George Jelinek and Ian Gawler were absolutely inspiring. They have both discovered how to heal themselves from serious (and in Ian's case, life threatening) illnesses, and were both looking extremely well. Seeing them, and hearing their stories of previous attendees who had recovered from symptoms conventional medicine said were incurable, rekindled our hope that David could make himself well again. George clearly described exactly what we needed to do, and also explained the scientific studies behind it. We became very close to the other attendees, particularly in the small group sessions where the men with MS, the women with MS, and the support people met separately. I found that talking about my feelings of helplessness, frustration and anger with other supporters allowed me to release a little of that built up pressure inside. But the most beneficial aspect of the workshop for me was the stress management sessions run by Paul Bedson. Paul explained how a large part of stress is caused by excessive thinking -- the little voice in your head that talks on and on about how awful things are, how bad I am, how poor you are, etc etc. I recognised straight away that this was a large part of my problem. Paul assisted us through two meditation sessions where we concentrated on releasing the 'story' and instead focussing on the 'experience'; just tuning in to how we feel in our throat, heart, solar plexus and stomach. The moment I allowed myself to do this I started