The

InnerPower

Workbook______________Life-changing Exercises & MasterKeys for Positive, Radical GrowthAn integral tool for individuals, couples, families and groups______________

Antonia M, PhD

New York

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ISBN 978-0-9717939-3-4Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper.

To Celeste Harper, my first teacher on this path, thankyou for opening my soul. This book is a direct result of

your presence in my life.

To the many masters who have touched my life sincethen, this work and my life have evolved exponentially

through the practice of your teachings. Thank you Seth,Jeff, don Carlos, Jerhoam, Victor Sanchez, Manolo

Cetina, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, don Victor Estrada,the Adept, and my very good friend, Tree.

� Table of Contents �

Author's Note 2

Beginning to Shift Your Inner Flow of Power 3

Inner Power Mapping & the Holistic Approach to Growth 5

Power Journaling for Positive, Radical Growth 7

Overview: 13 Programs for Your InnerPowermentTM 8

How to Use this Workbook & Get Results 17

Program I Your Personal Renaissance 26#1 How does one begin? 28#2 You are the stuff that stars are made of 30#3 You cannot escape 32#4 The center of the Universe 34#5 How will you continue? 36#6 You are likened to a well of water 38#7 Seek the Inner Light 40#8 You are the dreamer and the dreamed 42#9 Action and inaction 44

#10 How long will you tell the story? 46#11 The biggest error made on the quest 48

Program II Harnessing Your Inner Power 50#12 True, lasting power 52#13 With whom will you share? 54#14 You must watch the words you use 56#15 Kindness is its own reward 58#16 What do you think? 60#17 Inner Wisdom and Knowing 62#18 Desire drives us to action 64#19 The story of yourself never ends 66#20 That which has no face 68#21 That which some call God 70#22 How does one begin again? 72

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Program III Your Goal in Life 74#23 Perhaps your goal is to look back 76

Program IV Your Essential Nature 78#24 You are a powerful, magical being 80

Program V Conquering the Mind of Doubt 82#25 In the mind of doubt lies fear 84

Program VI Your Energetic Bottom Line 86#26 Consider for a moment 88#27 It takes energy to make energy 90

Program VII Relationships 92#28 What is a relationship? 94#29 A state of connectedness 96#30 Do not become blind 98#31 The unconscious lover 100#32 If you desire a good relationship 102#33 They say love conquers all 104

Program VIII Diminishing Conflict, Ego & Stress 106#34 Stop 108#35 When the winds of change blow 110#36 There is Who You Are 112#37 An opinion is not the truth 114#38 Suns shine 116#39 Never presume 118#40 Actions speak 120#41 You are never truly alone 122#42 Be not afraid 124#43 If you think, My day will never come 126#44 When inspiration hits 128#45 At any given time 130

Program IX Social Consciousness 132#46 In a society 134

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Program X What Must Be 136#47 Do what must be done 138

Program XI Your Responsibility 140#48 The power of the Universe 142

Program XII Your Desire 144#49 Let not a desire control you 146

Program XIII Your Divine Self-design 148#50 _____________________________ 150

Troubleshooting 152

About the Author 153

InnerPowerment Courses, Workshops & Retreats 154

Index of Workshops by Issue/Topic 155

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� Author’s Note �

This work is dedicated to the enlightenment of Humankind soevery soul might come to see its spiritual brilliance. It was writtenwith the intention to help you embrace your authentic power anduse it consciously to move toward your destiny. The contents rep-resent an important collection of teachings, mystical insights, andguidance acquired during my first twelve years of meditation,spiritual training, and metaphysical study. I share with you thesame guidance that motivated me, inspired me, and impacted mywell-being and spiritual growth. This wisdom has touched me in aprofound way and given me the spiritual energy and substance topave and walk my own path. It can do the same for you.

