Venita Ramirez

Fortunate and Blessed. That is how I feel about forty years of listening deeply to humans' hearts and souls.Though I no longer offer individual coaching - I still write and offer occasional courses.
Through shared attunement, conversation, and a deep surrender to the field of Awareness-Itself we'll work with your breath, subtle energy, belief systems, awareness and embodiment practices. During our time together you will release tensions and limiting beliefs, expand and refine your consciousness, and perceive yourself as pure Radiance, in Flow with/as Life. Being Radiance and in Flow are a delicious new normal that is waiting for you.
"The evolutionary impulse seems to be intensifying in many of us now, possibly even exponentially. Perhaps for those on the path, enlightenment and Buddhahood are more attainable than we have imagined. Relax; feel and sense everything; let go of the subtlest attachment and avoidance in body, emotion, mind, and subtle energy; and let the magnificent radiance of (your) Being be free. Freedom, Love, and Clear Light are right now shimmering as your already Enlightened Self." (From Healing and the Extraordinary Mind, pg. 52).

METHODS & TRAINING
Following is a partial list of training and philosophy that inform this approach:
Methods and Philosophies
Awareness Training
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Vedanta
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Kashmir Shaivism/Tantra
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Tibetan Buddhism & Zen
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Taoism
Somatic/Bodywork
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Rosen Method
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Bioenergetics
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Acupuncture/Accupressure
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Psychodrama
Subtle Energy Practices
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Reichian Breathing & Energy Philosophy
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Kundalini/Chakra Philosophy
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Pranayama
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Advanced awareness practices
Psychology
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Psychodynamic
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Family of Origin
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Developmental Psychology
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Gestalt
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Attachment Theory
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Person Centered/Humanistic
Other Frameworks
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Integral Theory
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Systems Theory
Education
M.A. Psychology, Antioch University 1985
B.A. Business, University of Puget Sound 1981
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Certificate - StAGES Developmental Assessment Scoring Analyst, with Terri O'Fallon, PhD, 2014
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Certificate - Transformational Leadership, Pacific Integral via the Leadership Institute of Seattle, 2007
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Completed - Integral Studies Course with Ken Wilber and Randy Martin, University of Pennsylvania, 2004
Training in Psychology & Somatic Modalities
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Bennet Wong, M.D., Jock McKeen M.D., Joann Peterson, M.S.W. 1986-1996 (Breath, Body, Energy, group facilitation, Gestalt, Object Relations, Psychodrama, Emotional Authenticity and Intimacy, Communication, Boundaries.)
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Rosen Method Training 1994
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Eugene Kidder, M.Div., Richard Miller, Ph.D., Peg Blackstone, M.A. 1985-1990 (Psychodynamic Theory, Group Process)
Training in Meditation & Eastern Philosophy
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Siddha Yoga Meditation Center of Seattle, 1988-96
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Integral Consciousness, Fred Kofman & Ken Wilber 2004
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Zen Buddhist Training - Genpo Roshi 2006
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Pointing Out the Great Way Level 1, with Tibetan Buddhist teacher Dan P. Brown, 2016 & 2017.
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Advanced Mahamudra with Dustin DiPerna, 2024
Education and Training

“Among her unique gifts, Venita exercises a “unitary presence” of mind-body assessment. She uses herself with restraint, empowerment and artistic deftness,
including a marvelous sense of timing.”
Eugene Kidder, M.Div. – Psychotherapist, Seattle, USA