“I was in a very very dark place. I wouldn’t say I was actively suicidal. I simply didn’t want to wake up anymore. I felt like I was supposed to get myself out of a black hole, but I didn’t know how. I couldn’t see how my life would ever improve. I tried therapy, exercise, counselling and courses and while they all contributed to loosening the rubble. I simply didn’t know how to clear it away. I felt like life was meant to be joyous, but I had forgotten how to even imagine that sensation. Then one winter, Courtney danced into my life like a ceremonial flame. She saw a tiny window in my giant brick wall, and her glow reached through it. My life began to repair that night. She was patient, insightful, practical and profoundly wise. I had always thought I had a ‘healthy body’, but my shoulders ached, my knees struggled, I slept terribly and I was regularly in an anxious or stressed state. It took time. But Courtney showed up, day after day, to peel back the layers that restricted my freedom. We breathed and moved and connected the dots between my past and the physical restrictions I was experiencing. Piece by piece we swept the dirt out from my bones. The mornings improved, my sleep did too. My smile began to return and when she asked about my knees recently. I had completely forgotten I ever had a problem. We did sessions over a year, then as time went on I noticed my approach to every day had been altered. My journey continues, now that my understanding of emotional, physical and spiritual health has deepened. As for the breath work; I had no idea that I didn’t know how to breathe. This technique, alone, has completely changed the way I feel every day. It literally shifts my body out of anxiety and I now approach the same daily events with ease. Now, how can one express such gratitude for such an incredible impact on my life? Courtney didn’t just change my life, she changed the way I live, the way I breathe, walk, witness, observe and love. Thank you for believing in me, Courtney... for seeing past my hardened shell and returning me to such abundant joy.”