Testimonial Duncan Horn

At a deeper level I find myself becoming present in the “now”, which enables me to see things more clearly and to understand what is most important. After a hard day at work, the stress or tension I carry into a class naturally dissolves and I am left feeling calmer, more relaxed and generally at ease with myself. I began Ki classes in Nov 2006 and I am already feeling the benefits both mentally and physically. It is fair to say that it has started to change the way I look at life.

To begin with I felt relaxed only during and immediately after class but by the time I had been at work for 10 minutes Ki class was a distant memory. It took a little while but it was not long before I started to take a clearer, more positive and relaxed state of mind further into the day. Work has not changed, the pressure is the same yet it is not nearly as stressful as before. In fact I feel that I am actually better at doing my job, I get more done and it is easier to concentrate. There are other elements of my life that are still not great but I am not overwhelmed by them anymore, it seems much easier to stay calm and deal with things as they happen rather than wasting energy worrying about what might happen.

One of the things that struck me after just a couple of months is that you can practice anytime, you can practice at home or on the bus - you need nothing other than yourself.
I had never meditated, tried yoga or anything like that before, so I was amazed to find that being taught to breathe properly makes such a difference to how you feel. As well as the mental benefits the stretching we do during moving meditation helps enormously. I am becoming more flexible and my general posture is beginning to improve. All of this has contributed to feeling much better about, well, everything!