“I feel much happier every day, my relationships have all improved”

I loved Jeffrey Allen's calm and playful energy and one of the nicest things about the course was feeling I didn't have to get every exercise perfect and I could be amused and playful whilst learn. I am actually doing his course again on my own.

One of the biggest “Aha” moments was the Body awareness section where we learned to love our bodies. This brought up a lot of emotion for me but it clearly shifted my feelings towards my body and I got to love it just the way it is. I am still noticing improvements in that area - when I walk past a mirror I find myself appreciating me and the way my body looks, the way it moves and how capable it is. I also loved the meditation when we healed our bodies - I always knew the body can heal itself but this sort of brought it home.

The emotion awareness section was amazing - I noticed that my relationships have improved in general, with my sister, my boyfriend, my ex-husband even.

I noticed I was waking up happy and I learned to love my sadness and my anger and all the "negative" emotions. One of the massive things for me was realizing that jealousy is a feeling we feel now but it is always about the past or the future. This really helped me because I used to be jealous almost all the time (without realizing sometimes) and now every time I start getting jealous I just think of this "past/future" thing and it goes away instantly.

I actually used some of the techniques Jeffrey taught us in school with the kids I teach English on Saturdays. They were much more focused after that.

So, I feel much happier every day, my relationships have all improved, my ability to cope with stress is great (actually, there is hardly any stress in my life now) and I love all my emotions and my body.