It can help you to discover your natural power, potential andgifts; know your worth; clarify your values; and live your vision.These are important in maintaining your balance and focus, espe-cially while under stress. When in balance, you are in an empow-ered position to redirect negative energy into self-liberating choic-es. You develop the eyes to see your self-defeating patterns andhow to break your cycles of stagnation and underachievement.

The process you will undergo will equip you to face and breakfree from your fears and self-doubt. It will inspire you to assertyourself in creative, spontaneous ways that are purposeful and ful-filling. As a result, you will more readily summon confidence,courage and strength when you need it. Your new power will helpyou be more decisive, disciplined, resilient, and in control of your-self, your emotions, and your mind. Why? Because you’ll cultivatea new trust and relationship with others and your Innermost Self.

When you stop hiding from yourself and your power, you stopprocrastinating and wasting time. You stop saying “No!” to yourdeepest passions. And you start taking effective action that keepsyou flowing naturally in the right direction—the one in sync withyour inner power. The one that lets you commit to yourself andyour life path with certainty, enthusiasm and unwavering faith.

~Antonia M

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� Beginning to Shift Your Inner Flow of Power �

Who is the person you have the power to be? How willing areyou to let yourself become that? Imagine what it might mean foryou to make a monumental shift and commit to bringing that per-son to life.

Perhaps for you it will mean enjoying the freedom, success, orlove that you’ve been looking for. Perhaps it will mean greaterhappiness and well-being. Or maybe it will mean developing theconfidence, courage or character that you wish you had. Whateverit means for you, the road to mastering self, life and fulfillmentbegins with a personal shift. One that breaks down the internalbarriers that block you from becoming the kind of man, woman,lover, leader, parent, entrepreneur, artist, politician, student,teacher...human being...you intend to be. One that lets you fear-lessly seize opportunities to create a life you’re truly excited aboutliving. This is what the Inner Power Workbook will help you achieve.

Inner power is what makes you come alive and what allowsyou to be fully present in your life. It is organic and radiates fromwithin. It cannot be induced artificially from the outside. To awak-en it, you must first embrace it. Are you living your life like youmean to be more alive and awake each day? Or are you living likeyou’ve gotten as good as you’ll ever get?

Mastering your inner power may seem easier said than done.The road can be littered in some places with personal roadblocks.A roadblock, however, is like a shadow puppet; it’s a distorted pro-jection of something you perceive to be bigger and more powerfulthan it really is because of the light in which you see it and your-self. Change your self-image, change your perception, change yourenergy, and you change the apparent power an obstacle has overyou. Shifting the inner flow of power shifts the path your life takes.

You may not know it (or perhaps you do know it but are reluc-tant to embrace it) but, there is something about you that is bril-liant and awe-inspiring. This “something” is the seed of your suc-cess and prosperity in life. It is the root of the legacy you will cul-tivate and leave behind. When you stop hiding it, judging it, fear-

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� Inner Power Mapping & �

the Holistic Approach to GrowthA holistic approach to growth incorporates the whole person intothe process. A whole person is an integrated system or field ofmental, physical, spiritual, and emotional energies. Each of theseenergies affects all the others because they are actually differentsides of the same coin rather than four separate energies. To createpermanent change in your life, the change must penetrate all fours“sides” of yourself. This is called integration. The change becomesa natural part of who you are, not just a fake skin you try to wear.When it’s natural, every part of you, from your cells to your ideas,resonates with it.

For success to happen, mind, body, spirit and emotions must allbe in harmony with the tune you’re trying to play on the instru-ment called your life. If any one of them is off key, the tune fallsflat, despite your having played the right notes. If you’ve everfound yourself doing all the right things but getting all the wrongresults, then something within you is out of tune. The Inner PowerMapping TechniqueTM aids the internal tuning process, allowingyou to quickly pinpoint your most discordant energies in a situa-tion and harmonize them. Because the technique taps the creativemind, it minimizes the mental strain usually associated with thiskind of work and turns it into an engaging, dynamic process. It isalso an invaluable technique for those who have difficulty express-ing themselves.

