Rebirthing Testimonials

My sessions with Beatrice have been a journey of discovery about my perception of the world around me including my relationships with family, friends and anyone I come into contact with. I cannot thank Beatrice enough for her wisdom and guidance through the breathing exercises and the one to one talking sessions. The key moment for me came when Beatrice asked me "What age did I feel?" when I lost my temper over something trivial in front of my partner and children. It was at this moment I felt that I had stepped outside myself and recognised my behaviour for what it was - that of an angry 6 year old. I then realised the huge responsibility parents have with regards their children. I did not want to pass on my suppressed anger to my children nor my partner. I now feel I see things in a far calmer light with the benefit of breathing and the guidance from Beatrice. I am so pleased that I made contact with Beatrice not just for myself but crucially for my relationships with my partner and my children. The world now seems a wonderful place.

Paul Vassiliou - Support Officer for Older People

Before I began seeing Beatrice I was filled with anxiety throughout my day, often having heightened episodes of anxiety which would wake me in the middle of the night feeling as if I was choking. I felt confused and on edge and would over-indulge in partying on the week ends so that I could have some form of relief from my mind.

I was especially interested in the work that Beatrice was doing as it considered both the mental, emotional and physical connections.

I was pleasantly surprised at the subtlety of the first session and felt extremely comfortable being open and honest with Beatrice – something that I would normally take a long time to establish. I really got the sense that Beatrice would help and guide me through my journey. So I began fortnightly sessions and have continued this other the last months. The process has been very gentle whilst reaching very deep levels. Beatrice's support, understanding and encouragement have really helped me to see my previous and current life patterns that I had been unconsciously repeating resulting in the continuous state of drama and confusion.

I now feel so much more at peace with my emotions and am able to work through sorting out what does and does not work for me.

I no longer have a constant feeling of anxiety and have had no recurrent episodes of waking in the middle of the night. I have greatly benefited from working with Beatrice and would recommend this work to anyone seeking a gentle yet constructive way of bringin clarity and calmness in their body and mind.

Y. R. - PA

As for my testimonial, well I feel you have given me many tools and ways of seeing life – but mainly the gift of the fear-based view and the love-based view. I see frequently in myself and clients how my and their wish to be right causes a problem. However, I love that I don't just have intellectual information. I have a technique of breathing fully and with the emphasis on the in-breath. I never saw breath like that before- that it represents my willingness to be receptive to the good, and of course receiving and being grateful has been a wonderful learning for me this year. I see the power in the breath and the images which come to me when I allow myself to relax into it. I seem to come back to my real self, a love-based view where I know all is well – I am not thinking it, I know it! I experienced you as living what you teach and practise. I perceived your openness and ability to play and experiment and I was sometimes nervous of but also excited by your aliveness! I think you have gently and lightly invited me to inhabit myself and my life more fully and you really have just said “It's OK, it's safe, you are free to be yourself”. I am glad to know you are there to call upon again and I am glad at the same time that we have completed 10 sessions together and that I can take that experience in and see it as a whole.

Isabel Jackson - Psychotherapist

have begun to realise how my process of thinking has created all the perceptions and bad feelings I have had about myself.

I have begun to accept my feelings and thoughts – through being with them and for the first time I now feel that I know myself.

I can forgive myself for thinking I was a bad person and not feel like a bad person.

I have begun to feel love for myself, which naturally goes out into the whole world.

Acceptance has been the most loving achievement. I feel like a real friend.

Christopher Roantree - Etcher

Rebirthing has opened my life.

When I saw the words 'free your breath' I knew that it was a necessity for me.

I was at a standstill; locked in by my own experiences, and more importantly my

interpretations of them, in other words - what I made them mean.

I could feel the accumulation of emotions physically - I found them disturbing

and wanted them gone so that I could move on.

Rebirthing with Beatrice continues to be a great discovery. I realised I had

made many assumptions about people and experiences in my life - I lived a very

reactionary life - taking everything personally. Through the breathwork, we

created space around these experiences so that they were able to be viewed from

a different perspective, all from a relaxed foundation. From this, I began to

realise that if i changed, then perhaps my world would too. Situations that I

thought were set in stone - once brought to light - started to shift.

How amazing to be able to surprise oneself, to be empowered in this way.

Beatrice guided me to this point - to know that I am responsible for my life

and all that it contains. Therefore it follows that I can create the life I

always wanted.

Rachel Evans - Lab Manager

Each breath brings me closer to what I want

Each breath brings choice, decision & conclusion

I now understand that my breath is a continuous cycle,

Each breath is a joy to hold,

an opportunity to let go smoothly and caress gently.

