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Stuart
Heller has created a breathtaking,
original achievement aligned with the classics that translates
them into a modern experience.
There is no book or product that is comparable to the “encyclopedia”. It is similar to coming out of the Dark Ages when encyclopedias captured the sum of human knowledge. Heller provides a concrete, practical, learnable, comprehensive and brilliant de-construction of becoming. It is an embodied integration of East and West knowledge unlike anything that has been attempted. It is a major contribution to our experience of our wholeness. It is authentically unique, yet true to the fundamentals taught by movement masters for thousands of years. Heller is the Mozart of consciousness study – a master artist whose work is inspired and filled with the mystery of self-discovery If there is one product you must own, this is the one that opens the door to everything that we have always dreamed. Do not pass it up! Dr. Move has opened the door to a universe of body/mind bending discovery that can change everything! David
Surrenda Ph. D.
Former Dean, John F Kennedy University Graduate School of Holistic Studies "Of all the movement work I've done over the years, I use what I learned with Stuart and Carol Heller with most of my coaching clients and certainly with myself. I wanted to offer this program through Newfield because I have personally experienced the power of their work and know the value it offers." "The Five Rings certification program is a highly nuanced and pragmatic approach to working with the non-verbal. The practices are simple, powerful and generate immediate results for my clients and myself. At the same time, there is a lifetime of exploration possible with this material. The most valuable part of the training was becoming a more astute observer of my own and other’s movement patterns and how these correlate with the results one gets in life. Beyond that, Stuart and Carol are both delightful human beings to learn from and with. I highly recommend this training for learners who bring a depth of curiosity and passion for deepening their understanding of the human condition. “My experience working with Stuart and Carol and their team has been profound. From a personal perspective, the work was transformational for me: I was prepared for the experience to change me but was truly amazed at the depth of understanding and knowledge I found hiding within myself. These experiences led me to see with crystal-clarity what was holding me back in certain areas of my life – Ahaa moments x 10!!! “From a coaching perspective, my clients very quickly “get” the models we work with and find it easy to make a physical change in themselves. Clients quickly become comfortable with different “body dispositions” (and their associated moods, energies and language), resulting in changes to both working and personal relationships. They rapidly gain new distinctions around their own behaviour and that of others, creating understanding and resulting in new outcomes. “As a coach, it is a complete delight to witness the “getting” of it and the speed at which the potential for a different future is understood, and then realised. Liz
Austin
Newfield Coach, Switzerland "The non-verbal learning gives me an edge and something very different to offer my clients which sets me apart from other coaches in and around my area. Easy to use, simple, and you see and can begin to understand the power of this work instantly. It's transformational. "If it is any testimony of my belief in this non-verbal work, I am continuing my studies with Stuart Heller, working toward my certification and currently taking the Non-Verbal Emotional Intelligence Webinar, which is tremendous. ” Dana Zamolyi
Newfield Coach “Since the completion of The Five Rings Program, I have continued with almost daily movement exercises. Recently, in my personal life I had to make some very important health and family decisions. I used exercises that I learned in the program to define the boundaries of each of the issues I faced, make critical decisions about my health and future, open a space where my family, friends and I could share our anxieties and fears, let go of unnecessary stress, and keep myself grounded and centered throughout the process. “I am finding what I learned to be an invaluable support to me, both personally and in my business. As a result of this work I have also developed and am offering a new seminar series, “Dealing with Difficult People. "To attempt to describe what I learned in The Five Rings Program about transformational change cannot be easily accomplished using our more familiar verbal language thinking. With a seemingly simple change in the way we move, the essence of our natural humanness begins to manifest. Many thanks to you, Carol, Linda the entire staff for your commitment to bring your work to all of us." Pete Petrouski
Executive Coach "The executives and leaders that I work
with are bright, well-ready and very savvy. Already viewed by their
bosses
and colleagues as highly successful,
they look to me to bring them new approaches to take their personal best to the next level."
