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"Something new is stirring in our midst. Each day, more and more of us are awakening to a calling to participate in the great work of consciously evolving ourselves and our world." - Craig Hamilton

It is only by loving and accepting ourselves exactly as we are in this moment – and by allowing ourselves to know, feel, accept and receive life’s love for us, as we are --  that we make change  possible.  No matter who, what or how we are, we are infinitely lovable and absolutely worthy -- and our natural state, like the natural state of all living organisms, is a state of growth toward even fuller expression of ourselves. - Ruth L. Schwartz

[In a state of] maturity and mastery of the physical plane…we have ideally developed a healthy conscience and concern for others. We are motivated by a desire to give back to the world, offering the skills we have developed and the wisdom we have gained. We understand and work within the limitations of physicality; we shape matter in service of spirit, stewarding rather than dominating, sharing rather than hoarding. We look inwardly for guidance. We walk our talk. There is no split between who we are and what we do. – Stephanie Austin

To create, or organize, material energy, or truth, or beauty… we must learn continually to jettison the form which our labor or art or thought first took, and go in search of new forms. Over and over again we must go beyond ourselves, tear ourselves away from ourselves, leaving behind us our most cherished beginnings. -Teilhard de Chardin

 "The next thing you do could change the world." - Refrigerator Magnet

 

"Something new is stirring in our midst. Each day, more and more of us are awakening to a calling to participate in the great work of consciously evolving ourselves and our world." - Craig Hamilton

It is only by loving and accepting ourselves exactly as we are in this moment – and by allowing ourselves to know, feel, accept and receive life’s love for us, as we are --  that we make change  possible.  No matter who, what or how we are, we are infinitely lovable and absolutely worthy -- and our natural state, like the natural state of all living organisms, is a state of growth toward even fuller expression of ourselves. - Ruth L. Schwartz

[In a state of] maturity and mastery of the physical plane…we have ideally developed a healthy conscience and concern for others. We are motivated by a desire to give back to the world, offering the skills we have developed and the wisdom we have gained. We understand and work within the limitations of physicality; we shape matter in service of spirit, stewarding rather than dominating, sharing rather than hoarding. We look inwardly for guidance. We walk our talk. There is no split between who we are and what we do. – Stephanie Austin

"The next thing you do could change the world." - Refrigerator Magnet

Ruth L. Schwartz  

is a lifelong explorer of consciousness, creativity and healing. She holds a Ph.D. in Transpersonal Psychology, is a Board-certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, and has extensive training in shamanism, energy medicine,  Inner Relationship Focusing, and other psychological, spiritual and healing modalities. Developer of HeartMind Integration, Ruth mentors, teaches, and offers coaching and healing sessions worldwide.

Ruth also holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing, and has published four award-winning books of poems: Dear Good Naked Morning, winner of the Autumn House Press Poetry Prize; Edgewater, winner of the National Poetry Series; Singular Bodies, winner of the Anhinga Press Poetry Prize; and Accordion Breathing and Dancing,winner of the Associated Writing Programs competition. Her fifth book of poems, Miraculum, will be released by Autumn House Press in 2012.  A memoir, Death in Reverse: A Love Story, was published by Michigan State University Press. 
 
Ruth's many literary honors and awards include fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ohio Arts Council, and the Astraea Foundation; two Nimrod/Pablo Neruda prizes; two first-place prizes in the Chelsea Magazine poetry competition; a New Letters literary award; and a Prairie Schooner Editor's Choice award. Her poems and essays have appeared in The Sun, The Utne Reader, over fifty literary magazines, and more than twenty anthologies, including Joyful Noise: An Anthology of American Spiritual Poetry, Under the Rock Umbrella: Contemporary American Poets 1951-1977, American Life in Poetry, The Autumn House Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry, Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry, New Young American Poets, American Poetry: Next Generation, and The Poet’s Companion. 
 
Ruth has taught Creative Writing and Literature at Cleveland State University, California State University-Fresno, Goddard College, Mills College, California College of the Arts, the Antioch Writer's Workshop, and elsewhere. She currently serves as a Distinguished Visiting Writer in the low-residency M.F.A. Program at Ashland University.  Her previous work experience includes eight years as an AIDS and cancer educator, including overseas consulting in St. Lucia (Caribbean) and Swaziland (Africa.)  Ruth is also fluent in Spanish.