I now know that I have a choice

About what I hold onto in my life and growth.

Adeola Kinishasa still breathing

Property Developer and Mother

My breathwork session's with Beatrice has helped me to focus on the choices that I can make in my life. This has helped me to understand that I do have control over my reactions to situations and I find this to be empowering. To be able to be more open to the possibilities that can occur in my life. The breathwork has been a profound journey of insight and awareness. Beatrice's guidance while breathing the 'conscious connected breath' has helped me to release many held belief patterns, and turn about my thinking into a more positive one.

J E King - Singer

“I have found my rebirthing sessions with Beatrice very effective. Through my breathing work I have been able to establish that many of my beliefs and fears come from my childhood. These beliefs and fears had been constantly affecting my daily life, resulting in feelings of guilt and problems with my relationships. By identifying where they have come from and by continuing my breathing work, I feel more at peace and have a greater understanding of myself. Thank you Beatrice!”

Louis – Vocalist

"What changes have I noticed since I first began seeing Béatrice?

I am happier

I am more spontaneous

I am kinder and less judgemental towards myself and others

I am more at ease

I am aware of how I say things, especially to my partner

I feel more attractive

I feel less anxious

In truth, I am not quite sure exactly how the sessions have worked, only that because of them I have changed in a deep way, in a way I cannot quite describe nor understand. For me, there has been a fundamental shift in my belief system and as a consequence the outer manifestations of my life have changed. The sessions provided a primary shift in my vision of issues and reminded me that at all times I have a choice in how I choose to perceive things.

However, it has not been solely an intellectual shift, analysis or an understanding that has changed me, although I found the counselling part of the treatment excellent and very insightful. There have been many times in the past that I have “known” things intellectually or understood a behaviour (and the thought process behind it etc) but still felt incapable of changing the feelings behind it all. I can only conclude that it must be in the breathing technique that the real change takes place. It was as if the breathing following the counselling session enabled me to really GET IT, get in my cells and in my being, beyond just my thinking process.

Overall I just feel happier and that is the best I could have hoped for.

Maria Gibert - Oil Painter

"Within one week of working with Beatrice, I found out I was pregnant. Although I was already a happily married mother, the news brought with it great anxiety and fear. A feeling of entrapment ‘took hold' and I could no longer cope with my day to day life.

Over the weeks that followed, Beatrice's commitment and support, guided me simply and safely to look at where these negative feelings stemed from. With the help of the breath work, it became very clear to me that my fears were due to ‘mind sets' or ‘thought processes' that I had picked up and owned since childhood. Mind sets such as ‘I'm not good enough' and ‘I don't belong' followed me everywhere, everday, gradually making my life miserable and fearful. I had mentally locked myself into my own prison and it was now time to set myself free!

My limited view at looking at life slowly fell away, as Beatrice introduced me to my real life choices, choices I had never seen before. It became crystal clear to me that my life was filled with wonder and opportunities. I began to see that I was good enough and I did belong, I had just never allowed myself to feel the positive because I had chosen to believe in the negative. -The mind sets were just thoughts, they had never been true.

I learn this every day, at every moment there are always fresh choices to be made. Choices between laughing and crying, shouting and whispering, feeling lonely or feeling loved, the list is endless. Every choice I make shapes my moment, day, future and reality.

I thank Beatrice for her loving support, time and energy. My life has become so much simpler as I have confidence and feedom in knowing that I am the director of my ‘life story'. As my story is shaped moment by moment by the choices I make, I'm going to aim for a tale filled with much joy, love, peace and prosperity!

Beatrice has left me with the ability to fully embrace my life."

Hina - Mother

All the promises of breath coaching were realised for me through working with Béatrice. I was able to tap into childhood issues, the echoes of which were keeping me stuck and unfulfilled in my adult life. I achieved harmony in my marriage, a sense of peace and contentment I had never experienced and a miracle in my career!! Thank you Bea.”

Anne Feeney - Business Manager

“I thought breathwork would have been different from what I'd read before but in my experience it has been more of a gradual/ gentle release. I continue to breathe at home and have powerful realisations through it. I think it's a technique I will use for life to breakthrough and clear blockages in the body/ mind.”

Steve - Courier

“Rebirthing has been for me a spiritual psychology and counselling that allows me to discover who I am, where I am coming from and where I choose to be in my life.

Beatrice has been a very effective coach for me to finding and unleashing my greatest potential.”