Many people take a one-sided approach to balancing their per-sonal and professional lives. They focus primarily on the psycho-logical, intellectual or material aspect of a problem. Their results,therefore, tend to be lopsided and impermanent. A problem mayappear to have been resolved, but then it suddenly resurfaces.Perhaps in a slightly different form or perhaps in some other lifearea. Why? Because only the outer symptoms were treated. Theunderlying problem (which may be the root of several seeminglyunrelated difficulties) is a deeper issue that was never addressed.

By using the map, you can more accurately assess your energy

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� Overview: 13 Programs for Your InnerPowermentTM �

The foundation of every journey is its beginning. Did you start atthe “Beginning...” (page 3) or did you skip it? Did you skimthrough it quickly without paying close attention to the messageor did you take it to heart? How many false starts have you expe-rienced in your life because you bypassed the crucial beginningstages or lacked a fundamental piece of knowledge that wouldhave made all the difference? Getting off to a proper start is thefirst step in this process.

“Beginning to Shift Your Inner Flow of Power” prepares yourmind for the work you are about to do in this workbook, and themetamorphosis you will undergo. Like a first impression, the firststep can influence the entire course of events that follows. If you’vebypassed the “Beginning...” of this workbook, if you’ve bypassedthe beginning of anything else in your life recently or have gottenoff to a rocky start, then begin again on the right foot. Build a prop-er foundation.

The Inner Power Workbook takes you through a series of thirteenInnerPowermentTM programs that help you exercise your innerpower. Each reveals a master key to help you develop, alchemizeand align the many aspects of your life simultaneously.

Program I: “Your Personal Renaissance”(Workshop #s 1 - 11)

Can you distinguish your authentic self from your “scripted”self? Your scripted self is the you that thinks, says, feels, and doeseverything it’s been conditioned to. It never deviates from thescript—not even to experience fulfillment. When people say, “Sotell me about yourself,” your scripted self is who you talk aboutwhen you tell your story. Maybe the story starts with what you dofor a living or the kind of family you come from. Whatever thedetails, the more of them people know, the more they think theyknow you. But the story of yourself and the authentic reality ofyourself are two completely different things. Very few people

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know themselves outside of the story they tell. Your initiation into authenticity and inner power begins with

“Your Personal Renaissance,” which can produce significant lifeshifts that compel you to get to know yourself outside of yourstory. It is only by moving beyond the script of your life story thatyou are free to move toward your destiny.

Program II: “Harnessing Your Inner Power”(Workshop #s 12 - 22)

By whatever name you call it, inner power is the creative forcebehind every big and little thing in your experience. Inner poweris as much about the power itself as it is about your connection toit—and your wisdom about it. The quality and clarity of your rela-tionship with inner power are reflected in the quality and clarity ofyour life. Like a battery, whenever inner power is allowed to rundown, the aspect of your life that was energized by it begins to rundown also. If you are not sensitive to the flow (or non-flow) ofinner power, you may mistakenly believe that to get things hap-pening again is just a matter of trying harder. How often and forhow long have you already tried harder with little or no result?

Power is often equated with "brute force." We lay it on thickwhen we want to force a change. The appropriate use of innerpower, however, is often little more than a soft but focused nudgeto influence things to flow in the desired direction. But it’s the inter-nal flow of power that controls the direction of your life. To changeanything in your life, you must change your energy first. You needthe right battery for the job, enough available energy to make thechange, a clear channel through which to conduct the power, youmust place the battery in the right position, and then flip the switchto ON. That's what “Harnessing Your Inner Power” is all about.

