Participant Testimonials

Hazel Cresswell-King's Story

She released and healed from childhood sexual abuse and found the ability to forgive her abuser. Forty-five years of sleep problems disappeared. Her outward appearance shifted overnight across her whole body, including her face and stomach, as well as her voice and even her tongue. Doubts and anxious thoughts faded. She now fully loves and accepts her body. She received insights about her soul's purpose. She began eating more consciously. She manifested things for herself, her family and her business. Other people's negative comments no longer affect her. She can now meet life's low points calmly and easily. She describes a deep sense of peace and empowerment.

“Thank you” doesn't feel like enough, so I hope my words and my recollection of this journey with this amazing workshop will help and inspire others to accept, acknowledge and see themselves; to know that they truly can work through their fears and trust as they are held in this container. When I first heard about this workshop I felt drawn to it but didn't really know why. The first session was incredibly humbling as we all sat and held space while each and every one of us shared our stories and why we felt we were there. I instantly felt comfortable with this group of women and, most importantly, safe and held. At the end of the first session we did an exercise to help let out all our anger; I still didn't know at that point if I had any, though I was soon to discover that I did! As soon as I started the shaking exercise, the rage in my body that I hadn't even known was still there began to rise, and I couldn't shake enough. After we stopped and shared our experiences, that was the point where I knew for the first time why I was there. It was so liberating to speak my truth, to say exactly what I wanted without holding back, without feeling judged, to cry and feel heard, all by women. Little did I know the third session would turn out to be the concluding piece of my four-year healing journey from child sex abuse. Our first exercise was to smash something up or shout and scream; whatever we felt compelled to do to release our anger. I went up first and couldn't believe how much anger was still inside me! I smashed my cups with such emotion that I nearly broke my rolling pin!! I was chosen to do Tahsha Renee's forgiveness process in front of the class. Over the previous couple of days I had really felt that I needed to forgive the man who had abused me; despite having done so much of my own forgiveness with him along my healing journey, there still seemed to be an overwhelming feeling inside that I needed this exercise. While I felt scared, I also felt so supported and held, so the fear subsided. I was absolutely blown away at the end of it. I called to my fellow sisters (as by that time we all felt that connection of sisterhood together) within the workshop to assist me during parts of the exercise; I felt so comfortable with them all and knew, even though my eyes were closed, that they were all there to help me; so empowering, so beautiful. I know it sounds hard to believe, but during the process I felt my entire body shift in energy and, it seemed to me, in dimension too, as I ascended onto another level far beyond the past and all its traumas. I knew I FINALLY was being reborn and could feel it instantly. I was absolutely exhausted by the time I went to bed and slept like a baby, which, considering I hadn't slept properly for 45 years, was bliss. Just before I fell asleep I remember feeling like my whole body was transforming and changing.