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TESTIMONIALS
Richard (Aikido 50 years, Tai chi 25 years and looking forward to more
To my mind, both Audrey and Mick have achieved master status in their arts, which coincidentally share more than you might realise. They are serious students with happy hearts, and are truly excellent teachers of what would be so easy to describe as magic. I learn something of value to my life and health, every time I see them
Sarah
Having made so many wrong turns over the last 2 or so years in my quest to
return to a normal life, I'll admit I was anxious about trying something new.
But I am so so glad I came to see you! I have been suffering with severe back
pain. Coming to see Audrey for the first time, I could hardly walk up the
stairs (literally). But after just one Embodyment™ session I sailed down
those stairs with a spring in my step. After the 2nd session I thought I could
run the 20 miles back home!
Colin
I Have attended Mick’s Tai Chi classes for many years. He is an exemplary teacher. Striking a great balance between a deep teaching of the art, but at the same time keeping the classes very enjoyable and friendly. His knowledge and his ability in the internal arts is very deep and he continuously strives to share this understanding with me, helping to improve my Tai Chi at every lesson.
Sarah
Thank you for yesterday Audrey. For the first time for ages, I woke without an ache
in my lower back.
Gary
Audrey has given me the tools to better myself. No other discipline has delivered
such opportunity to heal my body and my mind.
Anita
I feeeel gooood!’ ) sung to the tune of James’ Brown.
Mary Anne / yoga practitioner
I have had a few experiences in my life, but never anything as profound, as wide,
as inner and as outer all at the same time as this ..... I feel incredibly ‘lucky’ and
privileged to have the opportunity now
Anita
Just want to say that I feel really good this morning. I'm happy in myself and full of
happiness and joy, and my feet are tapping - driving my colleague in my office mad.
But I feel fantastic in myself and optimistic and I haven't felt like this for months.
Thank you Audrey
Nadine
(After one Embodyment™ treatment) it felt like a fist at the base of my spine
opened up and loosened – something I haven’t felt for a very long time…The most
profound treatment I have had in years.
Lynne
I have been attending Audrey's yoga classes for over 20 years now and she
is an incredible teacher. Her teaching style is exquisite, focusing on the spine
to release inner tensions. Audrey lives and breathes what she teaches, so
her knowledge is vast and her integrity high. All students attending her
classes are in very safe hands
Charlotte
I had a serious accident two years ago and have since experienced severe low/mid
back pain and headaches. After just one Embodyment™ session my low back and
hips felt really 'light' and 'loose'; something I’ve not experienced in other treatments.
It was magical! After session 2: Headaches have eased. Week 3: I have more
movement in my hips so driving, sitting, lying in bed are more comfortable and for
longer time periods... Low back pain mostly gone.
Andy
I’ve been doing tai chi for over 20 years. When I joined Mick’s class I soon realised I was being offered something different, the core principles of internal energy in tai chi. I feel I am still new to this way of working but already mybody is changing and loosening into a more energised healthy way ofmoving.Mick is an excellent teacher with infinite patience. He has developed a very clear way of explaining how to move internally. This is not easy when there isn’t the language to describe exactly what to do. For anyone who has already grasped the basic moves of tai chi and is looking to deepen their practice I can highly recommend Mick as a teacher.
Bob
I didnt know anything about Embodyment™ Therapy. That has changed and
consider myself very fortunate. After suffering long term back, neck and shoulder
problems the treatment made an immediate improvement to my mobility and I also
feel much healthier
Robert
Having suffered from sciatica for a number of years, I have been following your
yoga regime for the past four months and have found it has improved my condition
and given me great relief from the pain. My observation has been to follow the
discipline and build that into my day to day life.
Sarah
I felt the session was extremely beneficial and appreciate the time you spent getting
things right. As I said after the session, I have been having physio on my neck on
and off over the past few years and have never achieved the same freedom of
movement in my neck as I have today.
Julie
Audrey’s skill, understanding and ability is incredible. I never thought I could be
comfortable in a room of people (in yoga class) but suddenly the power of Audrey’s
voice and presence, everyone fades a way. I am comfortable and not awkward
anymore for that space of time. I find a still inner quiet.
Amy
I love your style of teaching it really works for me. You focus on giving us me time
and real life skills to use in our home practice. Love the music and your voice!
