Private Sessions
Sessions for individuals and couples are held in San Francisco and Petaluma,
California. Individual sessions are one or more hours in length, sessions
for couples are an hour and fifteen minutes or longer. Intensives of several
hours over one or more consecutive days can be arranged.
Contact Johanina at
Johanina@sbcglobal.net or by telephone at 707-766-8502 for an appointment.
Group Sessions
In the group work, we are exploring the journey of embodying the essential
Self and what it means to live and relate free of the disguises and compensations
we have settled for. We are doing this in the company of spiritual companions.
The people who attend these groups share a practice of self discovery
that builds inner awareness.
Johanina weaves lineage-based Tantric teachings from the Kashmiri Tantras
into the fabric of transformative inner work. These teachings, presented
in an experiential format, include meditation, inquiry, movement, breathwork,
and partnered and group exercises.
2 0 10 C a l e n d a r
Spring Cleanse for the Soul
with Johanina Wikoff, PhD
Tools and practices for clearing out
old, stuck patterns,
and having the life you want
Spring Dates:
March 20th ~ April 17th ~ May 15th
10:00 am until 5:00 pm in Petaluma CaliforniaSuggested sliding scale: $85.00 -$125.00
To register: drjohanina@gmail.com or 707-766-8502
After working with several thousand people in private sessions and workshops during the past three decades, I have distilled the most powerful tools that I know work for transforming your life and relationships; and I am teaching them in a series of one day sessions that can benefit anyone who wants to make a simple, profound shift in the way they live and relate.
TOOLS FOR TRANSFORMATION:
~Breath inquiry: Three ways of working with the breath: to release emotional tension and physical pain; to expand and explore consciousness; and to heighten pleasure and sensual awareness.
~ Movement Inquiry: Tandava is an ancient moving meditation and Tantra yoga for exploring the nature of consciousness.
~ Psycho Spiritual Inquiry: cultivates an attitude of openness, wonder and kindness toward ourselves, our issues, and our conditioning;
and opens the door to the radiance of pure being. Inquiry creates a miracle in our body – mind, a shift in our nervous systems that takes us from being shut down and resistant to curious and interested VERY fast. I can teach you this attitude in less than an hour.
~ Community: is where we can break the trance of separateness and connect with one another in rich and meaningful ways.
Johanina Wikoff, PhD, author, consciousness explorer, psycho spiritual guide and mentor has been exploring body-mind-spirit-approaches to transformation since 1970 and since 1980, guided thousands of people through crisis, growth and learning to sustain embodied living and loving. She is the author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Kama Sutra.
Other people’s comments:
“Johanina makes the work of tantric scholars accessible, real and relevant. The movement and physical practices allowed me to rapidly integrate the learning in my body. Her presence, compassion and expertise in creating a sacred container within the group allowed my heart to open and my emotions to guide me into vulnerable, new and powerful places. A tangible transmission takes place inside circle with her. How refreshing to be with a gifted spiritual teacher who has both feet so firmly on the earth. She is truly a gift.”
~Lisa Schrader, Author & Coach“Johanina Wikoff is one of the most amazing teachers and guides that you'll ever find.
“She embodies the entire life philosophy that she conveys, and she serves as both a teacher and a mentor. You'll want to be her when you grow up. That is not to say that learning from her is easy. You've got to be really ready to take a good, look at your honest, true, unvarnished Self. Johanina's skill enables her to guide you through those hard patches and dark places with the right mix of compassion, honesty, and directness, Then the breakthroughs are amazing, giving you the clarity to be able to look at your life in new, real ways and know that you...not your parents, not your stories, not your peccadilloes...that YOU can be in charge of driving your life in the direction you want."
~Laura Leff, President, IJBFC“Johanina Wikoff is an extraordinary teacher. She has extensive knowledge of the history and ancient traditions of both Yogic and Buddhist Tantra, as well as a firm grounding in various modern therapies and modalities. Easy to talk to, informative and very compassionate, Johanina is one of my favorite guides.”
