Women's Intuition is real, says Paula Reeves. Encoded in a woman's DNA, this subtle yet potent source of knowledge has been doubted and dismissed as an old wives' tale. Because social conditioning and maledominated culture have caused women to feel disconnected from their own bodies, Dr. Reeves believes that most women are unaware of what their intuition is trying to tell them. In Women's Intuition , Dr. Reeves guides readers to remove the blocks preventing this channel of knowledge from informing and enriching their daily lives. By evoking bodybased intuition, readers can reestablish their bodymind bond and access their intuitive power for healing and insight. Psychoneuroimmunologist Reeves guides women back to the knowing into which they were born through this thoughtful and thought-provoking treatise. With grace, compassion, and common sense, she tugs the lead of self-esteem encouraging the reader to follow her down a path toward greater self-wisdom. She explains that when we ignore "what matters most to us," that becomes "the matter with us." Then to make matters worse, because we're deaf to the voice of our embodied consciousness, we "cure" our symptoms and continue to dismiss our intuitive messages. Having greater control over our lives is ultimately what Reeves offers. "How vitally alive we would be if only we were able to develop as much confidence in what we feel and how that is moving us, as we do upon what we think and what that means to us," she exclaims. With a foreword by Marion Woodman, author of Addiction to Perfection , and an afterword by Belleruth Naparstek, author of Your Sixth Sense: Unlocking the Power of Your Intuition , this inspired lesson in self-love promises to change a woman's (or man's) life for the better. --P. Randall Cohan Although the title suggests that this book is for women only, Jungian therapist Reeves states up front that she believes that everyone has intuition and that we all have the capacity to tap into this seldom-recognized part of ourselves. To help us, she has developed Spontaneous Contemplative Movement (SCM), a "noninterpretative way to honor the integrity of the ongoing interactive relationship between consciousness and the unconscious in the body." Based on emotion, instinct, and imagination ("gut feeling"), SCM can be done by anyone. Reeves describes numerous real-life therapy sessions and exercises involving SCM, providing us with clear illustrations of how to connect with our bodies and emotions and hence achieve a deeper understanding of the self. She helps us through the difficult task of both rediscovering the intuitive parts of ourselves we have lost and trusting our intuitions to guide us through life. This challenging book will no doubt profoundly change some readers' lives.AMarija Sanderling, Rochester P.L., Wells, ME Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. Reeves is a therapist and a pioneer in applied psychoneuroimmunology , the "study of the biochemical relationship between the mind and body." She is also a woman who learned at an early age to trust her intuition, the internal signals about what is best for her and what direction to take in life. Reeves applies both her scientific expertise and her intuition in listening to client's dreams and helping them utilize those messages in their lives. She maintains that many women suffer health problems because they've begun to mistrust their intuition in a misguided effort to avoid the stereotype of the woman who is more emotional than rational. All of us have intuition, Reeves maintains, but we don't all have the same capacity to use it. She explores how instinct, emotions, and intuition work together; how intuition works; and how people can use it to be in tune with their bodies, reduce stress, and promote health. Readers particularly interested in new age philosophies may enjoy this book. Vanessa Bush Paula Reeves, Ph.D., is a wellknown workshop leader in the fields og psychology and psychoneuroimmunology, creator of the Spontaneous Contemplative Movement program, and a therapist in private practice. Widely published in academic journals, she lives in Stone Mountain, Georgia. Women's Intuition Unlocking the Wisdom of the Body By Paula M. Reeves Red Wheel/Weiser, LLC Copyright © 1999 Paula M. Reeves All rights reserved. ISBN: 978-1-57324-156-4 Contents Foreword by Marion WoodmanIntroductionChapter One Reconnecting to Our Body WisdomChapter Two Finding a Map to the BodyMindChapter Three Spontaneous Contemplative MovementChapter Four Soul Talk: Learning the Language of Spontaneous Contemplative MovementChapter Five Tenuous Beginnings: Soul's First Relationship with MatterChapter Six The Self-Betrayal in Disowning Our MotherChapter Seven Meeting the Loathly Lady: Coming to Peace with Our Female BodiesChapter Eight Trusting Intuition to Lead UsChapter Nine Rediscovering Your Intuitive CapacityChapter Ten Embodied Relationship: Intuition's Role in the Healing of Humankind