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Dancing
in the Dragon’s Den is a fine psychology
guide which covers using the inner spirit to unlock personal
strengths.
– Reviewer’s Bookwatch
If you’re not familiar
with the shadow concept, don’t worry. After reading the first
introductory chapters, you will have a basic understanding. If
shadow is already a familiar concept, expect to encounter a fresh
approach. You will find this book accessible, interesting,
intelligent and truly helpful — one you will likely read and
then return to again.
The book contains an
impressive collection of original exercises, eleven guided imageries
that allow you to experience concepts, some really good
stories and inspiring quotations. There is also a generous annotated
resource directory.
Please consider giving
Dancing in the Dragon’s Den as a very special gift to yourself!
And if you really like the guided imageries, they are also available
on CD.
–
Laurie Mattila, M.S.Ed.
Good Books
I have worked through this book and can’t say
enough good things about it. If you’re ready to truly expand your
creativity this is the book for you. I have learned how to recognize
when my shadow is getting in the way of my progress, and how to use
the knowledge to keep growing. If you are honest with yourself, do
the exercises and keep going even when it’s scary you too can
integrate your shadow and improve your life. There’s also a CD with
Rosanne reading the guided imageries to you - highly recommend it
too.
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Amazon.com Reader Review
I’ve got a closet full of other books and tapes
that promise me I’ll be more creative if I just set virtuous goals
and think positively, but often I follow that advice and still feel
blocked and paralyzed. This book gives a comprehensive explanation
of the repressed “shadow” parts of ourselves that we try to hide,
but which can really make us feel alive and liberated if we choose
to embrace them rather than wait for them to surprise us at the most
inappropriate times. I got a lot out of the guided imageries and the
playful exercises (like dressing up like your shadow or making a
collage of your repressed qualities). It’s still a scary process for
me to blast through my comfort zone and try daring things, but the
times I’ve taken the book’s advice I’ve felt wonderfully alive.
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Amazon.com Reader Review
Dancing in the Dragon’s Den is the first
book to specifically address the relationship between shadow and
creativity, providing an extensive treasure of specific, practical
answers on how to integrate the shadow.
–
Jeremiah Abrams
editor of Shadow in America
Through exercise choices, shadow-playing, free
writing and guided imagery, Bane shows us how to integrate our
shadow side to re-ignite the creative fire smoldering inside it.
– Napra ReView
This book is not to be taken lightly. It is not a
reference book to be merely read. It is a book to be experienced. If
you are ready for the journey into exploring your shadow and
rediscovering your creative essence, this is the book for you. I ask
if you are ready because Rosanne Bane has crafted a magnificent
guide for individual awareness using journaling, guided imagery,
storytelling and more. Rosanne helps us understand that going into
the Dragon’s Den, confronting and wrestling with the parts of
ourselves that the ego has chosen not to recognize – those shadow
aspects – doesn’t have to be terrifying, but can be a joyous and
exhilarating experience of opening up our lives and releasing our
creative energy.
Is the journey worth the
effort this book will endeavor to put you through to overcome your
fears? Rosanne eloquently affirms the answer: “The life force is
creative energy. To live is to create. To live fully is to create
fully. To deny or restrict creativity is to deny or restrict life.”
Rosanne uses a voice that shines with simplicity and clarity.
The illustrations help the reader fully comprehend Jung’s concept of
shadow and its relation to the ego self, Self, True Center,
conscious and unconscious. “Shadow is what your ego has decided is
threatening, not necessarily what your True Self recognizes as bad.
Likewise, creativity is neither good nor bad; it just is.”
There are an amazing
number of exercises for your use. If you are up for the task of
realizing and integrating the shadow part of your personality,
reading Dancing in the Dragon’s Den will reap you untold
personal benefits.
An added bonus is that
Rosanne has recorded a CD that contains all eleven of the guided
imagery exercises from the book.
–
Lynne Krause
Focus
(published by American Creativity Association)
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