White Bird: ALCHEMY of FRIEND I NOVEL with SELF-HELP TECHNIQUE

By Ellen Stone

I-Novel (autobiography/fiction) exposes evocative emotions in an exchange between friends, integrating art and yoga. Self-help technique offers guided process for transformation. A bump to the head resulted in death of Maura, a friend from adolescence. Although the fall was sudden, the depression and mental anguish leading up to her passing, spanned years. The trauma ignited an explosion in the psyche of Psycho Social Art Consultant, Ellen Stone. Ironically, the attempt to assimilate the magnitude of loss of Maura, an old friend collided with unraveling strands with Tamara, a present friend. Questions flooded her sensibility in relation to individual issues and interpersonal relations. Was our psychological make-up genetic and therefore static? Did the impact of our family environment forge impenetrable branding? What was our capacity to re-wire? Do thoughts come from our heart or our head? Are they different kinds of ideas? Are our compulsive impulses transferred from our mind to our behavior? As if waking from a deep sleep, Stone's fascination, respect and appreciation for themystery of friend mixed with a desire to take the mystery out of psychology principals. Mental chaos has been documented as part of the human condition since the time of Buddha. Yet, a forum to talk about these feelings is absent from present society. Art, health, wealth, nature and yoga emerge as intersecting threads. Passion, brain, balance and transformation surface as refrains. Email format unfolded as a foundation of book, exhibiting the intimacy of social media, unique to digital expression. Momentum builds as multi-faceted themes unfurl a narrative relevant to contemporary culture. Developing bonds between Tamara and Ellen are vividly portrayed as boundaries open between self and other. Conversations between the two friends reveal a spectrum of personal realities from fear, anxiety, self-esteem and depression to search for purpose and connection. A painterly writing style composes visual images of the elements of friend. Immersion illuminates insight to their dynamic sharing of dreams, ecstasy, love and laughter until... a new phase descends and Stone encounters an emotional wall. WHITE BIRD, as technique evolved in response to Stone facing her psychological block. Addressing the chatter, we as humans hear in our heads, the method offers an alternative to the isolation of individual silent screaming, with the interpretation, 'Crazy is a Part of Normal'. Byfollowing her simple Guided Process, we can make conscious adjustments to our flux of hormones and automatic reactions. The function, accessible at will operates like a metabolic switch, instilling a restorative daily proactive practice. WHITE BIRD, as book offers reader choice, to put self on dance card. Turning the pages crosses borders inviting participation. The template acts as catalyst to cultivate consciousness between mind body spirit. The shift in perspective establishes option of individual to effect alignment of systems. The resulting matrix presents possibility, to create an art of change or perhaps, to reconnect with an existing elemental capacity of primal self, an archetype for psyche wellness. Through a buoyant choreography of words, weighty issues of individual identity and interpersonal vulnerability resonate a sensation, of link to 'still point'. WHITE BIRD, as modern Pigeon Post introduces a network for human communication. Message transmits psychological limitation and potential creation as organic ratio, motivating reader to, embrace eruptions as space for new beginnings, develop connections with objective ego and interpret psyche spiraling as symbol of inner compass, seeking fresh gravitational points, relevant to the current 'wonder of you'. In seeking to distill the ALCHEMY of FRIEND, the I-Novel is a celebration of the magic.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0692655425
• ISBN13: 9780692655429
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Ellen Stone
• Length: 454 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.1" x 6.0"