The Sacred Book of U

About the Book

“This information gifts people the power to stand in their truth. Our time in history demands that every single person who can stand for truth come forward.”

She’s Arrived!  A contemporary voice of the Deep Feminine has finally come to join today’s conversation on consciousness and enlightenment. In The Sacred Book of U, Ruth Gould-Goodman—mother and wife, dancer, breath-movement master, and oriental and energy medicine practitioner—elucidates a fresh, philosophically sophisticated, and accessible perspective on feminine spiritual enlightenment. 

For the modern student (or new devotee) of consciousness and the power of mind, The Sacred Book of U offers a nuanced and compassionate understanding of positive vs. negative thinking.  Obviating the typical dualistic posture towards negativity or pain of many consciousness paths, The Sacred Book of U radically proposes that pain is the Universe knocking on our door, providing the only human way into expanded consciousness and true spiritual growth.  The Voice of the Mother, moreover, asserts that spiritual growth can only be initiated through the body—the universal yet uniquely individual portal to a holistic divinity in an otherwise divided and fragmented world.  

Birthed from a lifetime’s marriage of body-breath movement practice and a deep, clear mind, Ruth’s work provides a tangible, grounded, and whole-systems perspective on authentic transformation.  Complete with personal stories containing universal messages, mind-body exercises for practical application, and philosophical discussion of some of today’s most pressing global concerns, The Sacred Book of U is a treasure for spiritual readers and students looking for an accessible path of enlightened living and a truly holistic and grounded spiritual practice. The world has been withheld from the feminine’s ‘secret’ for too long!  Those who have been ready for an alternative to the long-dominant masculine voices of spirituality will experience Ruth’s teachings with relief and eager enthusiasm.

About the Author

Ruth Gould-Goodman. B.A. Psychology, M.A. Health and Healing Professions, New York University. For over thirty-five years, Ruth Gould-Goodman has explored the realms of the body, movement and spirituality. As an acupuncturist, energy healer, and writer, Ruth began her body-based study of consciousness as a dance therapy major at NYU’s School of Health and Healing Professions. Presently, she is a practicing California-licensed acupuncturist with a private practice of energy healing. Through her own personal healing journey, Ruth learned that deep inner listening and attunement to the Life force in her own body not only guided her back to her spiritual center, but opened a capacity to heal a history of food and sex addictions. As she personally cleared the darkness embedded in her cellular memory, Ruth realized the universality of her understandings and has now translated the wisdom she received into a spiritual embodiment teaching.

In both group and private sessions, Ruth guides her students to attune to the life energy at the core of the body. Initiated into trusting the impulses of their bodies, her students gain their own capacity to self-heal. The system she developed, La Madre Yoga of Breath, draws from the roots of yoga, marshal arts, indigenous dance, creative movement and vocal expression. With breath awareness at the core of this spiritual movement practice, Ruth’s simple and practical approach brings dramatic, long-term transformation in the bodies and lives of her students and clients.

As a poet and philosopher, Ruth publishes a monthly blog at www.ruthgouldgoodman.com. The philosophy she shares with her readers reinforces the spiritual insights her students embody as a result of their work with her. Ruth Gould-Goodman is happily married, has two grown children, and lives in Venice, California.