Sound becomes very important when you have your eyes closed.
Argh! Writing this makes me want to do yoga!
Paul
Audrey is a talented and gifted yoga teacher and theta therapist. She delivers her
art with openness and humility. The yoga taught is a deceptively powerful and
transformational form of yoga directed at the very core of your being. It really is a
pleasure to attend weekly classes and also the Clinic for personal tuition and Theta.
Andy
Whether you are new to yoga or a well established yogi, Audrey's classesand 1:1 sessions are amazing. Both focus on perfecting pose alignments,with the 1:1 appointments offering more bespoke sessions for an individual. Iwould encourage everyone to try yoga with Audrey and allow themselves tobe taken on a journey towards holistic wellness and transformation; for body,mind & spirit
Lynne
Audrey's yoga style is non competitive, encouraging students to support their bodies with blankets and blocks to enable release. I have experienced many yoga styles, but Audrey's style is by far the most beautiful, gentle, relaxing,healing & transformational. I cannot speak highly enough about Audrey. Her teachings have transformed my body and my life. I have experienced health
issues over the years and Audrey's yoga has always helped, without fail, to help on all levels; physical, mental and spiritual.
Penny
I have been in agony with pain in my low back and right hip for several
months. During this time I visited various practitioners offering different treatments but nothing worked. Then a dear friend suggested Audrey. My first Embodyment™ felt as if nothing was happening. But oh my goodness what a difference! The next day I managed to walk about a mile without the need of a stick and by the second treatment I was beginning to feel as if I could run the 5,000 metres. What a joy! Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Mandy
Hi Audrey, NEVER doubt your ability to teach yoga.
You are an amazing yoga teacher. Often I think that people don't appear to respond to you in class simply because you have touched them deeper than words can express.
They have found that state of bliss. I know that is like that for me sometimes.
I know how it feels to
wonder whether you are actually achieving anything for your students. Never doubt that you are.
Anita
After just ONE Embodyment™ session, these are all the things I can now do that I
wasn’t able to before.
1.) Bend down and put on my socks & shoes.
3.) Wiggle my hips.
4) Stand up straight.
5) Lean backwards & forwards.
6) Dance!
7) Smile! I’m smiling and haven’t smiled in a long time.
I feel light & free....You just can’t imagine.
I feel - just yeah!........
Amy
Your style of yoga has been amazing for me in many ways! Physically it has stretched toned and honed me I have lost 2 stone! I enjoy feeling light and comfortable in my body after yoga. It irons out all the crunchy bits! Mentally yoga has given me skills that I can tap into wherever I am. The breathing techniques you teach in particular are amazing and I find myself doing them driving, at work and meditating at home. Yoga has given me head space that is all mine no one else's! It puts my thoughts in order and clears out junk to make way for the fresh ideas!
Sue
I could not believe how different I felt after a treatment…This is something I will take with me for the rest of my life
Laura
I felt incredibly energised and focussed after your treatment. Thank you!
Mandy
Yoga should be on the National Health!
Ros & Jeremy
'Audrey is very special: her confidence, gentle approach, non-dogmatic spirituality and positive acceptance are recommended for students of whatever age, level of
experience, or sophistication who want their Yoga focussed not on stretching as an end in itself, but as a pathway by which body and mind are brought into a harmonious balance
Lynne
Thank you Audrey so much for the most wonderful class. You teach so beautifully.
You're right there with us. Aware at all times. Present. In the moment. That is so appreciated by us students. Your integrity is so evident and you allow us the time and space to deepen into each pose. The warmth and energy and healing within
the class tonight was very very special. I'm so glad i came. Felt held by the class and your teachings. Bless you.
Charlotte
I have a congenital hip problem, and had difficulty in releasing cramped muscles in
my lower back and hip area for many years. After just one treatment and practising
the poses you gave me, I have faster recovery time for back, shoulder, and neck
ache, with muscles loosening up and working better.
Simon
You made such a difference and I really appreciate the amount of effort you put in, I've kept doing the exercises - with your voice in my head about those pesky details and despite a long day on Thursday I have felt transformed. You’re a star.
Julie
After 2 years of trying many different things I fund Audrey at Transform. And that’s exactly what Audrey did; transform my life, my back.
