Dr Granadillo-Schwentker received formal education as Psychologist in both Venezuela & the United States & postdoctoral training on Energy Psychology & Medicine in Europe. She has done research on Movement-Expressive Arts working with violence, abuse & trauma with diverse populations, alongside she grew up as Shaman in the Caribbean Santeria & Toltec Tradition as well. Rosa Granadillo-Schwentker, an international lecturer and facilitator, has taught in Europe, Asia & South America. She directs the Transpersonal Integrated Energy Therapies Center and is the creator of ShiftinNRG™, developing creative diverse transpersonal approaches to Integrative Energy Therapies and Energy Psychology. She believes that individuals & organizations can shift, transform & balance, considering herself a teacher-healer.
Besides this, Dr. Granadillo-Schwentker serves as faculty for the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. She has credentials in Dance Therapy, Expressive Arts Therapy, Energy Medicine, Energy Psychology, Asian System Energy facilitator. She is a member of the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology, International Society for the Study of Subtle Energies and Energy Medicine, Association for Transpersonal Psychology, Energy Medicine Association, International Expressive Arts Therapy Association and American Dance Therapy Association. Interests include East/West Indigenous & Feminine Urban Shamanism, Energy Therapies including Energy Psychology and Energy Medicine and the Diverse Expressive Arts for Consciousness expansion.
LOVE
"Fearlessness, indeed, is the one of the greatest qualities of a true lover. True love is the state of complete fearlessness." Amma www.amma.org
COMPASSION
"Today, I listen" Amma www.amma.org
MINDFULL PRESENCE
"Today, I fous on each of my actions as a way of keeping myself present"
"Crying will take away your mental peace and problems will ultimately swallow you. But if you confront them with a steady mind, you can conquer them and become their master"
Amma
"I can be what I will be"
Charles F. Haanel
"The subconscious works nonstop, manipulating circumstances that will result in your inner desires manifesting in your outer life. The more passionately you want something, the more power you provide your mind."
Albert Einstein
ABOUT CULTURALLY EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
(Source Unknown)
ETHNOCENTRISM
Inability to accept another culture's world view; "my way is the best"
DISCRIMINATION
Differential treatment of an individual due to minority status; actual and perceived; e.g., "we just aren't equipped to serve people like that."
STEREOTYPING
Generalizing about a person while ignoring presence of individual difference; e.g., "she's like that because she's Asian -- all Asians are nonverbal."
CULTURAL BLINDNESS
Differences are ignored and one proceeds as though differences did not exist; e.g., "there's no need to worry about a person's culture -- if you're a sensitive person, you do okay."
CULTURAL IMPOSITION
Belief that everyone should conform to the majority; e.g., "we know what's best for you, if you don't like it you can go elsewhere."
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