Spiritual exercises, prayer, meditation, study groups, spiritual retreats, Labyrinth walks, mentoring, and life coaching are some of the ways to deepen our Divine Relationship with the God of Love.

My ministry is devoted to inviting others to understand and to embrace the Spiritual Truth that God is Love and God is Light and that we are all created in the image and likeness of God…all women andall men…and to spread the Good News that God is WITHIN our hearts…ever Present.

To that end I enjoy facilitating retreats and study groups, as well as offering seminars and lectures on a variety of topics. My ministry includes relationship counseling, performing marriage ceremonies, officiating at memorial services, and speaking at various churches on my favorite scripture, “The Beatitudes.”

To quote one of my beloved spiritual mentors and cherished friend, Rev. Dr. Bob Estling, Senior Minister and Founder of the Seraphim Center in Gainesville, Florida: “The Good News is…there is ONLY Good News.”

Sessions can be held in person and/or via telephone & email communications.

For example, cultures that support aging as a positive development associated with increased wisdom and abilities have higher numbers of centenarians living healthier lives than cultures that view aging as a process of increased deterioration.

In Biocognitive theory, individuals are seen as an inseparable living field of mind, body and historical culture in constant search for meaning. These fields define the known as inclusive and the unknown as foreign. The fields (cultural beliefs) are contained within horizons that set off alarms when confronted with unknown or contradictory situations. The bioethical codes (rules of conduct) that are assimilated from the historical culture, along with our biological foundation, coauthor how we respond to novelty in our internal and external worlds with reactions that range from curiosity to panic.

Dr. Martinez argues, in Biocognitive theory, that current mechanical models of the life sciences study disease by reducing the body to “pathological parts”. He proposes that the healing process must include the historical culture that molds the mind-body expression of health and illness.

Biocognitive theory combines research in modern cognitive science and medical anthropology with ancient Tibetan psychology to view and treat the processes of aging, health and illness as dynamic bioinformational fields that cannot be reduced to their cognitive, biological or cultural components.

Workshops and Lectures

Workshops, seminars and courses are conducted in the United States, Europe and South America, for the general public and professional organizations. The training is presented in English or Spanish, and it qualifies in the United States for continuing education credits for most professions in the healing arts.

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