Program III: “Your Goal in Life”(Workshop #23)

“What were you thinking?” Have you ever asked anyone that?Has anyone ever asked you that in the wake of some disaster thatcould have been foreseen and avoided? Right now there are mil-

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� How to Use this Workbook & Get Results �

Each of the programs in the Inner Power Workbook consists ofone or more workshops that take you through an accelerated,holistic process to master and manifest your power and potential.As a result, you’re able to grow and direct your life in new ways.You may either take programs and workshops in the order pre-sented, or you can choose them according to the issue or growthobjective you’re working with. The index at the back of the booklists a number of topics along with the corresponding workshop(s)that will help you develop power in that area.

SPECIAL NOTE FOR TEAMS, GROUPS, and COUPLES:Team members and couples should work collaboratively on eachworkshop. Individual members may supplement their teamefforts with personal inner power work to help deal with anyinternal issues that arise during the team process. Groups in whichmembers are supporting each other rather than working as a teamwill find it effective to either a) focus on the same issue, whileallowing members to pick the workshop that best addresses thatissue for them, or b) progress through the workshops in unison.

Each workshop consists of five activities that prepare you tomake the self adjustment or life adjustment that will propel youtoward your greatest possible success:

1. Contemplate the program overview and master key.

2. Do the exercise.

3. Use the Inner Power MapTM to assess, balance, and alchemizeyour negative attitudes, energies, and patterns.

4. Write or draw in the journal space to reflect and explore.

5. Complete the self-mastery worksheet.

The instructions on the following page describe how to use eachactivity for maximum benefit. Be sure you’ve read “Inner PowerMapping and the Holistic Approach to Growth” before continuing.

� About the Author �

Holding a doctorate in metaphysics and pursuing a second inmetaphysical psychology, “The Inner Power Doctor,” Antonia M,PhD is a spiritual health professional, holistic program consultantand master metaphysician. Dr. M’s work draws on a unique blendof eastern, western and indigenous teachings and techniques,including energy medicine and the martial arts. With a focus onspiritual awakening, development and rehabilitation, she hashelped an international audience of adults and youth to breakthrough their walls and experience positive, radical growth.

For nearly 15 years, Dr. M has developed and facilitated person-alized programs for individuals, couples, families, and groups. Shealso provides holistic staff and leadership development training,including wellness, work/life balance, and spirituality in the work-place programs. Dr. M created the International MeditationInstructor's Training & Certification program for the Inner LifeSociety in 2007. One of the first producers of metaphysical andholistic Internet talk radio and e-learning in the 90s, Dr. M contin-ues to offer online programs, as well as develop interactive eventsfor live audiences. She tours, speaks and creates unique content forholistic educational programs.

Featured Talks & Titles by Dr. M

Learn more at www.AntoniaM.com

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Tapping Your Power

The Best You Can

Purpose & Destiny Workshop

7 Spiritual Necessities forChanging Times

Stress & Work/Life Balance

Letting Go of the Struggle

Your Potential is Boundless

Healing Pain, Grief & the Past

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� InnerPowermentTM Courses, Workshops & Retreats �

What change to do you want to make most in your life, home,business, community, or yourself? InnerPowementTM programs helpyou make major breakthroughs and stimulate growth for yourselfand with your partner, family, or group. These interactive events areindispensible tools for individuals as well leaders, parents, mentors,coaches and others. Bring InnerpowermentTM into your inner circle toimprove relationships, attitudes, effectiveness and success.

The Breakthrough SessionGet hands-on experience with Dr. M using the Inner PowerMap™ to resolve your specific challenge or conflict. The ses-sion helps you “recalibrate” the energy at the core of the issue.

InnerPowermentTM Retreat & Workshop Series Tap new aspects of inner power for self-mastery, growthand development. Events are tailored to your specific audi-ence and growth objectives, and compliment the workbook.

Inner Power CircleLaunch a turnkey holistic empowerment program. Simplyorganize a group of two or more for ongoing practice andsupport with the Inner Power Workbook. Use as a stand-aloneor supplemental program in your organization/community.

Inner Power ClinicDiagnose, study and treat the inner power issues that areproving most difficult to resolve. This special program is forgroups or communities working regularly with inner power.