~ Chip August, Relationship coach, communication expert“I have worked with Johanina for many years individually, as part of a couple, and in many group sessions. Johanina brings insight, compassion, intelligence to her work with people. She draws from a vast toolkit of skills and knowledge gleaned from years of psychological and spiritual study, and she effectively uses mind-body therapy techniques, effective listening, support, and, at times, keen advice. She is a skilled group facilitator. Long ago I stopped referring to her as my therapist. To me, she is my "Wise Woman" -- my mentor, teacher, friend.”
~ Ericka Lutz, author, professor, writing coach
Love, Sex & Aging
Sundays: March 21, April 18, May 16, 2 - 6 pm
Petaluma, CaiforniaSlicing scale $20 to $45 donation
Limited to 20 people. No age restrictions
To reserve: drjohanina@gmail.com
707-766-8502 www.johaninawikoff.com
The social, sexual and spiritual revolution has been a powerful influence
on the way we have lived and loved for fifty years. Now, older,
we face new challenges and opportunities to expand our
capacity to love and be loved.Please join us for a salon exploring love, sex, intimate
relationships, and the aging process.Gathering at 2 pm for a moving, breathing
and embodying practice.
3- 6 pm group processes and inquiry.Tea and light refreshments will be served.
Facilitated by:
Johanina Wikoff, PhD, has pioneered body-mind approaches to transformation for three decades. She was one of the first to bring Tantra into counseling settings in 1985 and group trainings in 1990 when she taught one of the early Tantra teacher programs. Johanina has evolved a method of supporting people through crisis, growth and transformation that weaves psychological, spiritual, relational and embodying tools. She has worked with thousands of people through the two centers she co-founded and the many organizations she has facilitated for including: The Human Awareness Institute (HAI), Tantra, The Art of Conscious Loving, The Imago Therapy Association, The International Congress on Psychology and Spirituality, and The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality. Johanina is the author of the Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Kama Sutra.
Andy Milberg has been designing and leading seminars, and coaching individuals and couples in life and relationship skills since 1975. His training includes certification and experience in Psychodrama, NLP, Transactional Analysis, Gestalt and Tantra. He co-founded the ALIVE Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, The Breath Foundation in Palo Alto, California and for 17 years taught the Hoffman Quadrinity Process.
The Yoga of Love and Transformation:
A Spiritual and Psychological Approach to Awakening, Evolving and Relating
The Yoga of Love and Transformation is a group for individuals and couples who have (or wish to have) an ongoing spiritual practice and view (or wish to view) relationship as a vehicle of transformation. It's not required to attend with a partner. The sessions build upon one another.
This is an ongoing group that has met in six-month segments in Petaluma, California since 2003. The dates of the next series are to be determined.
What Happens In The Yoga of Love and Transformation?
In this group, we explore the two paths of love, the love that is the essence of our being and the love that we want to experience when we love another. This journey takes us into spiritual terrain, as well as into the ways we have become conditioned.
We are frequently drawn to spiritual and personal growth with a desire to improve some aspects of our lives, perhaps in an attempt to find greater fulfillment in love. And then we discover we must examine our assumptions and beliefs about who we are and what love is. It is said that on the spiritual journey "we go to god alone." Yet, many of us are finding that spiritual partners are invaluable on the journey. We are exploring the inner game of love, the re sourcing of the essential qualities of our Being and expanding our capacity to live in the unified state of unconditioned love.
Relational love is not easy. Two conditioned and flawed people come together out of a desire to share the bliss of divine love and find one another's personalities at least occasionally annoying. How do we practice being one with another when we are being triggered and feeling defensive? How do we live a spiritually fulfilling life and share this with a beloved? This is the inquiry of The Yoga of Love and Transformation.
What is Unique About This Approach to Tantra?
The Yoga of Love and Transformation weds yoga, psychology and spiritual philosophy. Tantra is frequently confused with sacred sex and like Yoga, Tantra is frequently practiced as a physical exercise without recognizing its spiritual and transformative dimensions.
Our approach is concerned with the desire for personal and relationship fulfillment and the spiritual terrain of that quest. It addresses the psychological issues that obstruct inner freedom and fulfillment and offers people tools, understanding, and opportunities to experience the essential nature we call Self, and the possibility of unconditional love in conscious relationship.
For more information, contact Johanina by email or call 707/766-8502.