62 of 63 people found the following review helpful:
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It worked for me., April 11, 1999
By A Customer
This review is from: Change Your Handwriting, Change Your Life (Paperback)
In 1998, I attended a conference where Vimala Rodgers presented on the topic CHANGE YOUR HANDWRITING, CHANGE YOUR LIFE. I didn't attend, and bought the audiotape. I tossed the tape into my Walkman with mild curiosity.
My psychology background had taught me how subtly some muscle movements and neurological activity are connected. I knew how difficult it is to yell "Wow! I'm feeling great!" when I'm slumped over in a droopy posture. So, in this attitude of mild curiosity, I listened to Vimala while I was doing other things. Since I always enjoyed handwriting, I tried forming letters the way Vimala had described at her presentation, particularly the lower case t and d. I just worked them into my usual handwriting for the fun of it.
To my surprise, within a week or so, I found myself thinking things that had not occurred to me before, thoughts related to the topics addressed by these two letters. I noticed that I began swinging my arms during my daily walk without trying--something I'd tried repeatedly to do for increased aerobic effect, only to forget to make the effort as I walked. That a tiny handwriting change could account for this stuff didn't occur to me. I began to write in my journal to delve into these changes. I observed that these Vimala-style d's and t's were the only recent change I'd made. Curiouser and curiouser. . .
Then, I learned that Vimala was here on the East Coast on sabbatical; what do you know? She was staying about a 2 hour drive from my home. I sought her out, and it was then that I bought her book, CHANGE YOUR HANDWRITING, CHANGE YOUR LIFE. That so much potential could be packed into such a slim, graceful volume surprised me once again. I found its author to be quick to say that there's no panacea to be found in this work; however, it's a powerful tool--literally at our fingertips! I thought, "Can't hurt; might help."
Vimala made a couple of individualized suggestions for my handwriting practice in addition to the suggestions in the book, and I followed her well-written instructions. Well! The increasingly empowered/ing new thoughts continued and increased. I dreamed in color for the first time in my life. The ending of a recurring dead-end dream changed into an open-ended, encouraging one. Believe me, as I write this, I have to worry (a little) that the whole world will consider me a crackpot. I only tell you my experience.
No, there are no controlled, double-blind, placebo group studies to prove that Vimala's methods work. I know firsthand how hard it is to do rigorous research, and I know that "scientific" means "measurable". The results I experienced from changing my handwriting cannot be measured. I can't dispute that. However, to quote Dr. Irvin D. Yalom: "Generally, the accuracy of the measurement is directly proportional to the triviality of the variable." (The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy, p.6). Check the literature for studies on anger, if you doubt this.
CHANGE YOUR HANDWRITING, CHANGE YOUR LIFE is like its author--to-the-point, no-nonsense, deeply human, funny, and gentle. Graphically, it is lovely. Directions for the exercises are clear and easy to follow. They require no specific equipment, and there are no dangerous side-effects. Vimala has done such a good job with her book that you don't need to meet with her to get the benefits of her work. Now that Vimala is back on the West Coast, I rely on the book when it's clear to me that my handwriting needs a "tune-up." (Or just to re-read the delightful account of how Vimala's handwriting work really started when she was just two-years-old.)
WARNING: Don't expect any changes from CHANGE YOUR HANDWRITING, CHANGE YOUR LIFE if all you plan to do is read; nothing will change from your simply reading this book. The power of the book's content is in doing the exercises. If you're willing to do the exercises as Vimala describes them, I'll bet you'll join me before long in saying, "It works for me."
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41 of 43 people found the following review helpful:
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For anyone who is serious about their personal growth, March 21, 2000
This review is from: Change Your Handwriting, Change Your Life (Paperback)
Not only have I read this book and her latest one as well (Your Handwriting Can Change Your Life - March, 2000), I have studied under her since 1995. She is as giving, intuitive, passionate, and honest about her work as she comes across in her books.
Many studies have validated that handwriting is brain writing. Therefore, by making healthy handwriting changes, these changes will be displayed through one's personality. Vimala, however, is the only person I know who has actually developed healthy writing strokes that focuses on building character and making personal transformations.
I highly recommend this book and her new book.
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39 of 41 people found the following review helpful:
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Uplifting use for graphology, April 15, 1999
By A Customer
This review is from: Change Your Handwriting, Change Your Life (Paperback)
Psychological script analysis or graphology has competition and opposition from many quarters. Psychometric testers claim greater accuracy for recruitment and compatibility studies. Forensic questioned document examiners claim greater scientific rigour than court graphologists. Human rights groups attack graphology as an invasion of privacy. Graphology may upset people because it is considered either insufficiently accurate or because it is too analytical, negative and invasive.
But there is one area where an understanding of handwriting has unique possibilities and that is graphotherapy. It is the subject of Vimala Rodgers's Book "Change Your Handwriting, Change Your Life".
Human beings naturally tend to see themselves and their place in society from their own point of view. Graphotherapy helps people to understand their innermost feelings, fears and moods, yet at the same time become more sensitive to others' feelings.
Innately we all need to move forward and grow. How to do this on one's own is often not easy. Here Vimala Rodgers's book can be a great help. It outlines a way for readers to audit their attitudes. It presents handwriting exercises which act as focused meditation, helping the reader in such areas as listening, patience, resentment, forgiveness and gratititude. Subsequently, handwriting analysis is able to monitor the extent to which this focused meditation through graphotherapy has changed the way the reader is living.
Qualified graphologists will see this book as a useful addition to their library on stroke analysis, but it is much more than this. The book contains a whole-life, uplifting philosopy which takes it outside the specialised field of graphology.
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