In recent years, the recognition of the importance of the spiritual in our everyday lives continues to reach important heights. Some are no longer able to set aside the value and recognition that spiritual practice has in transmuting and transforming the human struggle and condition that is thoroughly part of our lives until it is carefully unwoven, thread by thread, with presence, with compassion, with balance, and with mindfulness. 

For those who find themselves recognizing the necessity of spiritual work as an inextricable part of the psychological work, I offer the information below as a way to illuminate some of the supportive energies at work when spirituality becomes part of the therapy process.

Yoga, Meditation & Spiritual Inquiry

After taking my first yoga and meditation class at age 18, I was profoundly affected by the power of these practices to assist in the development of ‘just being.’ In this busy culture we are rewarded and praised for production, result and for doing and doing and doing more! It’s no wonder that we can suffer from feeling inadequate or not enough. It is in this true place of ‘being with’ that opens up a tremendous inner world with so many of the answers, reflections, awareness, insights, and compassion that we may have been earnestly seeking but not found.

My explorations and studies of the various meditations traditions have taken me on a continuous journey through the worlds of Zen, Vipassana, and Tibetan Buddhism in addition to the Bhakti & Devotional Practices of the Hindu traditions. I have also been guided by the self inquiry, process, and being work of A.H. Almaas, Byron Katie, & Eckhart Tolle to name a few. I am also a Registered Yoga Teacher and although I don’t teach classes currently, incorporation of yogic principles, practices, and wisdom has a place in my practice & workshops when it is called for. I have taught meditation classes for teens and adults at a number of different settings in the Bay Area since 1994.

For many people already engaged with an ongoing spiritual practice of any kind, working with a practitioner who can support the integration of spiritual and psychological work becomes essential and inseparable. To be able to sit in the space together with whatever arises, and to whole heartedly listen to & through it, to open up to truly feeling it and to see what comes from that becomes an important spiritual and mindfulness tool that has many benefits. Our work together will continue to cultivate the psychic and spiritual muscle through both the meditative and therapeutic process that grows with your spiritual or religious practice. 

Nature, Wilderness & Indigenous Wisdom

For most of my life, I have been surrounded and been fortunate to live in environments where there is tremendous landscape and beauty of many kinds: the mystical hills of foggy Scotland, the desert and mountains of California, the busy San Francisco, the majesty of Inverness, West Marin and the rolling hills and pasture lands of Sonoma County. Every environment has its own unique teachings, offerings, and wildlife. I have spent much time quietly listening to the drumbeat of the earth, the prayers for the healing of the planet, and the call for a greater level of listening to the ancestors & to the unlearned tragedies of our times, so that a greater change can come through not only me but through my work with others as well. I continue to learn tremendously through this medium, and welcome all who have a particular affinity for transformation by tuning into these realms of information to not worry that their particular or perhaps more ancient or natural-wild-wisdom ways of knowing will not be known how to be held, which might be more common with a traditional therapist. On the contrary, they will be welcomed, embraced, and invited to speak from that deep place, with invitation, encouragement, and recognition for what they truly are.

Astrological Consultation

"Astrology is actually an ancient science that predates both astronomy and psychology. Studied and used throughout the world for thousands of years, Astrology is the study of the interactions among the Stars and the Planets, based on intricate mathematical cycles. The earliest known astrological records date back to Babylon, 1645 BC, and the earliest horoscope to 410 BC. Astrology's origins can also be traced to several other locations and cultures, including Egypt, which developed sophisticated timekeeping and calendar science; Greece, where Ptolemy authored influential astrological and astronomical texts; and Rome, where many of the most learned men-including two emperors-were astrologers who wrote laws and counseled citizens based on the Stars.”*

About Your Reading…

• Together we will feel our way into your unique planetary and archetypal cosmology, revealing profound information directly into the heart and nature of your very own soul journey, many times answering important questions you may not have even known you even had.



• Natural talents and gifts are revealed through clarification of your personality issues and both current and destined evolutionary patterns. Fears and challenged parts of the personality are illuminated as creative gateways; The path to releasing the unrealized potential of your inherent strengths is unlocked and revealed. 



• Weaving together mythological stories, sacred geometry, and the elements inherent in the mind, body, heart, spirit circle and continuum, your personalized reading will be interesting, engaging, deep, and enjoyable. You will come away with a deeper and more intricate experience of feeling received and attuned to, and additionally you will obtain practical, pragmatic, and useful tools to continue the development of major themes articulated and delivered during the reading.



• Once I receive your birth chart information (full name, full date and city of birth, state & country of birth, and exact birth-time), you will be contacted to schedule the reading for one month from that time. All readings are professionally recorded and delivered on CD to enhance your continued utilization of this valuable information. Current and former clients have found this extremely useful and valuable.



• Readings are available either in person or by telephone.



• Consider a gift certificate for your next gift to a friend, colleague, partner, or family member. Please click here to initiate a reading. All readings are confidential.

Testimonial

"I was absolutely BLOWN AWAY by my Soul astrology reading with Joanna Intara Zim. The immensity of her knowledge in the area of astrology is phenomenal! She sees each person as unique and respects deeply the beautiful gift each individual has to offer.

The brilliance and intuition Joanna brings to her astrology readings makes her capable of exploring each chart at a depth that most astrologers will never get to. I have worked with numerous people in the past - all very capable, but Joanna Intara Zim's readings belong in a category all their own. My reading has brought me great peace because now I know I am on the right track for my souls journey....my Soul Purpose.. Being able to see the "bigger picture" allows me to focus my energy where it make the most difference in my life. Goddess has blessed us with Joanna Intara Zim. "

-- Laura Leon Jenkis

*partially adapted from www.astrology.com

 

Joanna Intara Zim, M.A.
email: joanna@joannaintarazim.org
San Francisco Office - 2282 Union Street San Francisco, CA ~ 415.923.0481
Sonoma Office - 24 Western Avenue, Suite 313, Petaluma, CA 94952 ~ 707.781.9231