Delphiris I Reviews

Testimonial: Aquatic Bodywork - Releasing Fear of Water

Feb 03, 2010 By: Delphiris I

"The session was a revelation to me. Although I love being in water I have always had a great fear of putting my face under water – fear of suffocation and drowning. I trusted Delphiris immediately and felt absolute confidence in her ability to hold and take me on a journey. It felt like a deep let go happened and it felt utterly pleasurable to be taken under the water.

It was a deeply intimate experience – I felt at times like an embryo floating in the womb, a small child in my mother’s

arms and then there was a deeper sensation of resonating

with something primeval and mysterious within me that felt absolutely natural and free in the water element.

It was as if I were connecting to something very ancient and buried within me, as if my cells were waking up to something which I knew deeply but had forgotten. All of this experience

is beyond words really but my being recognised it and it was deeply nourishing and liberating.

I felt blissful and joyful and felt a deep connection with Delphiris."

Kieran, Penzance

Testimonial: Retreats

Feb 03, 2010 By: Delphiris I

What visitors have said about this retreat...

Amanda: "We came as a couple and Delphiris sensitively balanced our needs both as individuals and as a couple. Her methods are non-judgemental and gently enabled me to see I was avoiding confronting certain issues about myself. The physical treatments, including Indian Head Massage and Reiki, were a wonderful compliment to the exercises we did and I\'ve come back feeling like I\'ve taken another valuable step on my journey."

Wolfie: "Tagging initially along for Cornwall\'s scenery and \'just a nice weekend away\', I was convinced by Delphiris personal and flexible approach. I really enjoyed the talks, the exercises, the games and the treatments. Thanks for some fantastic days and the food for thought that came with it."
Amanda and Wolfie, Buckinghamshire

"Wow! what a fantastic retreat! i had great expectations of this retreat but Delphiris surpassed all of them. Firstly, I arrived in wet and windy weather and she took me straight down to the sea. That was my introduction to the Cape. Then she fed me delicious mexican garlic bread and aubergine and potato salad with herbal tea. The reiki was out of this world as were all the other treatments. I learned a lot from the meditation classes as well - how to slow down and control my breathing. The chavutti thai massage was an experience - strange at first but then somehow wonderful. All in all a fantastic Easter weekend and excellent value for money (think abundance). Also staying with Niki next door was an absolute delight."
Michelle, London

"I booked a five day retreat with Delphiris, at the time because I had a very stressful year and needed some time to recuperate. However, just before I was due to go, I had a sudden bereavement of someone important in my life whom I love very dearly. I was in quite a state when I arrived. Delphiris was very in tune, adaptable and helpful through all of this, she somehow just seemed to find the ideal things to do with me, to help me with what I was going through. She treated me with great kindness, integrity and generosity. What we did ranged from Reiki, Thai massage, guided meditations, sound /shell healing, breathing exercises, aqua-therapy in the pool and a special day of ceremony honouring my loved one. I also went on some lovely coastal walks. All of this helped thoroughly and profoundly, during a very critical time. Delphiris has a way of bringing heart and inspiration into everything - creating a very refreshing take on life - an absolute treasure. "

Luy, London

"I spent 5 days on a healing retreat with Delphiris which was completely amazing, through guided meditation and treatments and council I have found a happy balance in my life again. The setting was beautiful and Delphiris makes you feel completely welcome and inspired. Whilst there I also incorporated a 2 day Reiki course which I undertook towards the end of my retreat which has given me skills I can share with my friends and family and also given me tools I can use to combat stress and heal and balance me. I 100% recommend this retreat to anyone. Also on her web page it has a list of accommodation close by, I stayed with her neighbour who made me completely welcome. Go do it, it will enhance your life."
Claire Beresford, Manchester, January 2009

Testimonial: Aquatic Bodywork - Releasing Fear of Water

Feb 03, 2010 By: Anonymous

AINSLEY\'S STORY

"HELP, I\'M FRIGHTENED OF WATER". Ainsley’s story of becoming \'dolphin like\'.

"I have never been in a swimming pool. I was drowned in at least one other life and am terrified to lose the ground from under my feet, particularly in the water. I can’t bear to put my head under water. Can you help me?”

