Mariana Caplan responds to the challenge of spiritual authority by suggesting the principle and practice of conscious disciplineship model that places the power and responsibility back into the hands and hearts of the spiritual student

Do You Need a Guru?: Understanding the Student--Teacher Relationship in an Era of False Prophets

Religion & Spirituality

Caplan, Mariana

New Age & Spirituality

Thorsons Pub.

A guidebook for building workable relationships despite the fears and concerns brought on by differences in lifestyle. It is suitable for parents and adult children who are dealing with the crises that arise from joining an alternative community, marrying inter-racially, following a guru or choosing a gay/lesbian lifestyle.

When Sons and Daughters Choose Alternative Lifestyles

Arts & Photography

Hohm Press

Looks at some of the problems that can come up during holiday get-togethers and presents solutions to nearly various potential problems. This book details the pros and cons of going home for a major family holiday, offers advice on how to approach the choice, how to explain your decision without hurting others' feelings, and more.

When Holidays Are Hell...!: A Guide to Surviving Family Gatherings

KALINDI PRESS

La apasionante y divertida narración de Caplan sobre su personal encuentro con chamanes de Centroamérica, gurús hindúes y, entre medio, toda forma de brujos, sanadores y curanderos sirve de guía para aclarar los principios implícitos en la creación de un modelo operativo de relación maestro-estudiante en la cultura occidental. Cada capítulo incluye entrevistas inéditas sobre el tema, con estudiosos, maestros y practicantes expertos, como: Ram Dass, Jai Uttal, Georg Feuerstein, Vimala Thakar, John Welwood, Krishna Das, Arnaud Desjardins, Ma Sati Jaya, Bhagavati, George Leonard y más…

¿Necesitas un Gurú? (Espiritualidad de hoy) (Spanish Edition)

Self-Help

Personal Transformation

Hara Press USA, LLC

The Guru Question: The Perils and Rewards of Choosing a Spiritual Teacher

Hinduism

ReadHowYouWant

III. Leadership, Power, and Membership One of the ways in which progressive groups tend to be chronically underdeveloped relative to conservative groups is in the area of power and leadership.While communities are full of people with personal experience of what they don’t want, few groups have taken the time to clearly define a model of healthy leadership and appropriate uses of power. Hint: if a group tells you they have no power issues, be very afraid. This set of 16 articles supplies insights into Leadership, Power, and Membership, including how to understand power in cooperative settings, how to respond when power is being misused, how to define the leadership you want to attract and celebrate, and how to be discerning and pro-active in membership selection and integration (hint: don’t just rely on osmosis or the good judgment of departing members about whom to sell their house to). This Digital Issue includes the following articles: 1. Power Steering: Driving Bumper to Bumper Down Leadership Lane by Laird Schaub, #128 2. Decision Making in Practice: Leadership Decisions and Majority-Rule Democracy by Rebecca L’Abbe, Directory 2000 3. When Leaders Become Bullies – Pat Wagner, #80-81 4. The Bully Question – Tree Bressen, Laird Schaub, Beatrice Briggs, #145 5. Confronting the Petty Tyrant by Mariana Caplan, #98 6. What to Do When…? by Caroline Estes, Tree Bressen, Beatrice Briggs, Laird Schaub, #130 7. The Power Imbalance: Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It by Caroline Estes, Tree Bressen, Beatrice Briggs, Laird Schaub, #131 8. The Overly Powerful Community Member by Beatrice Briggs, Tree Bressen, Laird Schaub, Caroline Estes, #134 9. Power and Disempowerment on the Ecobus by Chris Roth, #148 10. Roles! Are We Really the Roles We Play in Community? by Tree Bressen, #126 11. Martyrs and Slackers: Finessing the Fit Between Flexible and Fair by Laird Schaub, #138 12. ‘Admissions Standards’ for Communities by Irwin Wolfe Zucker, #96 13. Opening Up to Strangers . . . and the Strange Ways that Kindness May Be Repaid by Laird Schaub, #122 14. Learning to Screen New Members . . . the Hard Way by Don Wedd, #126 15. The Toughest Issue We Ever Faced by Anonymous, #125 16. “Paying” New Members to Learn the Ropes by Deborah Altus, #125

