The Dolphin Lady
Roberta Goodman
Roberta is one of the most experienced and knowledgeable
people in the world when it comes to dolphins.
She first worked with them in captivity: cleaning
tanks, directing research efforts related to dolphin communication,
helping prepare them for release into the wild, and a whole host
of other experiences. Beginning in 1985, she has devoted her time
to interacting with them exclusively in the wild and offering
private guide services to assist others in having that same exhilerating
experience. She participates with an organization that is doing
work with dolphins and autistic children. She was a co-founder
of Cetacean Nation.
Darryl Hannah
participated with Roberta and others in creating a film
about helping autistic children through dolphin encounters
“Roberta Goodman had the privilege of working in dolphin communication
research together with the legendary Dr. John Lilly. She has
a massive amount of intimate experience with dolphins in captivity
and also, since initiating the release of two dolphins, dolphins
in the wild. --Due to her real respect for dolphins, she now
only works with dolphins in the wild. With her truly visionary
understanding of the role of dolphins in human evolution, Roberta
is the most loving, exciting, and joyous dolphin guide I know.
She truly cares that we humans have a most amazing contact with
the cetaceans in the wild.”
Ilona Selke
http://www.ilonaselke.com
International seminar leader and international author of Journey
to the Center of Creation and Yoga of the Soul
Roberta with Dr. John Lilly
After reading Dr. John Lilly’s book, “Communication Between Man
and Dolphin,” in 1978, Roberta took on the challenge of communicating
with dolphins wholeheartedly. Roberta knew Dr. Lilly from 1980
until his death in September 2001. At his Human Dolphin Foundation
lab at Marine World/Africa USA in Redwood City, California, Roberta
designed and performed communication experiments with the dolphins,
Joe and Rosie. Her ultimate goal was to reunite the dolphins with
their natural environment. As project director, Roberta
moved Joe and Rosie to the Florida Keys and prepared them for
their release back to the ocean.
Roberta worked as a research coordinator for Dr. Diana Reiss,
with Project Circe, bi-lateral communication research with an
underwater keyboard design. During this project, she developed
an extraordinarily trusting relationship with the dolphin, Terry.
Roberta also worked as a diver for Marine World where she did
a shark feed show. Through her many hours cleaning the dolphin
and whale tanks, she became very familiar with all 12 dolphins
at the park.
Since 1985, Roberta has sought only dolphin encounters
in the wild.
Her treks have led to extended stays visiting dolphins and leading
groups in: Hawaii, Monkey Mia in Western Australia, New Zealand,
Bimini, Turks & Caicos, Bonaire, Malibu, and Key West. In
her work, she has become friends with many of the well known dolphin
personalities, and has been included in 14 of their books. Roberta
gives storytelling talks to groups, also available on the video,
“For the Love of Dolphins” produced by Living From Vision. She
has been interviewed for a number of television shows, including
The Power of the Mind aired on Infinito.
In December, 1993, Roberta co-founded Cetacean Nation with Dr.
John Lilly. This is a movement to recognize the rights of whales
and dolphins as sentient beings.
Roberta has written several books that were published on the
web:
She has been featured in these books:
Call of the Dolphins
Lana Miller
Rainbow Bridge Publishing, 1989
http://www.birthbalance.com/resources/books-dw.shtml
The Dolphins and Me
Don C. Reed
Sierra Club Books
Little Brown & Co.
Scholastic. 1989
Adventures Among Spiritual Intelligences: Angels, Aliens,
Dolphins & Shamans
Timothy Wyllie
Bear & Co., 1992
Origin Press, 2002
http://www.timothywyllie.com/AASI.htm
Journey to the Center of Creation: Entering the world
of dolphins and the dimensions of dreamtime
Ilona Selke
Living From Vision, 1996
http://www.livingfromvision.com/English.html
How to Swim with Dolphins: A guide to being
Terry Walker
Dolphin Heart Press
http://www.dolphinheart.com/books.html
Dolphins, Love and Destiny: Yoga for the Soul
Ilona Selke
BookSurge Publishing, 2008
Acknowledgements to Roberta are in these books:
John C. Lilly, The Steersman: Metabeliefs and Self-Navigation.
Ronin Publishing, Inc. Berkeley. 2007.
John C. Lilly, The Deep Self: Consciousness Exploration in
the Isolation Tank. Gateway Books and Tapes. Nevada City, CA.
2007.
John C. Lilly and Philip Bailey, The Quiet Center: Isolation
and Spirit. Ronin Publishing, Inc. Oakland. 2003.
John C. Lilly and Jeffrey Francis, John Lilly, So Far . . .
Tarcher, Inc. 1990.
Toni Frohoff & Brenda Peterson, Between Species: Celebrating
the Dolphin-Human Bond. 2003.
Scott Taylor, Souls in the Sea: Dolphins, Whales, and Human
Destiny. Frog, Ltd. Berkeley. 2003.
Bobbie Kalman, Life in a Dolphin Pod. Crabtree. NY. 2003.
Terry Walker, Dolphin Healing Dolphin Heart. Dolphin Heart
Press. Pahoa, Hawaii.
Timothy Wyllie, Dolphins Telepathy and Underwater Birthing:
Further Adventures Among Spiritual Intelligences. Bear &
Co. 1993.
Timothy Wyllie, Dolphins, Extraterrestrials, Angels: Adventures
Among Spiritual Intelligences. Knoll. 1988.
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