Carol McAnally • Owner of Rhythm of Life

Rhythm of Life is a wellness center devoted to humanity, in all its imperfect perfection. My intention and my purpose, as a teacher and a leader, is to support living a life that is more awake, engaged and meaningful – a life that is less about the limitations and more about the infinite possibilities of being human.

Part of what I offer is my devotion to the body as a source of wisdom, truth and presence. I am passionate about the body’s place in the unfolding journey toward authentic human expression. The body is, after all, a primary aspect of being human! Through movement, breath work, meditation, counseling, courses and workshops, I support the awakening and the direct experience of the body as our unique, very personal, sacred vessel – that is its own source of miraculous engineering, innate intelligence, and deep compassion. In this work, the body is seen as an integral part of spiritual evolution that not only cannot be left out of the equation but must, at times, be allowed to lead the way.

Through our own deep surrender to the body as intelligent, the mind as sacred and the spirit as infinite, we have the capacity to evolve the very core of consciousness, transcend our suffering, and experience a full-on love affair with being human.

It is from this place of heartfelt compassion and exuberance for the human experience as divine, that I offer my services.

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The rest of this information is a more formal synopsis of my training in body centered studies and spiritual and psychological counseling.

Movement & Fitness

• Certified Pilates Instructor • 1997 – 2008
• Certified Yamuna Body Rolling Instructor • 2000 – present
• Certified Gyrotonic Instructor •  2002 – present
• Certified Gyrokinesis Instructor • 2007 – present

Counseling:

• Rebirthing School / Loving Relationship Training (LRT) / Sondra Ray • 1985 -1988
• Multidimensional Research & Expansion / Domain Shift • 1987 – 1988
• One World Life Services • 1987 – 1990
• Transformational Psychology & Spiritual Evolution / Mary Gay Shafer • 1989 – present
• School of Alchemy / Evan Hodkins • 1996 – 2000
• Waking Down / Saniel Bonder & Community • 1998 – 2001

I have been in private practice in Denver, Colorado as an unlicensed psychotherapist since 1991 and am supervised by Dr. David Muller. Integrating and bringing to bear all that I have learned, both in my personal process and in my training, I have counseled hundreds of people.  I have facilitated the clearing of birth trauma and the fear of death through work with AIDS related cases, as well as working with clients and friends in the death and dying process.  Through a number of modalities, I have worked with primal states, pre-natal, perinatal, and past-life phenomenon.  I have worked with dissociative trans-like states and am very sensitive to the power of suggestion and guided imagery.

In addition to my private practice, I have lead several long-term women’s groups, taught classes, co-lead corporations through team-building efforts, facilitated residential spiritual retreats and co-lead international spiritual journeys.