14/06/2023
My introduction to BODY STRESS RELEASE (BSR) came in 2007 when I was diagnosed with a herniated or ruptured disk between Lumbar Vertebra 5 and Lumbar Vertebra 4, after bending down to pick up a paper from the kitchen floor. A neurosurgeon suggested an emergency back operation but I refused for various reasons, one being medical costs which could have amounted to up to R500.000 at the time.
I suffered unimaginable pain in my lower back and right leg which I attempted, unsuccessfully, to control with very strong prescribed medication over 5 weeks. I became dependent on the medication and lost complete use of my right leg. It behaved like a cooked string of spaghetti. I could no longer walk without crutches. It took me 25 minutes (one way) and more pain to reach my 2nd floor flat via the stairs as there are no lifts in the pre-war building I lived in.
Time went by slowly, and painfully! I was sleep deprived and exhausted and tried every kind of Alternative Health technique to still the pain. Bizarre sleeping habits crept into my life, one was sleeping in a steaming hot bath every night, the only sure way to ease the pain between 2 and 4 in the morning when it was at its worst! I drove to work instead of taking a train, my normal mode of transport, ending up in a disabled parking bay and taken by wheelchair to my workstation.
Eventually a friend recommended BSR. I went for the first of three recommended sessions with the level of pain registering 10/10. Not only did the pain lessen after an hour to 5/10 but I had complete use of my right leg again after nearly 3 weeks of incapacity! It was a living miracle! Life came streaming back not only physically but mentally too! I felt as if I was given a new body! I finally learned the lesson of gratitude!
Three days later I had my second session with pain now registering about 3/10 and walked out afterwards with practically no pain. I arrived for my third session, three days later, this time with no pain! I Have never suffered pain since, then except perhaps a slight headache. Maybe I have learnt lessons from pain …
After 40 years in the corporate world I could not reinvent my career any longer. I was stuck in every imaginable way and decided to change my life completely. In May 2015 I went to study this remarkable technique at the Body Stress Release Academy between Wilderness and Sedgefield in the Garden Route, the technique that had saved me from being wheelchair bound for who knows how long.
The BSR course has changed my life yet again, completely! I am now ready to serve my fellow humans more effectively than ever before in my life. My 40 years of client service background and the BSR technique have provided a perfect new beginning!
My BSR journey thus far has been an amazing discovery of a new self, the human psyche and the pleasure of how full life can be when you are really living your purpose! The extent to which the BSR technique helps people in pain has never ceased to impress me as well as the benefits it gives to people on a daily basis.
