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Tanis Helliwell

Tanis Helliwell an author, public speaker, seminar and meditation leader. She is a mystic known for bringing spiritual consciousness into the mainstream. Born:	October 20, 1947 (age 67) Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Occupation:	Author, Public speaker, Seminar and meditation leader

Genres:	Self-help, Spiritual transformation

Notable work(s): 	Summer with the Leprechauns (1997), Take Your Soul to Work (1999)

www.tanishelliwell.com

Contents [hide]

1 Early life and education

2 Career

3 Personal life

4 Bibliography

5 References

6 External links

Early life and education [edit]

She was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and lived in both Fredericton, New Brunswick and Georgetown, Ontario in her early years. She attended the University of Toronto where she received a BA in 1969, B.Ed in 1972 (Psychology and English) and a M.Ed. 1975 (Counseling and English). Born a mystic, she had a near-death experience (NDE) at the age of 19 when she was hung by the neck from a ski tow. After hearing Maharishi Mahesh Yogi speak at the University of Toronto she began meditating with the Transcendental Meditation technique.

Career [edit]

To catalyze organizational transformation and to help individuals develop their potential Tanis Helliwell assisted organizations and individuals from 1976 to 2005 to develop skills to meet the challenge of the 21st century. Her gift in anticipating trends led to her article ‘Are you a Potential Burnout’ in 1981. Keynote presenter on Future Trends to I.B.M. & The Institute of Chartered Accountants in 1984. Created Dynamics of Change to assist in downsizing Atomic Energy Commission in 1986.

As a pioneer in spirituality in business, she presented 'Take Your Soul to Work' to the World Future Society in Washington, DC and World Business Academy in 1996 and wrote a book of the same topic, which was the premier book presented by Random House Canada at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 1999.

As a faculty member at the Banff Centre in Banff, Alberta she co-created and facilitated leadership programs for 22 years until 2005 as well as developing people’s potential in IBM, McKinsey and Company, International Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ministry of Fisheries and Oceans, University of Calgary. From 1994 to 1996 she assisted the board and staff of the David Suzuki Foundation to streamline their organization to align with their environmental mission.

As a pioneer in the area of spiritual psychotherapy Tanis Helliwell established a counselling practice in Toronto in 1976 until 1989. By 1981 she was well known for her past life regression workshops and regressed radio and TV personalities on the CBC such as Peter Warren and Joe Cote to their previous lives. As a medical intuitive her commitment to holistic health led her to co-create the program Reclaiming Equilibrium for the Alberta Medical Association. Since 2008 she has created and taught a Spiritual Body Psychotherapy program for Dr. Christian Schopper, the chief psychiatrist at the Sonneneck Clinic in Badenweiler, Germany http://www.kliniken-sonneneck.de/ as well the senior physician at the Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich.

From 1976 to the present she has led spiritual transformation seminars internationally at Buddhist, Christian, Anthroposophical Centres and New Age Centres such as the Findhorn Foundation and Hollyhock Retreat Centre. She became especially well-known internationally for her work with elementals and nature spirits following the success of her book 'Summer with the Leprechauns'.

From 1985 to the present she has led tours and walking pilgrimages to sacred sites of the Earth, including: France, Egypt, Israel, Peru, Bolivia, England, Ireland, India, Nepal, Japan, New Zealand, the American South-West, and Spain.

At the urging of many of her clients, Tanis Helliwell founded the International Institute for Transformation (IIT) in 2000, which offers in-depth programs to assist individuals to become conscious creators to work with the spiritual laws that govern our world. She has created an etheric clearing technique (ECT) to clear old programs that govern behavior and a spiritual intelligence (SQ) questionnaire to assist individuals with their spiritual transformation. Based on the principles of co-creation student centered programs are established in Europe, the United States, and Canada and web-based programs are held for self-study internationally.

Bibliography [edit]

Only the ISBN should be hyperlinked. The book titles should be in black Decoding Destiny: Keys to mankind's spiritual evolution. T. A. Helliwell Publications, (1988) ISBN 0-9693443-0-9

Summer with the Leprechauns: a True Story. Blue Dolphin Publishing, (1997) ISBN 1-57733-001-3

Take Your Soul To Work. Random House, (1999) ISBN 0-679-30958-6

Embraced by Love: Poems by Tanis Helliwell. The International Institute for Transformation, (2008) ISBN 978-0-9809033-1-7

Pilgrimage with the Leprechauns: A true story of a mystical tour of Ireland. Wayshower Enterprises, (2010) 978-0-9809033-2-4

Summer with the Leprechauns: The Authorized Edition. Wayshower Enterprises, (2011) ISBN 978-0-9809033-5-5

Decoding Your Destiny: Keys to Humanity's Spiritual Transformation. Wayshower Enterprises, (2011) ISBN 978-0-9809033-6-2

Manifest Your Soul's Purpose: The essential guide for life and work. Wayshower Enterprises, (2012) ISBN 978-0-9809033-7-9

Articles and Chapters in other books and Magazines

Overcoming Fear and Building Trust: Creating Healthy Organizations by Tanis Helliwell in The Workplace and Spirituality, edited by Dr. Joan Marques, Dr. Satinder Dhiman, and Dr. Richard King, (2009) ISBN 978-1-59473-260-7

Discography [edit]

CDS

Path of Your Life (1983) Eliminating Negativity (1983) Linking Up World Servers ( 1983) Reawakening Ancestral Memories ( 1989) The Christian Mysteries (1989) The Egyptian Mysteries (1989) The Celtic Mysteries (1989) The Greek Mysteries (1989) Address from the Earth (2002)

DVD’s Take Your Soul to Work (1999) Managing the Stress of Change (1999. The DVD Elementals and Nature Spirits (2010) The DVD Spiritual Transformation (2011)

Articles and interviews

"Are you Going Through a Spiritual Transformation” http://www.heartbusinessjournal.com/printinterviews.html#tanis