Deconditioning Ground (The Answers are Within - A collection of personal Stories, Band 2) - Softcover

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Dorena Rode was born in 1964 in Detroit, Michigan. She moved to California in 1979 as a runaway. There she worked in restaurants in a variety of capacities and went back to school to study art, early childhood education, and writing. After taking a course in Folk Medicine at the Cabrillo Community College, she became interested in herbal medicine and pursued training in Traditional Chinese Medicine while simultaneously completing an undergraduate degree in chemistry with highest honors from UC Santa Cruz (1988). As a child and young adult, Dorena found sustenance in the manifestation of the divine in the world. Her altar was her garden and the natural wonders of the world. When Dorena joined her first Twelve Step fellowship in 1989, that marked the beginning of a formal spiritual path and a program of self-improvement. After close to twenty years in Twelve Step programs, Dorena began studying with the Asian Classics Institute. The teacher training program she completed was developed by Geshe Michael Roach, the first westerner to earn a Geshe degree (twenty-five years training) at a Tibetan Monastery. She began teaching Buddhism in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2011. Dorena Rode In addition to her study of the classical Tibetan Buddhist texts under Geshe Michael Roach, Dorena subsequently studied with Master Culadasa, the leader of the Dharma Treasure Sangha, whose teachings emphasize nonsectarian Buddhism. The culmination of her studies in Buddhism resulted in her publishing the book: The Twelve Steps as a Path to Enlightenment?How the Buddha Works the Steps in 2012. Her interest in alternative healing has led her to become a Reiki Master (2001), a licensed massage therapist (2004), a ThetaHealer® (practitioner: 2007, instructor: 2013), and Bars® Facilitator (2015). Dorena founded The Enlightenment & Simple Living Institute (TESLI) in order to “inspire, encourage, and support people interested in alternatives to their habitual ways of living and thinking.” The institute offers classes, seminars and retreats on a wide variety of topics such as: meditation, herbal medicine, simple living, growing a business, website creation, addiction, ThetaHealing®, and Access Bars®. Dorena is the mother of one grown daughter and currently lives in Phoenix, AZ. She spends her time meditating, gardening, writing, teaching a wide variety of subjects related to health, and helping people improve their lives as a health consultant. Her blog can be read at TESLI.org.