The Road Less Travelled
Ah I know, I am stealing the title, but its the first self help book I ever read and to this date the most significant. And, I love the profound insight of the opening paragraph. "Life is Difficult" :o)
My experience working with Kerrie holds the same significance. I was drawn to "The Shift" just as I was drawn to that book, just as I was drawn to Suan Mokh in Thailand, just as I was drawn to travel a road less travelled ever since I was a young man.
Safe, educated, well prepared and equally important; a potential of a shift guided by someone who is walking and experiencing the very same path first hand.
Opening a heart that wants to remain firmly locked to protect itself through a combination lock where even the owner does not have the key or the code, with the prospect of never being able to even peak in, is a lot to ask and hope for.
However, it happened right there. It blew me away, and it still does. Being in the heart and holding it without prejudice, with a presence not through the head, but trough an encompassing connection to another spiritual plane is a gift more than its a shift. Having had a chance to get a glimpse of that, and to realise that, surely does nudge the shift, but most of all it just stays as a key to my own humanity and worthiness.
For that I am thankful.
highly recommended
Kerrie O’ Reilly is a fantastic listener. The depth of her understanding goes further than the mere concept of your words uttered – she perceives the message behind your words and especially behind the facades you might build up for your defense subconsciously. With soft but firm care she then directs your attention upon the questions, you should be asked, be it by yourself or by her supporting you. So pretty fast there comes up a topic, that is the center of your actual inability to gain a new perspective to change. In this moment she takes you carefully on an inner imaginary journey to let you develop an environment in which you adjust the components met there for the better. The destination is more self awareness in feeling and thought, relief and healing. With new insight gained you literally feel the change physically, coming out of this process. My own individual experience, being facilitated by Kerrie, was very intense and opened up a new quality of perceiving my reality – a precious gift to keep in my heart. I highly recommend her as a companion and excellent facilitator of your trip experience, who holds the space for you to find your truth within you.
Rebirth
Being guided by Kerrie has opened my heart to understanding so many things about myself. I felt a sense of rebirth, a second chance in life, a different lenses my eyes can look out of. Each and every single session we did together brought me so much power back into my soul, waking it up, and filling myself up with so much love and appreciation. I no longer feel “broken” or as if I need “fixing” to do. Yes, there are many parts of me that I need to heal, many emotions that I have buried so deep inside myself (causing so much discomfort and illness) that I need to process and release from within. The journey we took was honestly a very challenging journey. There were many parts where I became very uncomfortable, full of painful emotions that came up, coldness, loneliness, sadness… but every time I needed a break, I would see Kerrie… her gentle voice, full of love, made me feel so safe and nurtured. She then would gently guide me back in our journey where I would continue exploring my emotions knowing that if I ever needed anything, Kerrie would be right there for me. Each time we worked together, I would feel much more empowered, courageous to feel my feelings, to stand up for my inner child, to listen and follow with my heart, to understand myself in such deeper ways than I could ever imagine. On our last session, my husband and I had a combined session together. This was the most powerful and loving session we could ever do as a couple. I have never feel more in love, more understanding, more compassion than I do now since that day. The journeys that we took in the 4 short days together does not fade… the things that I have came to realize and understand only strengthens as the day passes. I can honestly say that I am no longer that version of woman that I was before I met Kerrie. Like I stated before, I feel that Kerrie has given me a second chance at living this life, a life where I can finally see the beauty in my emotions, in healing my inner child, in showing up for myself, in which my body will be able to finally heal.
Highly Positive Experience
In my early 20’s I had some highly positive lsd experiences and now in my 60’s I wanted to reboot my mind and recapture some of that sense of wonder again. After hearing about the great results at John Hopkins, I felt that the best experience had to be with a legal guide, as I did not feel that having done it before would help and I did not want anything to go wrong. The experience and preparation around it with Kerrie could not have been better. I wont go into my trip detail but I will say that I walked out of there on air with a feeling that transcends euphoria because it is a real oneness – a deep connection with the universe. Right up there with the births of my children. 4 months later I am still aware of positive benefits in my life outlook and have found daily meditation easy and natural [never did before] and helps me retain those feelings and benefits. I now realize how much a guide such as Kerrie can add: Simply, I have not met anyone else so completely present, highly intelligent and focused and always in the moment in the preparation and integration sessions. I also appreciated that while the ‘ceremony’ was venerated there was no hippie mumbo-jumbo that was present in all Michael Pollan’s US trips.