Joe Shirley

I immediately received a sense of lightening up, a refreshing transformation that freed me up and left me very very energized. He left me with specific instructions as to how I can re-create that transformation and recall the image I created prior to my presentations. I now cue myself before every presentation, client meeting, and networking opportunity to fortify myself with that powerful image of who I am and what I offer those I connect with.

I found the experience of my session with Joe invaluable. I easily connected with the model of creating visual images and descriptions for the questions he used to guide my learning experience. I am a very visual and creative person. Though we did talk of some very intimate things that lead me to a fairly vulnerable place, I always felt safe with his guidance and support. One of the best things is that

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"As I've done this process, each feeling I've mapped... I'm so amazed at the loving support and lessons and beauty and love that my feelings, when they're asked and invited to shift into their highest way of expressing, how much life they give, and how much support they give."

"So on this day, I remember this grief, what it turned into was 'warm sky love,' and my whole energy, my experience shifted instantly, as I connected with the way this feeling, in a perfect world, how it wanted to express itself. This shift stayed with me for several days."

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Joe's way of working with feeling states and freeing them from the place they have been stuck is very empowering and a great alternative to therapy. His dedication to this work is inspiring and it's also wonderful to know that he practices what he preaches! - Banu Sekendur

The full text of this video: "Beyond freeing up old patterns, I think what's at least equally exciting if not more exciting. I think it's more exciting. What's most exciting is understanding my feelings in a complete way. It's a whole new way of relating to feelings, to see that these sensations in my body... Sometimes it's an old pattern, right? When I was in the bathtub feeling sad and lonely and realized, I wasn't even alone, or excluded, I was actually surrounded by love and beauty. That was a moment where it was like, 'Oh, that's an old pattern. That's not even real.'

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The main quote from this video: "It's a funny thing to describe... because right now, a situation that would have pushed my inadequacy button, I might have a moment where I feel like 'Oh, that used to push my inadequacy button. And then I notice I don't feel inadequate, even though in the past I might have. Or I might have a physical response, a moment when my body wants to react the way it used to. And I notice it. An analogy I use to describe my experience is, it feels like a cloak tries to come on to me, but there's nothing for it to hang on and it just falls. So a situation that might have stimulated old patterns in the past, now, just a few months after doing this work, I might notice a little response in my body but, it doesn't fit. It just doesn't fit, it doesn't belong, and it kind of whooshes away."

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A quote from this video: "As soon as I moved that set, I started relating to my partner really differently. We'd been having a lot of problems, because of the times I felt abandoned or because of the insecurities I was experiencing from those fears of inadequacy. Right away, within a week or two, I started relating to him with much more integrity. Rather than having these reactions to his choices or behaviors, I felt empowered to take care of myself. Which of course feels like a relief for him!"

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A quote from this video: "This hole in the middle was like...this sucking void. It was really scary, this horrible feeling. And Joe said, 'what would happen if you reversed the flow?' In an instant it was going the other way; it was all filled in, and then actually there was this solid white orb at my center, just beautiful, and generating all this snow, like crystals, floating through me, and on out of me. And it was amazing, this feeling of purity."

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Trinity is one of my many clients who have thrived on the work. She had been feeling thwarted and overwhelmed trying to go to school full time while supporting her two children. We worked weekly over a period of three months, and this video was made toward the end of that time.

A quote from this video: "I was just living differently, naturally, without having to think about it."

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"I really enjoyed Joe's technique in aiding me to identify, visualize and shift emotional obstacles. His manner is insightful and respectful, non-invasive. I felt we collaborated to achieve a resolution in one short session, and I was left with some useful insights and tools. Thanks for the great session!" – Susan Cook, massage therapist

Joe's method helps you understand the labyrinth of your own mind, and actually feel in your body how your life experiences have shaped your own doubts, fears, and joys. His work is truly liberating and empowering. I recommend Joe without hesitation to people who want to work past personal barriers in the fastest and most effective way possible. – Kelly Hobkirk, Graphic Designer, Train of Thought

“My experience with Joe was intensive, revelatory and enjoyable. I was able to clearly feel and enter into my established patterns of emotion and behavior and shift them in ways that were immediate and profound

"Within a relatively short time ... a debilitating inner system of thought and action that had taken me a lifetime to develop began to shift and heal.” – Maureen Freehill - Dancer, theatre artist, and teacher

“I've been engaged in various therapeutic endeavors over a period of 25+ years. Joe has presented the most concrete and reproducible method I have ever used to create an environment of self-improvement and self-enhancement.

"Simple, easy to incorporate in my day-to-day life, and extremely effective... I’m very big on results, and I see the results in my life ... on an almost hourly basis!” – Dr. Rick Martin, MD - Physician

“I feel a lot clearer, and a lot more decisive, and a lot more confident. For me the whole [Tangible Minds] integration process was almost spontaneous in that the effects were felt so quickly. It was also very specific to exactly what I was trying to accomplish.

"It’s almost like an unwinding process in cranial sacral work – where you start out and where you end up are kind of unexpected in a way. It just reveals itself. When you’re digging down to the truth, it really doesn’t matter where you start. You’re going to end up exactly where you need to be.” – Joan Kangas - Spa Manager

"I really enjoyed how Joe's process got me out of my head, out of my Alice in Wonderland language constructs, and their associated dead ends. And into a fluid feeling state that had nothing to do with therapy, judgement or concerns about how I got there in the first place. It was simply a process of dropping deeply into NOW. Appreciating the vast texture of the experience. And then letting it shift to the next step.

"I'm back on track now with a project that excites me. Thanks Joe!" – Michael Max, LAc, Acupuncturist, Owner of Yong Kang Chinese Medicine Clinic

 "Joe showed me how to work with a mental obstacle in a short, two-hour workshop in a coffee shop. I found it interesting, but hardly expected anything to come out of it.

"The next day, though, I noticed right away the difference in my mood; I was getting up early all motivated, and was calm in daily negotiations. I feel my life has changed its course since, to the right direction. Joe's is a great method that makes sense, and it works." – Akira Morita, Partner in Design Kompany