"This program gave me the foundation to bring them that powerful new way of thinking and operating. In one instance, we uncovered and dealt with a habit that had been previously unknown, so therefore unreachable. "Even though we've just begun our experiments in the realm of the non-verbal, my clients are already reporting significant breakthroughs in their performance. And they enjoy stretching with a new way of seeing and moving that's different from what they've done before!" Terry
Kozlowski
Rich and Rowdy "The major excitement for me was learning
how deep this work really is. I think this has been sinking into the
cells of my body all this year. After the final conference, I
went to a silent meditation retreat and was able to sink deeper into
meditation than I had previously. Not holding onto experiences,
letting everything flow. Being in the moment. Returning there. I
can cry with the joy of it. The relief. The challenge is here.
"I just reread the July training notes, the story about the farmer gently pulling on the new shoots. Sometimes you have to let things grow and develop. Even gentle pressure can be too much at certain points in the growth cycle." Cynthia Brown Coach "What
was a routine hour walk for me, has become a rich playground for life
after learning the language of movement with Stuart and Carol
Heller. I was able to observe just how I was impacting people
walking by me as I changed my pace, my body postures, and my
gestures.
Jane Kerschner"On this walk, I discovered a new territory for listening to music with my body that allowed me to imagine the place from which the musicians were speaking in their melodies and words. The music on my iPod hadn’t changed, but my ability to observe was so much richer in the way I felt the music, thought about the music, and moved to the music. "What has always been there, is now available for me to play with and learn from. Just think how much more territory is accessible in my exploration with my coaching and consulting clients! Thank you for sharing yourselves so deeply with me." Educator and Coach "After 25 years of intensive daily
training in the meditative practices
of Tibetan Buddhism and 28 years of Qi Gong, Stuart and Carol's
exercises were able to identify the "holes" in my practice that have
been plaguing me for years. Not only was I able to recognize the
energetic patterns, but also I was given exercises to make my energetic
body whole. No other teachers have been able to show this to me.
This completely unique practice is the most fundamental and useful
medicine we can ever learn and implement ... and it's so easy!!!"
The Venerable Lhundup Nyingje Paula Chichester, Tibetan Nun and Teacher "I
was at a class on trauma, and the presenter/researcher said, 'Don’t
bother doing intensive psychotherapy, if you don’t work first with the
body', especially with processes that regulate arousal and promotes
state change. I realized that the practices I learned in your
program, especially, Centered Presence, the Eight Flows, and Here and
Now Breathing are now recognized as very very relevant. And
actually better than meditation and even yoga, which is too anxiety
provoking for a lot of people.
Judi Goodman LCSW and Ontological Coach "I
wish you could be there to see how I evolved from the past two
years. I really appreciate your support. You helped me to
get to know myself better and to grow. I am in control of my
extreme Fire and I believe people see me more solid these way. Of
course I know my Fire is my strength so I use it when ever I need
it. The bottom line is that 'I am in control'. I believe
another important thing that I learned through this process is dealing
with ambiguity. Unknowns don't bother me as much any more.
Thanks for all of these.
Lily Bashar NASA Systems Engineer Graduate of the NASA version of our professional training About
Stuart
"Dr. Move"
Heller
Fredric Lehrman Author of The Sacred Landscape Senior Student of Master Cheng Man-Ch'ing I view Stuart Heller as a scholar and teacher of the most complex
systems-of-systems that exists: the
human.
In that sense, he is truly a systems engineer. Jim Andary NASA Senior Systems Engineer Stuart is a master of movement. Grandmaster
Rick Alemany
10th Dan Kenpo
KarateStuart Heller is a WIND HORSEMAN. If you haven't yet learned to feel the subtle wind/mind, he will teach you. If you already work with it, Stuart will definitely improve your practice. He
continues to benefit my practice.
