Dimitris Anagnostopoulos

       Meeting Ronit, although this event was spectacular by itself, just because of her “aliveness” and her vibrant personality, gave me no clue to the cascade of deep realizations, healing and transformations that would come and fill up my life.

       This meeting, that I now know was one of the most important moments of my whole life, came at a very dark time in my life, and the crossroad was deeply important.

       She came and at first, she helped me see my whole life up to that point, in a much deeper and holistic, trauma-informed way, that connected everything and created clarity around my emotional wounds and the defense mechanisms I had incorporated to survive with my wounds and the enormous cost in my life that had accumulated  through these mechanisms, in the previous two decades.

       But this would be just the very beginning.  Understanding something intellectually is the first step of transformation.  I would soon find out that knowing is not being, unless it is accompanied by a clear vision of the new “me”, the deep desire to become this, and the clear consistency and discipline this entails in every small everyday action, in order my nervous system to have new neural pathways for my new life.

       And this was not just in theory.  She did not just explain to me the process.  She was with me, present, innumerable times, whenever I was hijacked by my old mechanisms, recognizing my being owned by my old nervous mechanisms before I was even able to see it, to pause me, help me see what had happened and show me the way to my vision, again and again!

       I recognize in her the deepest and most effective possible teaching quality that I have ever experienced.  She taught with her whole being, she embodied everything she taught, impeccably, authentically and vulnerably.

       And an even deeper level of embodied practice, as valuable as all of the above teachings, has been the realization that I cannot change my own patterns by myself alone.  That is why she invested a great amount of energy and effort in creating a whole community, a team, where one is here to support all the others’ growth and all are here to support the growth of the one.  This everyday practice accelerated the transformation process of each one of us, and trained us to embody empathy, care, conscious communication, and the art of adult relationships.  For a person like me with a deep trust trauma, the experience of receiving the constant (and patient) care of my team-members was deeply healing.

       There is only gratitude in me for her and my team-members, and a deep recognition of her quality.  There is no other work for growth and transformation that I can recommend more than her work, if somebody is ready to embark on this deep, and difficult life trip.  It is no easy task to change nervous system mechanisms, there will definitely be resistance, but there is no greater reward than seeing yourself and the other members of your team transform and lead a new life.  A life where you are your life master now, awake and free from your own nervous system mechanisms!