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Testimonials: Voices of Transformation

The deepest testimonial is the life you live after the experience - but these voices offer a glimpse into the journey. Greg Manning

Darkness Retreat Video Testimonials

We're currently gathering video testimonials from guests who have experienced darkness retreats with Greg. These first-hand accounts will provide insight into the journey of consciousness exploration that unfolds in complete darkness.

Have you experienced a darkness retreat with Greg?
We'd love to share your story (with your permission) to help others understand this profound and powerful work.

Contact: hello@hestiaretreat.co.uk

From participants in Greg's various consciousness and healing programmes

Safety and Sacred Container-holding

"Greg holds a safe container for everything to happen as it should... He is a gentle man who has the most attention to detail I have ever seen, creating such safety that deep wounds in me are comfortable to emerge for healing."
— AC, Shadow of the Shaman Course

"The way Greg holds space to and supports this deep work is amazing and I would never go to anyone else for my medicine journey because I feel so safe with him."
— Lauren Moss

"Before and after treatments Greg offered long consultations, during which we learned how experienced, caring and insightful he really is. Greg went out of his way to offer his time to help."
— Victoria Holden


Wisdom and Authentic Guidance

"I have every confidence in his authentic character, wisdom, experience and kindness in any situation. I feel lucky to have met someone as knowledgeable and instinctive as Greg, I feel lucky to have met him."
— Victoria Holden

"We certainly do the work but under his watchful eyes, guiding us each step of the way in and out of class. Greg sits in circle with us equal in measure, sharing his wisdom gracefully and carefully. I am grateful to Greg as someone who continues to light the way for me in dark places.”
— AC, Shadow of the Shaman Course

Transformational Outcomes

"The course has led me to deeper understandings of who I am, why I am, and what it means to hold space for myself and others. The toolbox I have received from the course, is helping me live in greater awareness and alignment."
— AH, Shadow of the Shaman Course

"I have completely transformed during the last two years. I have shed so many layers of pain, faced many fears and have been able to understand myself and why I was stuck in repeating patterns. I see and feel clearly for the first time in my life."
— RH, Shadow of the Shaman Course

"It has healed my trust in people, my faith in being alive and my heart which feels open to love. I'm in tune with myself now and no longer weighed down by fear. I've found my true reason for being on this earth thanks to this course."
— RH, Shadow of the Shaman Course

The Sacred Tree Community Experience

Greg facilitates various consciousness and healing modalities beyond darkness retreats. Here are some testimonials from participants of Greg's consciousness and healing work.


Deep Inner Work

"Without doubt, this is the deepest and most intense dive into myself I have ever taken. And yet simultaneously, it is also the most rewarding, blissful and inspiring experience I have ever had."
— LJ, Shadow of the Shaman Course

"The deep self enquiry has enabled me to meet hidden parts of myself, bring them into my consciousness, and turn my shadow aspects into my gold. I was pathologically shy as a child, teenager and into my adulthood. I have learnt where this came from and unlocked the chains that kept my true full self hidden. I have experienced immense pain, followed by immense joy and relief through this inner work."
— AC, Shadow of the Shaman Course

"I left with a tribe of people who I'm still deeply connected with."
— JG, Shadow of the Shaman Course

"One of the many factors worth noting is the sense of family, community and togetherness that flows through the group like a subterranean river. Holding ourselves and each other through some of the happiest and most challenging moments of our lives."
— LJ, Shadow of the Shaman Course

"The friendships made along the way are truly special."
— AH, Shadow of the Shaman Course

Transformation leaves tracks. These voices represent just a few of the many who have found their way home to themselves through Sacred Tree offerings. Greg Manning
Sacred Tree

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