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"Dear Terra, I am entirely grateful to you. We met briefly a few months ago at a women's circle you led. It was my first meeting of this kind - and I am so glad to have attended. You led a very empowering meditation about healing the womb, bringing in light, clearing womb/heart distress of any sort due to experiences from the past- and being honest and open about our abortions too. It was when you mentioned something about "honoring our womb experiences, and the brief time spent together with a 'potential' prior to miscarriage or abortion that part had a lot of significance for me personally--what we felt before having an abortion--that was when my emotions were penetrated on a very deep level.

I realized I had not allowed myself to honor this important time so many years ago, it was my second unplanned pregnancy you see - and I did not give myself that kindness the second time around.  Perhaps I was too disappointed to be finding myself in the situation again, or it was too painful to acknowledge the sadness fully a second time.  And then during the meditation you led, I suddenly felt a wave of sadness for not having been more generous, kind and attentive with this little soul.  Clearly, the spirit deserved more than I had been able to give at that time.

I burst into tears and left the room for a few minutes.  You were very kind, and helped me get grounded again - through strong, kind, affirmative touch.  After this unexpected, intense experience I clearly felt "something had opened up" and that "some powerful space had been created." As it turns out, I conceived a few days later (after several months of trying), and am now 9 weeks pregnant!

Though I just met you briefly, Terra, I am profoundly grateful for your gifts - as a spiritual guide and healer.  It amazes me that I was able to go so deeply into the meditation after just meeting you, it speaks to your talents. You are an incredibly gifted and powerful woman, and I am thankful our paths crossed.  And I am thankful you do the work that you do, bringing so much goodness into the world.

With much love, admiration, respect & gratitude." - Karla

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'"Dear Terra, it is a full week and I have not binged!!  I remembered what you said about food and all the connections in my life and the emotional insights we uncovered in my sessions. I went to grab a huge pomegranate recently, instead of the candy I ususally go for--I got home, sat down, lit some candles, and jrelaxed. I was able to calm myself down, got my courage back, and made myself a cup of tea. I did it! I broke the vicious circle. I don't have the urge to binge, stuff it all down out of fear to let things come up. Thank you.''- VV

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"It is my pleasure to write on behalf of Terra Wise, whom I have known for more than a decade. I am a psychiatrist, teacher and author, and one of the founders of transpersonal psychology. I was founding president of the International Transpersonal Association, and am currently an adjunct faculty member of the California Institute of Integral Studies. Terra Wise has presented her work at conferences of the ITA, both here and abroad. Her background and training in an extraordinary variety of psychotherapeutic disciplines and indigenous healing traditions has made her a unique source of insight and support for women undergoing periods of deep personal transformation. As a therapist she brings to her work a remarkable capacity for intuitive insight and empathic sensitivity. Her non-judgmental compassion plays an important role in her ability to support women of all ages in their journeys of healing. She also has a rich knowledge of the mythic and archetypal dimensions of women's experience, a knowledge grounded in long study but also, more importantly, in direct personal experience. She is an effective teacher and speaker, with her lectures regularly drawing enthusiastic responses from audiences enriched by her perspectives and moved by her special spirit. Our world today is deeply in need of teachers and healers who bring a more spiritually informed view to the whole human being, body and soul. Many women in our time are being required by their own inner development as well as by the pressures of our collective life and the evolution of our society to cross very challenging thresholds of transformation. I believe Terra Wise's work is of unique relevance in supporting women as they undergo this critical task on behalf of all of us." - Stanislav Grof, M.D.

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I have known Terra Wise for a number of years and have had the privilege to participate in group process with her and experience her work as a facilitator. Terra has the ability to transcend rigid thinking when responding to a range of concerns. When working with dreams for example, where traditionalists might see one predictable interpretation of an issue that a person is facing, Terra has a refreshing and integral way of significantly and surprisingly expanding ones way of thinking rather than shutting it down--a real art. Terra brings a rich blend of diverse experience to her work with women. Her professional skills, sensitivity, and compassion combine with her training in shamanic/intertribal teachings, embodied arts, transpersonal psychology, and more, allowing her to truly blend her holistic perspective into one that fully embraces that of mind, body and spirit. I would highly recommend Terra as a teacher/facilitator for a workshop or course at any institute of education.
~ Dr. Jane Hart, M.D..

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"Many people today are feeling a sense of personal urgency and planetary concern, with this in mind I believe Terra's practical and wise guidance is a timely blessing for us all. She contributes powerfully as a leader bringing focus, knowledge, and compassion to each moment of an individual session and in her brilliant group work. The experience created by Terra and the valuable tools she teaches changes lives. Any organization would benefit immediately from a program with Terra. I am thankful for her presence." - Cris Beaty
Wellness Practitioner, Pacific Palisades, CA

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"I found Terra to be indispensable to the overall success of our dance and fitness program for the Laguna Beach Community. Her many fine qualities include an extremely high level of integrity, good organizational skills, and thorough, conscientious attention to details. Her teaching can be depended upon, she is always unbiased and pleasant when interacting with her students, and would serve as an excellent role model for youths or adults. Terra has continuously implemented creative, playful, and stimulating classes that integrate her valuable physical and spiritual knowledge. It was obvious that she was well respected, trusted, and liked. She would be a great assist and positive influence in any organization."
Suzanne Shaw, Recreation Supervisor
City of Laguna Beach, CA

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''I'd like to thank you for the great session, I felt so good afterwards. I want you to know that the things I share with you I have never felt safe or comfortable to share with anybody else before you. It feels really good to know that I can tell you anything.  I also don't feel I need to hide anything in order to be accepted, does this make sense? Anyway, I just feel so much relief by knowing that we can talk about anything, even the weirdest, creepiest things. Thank you.''- CV

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''Terra about the ritual, I'm so glad to be doing it! I have been thinking and writing so much about our conversation, and the wondeful insights that emerged. I will  have some clear words and intentions to speak when we meet. This feels like a real important step, and even the process of the art work (an important aspect for me as you know), is calling to be done with ritualized focus. I'm so appreciative of your help in this, it's hard to imagine how doing it alone would be anywhere near as powerful.'' -
Sarah

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"Hi Terra. We considered our last appointment with you such a positive step for our marriage, with positive results, that my husband has agreed to see you jointly again - as more big stuff is coming up this week. And I want to tread carefully in a safe environment, which we certainly feel with you. Thanks." - Sara

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"My profound thanks to you for your counsel and guidance. With your help I successfully navigated through a very rough period of my life. Your multi-faceted approach gave me powerful insights into the process of spiritual growth. I found that in my sessions with you, your intuitive abilities to bring in the spiritual philosophy appropriate to my needs sustained me through some very dark times. Your generous spirit creates an environment where someone in pain and confusion can calm down, learn, and grow into her own particular future. I feel blessed to know you." - Barbara K., Orange County, CA

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"It is my pleasure to recommend Terra Wise as an educator and supporter of women on the feminine issue of the womb. I have had the pleasure of knowing Terra for several years as a patient and colleague. I believe we cannot lead others where we are not willing to go ourselves. Terra has traversed the landscape of the feminine heart and is here to share what she has learned. She is totally non-judgmental, and supportive. with a great spark of humor. Terra is insightful, professional, and kind. I would be honored to refer my family, friends, and patients to her for her professional services." - Dr. Rebecca Nystrom, DC