Swimming Lessons: One Woman's Journey to a New Life (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781499341690)

Barbara Stott experienced a profound awakening, which began after leaving her twenty-nine year marriage. The heavy castle door of her own consciousness, dead bolted with convention and duty, was flung open. Metaphysical truths and passions that until then she had carried hidden in her spirit spontaneously began to emerge. This powerful transition from a constrictive Southern lifestyle to a heart-expanding exploration of her own passion and spirit was an adventure that shifted her journal writing to poetry. Metaphor was needed, as she had no more prose to express what was happening in her life. She had, in her words, "stepped into the Great Mystery." Barbara's life and her work were deeply transformed. A licensed counselor who had lived in Virginia for more than fifty years, in 2000, she was called to move to Oregon where she later became a Usui Reiki Master Teacher and studied Tarot. She now offers spiritual guidance, Shamanic Sandtray Journeying, Tarot, and Energy Healing (with Reiki, sound, and stones.). Her joy is to encourage others to access and trust their own intuitive wisdom and healing. Loving to share her knowledge, she also teaches Tarot, Usui Reiki and a wide range of classes about the spiritual journey. Now living in Bend, Oregon with her magical black cat Mana, Barbara is working on her next book about her experiences as a Shamanic Sandtray Journeying guide and the stories of others' unearthing of their deep wisdom and transformational power. She can be contacted through her website at www.barbarastott.com.