Publisher Award Silver Medal for Mind/ Body Spirit.
Judith's academic background includes a Master's degree in Clinical Psychology
Clinical psychology
Clinical psychology is an integration of science, theory and clinical knowledge for the purpose of understanding, preventing, and relieving psychologically-based distress or dysfunction and to promote subjective well-being and personal development...
from Rosebridge School of Integrative Therapy (a distance learning school), a doctorate in Health and Human Services (focused on mind-body health) from Columbia Pacific University
Columbia Pacific University
Columbia Pacific University was an unaccredited nontraditional distance learning school in California. It was founded in 1978 by Richard Crews, a Harvard-trained psychiatrist, and Lester Carr, a former president of Lewis University, and operated with state approval...
(an unaccredited, though state-certified, nontraditional distance learning school in California), and additional doctoral work in Systems Theory
Systems theory
Systems theory is the transdisciplinary study of systems in general, with the goal of elucidating principles that can be applied to all types of systems at all nesting levels in all fields of research...
at Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center
Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center
Saybrook University, a San Francisco, California based 'distance learning' institution , is geared to providing a personalized, mentored educational experience for graduate students...
. Judith's studies in healing have included Bioenergetics
Bioenergetic analysis
Bioenergetic Analysis is a form of body psychotherapy , based upon the work of Wilhelm Reich, but adding a number of innovations...
, trauma recovery, yoga
Yoga
Yoga is a physical, mental, and spiritual discipline, originating in ancient India. The goal of yoga, or of the person practicing yoga, is the attainment of a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility while meditating on Supersoul...
therapy, hypnotherapy
Hypnotherapy
Hypnotherapy is a therapy that is undertaken with a subject in hypnosis.The word "hypnosis" is an abbreviation of James Braid's term "neuro-hypnotism", meaning "sleep of the nervous system"....
, acupressure massage, Gestalt therapy
Gestalt therapy
Gestalt therapy is an existential/experiential form of psychotherapy that emphasizes personal responsibility, and that focuses upon the individual's experience in the present moment, the therapist-client relationship, the environmental and social contexts of a person's life, and the self-regulating...
, standard psychotherapy
Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy is a general term referring to any form of therapeutic interaction or treatment contracted between a trained professional and a client or patient; family, couple or group...
, clairvoyant reading and Reiki
Reiki
is a spiritual practice developed in 1922 by Japanese Buddhist Mikao Usui. The teaching was continued and adapted by various teachers. It uses a technique commonly called palm healing as a form of complementary and alternative medicine and is sometimes classified as oriental medicine by some...
. Her shaman
Neoshamanism
Neoshamanism is a term signaling a "new" form or a revival of an old form of "shamanism", a system that comprises a range of beliefs and practices concerned with communication with the spiritual world....
ic spiritual training led to ordination in 1985 through the Church of All Worlds
Church of All Worlds
The Church of All Worlds is a neopagan religious group whose stated mission is to evolve a network of information, mythology, and experience that provides a context and stimulus for reawakening Gaia and reuniting her children through tribal community dedicated to responsible stewardship and...
. She has maintained a private practice for over twenty years and presents workshops nationally and internationally at holistic retreat centers, yoga studios, Neo-Pagan and New Age
New Age
The New Age movement is a Western spiritual movement that developed in the second half of the 20th century. Its central precepts have been described as "drawing on both Eastern and Western spiritual and metaphysical traditions and then infusing them with influences from self-help and motivational...
events and training institutes.
Audio
- The Chakra System: A Complete Course in Self-Diagnosis and Healing. - Six-tape audio course (Sounds TrueSounds TrueSounds True is a multimedia publishing company based near Boulder, Colorado. It was created in 1985 by Tami Simon. The company has published approximately 1,000 titles, including spoken-word audio recordings, books, music, filmed events, multimedia packages and online educational programs from...
, Inc. 2000) - The Beginner's Guide to the Chakras. (Sounds True; Abridged edition 2002) ISBN 1564559203, ISBN 978-1564559203
- The Gaia Conspiracy. (ACEAssociation for Consciousness ExplorationThe Association for Consciousness Exploration LLC is an American organization based in Northeastern Ohio which produces events, books, and recorded media in the fields of "magic, mind-sciences, alternative lifestyles, comparative religion/spirituality, entertainment, holistic healing, and related...
) - The Energetics of Magic. (ACE 1993)
- Wheels of Life: A Journey Through the Chakras. - With Rick Hamouris (Cassette) (ACE/Llewellyn Collection, 1987) ISBN 1-59157-001-8; also released by same publisher on CD in 1992 with ISBN 1-59157-000-X
- What IS the Conspiracy, Anyway? - Panel discussion with Robert Anton WilsonRobert Anton WilsonRobert Anton Wilson , known to friends as "Bob", was an American author and polymath who became at various times a novelist, philosopher, psychologist, essayist, editor, playwright, poet, futurist, civil libertarian and self-described agnostic mystic...
, Robert SheaRobert SheaRobert Joseph Shea was an American novelist and former journalist best known as co-author with Robert Anton Wilson of the science fantasy trilogy Illuminatus!. It became a cult success and was later turned into a marathon-length stage show put on at the British National Theatre and elsewhere. In...
, Rev. Ivan StangIvan StangRev. Ivan Stang, born Douglass St. Clair Smith August 21, 1953 in Washington, D.C., raised in Fort Worth, Texas, and attended the St. Mark's School of Texas. He is best known as the author and publisher of the first screed of the Church of the SubGenius...
& Jeff Rosenbaum (ACE)
Video
- The Illuminated Chakras - A Visionary Voyage Into Your Inner Worlds (DVD) Sacred Centers 2004 ISBN 0-9742425-1-9, UPC 882157-930016