Testimonials

With her powerful intuition, insight and compassion, Ruth should be ambassador to some troubled country (the United States would make a good first posting). It is our stupid luck that anyone as talented as Ruth is available for private counseling, for a mere fee. I was her client for over eight years. Her intuition borders on clairvoyance. She has the startling ability to know how you feel at first glance. Many of our sessions would begin with me asking, "So how am I today?" She would instantly tell me, and always be right. It would have been scary if she wasn't so nice. In ordinary conversation, Ruth is a profound listener. Knowing that you have been heard is key to any communication, and she acknowledges everything you say, backing it up with her considerable wisdom and practical knowledge. Of course, this encourages you to do likewise, which has the sometimes unsettling effect of arresting your psychosis. The combination of all these with her movement and bodywork skills makes her a "hands on" healer of formidable power. By her presence, she creates a zone of safety in which any risky feeling can be aired. She calls this "Holding the Space" - a valuable and transferable concept which I have eagerly learned and now practice. Works wonders when throwing parties. Not to put too fine a point on it, Ruth Goodman is the best therapist I have known. She even kicked me out of therapy, saying I had 'graduated.' That alone makes her unique in my experience.

I have seen many practitioners (acupuncture, osteopath, massage, physical therapy, reiki), all of whom helped somewhat. But in Ruth I found someone who integrates all of these as she guides me to heal myself. She helps me understand my body and move the energy in it in a way that is healing me. She understands ancient spiritual truths and frames them in modern-era language that unlocks the secret wisdom so I can utilize it in my own body and being.

Words cannot express what a phenomenal blessing Ruth is in my life. One of the reasons I keep coming back to Ruth's classes is because I turn more and more beautiful. Being seen is a gift beyond compare, and Ruth acknowledges the totality of my multi-faceted being. I am thankful for the wonderful gift that Ruth brings to the planet. It is such a delight to go exploring with her, which involves a continual surprise. I may have to let go of that line that I don't know how to dance or sing anymore!

Ruth's studio is a magical place where I can experiment with abandon. Her intuitive comments are right on the mark. Throughout my career, I have danced in many stage performances. My work with Ruth has furthered my professional development. I learned techniques to incorporate my whole body-- my inner feelings as well as my emotions in my dance.

Ruth is doing such profound work.

Ruth, thank you for your inspiration and space.

Ruth has had such a healing influence on me.

To Ruth Gould Goodman, Navigator of the Interior: I was screaming backwards until I found your work. Bloodied, battered, I crawled upon your shores. Excavating, digging bone by bone You danced me through the storms. In the circle of your strengths, The strangled, the not so beautiful Came to know the secrets of the earth and the stars And in the circle of your love Found the way Home at last.

Ruth shines. I celebrate her beautiful light, her support, her enthusiasm, her counsel.

Ruth has made such a difference in my life, for creating an environment that has made it possible for me to expand and explore my own being without judgment, to touch myself in ways unknown to me before, and to experience the joy of movement. She creates a safe place where I can explore and dance the way I did as a child. Her flowing dynamic improvisational yoga has enlivened my being, opened me to a path of spirituality and allowed me to flower. Her loving nature coupled with her keen psychological insight contribute to the results. I'm grateful for having her in my life.

Ruth is an amazing and caring healer. Her bodywork is deep, intuitive and relaxing down to the bones! Her knowledge and use of many types of therapies combined with her own "magic touch" are like nothing else. I highly recommend Ruth's work.

I was hesitant about going to an intro talk on June 16, but I am grateful that I did go. Ruth is a true healer, her whole being resonates peace. I was late, but I wasn't made to feel rude or unwelcomed. I sat in the back and listened. Her voice commands attention by its sweetness. She had her audience breathe to the rhythm of the ocean. "We are self-healing. We are an ocean amongst an ocean." It was a safe environment to relax. My spinal column relaxed, my face muscles softened, my stomach gurgled. My constant sniffling went away and my hands and feet got warm. I wanted to thank her but I am very shy and don't know what to say most of the time. She called me the next day and I had the same reaction just talking to her. I don't have a lot of money, but I am definitely going to her workshop on June 28. It is as if I have been awakened. Thank you Ruth for being you.

Ruth is a rare and wise teacher. I am SO grateful to have met her. For years I've puzzled over an inner flimsiness ~ a flimsiness that the strength of my physical body couldn't touch. Professional voice and breath training, yoga, meditation, Alexander Technique, Continuum, Tantra, running, Pilates and dance all skirted around the surface of it, pointing, but not penetrating. Enter Ruth. Quickly and simply, I found myself WITHIN the flimsiness, at its very core. And there I found immense strength. Deep roots. My life force, vital and alive, rethreading itself through my body. Confused circuitry irons itself out with lightening speed. My paradigm of embodiment has leapt exponentially. I've realized that its not a forcing of one's mind into the body, but an experience of the mind WITHIN the body - a profound experience. This realization alone is life changing. Its the type of paradigm shift that, in proportionate numbers, can save our planet.

I initially met with Ruth to treat a nagging shoulder injury. In her hands, it was merely a portal through which she led me to look deeply into my own physical and mental patterns and processes. This new self-awareness and knowledge has profoundly improved not only my general well-being but also my performance level as a musician and athlete (and my shoulder is fine too, thank you).

I recognized in Ruth the presence of the Life Force and the aliveness of her being. I was touched by her grace and honesty. I enjoyed the reading of her poem and experienced a sense of well being when we did the breathing exercises. I look forward to her classes, especially the sound expressions as I am a singer and am interested in healing with the voice. Meeting her at this time has been synchronistic as I had reached a point in my own healing quest where I understood that the answers where within me and was looking for a way of accessing that information. I am open to explore Ruth's techniques of self healing.

In our fast paced, information explosive world where we far too often end up living in our heads, what a wonderful relief it is to have Ruth's gentle hand guiding us "back to ourselves as the text...to find our way to our own enlightenment." I have been a big fan of Ruth's since she offered her very intimate dance of women friends into our inaugural Art of LIVING Coalition International Women's Day celebration a decade ago, and it is a joy to know that so many more will benefit with the advent of her new book - benefit by moving out of the mental world of doing into the sensational world of being, moving into ourselves as the miracle and mystery of life, the perfect and very dear expression of the divine.

Ruth is deeply soulful, inspirational and remarkably honest.

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