Best of Communities: III. Leadership, Power, and Membership

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Roth, Chris

Wagner, Pat

Briggs, Beatrice

Bressen, Tree

Schaub, Laird

Wedd, Don

Altus, Deborah

L'Abbe, Rebecca

Estes, Caroline

Sustainable Living

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Agreements, Conflict, and Communication Most of us didn’t grow up learning good ways to work with conflict or strong emotional expression. For most of us it’s just plain scary, and we bring that naivete and scarring into our community lives. Many groups mistakenly think that the frequency of conflict is a barometer of community health, but it isn’t. The litmus test is how you handle conflict; not how much you have. The Agreements, Conflict, and Communication bundle offers a handful of articles about working constructively with distress and conflict, as well as a smorgasbord of information about agreements and communication skills that are hallmarks of mature, healthy groups. You don’t have to make it all up from scratch! These pieces showcase some of the best things that intentional communities have to offer the wider culture. This Digital Issue about Agreements, Conflict, and Communication includes: 1. Trust, Connection, and Clear Agreements (including Wild Sage Cohousing’s Conflict Resolution Process, Shari Leach) Diana Leafe Christian, #128 2. When Some of Us Don’t Support an Existing Agreement by Beatrice Briggs, Laird Schaub,Tree Bressen, Caroline Estes, Karl Steyaert, #134 3. Problem Solving in Community: How a Group Addresses Issues Says a Lot about Its Cohesion . . . and Vice Versa Laird Schaub, #146 4. How Collaboration Falls Short:With Hints About How to Help It Go Long by Laird Schaub, #144 5. Conflict,Terrorism & Humility: The Cooperator’s Response Laird Schaub, #113 6. Ruth” or Consequences: Defining Tough Love for Groups Laird Schaub, #132 7. Once More With Feeling: Conflict as an Opportunity for Harnessing Emotional Energy by Laird Sandhill, Directory 2000 8. Working on Your Issues with Someone (Whether or Not They Join In) by Tree Bressen, #124 9. Nonviolent Communication: Transforming Conflict and Enhancing Connection by Miki Kashtan, #104 10. AAA for the Heart: Sometimes You Need a Map to Navigate Emotional Territory by Laird Schaub, #117 11. The Tao of Speaking & Listening Scott Shuker, #104 12. But Seriously Folks…When to Take a Joke and When to Give One by Laird Schaub, #113 13. Living ‘Naka-Ima’ at Lost Valley Larry Kaplowitz, #104 14. Using Email for Community-Wide Conversations? A Few Words of Caution . . . by Laird Schaub, #125 15. “No, It’s Not a Cult”: Relating to Your Family When You Live in Community by Mariana Caplan, #96

Best of Communities: VI. Agreements, Conflict, and Communication

Kashtan, Miki

Christian, Diana Leafe

Kaplowitz, Larry

Steyaert, Karl

Shuker, Scott

The spiritual journey is perhaps the most personal experience of our lives—but does that mean we have to go it alone? With The Guru Question, award-winning author Mariana Caplan brings you a unique and much-needed guide for deciding whether you need a dedicated mentor to help illuminate your path to awakening—and if so, how to navigate the deep complexities of the guru-disciple relationship.
For those seeking a teacher worthy of their trust and devotion, or anyone who has been frustrated by their experiences with a spiritual teacher, Caplan offers a candid, practical, and daringly personal examination of the student-teacher dynamic, including:
<ul>
<li>Are you ready to be a student? If and when you should consider making a commitment to a spiritual teacher</li>
<li>The path of the conscious learner—how to retain your power and autonomy while accepting a mentor's authority</li>
<li>Tips for the wounded seeker—the valuable lessons we learn from our encounters with false teachers</li>
<li>Spiritual scandals and predatory gurus—guidance for avoiding the inherent pitfalls in the student-teacher relationship</li>
<li>How to recognize the inner light of divinity as it manifests in the imperfect human guise of your teacher—and yourself</li>
</ul>
In a time when a distrust of authority has been proven to be a healthy trait, we tend to be justifiably suspicious of those who present themselves as gurus and spiritual masters. Drawing upon her knowledge as both a scholar of mysticism and lifelong practitioner of spiritual traditions, Mariana Caplan helps readers develop the discernment that is crucial when seeking an authentic teacher—and reveals the immeasurable rewards that can come from having a trustworthy guide on the spiritual path.

SOUNDS TRUE.

Has yoga improved your health and expanded your awareness—but emotional and relationship issues continue to challenge you? Or have you found psychotherapy helpful . . . yet you yearn for further spiritual discovery? With Yoga &amp; Psyche, Mariana Caplan invites you to explore these two profound domains of transformation and learn how they so effectively complement each other. In this compelling guide—rich with original research, clinical findings, Dr. Caplan's own personal experiences, and many direct, hands-on practices—she takes you on an in-depth exploration of this emerging terrain. Along the way, you are invited to become a participant in the evolution of this emergent field. Using the core principles and practices of trauma healing, yoga therapy, somatics and somatic therapies, depth psychology, and neuroscience—seamlessly combined with yoga postures, breathwork, meditation, and visualization—Yoga &amp; Psyche will help you to: • Apply the insights of psychology in a practical way to your own yoga practice, teaching, professional work, and personal life • Discover how to use psychological inquiry to amplify yoga—turning it into a powerfully effective "free therapy on the mat" • Delve into the many emotional layers of asana and yoga practice for trauma healing and recovery • Experience step-by-step exercises to transform your yoga practice and experience greater calm, clarity, and emotional well-being Yoga &amp; Psyche is emerging as a go-to reference guide to the joining of these two fields, now being adopted in yoga and somatic teacher training programs and university psychology classes nationwide. If you're seeking healing, transformation, and greater moments of daily joy and fulfillment—or want to help others do so—this comprehensive guide provides the compassionate, practical, and groundbreaking guidance you need.

Yoga & Psyche

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Exercise & Fitness

Sounds True Adult

In this straight-talking, inspirational view of failure, Marianna Caplan unmasks it for what it really is: She tells us how to meet failure on its own field, how to learn its twists and turns, its illusions and its realities. Only then, she advises, is one equipped to engage failure as a means of ultimate winning, and in a way that far exceeds our culturally-defined visions of success. This book offers a direct means of using failure for: profound self-understanding; increased compassion for self and others; significant spiritual development. Instead of speaking to where we should be, this book looks to our lives as they are now, realistically -- since everybody has experienced failure in big or small ways at some time or another in life. The book deals with a subject most people consider negative or depressing, but it is actually highly inspirational, giving us permission to find joy and contentment within failure.

The Way of Failure: Winning Through Losing

Motivational

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