The Venerable Lhundup Nyingje Paula Chichester The Dance of Becoming has a familiar, curt, classical Chinese flavor. In the spirit of the Nan Ching, the Book of Difficult Issues, Heller raises important questions that are usually passed over in favor of answers that are easier to grasp. This book makes accessible the lesser known creative and evolutionary side of Chinese medicine. This is where Chinese medicine should begin. Michael Broffman, L.Ac., California Association of Acupuncture Tutorials Stuart is an intelligent, articulate mirror. Ralph Metzner (Retooling on the Run) is the only book we've seen that acknowledges body-attention as central to strategies for personal and organizational development. Imagine what would happen if our national leaders were to read and take to heart the lessons in this book! Yoga Journal It is rare that mathematicians are intuitive and that men of intuition are mathematicians. Blaise Pascal What I appreciate the most about Stuart’s
approach
is his wealth of “real life” experience and knowledge of his topic. He shows simple and elegant ways to pay attention to the body as a domain of learning and introduces ways of easily changing long (held) habits. Carol Courcy, MCC VP, The Newfield Network, Inc. "The workshop has fundamentally changed the way I work with clients. I am more grounded, centered, powerful and effective." "I received learnings, exercises, and applications that I immediately incorporated into my own life and into my coaching practice." "I learned far more than I would have expected. The Heller's are extraordinary teachers who kept my attention through all 3 days." "They brought a lightness and humor to their work that assisted in being an observer of their work. The ability to make it simple, joyful and easily understood was a true gift." "This work brings an added dimension of understanding the client that (verbal) language based coaching cannot discover. The combination of language and body movement is a powerful combination." "This stood apart from most training, most workshops as one of the few truly practical - in the full sense of that word - programs for learning and doing. It presented an opportunity to tap into the vast, often unrecognized reservoir of data in our everyday experience and figure out how to use it in our interactions." "Stuart and Carol brought a new awareness and appreciation of how powerfully our own bodies communicate both to our own consciousness and to others. Through practice and observation we 'remembered' how much we can observe and without making an interpretation offer suggestions for transformation and learning. Their own lightness lent energy to the days and lots of laughter." "I walked away with practices that I used immediately with clients. These practices are simple and very powerful. I enjoy observing clients watch how they are trapped by certain physical states and watching their excitement when they realize there is another way they can be. Stuart and Carol are very generous in what they offer coaches. This is the perfect compliment to the ontological distinctions I learned through Newfield." "I always bring very high expectations – as a colleague, as a learner, as a customer – and this workshop met them. I choose the workshop because I was aware that life had very specifically taught me to ignore the non-verbal dimension of communication and I wished to recover it. This workshop was a great place to start. The content was both intriguing intellectually as well as fascinating to experiment with and observe in practice. I appreciated the very relaxed and open atmosphere created by the Heller’s for the workshop – a great one for learning." "I have been practicing some of the exercises every day - with myself and my clients. I feel like I have entered a brand new playground and my clients are loving it." "The non-verbal distinctions they showed us have both grounded and enlivened my work. The positive feedback from my clients assures me that what Carol and Stuart have to offer is exceptional stuff." "Being in the program reminded me to start where my clients actually are and - to be most effective - to be simple." "I have intuitively known for some time that I needed to be in better touch with my body, and that the key to change lay in that realm, but I had no clear idea how to gain access. So many possibilities have opened that I didn't know were there, both over the weekend, and since, as I continue the practices. Thank you." "The brilliance of the format is it allows coaches to observe patterns and practice what they have learned on clients‚ in a safe environment right there, right now. You get to learn the material in one minute and apply it the next. And you get instant feedback from the person being coached." "They have taken the best of their work and put it together in a clear, concise, easy to use way and have given simple, straight forward practices to use with clients that are powerful, efficient, and amazingly self-revealing. This workshop provides elegant tools for both the experienced and inexperienced coach." Comments
from Business
Sloane Communication, a Chicago
based public relations and marketing firm interviewed several clients,
including a mangement consultant to Fortune 50 companies, an investment
banker, a marketing executive, a communications consultant to Fortune