Even after one session I walked away better, calmer and more comfortable
Ros / Yoga Student
Just to say thank you for such a great morning. If church religion offered as much in its weekly service, I would be a devotee!
I left feeling so calm and alive and aware of beauty all around.
Sarah
I can hardly find the words to tell you how enormously grateful I am for my
session with you today.
To have hope back in my life is an awesome gift.
Thank you so very much Audrey.
Mandy
Just a quickie. Felt I had to let you know that I have been feeling very weary and exhausted all week and have had some problem with my knee which made walking upstairs painful and tiring. I suppose you could say I'd been feeling every one of my 50 years!
However, after last night's yoga session I feel invigorated, full of energy and I have just bounded up a flight of stairs. I also have my sense of humour back.
Sarah
I feel like a weight has been lifted off me.
What a revelation, what an
incredible gift you have Audrey. I can hardly find the words to tell you how enormously grateful I am for my session with you today. To have hope back in my life is an awesome gift.
Thank you so very much. You're a superstar.
Amanda
Embodyment™ provides calmness, clarity, and a sense of well-being. Real physical and mental enhancement can be achieved even after just one session.
Liz
I have been practicing yoga for more than 40 years and have never enjoyed it so much as with Audrey who is an inspirational teacher.
Namaste
Kelly
Audrey is a fantastic teacher; the emphasis on 'opening up the spine' has amazing
physical and emotional effects
Andy
I was recommended Audrey as a yoga teacher because I was told her work
would complement what I was learning in tai chi about the spine and pelvis.
She gave me poses that specifically loosened up my lower back.
I had learned yoga many years ago and have used some of the poses to
keep myself subtle. The new poses from Audrey opened up more
possibilities. I liked that Audrey was able to hone in on specific adjustments I needed which shifted my body internally. You feel she is really adapting her teaching to meet your specific needs. Audrey has a very positive and encouraging way of working. There is a joyfulness about her which is contagious.
If you want to liberate and open up your back then I’d highly recommend you try a few sessions with Audrey.
Heather
Having visited the chiropractor for a tweak on my back I was then recommended
to see Audrey Smith. It seemed too simple that 4 easy-to do and easy-toremember exersises could help my back BUT THEY DID. I loved the cosy calming atmosphere of the room and Audrey proved to be a patient and knowledgable teacher. There was no rush in being shown what to do and the benefit it would produce over a period of time; indeed I felt better from the first session. I returned
for a follow up just to make sure no bad habits had crept in. I now know my creaking back can be relieved by a few minutes of these particular exercises every day. I found the cost of two private lessons with Audrey far out weighed the misery of having back ache, not only for a few weeks, but as a permanent fix.
Julie
How can I thank you. All the way home all I felt was full..then relief..my head was
decluttered but felt ‘full’. My body feels full. Not like food, something I can’t describe. I can’t take on board what happened to me tonight in class, from a
person who did not feel could leave her own home and struggled in low mood to even come to class. I can only say thank. you to what whatever force pushed me
out of that door and into your class….. I put into practice what you taught me, which enabled me to breathe through times of great pain, and bring what felt to
me like the furthest corners and pockets of my being back into a little unknotted handkerchief, all neatly folded inside and smoothed.
Sarah
A wonderful class. Every week I feel refreshed and restored…unmissable
Bob
I have to say that I feel I'm recovering from soreness, after walking and sitting, quicker than I was before seeing you. I'm feeling much more positive now too, from
feeling the benefit after just one yoga session.
Tom
Felt all around great after the one session. My hips felt looser and much more flexible. The best money I’ve spent in a long time.
Laura
Audrey’s classes are an oasis of calm and restoration in a full-on chaotic world. A vital grounding and springboard for my own practice, each week
Caroline
I have been a student of Audrey's for over 20 years. Audrey is a kind and patient teacher, and goes above and beyond. She has a kind and generous spirit. After her yoga lessons and 1:1 sessions I feel calm and focused; and more that I feel I am my true/real self. I have found a space to be me - who I really am
Mary Anne
...after yesterday .WOW!!!!!!!!!!! no words really .........
Julie
After my first yoga class with Audrey I slept so well as if I hadn’t slept before. In truth I hadn’t had a full night sleep for close to 5 years. -Julie
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