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humor and metaphor to get to the heart of our unchallenged beliefs and our fear-based
interactions. She possessed the freedom to touch, role play, sculpt, use ropes, hugs or
whatever she needed to show people how they experienced in their bodies the constraints
of their rules and the traps of their lives.
Virginia knew the power of questions . . . she always challenged:
Where did you learn that?
Who told you that?
When did you make that decision?
and she countered withYou werent born that way. You have a choice.
She spoke of growth, change, healing-never of cure. And she never lost the
individual in the larger systems they formed.
Demolishing negative myths was always conducted by Virginia with true compassion for the persons carrying the myth.
Through her theory-in-action, Virginia brought people into consciousness and out
of their family trances. She flung open windows and doors to new possibilities by tapping
and releasing new resources within.
Virginia gave herself totally to each situation, using every resource she possessed.
She put information, perspective and self-esteem into each persons hands, and showed
them the work they had to do.
Virginia offered people a choice, a challenge and a path. I will miss her. Her work
and teachings will continue a t the summer Training Institutes a t Crested Butte, Colorado, through people she trained in the Avanta Network.
NOTE
Those who wish to learn more about the training programs offered by the Avanta Network
should write to: 139 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301.
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