Bob Southard
 Bob is a businessman with a B.S. in Psychology and an M.B.A. He is a Certified Hypnotherapist, shamanic Reiki Master Practitioner, and has worked with a number of shamans in the United States, the highlands of Ecuador and the Amazon for many years. He has assisted John Perkins and Llyn Roberts in workshops for many years and worked with John and Llyn in Dream Change for well over a decade as: Assistant Editor of the Dream Change Magazine, Logistical Director for the Gathering of Wisdom Keepers held in cooperation with the Omega Institute, and as a past board chair for Dream Change, Inc. Bob currently sits on DC's board of directors.
Bob Southard developed the HypnoJourney™ after more than ten years of study and practice in shamanic journeying and hypnosis. He offers workshops featuring the HypnoJourney™ process and produces HypnoJourney™ CD's so people can benefit from this practice on their own. Bob's work is inspired by and supports the mission of - but is independent to - Dream Change.
Enjoy these CD's by Bob Southard:
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ORDINARY SECRETS (O-Books)
Ordinary Secrets: Notes for Your Spiritual Journey
by Robert Y. Southard
This is a book by and for the ordinary person. We can each find our spirituality and path, and it is important for us to do it our way, a way that resonates with and makes sense to us.
Many people today spend a lot of time trying to find their spirituality and what their spiritual path is. They read books, listen to cd's and tapes, and attend workshops searching for the answers. When they look at the background of the people presenting their ways of doing things, the average person can feel intimidated, as though they are not capable of finding their own answers. The typical writer/presenter is either an indigenous person, or one who has spent many years with Tibetan monks, or has had some extraordinary experience (perhaps a near-death encounter) which sets them apart from the ordinary person.
Ordinary Secrets is written from the perspective of an ordinary person (Bob Southard).
Bob has spent the last twenty-five years exploring his spirituality through reading, listening to tapes and cd's, taking home study courses, attending workshops and taking trips. While he has been fortunate enough to spend many years working with and learning from shamans from several different cultures and traveling to exotic locales to enhance his own journey, he's discovered that it really isn't necessary. The ordinary person doing their everyday things can have their own kind of spiritual journey. His book is a guide as to how they can do it.
In this book, people learn to understand the value of living in the present and being open to learn to enhance their spirituality. Bob talks about the value of intentions and affirmations and offers some of what he calls revelations of the obvious (for example, making choices - everything we do is a choice) to help along the way.
He offers specific ways to determine if you are on your spiritual path, and help to get there if you feel you're not. Finally, and most importantly, he talks about trusting yourself. Ultimately, while we may seek help on the outside, the answers are on the inside. We often need to be reassured of this, and his book does so. This book encourages people to find "their way" and not just accept what someone else says, and to enjoy this incredible journey we are all on.
The book is highly experiential and Bob has included many journeys, exercises and meditations to help the reader on their own journeys.
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PRAISE FOR 'ORDINARY SECRETS'
“Turned off by lofty teachers, levitating gurus, and approaches to spirituality that require years of training? Want to start today to live a more productive, relaxed, ecstatic life? If so, this is your book. In it Bob Southard shares his "ordinary secrets" that will send you on your way to an extraordinary life.”
JOHN PERKINS, New York Times Best selling author of Shapeshifting, The World Is As You Dream It, Confessions of An Economic Hit Man and many other books.
"Bob Southard demystifies spirituality, offering deceptively simple methods to expand consciousness and empower a more fulfilling life. For anyone yearning to discover, express, and celebrate who they really are - 'Ordinary Secrets' is a formula for magic!"
LLYN ROBERTS, M.A., author of The Good Remembering and co-author of
Shamanic Reiki.
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