After having met Ainsley on a dolphin oriented workshop he called me months later – having been nudged by his hyper space "dolphin pod" to do something about his fear. I gave him a rough outline how I could be working with him, releasing his fear of water and find the joy in being caressed and supported by water. After only three sessions and an insatiable will to progress Ainsley was for the first time in the deep end of the swimming pool, under water, totally spacing out. It felt to me he was going off into another world, feeling totally safe.

Ainsley\'s progress:

After the first session:

A little quote from his diary:

"I have been wondering if, now that i have started the aqua healing sessions, the various water issues I have been having will now end.

Over the years there have been many water things happening to me; back in London a pipe under the bath leaked, the water heater leaked, the toilet cistern leaked and the toilet bowl broke – in a different toilet in the same house the cistern leaked. here in Cornwall the seal around the bath leaked, the shower unit leaked, the walls leaked, the window leaked. the toilet cistern valve broke and water leaked down the walls, flooding the kitchen; is it my imagination or is there a pattern here?"

Could it be that all I really needed to do was connect with the water element and embrace it, take it into myself fully and accept it, just so that it could stop having to shout at me?"

After the second session:
"Thank you for your congratulations; I really feel that I have truly accomplished something here, I never thought that I would enter the water so willingly and, to be quite honest, for all those years I could never see the point of immersing myself in water - except to bathe and even then there were some parts of me that would stay essentially dry."

After the third session:
"I did not realise that I was so far gone, if only I had realised how much fun being underwater was I would have done this years ago. then again - if I had, then I would not have found your connection and the loving assistance that you are giving me. From that point of view I am glad not to have learned before."

After the fifth session:
I sent Ainsley to have a pool session without me.
" Well I did it! In the pool by myself without any aids of any kind, other than goggles and nose clip. My lower end still has a tendency to sink but I am getting the idea of using my legs and feet to propel myself through the water.
I don\'t think I need any more water confidence sessions but I would love to have at least one more water massage, I did miss that today."

Ainsley tells his story:
"I had never been in a swimming pool. When I was in the sea the water did not pass my mid-thighs and once when I was sitting in the water near the edge of a large pond my partner swam past and the waves sent me into a panic which made me spend the next fifteen minutes picking the mud out from under my fingernails. Even having a shower had me in a panic situation if water went into my ears.

Several meditations I undertook showed me that I had drowned in at least two previous lives and I realised that this was keeping me from wanting to enter any watery place: however, I did not feel that I was actually missing out on anything.

Another workshop introduced me to the idea of a spiritual dolphin pod-mate: she took me to places that I had never even dreamed about and told me and showed me some beautiful things. Recently I attended another workshop, this was dolphin related and my pod-mate took me again into places that I found wonderful. Another attendee at this workshop was Delphiris, whom I had met several times before but there had been no "connection" between us, this time however my pod-mate gave me a push and we talked for a while, I found that there was a spiritual connection between us, the teacher that I had been looking for was here with me. After this I had a few other things to do but within three months I was contacting Delphiris to ask if I could have the water confidence treatment that she offered.

Delphiris gave me an outline of what she was going to offer me and ask me to do; she insisted, quite correctly, that everything that she said was only suggestion and not an order. So at no time did I feel that I was "under pressure" to perform yet since I had decided to gain the confidence to be in the water I really wanted to get on with all of this work. I was, of course, terrified and in my first wet session this caused me to miss my footing on the bottom step in the pool and I plunged into and was completely immersed in the water. Delphiris said when she saw this that I had taken myself to the second level of her training before she had even given me the first. It was actually at this point that the real fear vanished and I was left with only the residual nervousness about entering the pool and the water.

Just a couple of weeks later there is something I would like to quote from Delphiris. After only three sessions and an insatiable will to progress Ainsley was for the first time in the deep end of the swimming pool, under water, totally spacing out… it felt to me he was going off into another world, feeling totally safe."

This was indeed how I felt; I really could not understand why I had not related to water before and there was a real comfort involved in being completely enclosed and almost cocooned by water. Delphiris was there to protect me but she had to surface three times to breathe while I was staying underwater. Over the next couple of weeks Delphiris gave me a few new techniques to integrate the movements of my upper body with my legs and....

This week I went to a private swimming pool alone, unsupervised just to play in the water by myself, lovely. Thank you Delphiris, for showing me what I can do if I just have the confidence and will.