The Power of Your Other Hand: A Course in Channeling the Inner Wisdom of the Right Brain

I'm not sure how I came across this book, but non-dominant hand writing is an astounding technique. If you get only one thing out of this book, it's the reliable truth you can get from yourself when you are looking for answers. My own left hand seems to be me at about the age of six, about the time I had to start really following rules not of my own making. She's nothing like the case studies in the book - there's no fight between my conscious and my subconscious, just a relief that there's an outlet. (My left hand actually helped me find a camera I thought I'd lost, so there are plenty of practical things the left hand can tell you as well!) My left handed writing sessions which I do a couple times a week have given me amazing clarity about the things I want, my priorities, how to handle tricky situations well, and how I really feel about things. Right hand tells me what I think. Left hand tells me how I feel. I am grateful to the writer for this book.

I've recently started doing the exercises in this book, and I am already progressing in my efforts to overcome fear (fear being the only thing which holds people back) and achieve happiness. This book can be a major help to everyone in moving along their path of personal growth. I've always sensed that life didn't have to be a painful struggle, and getting in touch with my inner self by dialoguing with myself using my dominant and non-dominant hands is providing me with powerful insights into how I can live the life I want to live. I recommend combining this book with "Your Handwriting Can Change Your Life" by Vimala Rodgers (who also recommends writing with your non-dominant hand). Happiness is possible for everyone and not nearly as difficult as it may seem.

Lucia's work, and this book specifically, showed me how to access my own inner wisdom and thus have a never ending supply of assistance, whenever I needed it. Dialoging with my inner wisdom in writing allowed me to recognize the voice of wisdom within so that I was able to hear it, and decipher that voice from my thinking mind, my inner child and other sub-personalities, all of the time. (IF this sounds strange, Lucia does an EXCELLENT job of explaining it in this book...) Writing with my non-dominant hand also allowed me to access my creative voice.....and I have hence gone on to be an author myself, and advisor for others.I can not recommend this book highly enough...totally changed my life!

The first night I had this book I began writing with my left hand, even though I really thought I couldn't do it. Not only was I able to do it, but it opened up a new world to me. The act of writing--which is usually dominated by the left, logical brain--suddenly became more intuitive, freer, and much more of an adventure. The blank page was no longer a threat or obstacle to overcome, but an invitation for my inner voice to speak. The next of the book's exercises which I took up was mirror-writing with the left hand-that is, writing so that the text is legible when held in front of a mirror. It really didn't take that long to learn, and the results have been a very powerful unlocking of insights, memories, dreams, and creative thoughts. Ms. Capacchione mentions that Leonardo da Vinci mirror-wrote his journals, probably with his "other" hand, and I can certainly attest to the fact that it opens up new avenues of instinct, imagination, and intuition to anyone who wants to try it.This book is not long and is easy to work with. The first chapter includes an interesting history of humans' cultural preference for the the right hand, along with a good introduction to right/left brain theory. All the exercises can easily be tailored to your own specific needs. I do agree with Ms. Capacchione that there is much healing and personal growth to be gained by silencing the critical left-brain using your non-dominant hand-voices will emerge on the page which you never knew you had living within yourself. I recommend this book for writers, artists, metaphysicians, scientists, people recovering from abuse, people facing dread diseases, to name only a few of the possible beneficiaries. A wonderful, eye (and brain)-opening book.

This is a neat little book that helps you tap into your spontaneous, creative, expressive side. Capaccione shows how we usually are dominated by rationality, logic, straight-lined thinking, and how we neglect the wise, intuitive, spontaneous parts of us. By asking us to do writing exercises with our "other" hand, she helps us get in touch with our inner child, with excitedness, a sense of discovery. Doing the exercises (and they are small, no big tasks at all) can be quite eye-opening - and thoroughly refreshing for your soul.