Leslie Davenport - Transformative Imagery: Cultivating the Imagination for Healing, Change, and Growth

Transformative Imagery is essential reading for serious students of the imaginal world Read this book. You will benefit. So will all those whose lives you touch.

Michael Lerner, Ph.D., President and Co-founder, Commonweal

At the heart of dance is the transformation of images into a physical language Transformative Imagery is the truth of how we create our lifes dance in a similar way, expanding our own individual human potential from the inside out. It embodies the past while pointing to the future, making the present vibrant and full of possibilities.

Ann Marie DeAngelo, Artistic Director, DeAngelo Productions

Leslie Davenport and her expert co-contributors have created a comprehensive resource which opens multiple pathways to the seen and unseen realms of our existence.

William B. Stewart, M.D., Medical Director
and Co-founder, Sutter Health

A must-read for change agents in integrative health and healing, these chapters will convince the reader that the most important tool in medicine remains ones own imaginative power.

Professor Meg Jordan, Ph.D., RN, CWP,
California Institute of Integral Studies

Leslie Davenports Transformative Imagery provides a unique and valuable historical and contemporary review of imagerys clinical and popular applications, and will be extremely valuable to academics, clinicians and the general public.

John A. Patterson, M.D., MSPH,
FAAFP, Center for Mind Body Medicine

Thanks so much for your beautiful offering to bring healing into the world.

Bob Stahl, Ph.D., Author of A Mindfulness-Based
Stress Reduction Workbook

Leslie Davenport has assembled a broad array of excellent contributors toreinforce the vitally important message that our inner worlds contain a richness of personal resourcesto improve well-being on many levels. What a gift from Davenport to give readers the chance to be able learn and use these experiential approaches in so many beneficial ways!

Michael D. Yapko, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist and
Author of Mindfulness

This book is a must-read for anyone who wants to know about or use imagery for implementing change. Transformative Imagery will contribute to your souls growth and evolution at many levels. I highly recommend it!

Kay Porter, Ph.D., CC-AAS, Author of The Mental Athlete

Imagery may be our most profound resource for change and transformation [This book] covers it all; from science to spiritual traditions. [It] is a must-read for us in clinical practice as well as all who want to learn more about the power of imagery.

Susan Ezra, RN, HN-BC and Terry Reed, M.S., RN, HN-BC,
Co-founders of Beyond Ordinary Nursing

This book brings together the writings of highly skilled clinicians, coaches, and researchers with extensive experience utilizing imagery. Transformative Imagery is a real gift for anyone interested in learning more about the healing power of imagery and how to apply it both personally and professionally.

Robin Casarjian, Author and Executive Director,
The Lionheart Foundation

Transformative Imagery is a rich collection of authors and topics addressing imagery The perspectives [Davenport] taps range from Sufism to Taoism, to Jungian depth psychology, to psychoneuroimmunology and clinical guided imagery I recommend this book for practitioners and academics alike.

Donald Moss, Ph.D., Dean, College of Integrative Medicine
and Health Sciences, Saybrook University

Within this compilation is a compelling depth and breadth of essays, including evidence-based research, on the curative and creative powers of an age-old spiritual practiceusing our inner minds to support physical, mental, and emotional health Transformative Imagery sets a high standard and establishes guided imagery in its rightful place.

Julie Clayton, Author and Editor of Award-winning books;
www.sacredwriting.com

I highly recommend this engaging, informative, and surprisingly touching look at Transformative Imagery in all its manifestations, and encourage you to step on the path with this book as your guide.

Molly Roberts, M.D., Past President,
American Holistic Medical Association

This book is inspiring, revealing, and life-changing. I highly recommend that you read it, study it, and discover innovative ways to change your life and your practice.

Anna Halprin, Ph.D., Co-founder of Tamalpa Institute and Author of Returning to Health with Dance, Movement and Imagery

This well-written book offers a comprehensive look at the power of imagery to transform our lives I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to explore this powerful path toward opening our heart and connecting with life in a deeper and richer way.

John Amodeo, Ph.D., Author of Dancing with Fire

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Cultivating the Imagination
for Healing, Change, and Growth

TRANSFORMATIVE

Imagery

EDITED BY LESLIE DAVENPORT

FOREWORD BY MARTIN L. ROSSMAN

Jessica Kingsley Publishers
London and Philadelphia

: Style by Rachel Naomi Remen also appeared in Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories That Heal by Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D., copyright 1996 by Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D. Used by permission of Riverhead, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC.

Epigraph for the chapter Mindful Advocacy: Imagery for Engaged Wisdom used by

permission of the Golden Sufi Center for Susan Murphys quote, from the essay The Koan of the Earth in Spiritual Ecology: The Cry of the Earth , ed. by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee (The Golden Sufi Center Publishing 2013), p.125.

For all material in , C.G. Jung: Champion of the Imagination,

that is cited from The Collected Works of C. G. Jung , permission is provided jointly from Routledge (UK) and Princeton University Press (USA).

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