Inner Power e-CoursesAchieve more profound results sooner through interactiveonline courses with the author, Dr. M. Access your work-book, journal, Inner Power Map and other resources online.

For more information, visit www.InnerPowerment.com

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Assessmentchoices, #23energy, #27potential, #21self-image, #6

Autobiography, #22

Cause and effectof life events, #9on others, #19in relationships, #26

Changemaking, #47resistance to, #35

Collaboration, #18Communication

asking, #42being clear, #40conflict, #s 37, 40, 45

Community, #s 8, 41, 46Confidence, #s 7, 12, 25, 36,

44, 48

Desire, #49Doubt

greatest, #25second-guessing, #44

Emotionsaloneness, #s 15, 33, 41anger, #38confusion, #47disconnected, #s 24, 41down, #s 22, 27

Emotions (continued)fear, #5frustration, #23hurt, #38interaction, #26negativity, #45reaction, #37

Focus, see AssessmentForgiveness, #38

Gifts, see Talents/SkillsIntention, #49

Judgement, #s 14, 37, 39, 45

Kindness, #15

Leadership, #s 8, 24, 46, 49, Life

achievement, #11autobiography, #22balance, #s 23, 26, 27, 37hopes for, #1messes in, #3peace, #23

Manifestation, #s 18, 50Mind/Thoughts

attention, #16presence of, #10

Mingling, #39

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Negativitygossip, #14reactions, #37thinking, #45

Personal Power, #s 4, 12, 42Philosophy, #20Potential, #21Preparedness, #43Purpose/Direction, #s 1, 50

Relationshipscause and effect, #26closeness, #13contributions, #32glorious moment, #28ideals, #30mending, #31rise in, #33as self-reflection, #29with universe, #24

Responsibility, #s 3, 19, 48

Self-esteem, see ConfidenceSelf-image

assessment, #6assets, #4autobiography, #22

Self-sabotage, #48(see also Doubt)

Self-trust, #44Service (see also Community)

anonymous acts, #15nurturing, #33mentoring, #41volunteering, #41

Spontaneity, #17Stress, #s 27, 34, 35, 37, 45, 48Success, #s 11, 18, 47

Talents/Skillsdevelopment of, #7lost, #36natural, #12sharing, #8

Time & Energy Management#s 2, 10, 16, 26, 27

Volunteering, see ServiceWellness, #s 27, 34

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Empowerment/Personal Growth/Spirituality/Journal Writing

This is not just a book. This is a dare. Should you choose toaccept it, you run the risk of embracing your greatness.

If the life you envision is not the life you are living, the Inner PowerWorkbook is your opportunity to change that. This book revealssome of the most essential wisdom every human being shouldpossess to close the gap between who you think you are and whoyou have the power to be.

A holistic empowerment program in a book, the Inner PowerWorkbook is dynamic and interactive. It introduces you to severalpersonal development techniques, including power journalingand Inner Power MappingTM, that help you transcend challenges;create positive, radical change; and accelerate growth in your life.The book contains fifty workshops that connect you with differentaspects of your path, power, and purpose. The book’s uniqueapproach empowers you to make major breakthroughs in yourpersonal, professional and spiritual life. The exercises and masterkeys reveal fundamental holistic principles and metaphysicalstrategies for breaking down your barriers while building yourselfup. This book is an invaluable tool for strengthening teams, com-munities, families, relationships, and body-mind-spirit awareness.

“The Inner Power Doctor,” Antonia M, PhD holdsa doctorate in metaphysics and is pursuing a sec-ond in metaphysical psychology. A spiritual healthprofessional and holistic program consultant, Dr.M draws upon a unique blend of eastern, western,and indigenous teachings and techniques, includ-ing energy medicine and the martial arts. She has

been developing custom growth and spiritual rehabilitation pro-grams for a diverse audience of adults and youth for nearly 15 years.

Learn more and take courses at www.InnerPowerment.com

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