500 companies, a program designer at an international training firm, a
clinical psychologist, a financial consultant, an image consultant, a
social worker and an executive sales consultant. A summary of the
findings follow:
Increased
Communication Ability
•
with a wider range of people and styles
• to recognize inconsistencies between verbal and non-verbal expressions • to alter posture to be more coherent with the verbal message • to be assertive and definite in communication Handling Challenges Effectively •
in a wide range of situations and comfort levels
• able to confront, yield, resist, or withdraw as appropriate • a greater sense of self-esteem and personal power in every situation Managing Change •
more rapidly and effectively, with self and others
• able to shift out of unproductive moods by shifting body posture • able to produce a desired response in others • embodying change in one's personal life Personal Abilities Strengthened •
able to be more open, forceful, exciting, solid, grounded and flexible
• increased control of anxiety, fear or other emotions by shifting body posture • enhanced skill in using the body to influence self and others • greater awareness and appreciation of feelings as a source of information Professional Abilities Strengthened •
improved decision making
• increased appreciation and integration of multiple perspectives • enhanced presence and power in meetings • able to remain nonreactive in confronting opposing points of view • able to teach others how to use these skills This is now a new platform upon which I can and will build the rest of my life. I am enormously grateful. You are a powerful example of the kind of results that acceptance (of both our past actions and our future possibilities) as well as disciplined study can produce. My sincere thanks for this contribution to my life and for opening a big possibility for me for the future for integrating peace, power and contribution to others. Ruthe
Otte, former President of Discovery
Channel
This work is at the vanguard of a new discipline: using body movement to impact shifts in people's behavior and being. This work is much more dramatic, effective and faster than current conventional practices. Now, when I know I’m about to go into a challenging situation, I can do a few quick body exercises to help me accomplish my goal. Stuart has helped me to recognize certain habitual body moves and postures, that I have adopted in the past, which work against my intentions. It’s given me the ability to re-engineer my body, and shift my patterns to become more effective in situations that are important to me. Claire
Conley, former Senior VP, Communispond
Stuart has a very uncommon perspective. He is very good at seeing the whole picture and all its components, and in relating it back to us in a way we can hear. With various team-building exercises, Stuart has helped us to understand the bigger dynamic of the relationships and to successfully deal with any reactivity we may have. People can actually change their behavior in a way that works, and feels good. The work has helped us to let go of old habits and adopt new behaviors that support what we want to accomplish. Marty
Mazzanti, Chairman of the Board, The
Produce Exchange
How you hold your body when you speak makes a tremendous difference in what is heard by others. Stuart is very skilled in showing you that. My body actions were a reflection of the way my mind worked. I became a lot more aware of the subtle communication I was doing all the time with its pros and cons Once I realized what I was doing at a subtle level, I could choose to do more things on a conscious level for more success. It's allowed me to increase my communication skills. I learned how to hold my body in a more solid, grounded way. It's helped me to be heard as a decisive leader. Gail
DaMert, CEO, DaMert Company
I think that what happens when you are stressed is that you can't think straight. Working with Stuart, I learned a physical movement that actually helps relieve the pressure, and helps me to think clearly again. I get up, walk in a circle and look at the ceiling with palms up. Previously, I would feel more and more angry, pent up. Then I would lose it, and not think clearly. I would not get a desired result. I would be in a place of pressure, distress, not in a problem-solving mode. Steve
Isaacs, CEO, Co-op Communications
I've become a more effective leader. My past management style was very hands-on, very emotional, very high energy. In the past, when I worked with people day in and day out, they knew my style, appreciated it and respected me for what I was able to help them be and become. If I wanted to continue to lead people I had to learn a new way to do it and Stuart helped me to do that. In my latest position I have less dealings with people on a daily basis. Stuart offered me an opportunity to be in control of a situation, be able to get the same results I always have, but in a more effective way. Mike
Huppert, Executive Vice President, Canned
Foods Outlets
I see a direct correlation between military history and your training as it applies to many aspects of life. For example, that correlation would pertain in athletics, personal relationships, parenting, teaching, and certainly in business. W.
Don Johnson, Lt. General (ret.) Airforce
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