Caroline Whittle - Entertainment broker & Mother

“Beatrice introduced me to rebirthing some years ago. At the time I was very stuck after the break-up of a long-term relationship. At first I was cynical and resistant. But with Beatrice's support I was able to start shifting the emotional blocks that had been holding me back all my life. As I got into the process I found I was moving forward far more quickly than I had been able to with counselling. Rebirthing has since been a big part of my journey of self-awareness."

Peter - Copywriter

"In my breathwork sessions with Beatrice I discovered beliefs buried deeply in my body, beliefs that were unconsciously running my life. They were childhood fears and misguided ideas that I had internalised in my body as an adult.

During the guided meditations and breathing I could bring these old disempowering beliefs to light and literally breathe new empowering energy into my body. The profound energy shifts in my being were noticeable: I now trust my intuitive side implicitly; my creativity has soared; an ex boyfriend came back into my life proposing marriage."

Angela Horne - Writer

“At first I found the particular breathing technique strange but after a few sessions it became very satisfying and blissful!

With Béa's sensitive and compassionate support I allowed myself to become more and more relaxed and felt more and more in control of my life and indeed my breath.”

Caroline Eddins - Life Coach

“Rebirthing helped me to be reconnected with myself, to get more confidence in my life.

Thanks to Beatrice who supported me through the sessions.”

Pascale Pinotti - Hairdresser

“I never felt so relaxed, so calm, so peaceful.”

Phil Young - Entrepreneur

"For me, rebirthing has been like rewiring an old house that can no longer serve you and can seriously harm you. The body, like the house too, can be haunted by old thoughts, imiting beliefs, unknown fears and deep sadness. We carry this in our mind, our body, our every cell and we live and breathe this every day.

This gentle but incredibly deep technique has had a powerful effect in every area of my life. Through it I was able to really be with my feelings and release them. I didn't know how many blocks I had created until I did this.

Bea is extraordinarily gifted and puts all her energy into each and every session.

I'm still amazed that in less than three hours I could really begin to lose what I had carried for 30 years.

I used to put everyone else's needs first. Through my sessions I was able to recognise how I did not value my own needs and actually felt guilty about having any. It used to make me frustrated, and resentful. After rebirthing, I have found new freedom, much peace and a sense of joy and aliveness.”

Sandy - PR Director

“In her work Béatrice's clarity is refreshing. She is heart centered. Her passion for dance and life is an inspiration. Béatrice provides access to lightness of being.”

Jane Okondo - Rebirthing Trainer

"For as long as I can remember I have felt I did not have enough breath, that it was going to run out, that I needed to grab a mouthful of air - just in case. I feel panic at the dentist's when the chair is tilted back and I am asked to open my mouth and though I know rationally I must still be able to breathe, it feels like maybe this time I won't be able to. I have worked on myself as a breathing being over the years and everything I have tried has helped me on this journey of rediscovery but the breath has continued to be an issue. Towards the end of last year I picked up one of Beatrice's leaflets in the local library. It came at the right time, as these things tend to do. The homeopath I have worked with for many years, trained initially as a rebirther and from time to time she has asked me gently if I had ever thought about using such an approach. Though I completely trust her, I had never seriously considered the suggestion because in my mind I rejected the notion of scrambling back into the womb. Beatrice's leaflet was reassuring as it seemed there was no obligation to retrace my pushes down the birth canal, that rebirth meant having a ‘renewed sense of the self' which was an idea I fancied. What a journey it has turned out to be. I have just completed ten sessions which, with one or two exceptions, took place weekly.

A great deal happened both in the sessions and between them. In some ways it felt like the experience dominated my life, though not in an oppressive way. It was as if the insights and experiences in the sessions and the explorations that came about from reflecting on the questions and affirmations that Beatrice asked me to consider between the sessions, become a lens through which I saw my attitudes, reactions and behaviour in new ways.

I have used co-counselling regularly for over twenty years and understand that the assumptions I hold particularly about myself, shape my picture of the world and my reactions to it. I am used to recognising, challenging and expressing my patterned and rigid thinking and feelings. Since working with Beatrice it feels like the perspective has changed. In some cases, the distress is familiar but it seems like I am looking at it from another angle. At other times, I seem to be in new territory, surprised that something so obviously significant has not come up in a counselling session. I think I am just beginning to see the implications of what I have learned so far but some of the significant things I have seen, are about accepting myself and others, about letting the past go and about recognising that I can make new choices at anytime about the way I see myself and the world. None of these ideas are intellectually unfamiliar. What is different is that the freeing up of my breathing through the expressing of emotions that had been locked down over the years, has created a space in which these ideas take hold in new ways. They are becoming realities I can experience."

LC – Retired Headteacher