Testimonials from the course in September 2007

"I’ve thought a lot about my experience with you in St Lucia. It gave me far more than I expected. My initial aim was just to stop the world. I felt beat up, stressed out, and that every piece of personal development learning I’ve had over the last 14 years had completely evaporated. I also felt empty and that I had no more to give to anyone or anything, not even to myself.

So it was a surprise to me how quickly I dropped down into that wonderful open relaxed person that I recognized as being fully whole and at peace with my surroundings, the company, and myself. There were times when I thought you didn’t ‘get me’, but that quickly dissipated as we learned more about each other.

The other surprise that I had was how this week regenerated my ability to be open to others (two way) and offer my kind of guidance. It was a surprise because I thought I’d lost ‘IT’. It’s very hard for me to articulate but when I’m in the right place I can be extraordinarily intuitive. I wasn’t even looking to help others; before I arrived I thought it would be all I could do to help myself.

So, Peta you created a wonderful space for me just to be who I am. It was a wonderful healing experience, and I remembered how life at it's best can be… to be who I am…to genuinely share because I wanted to. I sincerely trust that I can continue to find that place when times are hard. I learned that to suppress my feelings is the path to emptiness, but to go with them is the secret to remaining whole. I thought I’d learned that lesson in my past but I guess that each new challenge comes up in a different disguise to see how well you know yourself.

There was something else ‘I got” and that was a reminder about perception and communication being understood…or not. Again it’s not something new to me, but I stopped practicing this in relation to myself. The destructive patterns that I have helped to create with the man in my life and others,  have not served me. It just demonstrated how far I have drifted from my center. I was reacting to other peoples stuff!

St Lucia was beautiful and I’m so very glad I experienced it.  Book me in for next years 'retreat' . Judith and John were perfect hosts – we couldn’t have had better experience. What lovely genuine people they were.

I think a healing retreat with women should be a prescription once a year for as long as you live. It was a very special experience with some amazing women – I include you in that, Peta. There is something so different about being with mature women that you can’t find in mixed company. It was sooooooooooooooo relaxing.

Tina B - 48  -  Publisher - Texas USA

Peta. what a fabulous, fantastic, fun filled, healing time I had!

Everything was just perfect & I'm sure words cannot express my gratitiude to you for organisation & faciliating such a great event!

It's done me so much good, I feel calm , centred & much more relaxed, I feel as though I moved along the healing process enormously, & with the odd moment here & there continue to do so. No post holiday blues, just stronger & happier, back to my old self again & yet different.
 
Thank you from the bottom of my heart. The timing couldn't have been better for me, what an amazing week and to experience this work in the company of such awesome people - quite simply fanastic!
Deborah H - Management Consultant - East Midlands UK