An Ayurvedic Fairy Tale by Carla Kimball

I’ve been where you are now

For much of my early adult life, I was terrified of speaking. I’ve felt the debilitating anxiety a speaking situation can create.

So I took what I’d learned over many years as a stress management consultant, yoga and dance teacher, meditation teacher, and Tai Chi practitioner, Speaking Circle® facilitator along with my educational background in psychology (and my masters in business), and created a program that really addresses your underlying fear.

My Personal Approach to Life and Work

I am my own experiment and life is my laboratory. When I find some particular blend that feels especially useful to me, I then seek ways to share this with others.

I create safe containers which offer experiences where you can:

Discover, express, and embody your joyful, authentic, and creative presence.
Gently encounter and move beyond the edges created by your limiting beliefs.
Actualize your full potential
Speak and listen to others from a place of full presence

I am a synergist. I borrow shamelessly from all the traditions, practices, and approaches I have studied. Into every program I facilitate I mix:

A lot of Speaking Circles^®
Some Focusing
A little bit of mindfulness
A little bit of graphics
Some yoga, dance, and tai chi
A lot of myself

I am always seeking to express what I have learned in ways that touch people's minds, imagination and hearts.

I find that I often get bored with a straight didactic explanation of theories and concepts. I feel that metaphor, images, and movement can greatly enhance our understanding of what is normally only conveyed through a straight verbal description of the theory. New dimensions and subtle aspects of the topic become evident in this multi-modal exploration. And, as I work to express the ideas in a new modality, I gain a much richer and more comprehensive understanding of the topic at hand. Examples of my multi-modal thinking include:

A metaphor entitled How Linda the Lobster Became a Fish written in response to a class assignment answering the questions "What is psychotherapy?"
A fairy tale written to explain the basics of Ayurveda

Why “RiverWays”?

The river is my metaphor.

It is also a place of adventure, where I can ride the rapids, take myself to the edge, and feel a sense of exhilaration, energy, and aliveness.

It is my guide.

It is a place of profound joy, ineffable sadness, dazzling clarity, and breathless wonder.

It is the place where I encounter myself, speak to the Divine, and find solace, peace and rest.

The river without has guided me to the river within. And as I ride the currents and rapids and rest in the still pools, I find myself moving closer and closer to the vast ocean of essence.

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(Yoga and dance photographs by Ron King)

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