Life didn't change.
They did.

It was such a fun, safe and constructive environment — no pressure to share, no feeling of judgment. It provided a sense of community and acceptance, and I could feel the wall I'd set up against the world starting to come down.

I've learned to accept and listen to my feelings, both positive and negative, and to express them. I still struggle at times — the difference now is that I have the tools to respond in much more effective, mature and loving ways.

This wasn't a one-hit wonder. It really forced me to learn to pause — which is easier said than done. Looking back, it was only through the pause that I truly connected the dots and experienced another way.

Today I can see how all this chasing and desire to be better is just a trap. I've learnt to fail successfully — and failing from a place of love is a very different experience from failing from a place of fear.

The course really helped me understand that the ego is in the mind. I learnt how to be an observer — to choose not to respond to it, but to listen to my higher self.

I am more loving to myself, and I now know I am responsible for my own happiness.

For a very long time, alcohol ran my life. I'd lost my self-esteem, my self-respect, my voice. Renier told me that if I attended his course I'd walk out a different person — my first thought was, it took me thirty years to mess my life up, how is he going to fix me in three days?

I decided to go in wholeheartedly, with an open mind. It completely turned my life around. I've been sober, without any relapses, for over four years now — and I got back a person I never thought I could be. The tools I was given are priceless, and I am eternally grateful.

I came looking for confidence for my first marathon. The work was unusual, but I felt safe and kept an open mind. I arrived at the start rested and calm — something I'd never managed before.

I found myself able to be more present: life will still happen, it's just what we do when it does. This isn't a plaster you stick on — it's a deep belief that, when it counts, helps you move through a difficult experience successfully.

I suffered from severe depression and a history of drug abuse, failed relationships and a dead-end career. I was hopeless. I knew somehow there must be another way — I just did not know how.

Today I get to show up out of a space of love, first and foremost for myself; and because I show up this way for myself, I get to experience loving relationships with those around me.

I embarked on an adventure with Renier and Kathryn, never expecting the benefit I'd feel or how it would change me. There grew an awareness of the patterns that had caused me so much stress.

I never felt judged, but rather held in a space of wonder and enquiry — with plenty of time for reflection, and time to just be. I woke feeling refreshed, with a new understanding of myself.

This course gave me more certainty and trust in myself — that I am good enough, that I am already love. I needed support through my own resistance and judgments, as I let the blocks come up to be healed.

Today my state of mind is clear.